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200:(now known as Mayiladuthurai). His father, Thiruvalangadi Raju Sastri was a Sanskrit scholar. Venkatarama Sastri studied at the Municipal High School at Mayavaram, graduated from the Government College at Kumbakonam in 1894, received his B.L degree from the Law College at Madras in 1898 and enrolled in the Madras Court in April 1899 working initially as an apprentice under Sir P.S. Sivaswamy Aiyar.
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