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2 unusual facts about Iyer


Iyer

Professor George L. Hart in a speech in 1997 on Tamil, Brahmins, & Sanskrit rubbishes the claims of anti Brahmins that Brahmins favored Sanskrit to Tamil.

Thiriyai

The Vaiya Paadal, a 17th century Tamil historical text, refers to the Iyer Cupatittu who ruled Tiriyai, an Aanasingam who administered Kattukulampattu, a Maamukan who ruled Verukal and Thampalakamam, and a Mayilan who ruled over Kottiyaaram in the 1400s.


Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached

The 1998 film Swami Vivekananda, directed by G. V. Iyer, ends with this quote where Mammootty gives a brief speech on Vivekananda and his ideals and concludes the speech with this quote.

Arvind Iyer

Iyer also directed the controversial 2008 music video for the Namgyal Lhamo track Paradise Lost.

C. Ganesha Iyer

After the death of Ponnambala Pillai, Ganesha Iyer was a student under Chunnakam Kumaraswamy Pulavar for some time.

Ganesha Iyer had his primary education (up to 8th standard) in a Saiva school in the courtyard of Siththi Vinayagar Temple and was a Teacher at the same school later on.

C. Karunakara Menon

Krishnaswamy Iyer's views were supported by the fact that the then Governor of Madras, Arthur Lawley consulted Menon regularly.

He was highly regarded by V. Krishnaswamy Iyer, Veeraraghavachariar, G. Subramania Iyer and Governor of Madras, Sir Arthur Lawley.

C. V. Vishveshwara

"Black Holes, Gravitational Radiation and the Universe: Essays in Honour of C.V.Vishveshwara,- Bala R. Iyer and Biplab Bhawal(eds)", (Kluwer Academic Publishers (1999)) was published in his honor for one of his birthdays to which leading personalities in the field like Roger Penrose, Jacob Bekenstein, Abhay Ashtekar, Ashoke Sen etc., have contributed essays.

C. W. Thamotharampillai

With Iyer and Pillai printed and published Tholkappiyam, Nachinarkiniyar urai (1895), Tholkappiyam Senavariyar urai, (1868), Manimekalai (1898), Cilappatikaram (1889), Pattupattu (1889), and Purananuru (1894), all with scholarly commentaries.

George Mathan

The Malayalam poet and littérateur Mahakavi Ulloor Parameshwaran Iyer (who is considered Kerala's (Malayalam’s) finest poets along with Kumaran Asan, and Vallathol) stated

Human Rights Law Network

Human Rights Law Network Activists include lawyers and social workers from all over India such as Advocate Sheela Ramanathan, Advocate Dolma Bhutia, Advocate K.K. Roy, Advocate Ahmed Raza, Advocate Rakesh Meibhoum, Advocate Sunil Mao, Advocate P.C. Tiwari, Deepika D'souza, Harsh Dobhal, Suresh Nautiyal, S.H. Iyer, Advocate Sandhya Raju, Adv Gayatri Singh, and Adv Mihir Desai.

Jayendra Saraswathi

Subramanyam Mahadeva Iyer was nominated by his predecessor, Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Swamigal, as his successor and was given the title Jayendra Saraswathi on March 22, 1954.

K. Rajah Iyer

Rajah Iyer (15 July 1890 - 18 February 1974) was an Indian lawyer of the Madras High Court who served as Advocate-General of Madras Presidency from July 1945 to 1950.

Malini Iyer

Malini Iyer is an Indian comedy television series aired on Sahara One, starring Indian actress, Sridevi in the main lead.

Manachanallur Giridharan

He is very fluent in Carnatic music Raga and their Swara and many of his compositions are based on Indian Classical ragas, thanks to Cuddalore Late Subramaniam Iyer, noted Carnatic music composer and vocalist who taught him the nuances of Carnatic Music in his younger years.

Palghat Mani Iyer

Before Mani Iyer’s arrival in the music scene, the two mridangists Alaganambi Pillai and Dakshinamurthy Pillai (who played the kanjira also), dominated the art of percussion playing.

R. Muttusamy

Muttusamy worked as the Assistant Music Director on the first Sinhalese film Kadawunu Poronduwa in 1941 under the tutelage of R. Narayana Iyer.

Raghavan N. Iyer

He was survived by his wife Nandini Mehta Iyer, and son Pico Iyer (b. 1957), a noted writer.

S. A. Saminatha Iyer

Swaminatha Iyer had his schooling at Anglo-Vernacular School, Kabisthalam and completed his F. A. from Government Art's College, Kumbakonam.

S. Anantharamakrishnan

Anantharamakrishnan iyer is highly regarded for his business acumen and is credited with a large-scale increase in the production of automobiles in Chennai city that have earned Chennai, the epithet "Detroit of India".

S. Ramachandra Iyer

Sir Subramanya Ramachandra Iyer (1 October 1901 - date of death unknown) was an Indian lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court from May 10, 1961 to November 23, 1964.

S. Subramania Iyer

On completion of his schooling in Madura, Subramania Iyer qualified as a lawyer from the University of Madras, and went on to practice as a lawyer in Madura and Madras, before being appointed a Judge of the Madras High Court, in 1891.

T. V. Seshagiri Iyer

On completion of his studies, Seshagiri Iyer joined as an apprentice of the famous Madras lawyer of British origin, Eardley Norton.

Seshagiri Iyer presided over the public meeting on January 7, 1926 at Soundarya Mahal in which the Madras Music Academy was formed.

Tara Iyer

During early 2010s, her younger brother, Venkat Iyer, has also been studying in the US, at New York's Cornell University.

The Global Soul

Iyer travels through California, the Los Angeles airport (a microcosm of a city), Hong Kong, Toronto, Britain, Japan, and discusses the Olympic Games as a force of and for globalism.

V. R. Krishna Iyer

Justice Krishna Iyer was Home Minister and minister for law, power, prisons, irrigation and social welfare in the Government of the State of Kerala following the victory of the Communist Party of India under E. M. S. Namboodiripad in the 1957 elections.


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