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The Mysuru man catalogued 6000 coins, excavated a Mauryan city in Brahmagiri called ‘Isila’ and was also responsible for discovering Shahji’s (Shivaji’s father) tomb.

It is a matter of pride that out of over 43 applications spanning ten countries that competed for the 2017 Unesco Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation, the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple is the only religious centre in the whole of South India to bag the award in 2017.