▁to ▁respond ▁to ▁Vin ob aj i ' s ▁appeal ▁by ▁transfer ring ▁all ▁his ▁land hold ings ▁except ▁the ▁hom est ead ▁land ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁acres ▁for ▁meeting ▁family ▁exp enses . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁short ▁in ▁stat ure ▁( about ▁ 5 ' 4 ") ▁but ▁his ▁sharp ▁features , ▁bes pect ac led ▁bright ▁eyes , ▁cur led ▁hair ▁( which ▁was ▁black ▁even ▁at ▁his ▁dem ise ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 8 5 ) ▁and ▁extremely ▁fair ▁complex ion ▁created ▁an ▁a ura ▁of ▁person ality ▁and ▁respect ability . ▁B ene ath ▁this ▁out ward ▁grave ▁appearance , ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁very ▁soft ▁and ▁comp ass ion ate ▁heart ▁and ▁all ▁the ▁poor ▁people ▁respect ed ▁him ▁like ▁a ▁de ity ▁and ▁considered ▁him ▁as ▁their ▁last ▁resort ▁in ▁case ▁of ▁financial ▁and ▁other ▁problems . ▁Anyone , ▁ir res pective ▁of ▁his ▁cas te , ▁cre ed ▁religion , ▁social ▁status ▁or ▁economic ▁condition ▁had ▁free ▁access ▁to ▁him . ▁ ▁Education ist ▁Sri ▁Mah endra ▁L al ▁B ose ▁was ▁most ▁pert urbed ▁by ▁the ▁ill iter acy ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁Raj b ons i ▁people . ▁This ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁very ▁root ▁of ▁harm ful ▁super st itions ▁and ▁lack ▁of ▁initi ative ▁to ▁overcome ▁the ▁day ▁to ▁day ▁problems ▁and ▁ha z ards ▁of ▁natural ▁dis aster s . ▁Ill iter acy ▁led ▁them ▁to ▁tam as ic ▁activities ▁and ▁ab ject ▁surrender ▁to ▁hundreds ▁of ▁de ities ▁to ▁t ide ▁over