mangalore while there are enough instances of rich philanthropists donating part of their earnings for charity its rare for a government school teacher to donate his lifes saving for public good ramakrishna bhat 66 a retired teacher has donated his lifes earnings rs 20 lakh to an educational institution he donated the money to dharmachakra trust which manages sri bharathi group of institutions run by sri raghaveshwara bharathi seer of hosanagar mutt bhat who retired as the headmaster of samethadka higher primary school puttur in 1999 after completing 33 years in service as a teacher said the money has been given for the construction of preuniversity building of sri bharathi pu college in mangalore a recipient of the best teacher award in 1976 he now stays at sai niketan old age home near vittla i do not have anyone nor do i have a lifestyle which needs this kind of money my needs are few and so i have saved much because i was a teacher i thought its best to donate the money to an educational institution he said bhat has also started a permanent fund of rs 25000 at nettaru higher primary sullia to enable the school award cash prizes to the winners of annual sports day bhat who has recovered from neck cancer said i may have a few more years to live i am going to live the rest of my life in peace knowing that my money will be put to good use sri bharathi college old students association president ramachandra ag said he is a disciple of the seer according to his wishes the money will be used for school library school building and for scholarships