| Dharma Rakshamani
K. Balasubramaia Iyer (1892 - 1970) was the eldest son of V.Krishnaswamy Iyer (former
judge of Madras High Court). He translated from Sanskrit the Yaksha Prasna of
Mahabarata into English for the series of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan publications. He was a great scholar in sanskrit and in Tamil and was a learned
exponent of the the Bhagavad Gita. Srimad Bhagavatam and Ramayana etc.,
He was awarded the title of Dharma Rakshamani by His Holiness
the paramacharya of Kanchi Kamakoti in 1933. He was awarded the padma Bhushan by the
President of India in 1967. |
