A group of four B.A. graduates— Sriyuths U. Srinivas Rao, B. Padmanabha Baliga, B. Vaman Baliga and Arkal Vasudev Rao—with a mission to educate the Gowda Saraswat Brahmin community in Mangalore were the first teachers and proprietors.
Hari Vasudev is the head of Yahoo! India R&D and also leads Yahoo! Answers and Yahoo! Groups.
Both Vasudev and Devaki after praising Vishnu requested him to hide his divine form agreeing to which Vishnu transformed himself into a small human baby.
Vasudev Balawant Phadke, a Marathi movie directed by Gajendra Ahire, was released in December 2007.
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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's patriotic novel Anand Math incorporated various contemporary acts of patriotism performed by Vasudev during his freedom struggle.