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feature of his style which is richly exhibited in his written word It will be of some interest to trace this element of romance in him to his early youth
Rup-Rajendra, to give his family name, was born His Birthplace on Vikram Samvant 1978 Shravana Its significance Sudi Bij, 26 July 1922 AD at the village of Takhtagadh in Rajputana.
This region of his nativity is situated between two territories, representing as if it were the two phases of his life. There stretches out far beyond, the land of Mewar, the land of Rajput chivalry and heroic deeds, and not far distant is situated the lovely group of the Jain temples, the Dilwara and Ranakpur
To those who hold that events in life are not fortuitous, but are related to unseen subtler bonds, the location of his birth-place is not without significance The iron of the soil seems to have entered his soul. The activities of his reckless boyhood may have sprung from this natal influence
He was barely nine months old, when he was taken to Mysore, another land of romance and beauty How he grows His father was a businessman of Tumkur, a market town in Mysore.
He was four years old when he was bereft of his Glimpse mother's tender affection and care He al. of death ways slept with his mother at night This was the first night when his father took him under his care
