A special cover was released on Dr.Manjeshwara Mukunda Prabhu on 4th February 2019 at Udupi to celebrate his 88th Birth Anniversary.
Late Dr. Manjeshwara Mukunda Prabhu was a numismatist, flautist, maker of flutes and collector of deep sea shells, stamps and precious stones. The coins which were believed to be minted by Pandyas bearing the symbol of two fish and umbrella were identified as the coins minted by Alupas by him. He was born on 10.07.1931 at Manjeshwara and died on 05.01.2014.
I was surfing Internet, and was quite astonished when I came across your blog site and saw the special cover issued by the Government of India to honor and celebrate the 88th Birth Anniversary of the late Dr. Manjeshwara Mukunda Prabhu, who was my elder brother. He was regarded as an expert in several fields: Ancient Indian coins, stamps, Ragas of Carnatic Music, Natural Gem stones, Flowering wild plants of South Canara, etc. He was interested in Vaasthu Shastra and Jyotishya Shastra, too. Whenever he had some free time, he would be reading on various, mindboggling topics. He was a voracious reader, his table was always cluttered with thick books on various topics. Thank you very much for writing about him.
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Mylapore, Chennai