{"id":2351,"date":"2016-02-20T15:55:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T15:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=2348&amp;preview_id=2348"},"modified":"2016-02-20T15:55:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T15:55:19","slug":"90-year-old-pens-book-on-temple-rituals-the-hindu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=2351","title":{"rendered":"90-year-old pens book on temple rituals &#8211; The Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/multimedia\/dynamic\/02744\/21DCMYPR-_SRINIVAS_2744703f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"436\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">T. Srinivasan\u2019s books have been prescribed for those studying to become priests. (Photo Courtesy: R. Ragu\/TH)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"body\">At the age of 90, T. Srinivasan diligently sits in front of the computer every day, typing in both Sanskrit and Tamil for his next book. He is an expert in <i>agamas<\/i> (ancient temple rituals and practices). He doesn\u2019t stop with this. He even plans the design and layout of the book. He learnt Adobe Pagemaker at the age of 86 on his own and has been working on it ever since.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">\u201cI studied the Vedas to become a priest. Though I became one, I never abandoned the habit of reading the old Sanskrit scripts. Based on my research, I wrote the first prose book on the day-to-day temple ritual called <i>Sri Padmatantra Prayogam. <\/i>I even started my own press Sri Raghavasimham Press in the 80s. Through the years, I have been writing and printing my own books,\u201d says this resident of Mandavelipakkam, who has written 16 books on various subjects based on the ancient Sanskrit texts. Srinivasan is also proficient in reading and composing in Grantham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">\u201cI was hand-composing till 2000, after which I bought a computer. For an old man like me it was a drastic change. But, I had to learn to use the applications to be able to write. I even cut and bind my own books,\u201d says Srinivasan, who has served as a priest at the Vedantadesikar Temple in Mylapore. He also delivers religious discourses and <i>kathak<\/i><i>alakshepams<\/i>. His books have also been prescribed by the HR &amp; CE Board for those studying to become priests. The books can be bought from his office. Address: No. 1, Second Trust Main Road, Mandavelipakkam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">For details, call 2464 1225.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/features\/downtown\/90yearold-pens-book-on-temple-rituals\/article8261326.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">90-year-old pens book on temple rituals \u2013 The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the age of 90, T. Srinivasan diligently sits in front of the computer every day, typing in both Sanskrit and Tamil for his next book. He is an expert in agamas (ancient temple rituals and practices). He doesn\u2019t stop with this. He even plans the design and layout of the book. He learnt Adobe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1153],"tags":[42,117,1251],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}