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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Panditha.M.Gopala Krishna Iyer (1878–1927) (பண்டித ம.கோபாலகிருஷ்ண ஐயர்), popularly known as Ma.Ko, served the cause of development of the Tamil language during the first quarter of the twentieth century. Ma.Ko. was a poet, translator, essayist, dramatist, editor of literary journals and above all a patriot.A student of the renowned Tamil scholar, Cholavandan Arasan Shanmuganar, he served in the Tamil department of Madura College for over a decade and later became Head, Dept. of Tamil, National College, Trichy. He founded the Madurai Manavar Sendhamizh Sangam on May 5, 1901 to promote interest in Tamil language among students. A friend of Pandithurai Thevar, he also served as Member and Examiner in Madurai Tamil Sangam.A close friend of Bharathiyar, he was the one who helped Bharati when he came from Ettayapuram to Madurai, first to join Sethupathi School and later to join Sudesamitran as sub-editor.A devotee of Swami Vivekananda, Ma. Ko. had accompanied King Bhaskara Sethupathy to Pamban in 1897 to receive Swamiji.When Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore visited Madurai, it was Ma.Ko. who presented a poem of felicitation to Rabindranath Tagore at a meeting of Tamil scholars in Madurai.A versatile writer and eloquent speaker, a translator par excellence, he has received accolades from celebrities like Rev. G.U.Pope, Dr.U.V. Saminatha Iyer, Mahakavi Bharathi, V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, Pandithamani Kadiresa Chettiyar and Va.Su. Chengalvaraya Pillai.Ma.Ko. was also secretary, Vivekananda Union, Madurai and Tamil professor at Native college, Madurai.The oriental and the occidental seem to have found a happy fusion in Ma.Ko. For instance, his work Filial Duty (புதல்வர் கடமை) which was prescribed by the textbook committee in 1920s contains the stories of 40 personalities who have been exemplary in observing filial duty. They include characters from Valmiki Ramayana like Sri Rama and Bharatha, from Vyasa’s Mahabharatha like Bhishma, Yudhishtira, Arjun and Nala, historical characters like Shankara, Pattinathaar, Pisiraandaiyar, ideal sons from Western culture like Alexander, Quintus Cicero, Casabianca, Samuel Johnson, Italian brothers Anabyas and Ambinomus, Spanish artist Murillo and his student Sebastian. He has drawn from a wide variety of sources and this can be attributed to his own scholarship and his erudite family. His passion and commitment to learn from all cultures is also evident in his work."@en }

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