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He worked as the head of the Tamil Research department in Thiruvangoor University between 1944-1951. He also worked as a lecturer in the Loyola College, Chennai.
He collaborated with Pandithurai Thevar in promoting Tamil Language. Mu Raghava Iyengar was a leading member of Madurai Tamil Sangam and helped edit the magazine Senthamizh(செந்தமிழ்) between 1905 and 1910. Mu Raghava Iyengar was appointed to the committee that worked on the Tamil-English lexicon/dictionary. This project started with Rev. J.S. Chandler as the Chief Editor and Mu Raghava Iyengar as the Chief Pundit around 1913. The project eventually finished in 1936 under Prof S. Vaiyapuri Pillai (1891–1956). For his scholarly contributions, Mu Raghava Iyengar was granted the title of "Rao Sahib" in 1936 by the government.
He had deep interest in the history of Tamil and Tamil Nadu. Working with the archeologist T.N. Gopinatha Rao, he researched the stone writings in the temples of Tamil Nadu.
He contributed scholarly treatises to magazines like செந்தமிழ்,(Senthamil) கலைமகள்(Kalaimagal), தமிழர் நேசன்(Thamizhar Nesan), ஸ்ரீவாணி விலாசினி(Srivani Vilasini), கலைக்கதிர்(Kalaikathir), அமுதசுரபி(Amuthasurabhi).
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