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.
[19] Ellen T. Charry observes that Dhanaraj divided Psalm 3 into three segments depending on point of view taken by the speaker,[20] a fact reiterated by John J.
[21] Further, Dhanaraj's research work has been held in nearly 75[22] library holdings ranging from Seminaries to state universities[22] and National libraries[22] across[22] Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America and has been referred by many Scholars over the years' including his Doktorvater, After initial graduate studies at the CSI-American College in Madurai, Tamil Nadu where Dhanaraj pursued studies in sciences leading to B.Sc.
Dhanaraj then underwent ministerial formation at the United Theological College, Bangalore between 1970 and 1974[10] during the Principalship of J. R. Chandran, CSI, studying for a Bachelor of Divinity (B. D.) under faculty comprising The Rev.
[36] During Dhanaraj's second period of studies at Bangalore between 1976 and 1978, his graduate companions included S. W. Meshack, IELC, M. Mani Chacko, CSI, K. David Udayakumar, SALC and others.