Complex sentence: Iyer's prodigious talents were recognized early in his age as he received various honours from dignitaries of that time, including the one from the sage of kanchi in 1925 at kumbakonam, where he was presented with a shawl and a gold coin.
Split into simpler sentences: Iyer's prodigious talents were recognized early in his age as he received various honours from dignitaries of that time. Also, the sage of kanchi in 1925 while he was at kumbakonam, presented Iyer with a shawl and a gold coin.