page_title: T. V. Venkatachala Sastry
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: T. V. Venkatachala Sastry / Early life / Origins
caption_attribution_description: English: T. V. Venkatachala Sastry's house in Harohalli Village, Kanakapura, Bangalore where he was born in 1933
context_page_description: Togere Venkatasubbasastry Venkatachala Sastry is a Kannada-language writer, grammarian, critic, editor and lexicographer. He has authored in excess of 100 books, translations and has edited collections of essays, biographical sketches and felicitation volumes. Recipient of the Kannada Sahitya Akademi Award, Sastry is an authority on Kannada language grammar and its various facets ranging from the metre scale on which he has written extensively to the history of Kannada literature spanning two millennia.
  His book Mulukanadu Brahmanaru is a sociological study of the Mulukanadu community since the early 17th century, outlining their origin, migration and embrace of western education. It records in detail their history with over 50 family trees and assumes importance in the field of caste studies. Sastry was a Kannada professor at the University of Mysore and additionally held the post of Director at "Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe" before retiring in 1994.
context_section_description: T. V. Venkatachala Sastry was born on 26 August 1933 at Harohalli village in Kanakapura taluk of Bangalore district to Brahmin parents Venkatasubba Sastry and Subbamma. He belongs to the Telugu-speaking South Indian Mulukanadu sect. His parents had little education and were devotees of the Ramakrishna Order.
caption: T. V. Venkatachala Sastry's birthplace (Harohalli Village, Kanakapura, Bangalore)
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