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When he was of age, he was sent to Bangalore to prosecute his studies. Rup-Rajendra as the name His education suggests had a body beautiful One
could compliment him on bus fine physique but that does not mean that his mind was matured to acquire higher education The rough and tough career he had so far pursued promised but httle, that he would ever turn to books He does not seem to have profited much from academic education, but the change of place did benefit him, at any rate Here, he had ample opportunities to see parks and gardens and extend his excursions even to the woods which are accessible in Mysore.
The innate poetry of his soul revived in these congenial surroundings We can form but little conception of the release which his soul experienced, His poetic son
... at this time, from the bondage of mere
physical pleasures, which he had known so far His thirst for the romantic and lovely in Nature was aroused and appeased when he gazed long and at leisure upon the fountains of the Brindaban Gardens or when he roamed through the shady lanes or lay idling upon some bank of flowers His No sermons wandering steps took him to Bahubali's and stones Sravan Belguna, too It was not so much in the spirit of a religious pilgrim that he visited this ancient temple Its exquisite carving and the magnificence of its courtyard impressed him very
