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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Akhilesh Singh | TNN

Just before Kashi Tamil Samagam, Kashi Vishwanath Temple trust gets its first Tamilian trustee

NEW DELHI: The appointment of a Tamilian priest as one of the trustees of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple trust has made the bond between Kashi and Tamil Nadu stronger.

The temple’s first Tamilian trustee, K Venkat Ramana Ghanapati, was born in Chennai in August 1973, but completed his education upto BCom in Varanasi. His father V Krishnamurthy Ghanapati was a renowned Ganapadigal and Vedic scholar of Kashi and was awarded the prestigious President Award in 2015 for proficiency in Sanskrit and Indian scriptures.

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