Q. Who is the first Keralite Arya Missionary who started an organized Arya samaj work in Kerala?
Solution:
- Vedbandhu Sharma, also known as Venkatachala Iyer, was a prominent scholar of Sanskrit in Kerala and a prominent activist of the Arya Samaj.
- After earning his MA in Sanskrit, he worked for the Arya Samaj Gurukul in Lahore and various other northern cities. He read and traveled a lot and was fluent in many languages.
- His major works are: Rigveda Praveshika, Sandha and Agnihotra, Arthavignanam, Rasabharati and Bharatiya Kavya Shastra.
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