Dharmakkan Dhanaraj
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Dharmakkan Dhanaraj (18 December 1950[1][3]– 16 October 2017)[4] was an Indian Old Testament scholar who taught at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, a seminary established in 1965[13] and affiliated to the nation's first[14] university, the Senate of Serampore College (University).
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Born | Dharmakkan Dhanaraj 18 December[1] 1950[3] |
Died | 16 October 2017(2017-10-16) (aged 66)[4] |
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Dhanaraj Ayyagaru |
Citizenship | India |
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Occupation(s) | Pastor and Teacher |
Years active | 1974-2015 |
Religion | Christianity |
Church | Church of South India (A Uniting church comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, Lutheran, Calvinist and Anglican missionary societies – SPG, WMMS, LMS, Basel Mission, CMS, and the Church of England) |
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Congregations served | Pollibetta and Kushalanagar |
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Title | The Reverend Doctor |
After serving more than 40 years for the cause of spiritual formation and the teaching of German language studies, through the Karnataka Theological College and the Moegling Institute for German Language, both in Mangalore, Dhanaraj died on Monday, 16 October 2017[4] in Mangalore[4] after a brief illness and his funeral mass was conducted at 16:00 hours[4] on Tuesday, 17 October 2017, by Bishop emeritus John Sadananda, CSI, at the CSI-Shanthi Cathedral,[4] Balmatta, Mangalore in the presence of Sydney Salins, CSI, H. R. Cabral, CSI, Annie Watson, CSI, F. Anilkumar, CSI, Bishop emeritus C. L. Furtado, CSI, D. R. Sadananda, CSI and Mohan Manoraj, CSI, the present CSI Bishop - in - Mangalore. Dhanaraj's demise comes close on the heels of the notable Old Testament Scholar, Bishop emeritus Samuel Amirtham, CSI, who departed during the last week of September 2017.