Childhood
Srinivasa Sastri was born in Basavanagudi, Bangalore to Venkatalakshamma and Rama Sastry on November 13, 1917. The family was an extremely pious and poor Telugu-speaking smartha brahmin family belonging to the Mulukanadu subcaste. Even as a young boy, Srinivasa Sastri exhibited extreme dispassion, a hallmark of great ascetics. When offered the opportunity to stay in Sringeri and study the Hindu scriptures under the tutelage of the then Jagadguru, Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati, he quickly accepted and settled without ado into a life of austerity and scholarship.
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