▁His ▁father ' s ▁name ▁was ▁Sar ve pal li ▁Ve eras w ami ▁and ▁his ▁mother ' s ▁name ▁was ▁Sar ve pal li ▁S ita ▁( S it amma ). ▁His ▁early ▁years ▁were ▁spent ▁in ▁Th ir utt ani ▁and ▁Tir up ati . ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁a ▁sub ordinate ▁re venue ▁official ▁in ▁the ▁service ▁of ▁a ▁local ▁zam ind ar ▁( local ▁land l ord ). ▁His ▁primary ▁education ▁was ▁at ▁K . V ▁High ▁School ▁at ▁Th ir utt ani . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁Herm ans burg ▁Evangel ical ▁Luther an ▁Mission ▁School ▁in ▁Tir up ati ▁and ▁Government ▁High ▁Second ary ▁School , ▁Wal aj ap et . ▁ ▁Education ▁Rad h ak r ish nan ▁was ▁awarded ▁scholar ships ▁throughout ▁his ▁academic ▁life . ▁He ▁joined ▁Voor he es ▁College ▁in ▁V ell ore ▁for ▁his ▁high ▁school ▁education . ▁After ▁his ▁F . A . ▁( First ▁of ▁Arts ) ▁class , ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Mad ras ▁Christian ▁College ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 7 . ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁there ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 6 , ▁and ▁also ▁finished ▁his ▁Masters ▁the ▁same ▁college . ▁ ▁Rad h ak r ish nan ▁studied ▁philosophy ▁by ▁chance ▁rather ▁than ▁choice . ▁Being ▁a ▁finan cially ▁const rained ▁student , ▁when ▁a ▁cousin ▁who ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁college ▁passed ▁on ▁his ▁philosophy ▁text books ▁in ▁to ▁Rad h ak r ish nan , ▁it ▁automatically ▁decided