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Gender
Male
Birthday
August 22, 1908
Died
January 1, 1979
Age
70
Place of Birth
Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India
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Venkataraman Raghavan
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Biography
Venkataraman Raghavan (1908–1979) was a Sanskrit scholar and musicologist. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Padma Bhushan and the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit, and authored over 120 books and 1200 articles.After a brief tenure as the superintendent of the Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji's Saraswathi Mahal Library, Raghavan joined Madras University in 1934 as a Ph.D. assistant and in 1935 as a lecturer. Rising to the rank of professor and head of the Department of Sanskrit, he held the latter position until his retirement in 1968. In 1931, he paid frequent visits to Tanj…
Also known as
V. Raghavan
