"Speaking about this practice that he has sustained from his childhood, 81-year Swamiji says that he does not even remember who exactly taught him to sign his name in Tulu.
“I am not well-versed in the script. I just know to write my name ‘Sri Vishweshwara Theertha Swamiji’ in Tulu. It is the ‘Guruparampare’ (a culture passed down from the teacher to his disciples) that I am following,” said the Seer adding that when he took initiation from his teacher in Pejawar Mutt, his ‘hasthakshara’ (sign) in Tulu was taught.
He did learn few alphabets of Tulu but since it was not of much use, he could not learn more or use it.
However, he recalls that since time immemorial, in the Ashtamutt knowledge of ‘Taulava’ script (that pertaining to Taulava land) was a must because though the ‘vatus’ (young brahmin disciples) were taught Sanskrit hymns, the scripts on the manuscripts were all in Tulu.
“If one goes back to the documents of the ‘Ashtamutt,’ we can find all important verdicts, declarations and accounts pertaining to the Mutts written in Taulava script,” says the Swamiji."
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DECCAN HERALD 22 May 2011
