The daily routine and conduct of Nalla Pillai, the schoolmaster of Kelambakam offers an extraordinary glimpse into a one-man institution of nation-building, which has now become extinct.
A heart-warming and profoundly moving picture of the routine and lifestyle of the Purohita of Kelambakam. Such exalted people lived in flesh and blood just a century ago throughout India. This essay beautifully expounds the reason they commanded such reverence.
Excerpts from an 1891 book describing the profound social life of the 11th century village of Kelambakam located between Mahabalipuram and Kanchipuram.
