Having stayed at the various Syrian Orthodox monasteries in Turkey and Syria, he came in contact with various Syriac scholars which helped him to master the Syriac Church language. With his mastery of the Malayalam, Sanskrit and Syriac languages, he composed the 'Pemkisa (Fenqitho) Namaskaram' in Syriac for the feasts of St.Mary and St. Gregorios of Parumala and translated them into Malayalam. His major translations from Syriac are 'Prumiyonukal', ' Valiya Nombilae Namaskaram', 'Pattamkoda Shushrusha Kramangal' and 'Pallikoodasha Kramangal'. He also composed the 'Hoothomo' for 'Holy Synods' and the 'State after death'.
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A devout Hindu throughout his life, Dakshinamoorthy started his speeches telling Sarvacharacharangalkkum Namaskaram, Charachara Guruvinum Namaskaram (Welcome to all the living and non-living creatures in the world, and also to their teacher). He was a devotee of Lord Shiva of Vaikom Temple in Kottayam district, after whom he was named, and he celebrated his 60th, 70th, 80th and 90th birthdays by offering Sahasrakalasham at Vaikom Temple. He was also a devotee of Lord Guruvayurappan, and used to visit Guruvayur temple too. Being a Brahmin, he was a vegetarian as he adhered to the traditional diet.
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MCC School has a variety of extra-curricular activities. The school conducts cultural, Annual day, Investiture and Competition for other schools. Students follow the Indian tradition of wishing teachers with folded hands Namaskaram position. Assembly is conducted every day to teach and train students with current affairs, Punctuality, Thirukkural, New English words, Prayer, Bible and Moral stories.
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Pressing hands together with a smile to greet Namaste – a common cultural practice in India Namaste (,. The British pronunciation is either or , and the American is . Devanagari: नमस्ते, ), sometimes spoken as namaskar and namaskaram, is a customary, non-contact form of Hindu greeting. In the contemporary era, it is found on the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and among the Indian diaspora worldwide.
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IPH is the biggest publisher of Islamic literature in the whole of South India. Apart from Calicut, it has branches at Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kannur, Malappuram and agencies at more than 20 places in Kerala and the Middle East. It has published almost 500 books so far and many of them have sold more than 50,000 copies. Namaskaram(Prayer) written by Abul Jalal Moulavi alone sold 1,34,000 copies.
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The dish is offered to the gods and goddesses, sometimes to the village cows, and then shared by the community. Men traditionally offer prayers to the sun with the namaskaram posture in open, and then proceed to eat their meal. According to James Lochtefeld, the Pongal dish is first offered to Surya and Ganesha, and then shared with the gathered friends and family. Tamilians decorate their homes with banana and mango leaves and embellish the entrance space before homes, corridors or doors with decorative floral, festive or geometric patterns drawn using colored rice flour.
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