Summary:
Needless to say, the passenger, a Sanskrit scholar, was pleasantly surprised. The minute he saw the passenger, he could make out that he was a Sanskrit scholar. “Since he was coming from Aksharam, the premier institute which teaches Sanskrit, I realised he knew Sanskrit and therefore wished him ‘Pranamaha Mahodaya’, and the pandit was extremely happy and started conversing in Sanskrit. He teaches Sanskrit songs. An avid lover of Sanskrit, Mallappa now teaches Sanskrit at Venkat International School where he is encouraged by the principal Sulochana Balakrishna..