ACKNOWLEDGMENT | wish to record my sincere and heartfelt thanks to the following: 1. 2. 1 O. 11. 12. 13. Dr. N. Mahalingam, President of the Ramalingar Pani Mandram. Thirumurai Kalanithi P. V. S. Rajasakaran: Selecting verses of the saints to compile this book. Prof. K. M. Venkataramiah M. A., ; Tamil Paraphrase, notes and rendering into English. Mr. K. M. Gopinath B.Sc.,: Transliteration. Vidwan K. M. Krishnamurthy: Encouraging me in all my projects. Kalaimamani Lalgudi Swaminathan: For rendering all the songs in the book for cassette recording. Thiru S. K. Devanarayanan: Introduction and narration for the songs. Thiru P. Pakkirisamy: Violin; Thiru S. Yugarajan: Mirudangam. The Christian auto and communication Services for Studio Recording. The Supplement: Mr. C. Kuppusamy, Translating Tamil Paraphrase to English. Mr. T. Vadivelu for editing the scripts for printing. Life Sketches of the Eight Great Saints: Dr. Avvai Nadarajan Vice-Chancellor, Tamil University for his preparation and edition of the Life Sketches of Saints. To the Natal Tamil Vedic Society Trust and the South African Tamil Federation for entrusting me to gather material for the furtherance of language and culture. Printer: J.P.M. - Amudha Nilayam Limited, Madras–14 for printing execution.
