Vol. 13. No.7. July - 2014 Bharatiya KARNATAKA Bhavan NewsNews HERE GOES UPANISHAD SANDESHA

The countdown for Bhavan’s will be the chief guest and Sri Madhu ‘Upanishad Sandesha’ conference Pandit Dasa President of ISKCON, has begun. This six day conference will Bangalore will be the Guest of be held in the Multi-Vision auditorium Honour. During the inauguration, at ISKCON, Bangalore on its former Chief Justice of Punjab and premises located on the Chord road, Haryana High Court and former Rajajinagar. Governor of Bihar and Jarkhand, Justice Dr. M. Jois will launch The conference, which will feature Upanishad Calendar. Sri N , over 85 scholars from all over the Chairman Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, country will be inaugurated by Justice Bangalore Kendra will preside. Ramesha Chandra Lahoti, former Chief A book containing the papers Justice of , Supreme Court of presented at the ‘Veda Samvada’ India. Nadoja Dr. G. Venkatasubbaiah conference held last year and DVDs

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Website : www.bhavankarnataka.com Race Course Road, Bangalore - 1. www.facebook.com/bhavan.bengaluru Tel.: 2226 7303, 2226 5746. Fax : 2228 7373 e-mail : [email protected] Re.1/- C M Y K containing the entire proceedings for the event will be formally launched during the inaugural ceremony. Prof. Ramasubramanian Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Mumbai, a noted scholar, will deliver the key-note brings out the seminal address. He has been conferred contributions of the Kerala the Award of Maharshi School of astronomers and Badarayan Vyas Samman in mathematicians in the field of recognition of his research. Mathematical Analysis. They The award is given to young also developed new models of scholars of Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, planetary motion that gave a Arabic and Persian who have correct account of the heliocentric made a breakthrough in the motion of the interior planets, interdisciplinary studies involving Mercury and Venus, for the first contribution of these languages or time in the history of Astronomy. the ancient Indian wisdom, to the Prof. Ramasubramanian has also process of synergy between completed a rigorous course modernity and tradition. on (a fourteen Prof. Ramasubramanian is semester program) which fetched one of the authors who prepared him the coveted of "Vidvat the Explanatory Notes of the Pravara" from the Jagadguru celebrated work Ganita- Shankaracharya of Sri Sringeri yuktibhasha (Rationales in Sharada Peetham. Mathematical Astronomy) of A significant feature of this Jyeshthadeva (c. 1530) which unique conference is a live webcast of the entire proceedings of the conference, which is being undertaken by Advaita Academy, Bangalore. Advaita Academy is a School for Indian Spirituality & Philosophy set up by Creative India Academies for Art & Culture (CI). CI seeks to

2 C M Y K preserve and advance various facets of Indian Art and Culture including Spirituality & Philosophy, Visual & Performing arts, Design & Handicrafts, Cuisine, Health & Wellness and Language & Literature. Livestreaming link for the Prof. Harekrishna Satapathy event is-www.livestream.com/ Dr. Hare Satapathi, advaita_academy?t=212827 Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Sankrita Sansthan, Tirupathi will The conference will have deliver the valedictory address on a Bharatanatyam dance based 4th July 2014, commencing at on performed by 5.00 PM. Sri Sri Raghaveshwara Sri Anuradha Sridhar and Bharati Mahaswamiji of Sri Sridhar of Bangalore Jagadguru Sri Sankaracharya Dr. T S Satyavathi and her Mahasamsthanam, Gokarna and troupe will present Karnatic Ramachandrapura Matha will be classical music recital based on the chief guest and address the Upanishads. The special lecture gathering. series to be held between 6.30 and 7.30 pm will feature eminent Bhavan will be honouring personalities like noted scientist six eminent scholars who Dr. Roddam Narasimha, former have worked extensively on Director of Nehru Planetarium Upanishads during valedictory Prof. C V Vishveshwara, ceremony viz., Dr. Harekrishna Satapathi, Tirupati, Dr. H V Dr. Mumtaz Ali of Satsang Nagaraja Rao, Mysore, Foundation, noted Kannada Dr. M L Narasimha Murthy, litterateur Dr. Ham.Pa. Tirupati, Dr. Satyanarayana Nagarajaiah. Chakraborty, West Bengal, Dr. Mumtaz Ali, Bangalore and Dr. S Ranganath, Bangalore. Prof. Harekrishna Satapathy Prof. Harekrishna Satapathy is Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, 3 C M Y K Tirupati since 2006. A gold medallist in LLB from , he is M.A (Sanskrit), Sahityacharya (Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan, New Delhi) and Ph.D (Vidyavaridhi) from Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan, New Delhi. He has an academic experience Sri Mumtaz Ali Khan of more than 29 years in P.G. and Mahamahopadhyaya- Hons. level serving in Ravenshaw Honoris Causa’ title and Aadi College, Cuttack, Shri Jagannath Shankaracharya award from Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya, Kavikula Kalidasa Sanskrit Shrivihar, . Prof Satapathy University, Ramtek. He has also was acting Vice-Chancellor secured the first prize at the of Shri Jagannath Sanskrit All India ‘Samasyapurthy’ Vishvavidyalaya during 2000. competition conducted recently Prof. Hare Krishna by the Delhi Sanskrit Akademy Satapathy, has been recipient for the year 2007-08 for of many awards including the composing ‘slokas’ (verses) prestigious ‘Central Sahitya with the word ‘Sadhana’. Academi Award’ for his Besides numerous research Sanskrit work ‘Bharathayanam’, papers and publications, he has ‘Sri Dalmia published more than 40 books Srivani Alankarana Nyas in Sanskrit, English and Odia. Puraskar, Orissa Sahitya He has been member of several Akademi award, Ravindranath committees constituted by Tagore peace prize, Jayadeva Central Government. Puraskar, Rashtrapathi Puraskar among others. Sri M He is also recipient of Sri M, also known as Sri Madhukarnath ji is a living Yogi and disciple of Sri Maheshwarnath Babaji in Nath tradition. Sri M was born as Mumtaz Ali Khan on 6 November 1948 in a devout Muslim family in Trivandrum, Kerala. Even at a very young age, 4 C M Y K he noticed how prejudiced people belonging to one religion were about other religions. Sri M left his home at the age of nineteen to find his master in Himalayans. After getting exhausted by the endless search, he finally met Sri Maheshwarnath Babaji at Prof. S. Ranganath Cave, beyond Badrinath. by Times of India. A documentary His desire to meet the Grand film called “The Modern Mystic: Master – Sri Guru (Mahavatar Sri M of Madnapalle” was made Babaji) was also fulfilled at by director Raja Choudhury in NeelaKanth hill with the grace of 2011. his master. Sri M came back from Himalayas and spent considerable Sri M can be called as amount of time in Ramakrishna modern day Kabir Das who is a Mission and Krishnamurti confluence of all religions but also Foundation. He started his beyond them and is a crusader teaching phase some years after for inter religious harmony. his Master passed away. Sri M is Prof. S. Ranganath married and spends his time in Prof.. S. Ranganath is a teaching and heading Satsang gold medalist in M.A. Sanskrit Foundation he has founded for from Bangalore University. tribal children in Andhra Pradesh. He secured his Ph.D for his Sri M is a yogi with profound dissertation on Contribution knowledge of Upanishads and of Vacaspati Misra to Indian deep personal insights born of first Philosophy. He has sixty two hand experience of higher levels books and hundred research of consciousness. He writes in papers to his credit. He has a Speaking Tree, a spiritual forum Vidwan Degree in Advaitha Vedanta from Sri Chamarajendra Sanskrit College. He has studied Rigveda traditionally for eight years. Prof Ranganath was awarded D.Litt., from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla in 2005 for his Post-Doctoral 5 C M Y K publications on Post Independence . He is a Professor and Head of the Department of Sanskrit, N.M.K.R.V College for Women (Autonomous college) Bangalore and Director of R.V. Institute of Sanskrit studies. Widely decorated by 2014 at Shankar Krupa, many awards, the title Bangalore VEDABHOOSHANA was He was nominated as conferred on him by Veda subject expert to Adarsh Sanskrit Paripalana Sabha. Vidyapeetah-Madhurantakam, The title “VEDASHRI” was Tamil Nadu as a representative of conferred on him from World Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan Delhi Association of Vedic Studies, – Human Resource Development, USA Bangalore branch. Govt of India. He has been “Vidyavaridhi” title was nominated as Kannada language bestowed on him from ‘Telugu expert for multilingual Sanskrit th Vignana Vedike’ on 5 January Etymological Dictionary project 2014 at Bangalore. American by Ministry of Human Resource Biographical Institute, USA has Development, Govt of India. honoured him with the title THE MAN OF THE YEAR 1996. His Kannada translation of He was awarded ‘Vacaspati” Prof. Vrat Shastri’s from Rashtriya Sanskrit Ramakirti Mahakavyam was Vidyapeetha, Tirupati in 2014 at published in its 17th Convocation. He was (), (First Jnanapeeth awarded “Adhaytma Awardee in Sanskrit). Vidyalankara” on 30th April He delivered lectures at Oxford, Cambridge, London, Brighton, Nottingham, Berlin and Wittenberg during June-July 2011 on Indian culture. He was honourd at House of Commons – Parliament of London by Lord Billimoria. Her Royal Highness Princess 6 C M Y K Mahachakri honourd him at Shilpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand in 2013. He has also been awarded book prize for the year 2012-2013 as the best book on Gandhi entitled “Gandhi in Sanskrit Literature” at Gandhi Bhavan, Bangalore in 2013. Accreditation Council. Prof. Satyanarayan Prof. Chakraborty with 39 years Chakraborty of experience in academics was Prof. Satyanarayan visiting professor of Sanskrit at Chakraborty, Professor Dept. Sorbonne Nouvelle University, of Sanskrit, Ravindra Bharati Paris , Centre of Advance studies University, Kolkotta was born of Sanskrit, Pune University, in Batanagar of West Bengal Tripura University, Agartala, and has held many prestigious University of Gauhati, positions like Member of Viswabharathi Shantinikentan. Academic Advisory Committee, Prof Chakraborty has been a ICCR Ministry of External resource person for many national Affairs, Govt. of India, Expert and international universities. committee for MRP project Prof. Chakraborty is a and evaluation committee of Gold Medalist in MA from University Grants Commission Calcutta University and Phd from and various committees of Bardwan University and Delit National Assessment and from Raveendrabharati University. He has also done his Kavyathirtha from Vangiya Sanskrit Shiksha Parishad (VSSP), Vyakarana Threertha from VSSP and Upanishad Theertha from VSSP. Prof Chakraborty has guided many scholars for their Doctoral programmes, A distinguished author over Prof. Satyanarayan 26 books on various forms of Chakraborty Sanskrit Literature, over 30

7 C M Y K audio CDs on Kalidasa Shanthi sataka of Silhana Mishra, Sanskrit riddles and other topics, Prof. Chakraborty has chaired many national and international conferences and symposiums. Dr. M L N Murthy Prof. Narasimha Murthy, renowned scholar is an A scholar on Advaita academician with over 34 years Vedanta in his own right, he has of teaching at Rashtreeya attended and delivered many Sanskrita Vidyapeetha, Tirupati. lectures at various seminars and Prof. Murthy graduated with conferences all over the country. Bachelor in Arts from Mysore He has been resource person at University in 1980 and pursued various universities. Prof. his masters at Bangalore Murthy’s activities span University. He secured the PhD philosophy, literature and fine (Vidyavaridhi) from Rashtreeya arts like dramas. He has been Sanskrita Samsthan, New Delhi instrumental in organising various in 1992. youth festivals and is a regular He has authored and edited participant in Vakyartha Sabhas at of over 9 books, he has published Sri Sri Jagadguru Sankaracharya over 50 articles in Sanskrit Maha Samsthanam Sri Sharada magazines and presented over Peetham, Sringeri and 1000 articles in various magazines Shrimajjagadguru Shankaracharya in Kannada on Sanskrit literature Shri Sonda Swarnavalli and philosophy. He has also Mahasamsthanam. published over 50 articles in English spiritual magazines. Prof. Murthy has guided 11 scholars for their doctoral programme and presently guiding 6 for their PhDs. He has also guided three scholars for their MPhil programme. Prof. Murthy is the Chairman Board of Studies and member of various academic and non- Dr. M L N Murthy academic bodies at Rashtreeya 8 C M Y K Sanskrita Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, Lal Bahadur Shastri Vidyapeetha, New Delhi, Madras Sanskrit College, Rashtreeya Sanskrita Vidyapeetha, New Delhi. Dr. H V Nagaraja Rao Dr. H.V. Nagaraja Rao born in 1942 at Somenahalli, him. Appayya Diksita’s Gudibande Taluk, Kolar, studied Varadarajastava and for Vyakarana Vidwath at the Sri Gaurisankara Svamis prestigious Maharaja Sanskrit Basavanandalahari, a research College, Mysore, served as a text, are rendered in Kannada. Research Scholar at the Oriental He has written small booklets Manuscripts Research Institute, for children, like Bhagiratha and Mysore University, Mysore for Dilipa, Seven wonders of Ancient more than 3 decades. He was world and Kathasaurabha. also a visiting Professor of Dr. Rao has translated Sanskrit, Chicago University, Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa’s famous USA. Kannada novel 'Sartha' into Vid. Rao translated Sanskrit (Pub. By Samskruta H.E.Maharaja Shri Mummadi Bharati). For which he got Krishnaraja Wodeyer’s Central Sahitya Academy award. Sritattvanidhi to English. He is the recipient of President’s Nilakantha Diksita’s Anyapadesa Certificate of Honour. His latest Sataka, Ananda- sagarastava, work is ‘Veda-Vedanga’ a Venkatadhvari’s Subhasita researched monograph in kannada published by Bhavan’s Kaustubha and Bhallatasataka Gandhi Centre of Science and are also translated into Kannada Human Values. with Sanskrit Commentary by Bhavan has made this six day conference open to all the persons interested in gaining knowledge of our ancient texts. To facilitate spreading the message of Upanishads, deemed as storehouse of highest spiritual knowledge of the country, Dr. H V Nagaraja Rao the participation is free. 9 C M Y K Upanishad Sandesha : Calendar of Events July 01, 2014, Tuesday, Session - 5

9.00 - 9.30 a.m Aurobindo’s Philosophy on Prof. Krishna Sharma, Guntur Upanishad as the basis of Savithri 9.30 - 10.00 a.m Radhakrishnan’s Interpretation of Dr. Sree Srivatsa, Bangalore Upanishads 10.00 - 10.30 a.m. Chinmaya’s Interpretation of Sri. Sujay Chaitanya Upanishads Chinmaya Mission, Bangalore 10.30 - 11.00 a.m Vivekananda’s Interpretation of Swami Nirbhayananda, Belagam Upanishads 11.00 - 11.30 a.m Sacchidanandendra Saraswathi’s Dr. S. Hemalatha, Bangalore Interpretation of Upanishads 11.30 - 12.00 noon Hiriyanna’s Interpretation of Smt. Anuradha, Bangalore Upanishads 12.00 - 12.30 p.m. Upanishad Brahmendra’s impact on Dr. D. Ramakrishna,Vijayawada Upanishads 12.30 - 1.00 p.m. Impact of Upanishad on Sri Suryaprakash Pandit, Bangalore Ananda Coomaraswamy

Session – 6 2.00 - 2.30 p.m. Impact of Upanishad on Dr. Shashi Rekha, Bangalore Swamy Shivananda 2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Ecology in Upanishads Dr. Satyanarayan Chakraborty, Kolkata 3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Impact of Upanishad on Devadu Dr. H.N. Chandrashekhara, Mysore 3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Impact of Upanishad on Pranic Healing Dr. Saraswathi Hegde, Bangalore 4.00 - 4.30 p.m. Astrology in Upanishads Dr. T.S. Vasan, Bangalore 4.30 - 5.00 p.m. Law and Legal Logic in Upanishad Sri. K.G. Raghavan, Bangalore 5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Chanting of Upanishads Sri. Manoj Bhatt & Party, Bangalore 5.30 - 6.00 p.m. Impact of Upanishad on DVG Dr. Gururaj Karajagi, Bangalore 6.00 - 6 .30 p.m. Upanishads and Jurisprudence Dr. R. Venkat Rao, Bangalore 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 pm Guest Lecture - What Upanishad Prof. C.V. Vishveshvara, Bangalore Means to me July 02, 2014, Wednesday, Session-7 9.00 - 9.30 a.m Chanting of Upanishads Students of Mathoor Patashala, Mathoor 9.30 - 10.00 a.m Impact of Upanishads on Dr. Rajendra Mishra, Shimla Modern Sanskrit Works 10.00 - 10.30 a.m. Ranade’s lmpact of Upanishad Dr. S. Ranganath, Bangalore contd...... 10 C M Y K 10.30 - 11.00 a.m Impact of Upanishads on Dr. Vishwanadha Rao, Rajamandari Telugu Literature 11.00 - 11.30 a.m Impact of Upanishads on Dr. Ramakanth Shukla, New Delhi Hindi Literature 11.30 - 12.00 noon Upanishad in Daily Life Sri. V. Subramanian, Bangalore 12.00 - 12.30 p.m. Impact of Upanishads on Dr. Murlee Madhavan,Thrissur Malayalam literature 12.30 - 1.00 p.m. Impact of Upanishads on Prof. Ananthalakshmi Natarajan, Tamil literature Bangalore

Session-8 Upanishads & 2.00 - 2.30 p.m. Upanishad & Puranas Dr. Manjulatha Sharma, Agra 2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Swamy Ranganathananda’s Prof. Naganath, Bangalore Interpretation of Upanishad 3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Sanskrit works based on Upanishads Dr. G.S.R. Krishnamurthy, Tirupati 3.30 - 4. 00 p.m. Impact of Upanishad on Prof. Pradhan Gurudatt, Bangalore Kannada Literature 4.00 - 4. 30 p.m. Women in Upanishad Dr. Y.B. Prabhavathi, Bangalore 5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Chanting of Upanishads Sri Rama Patashala 5.30 - 6.00 p.m. Impact of Upanishads on Dr. S. Ramaswamy, Bangalore English Literature 6.00 - 6 .30 p.m. Upanishads refer to Sri. Shukadeva Dasa, Bangalore Absolute Truth as a person 6.30 - 7.30 p.m Guest Lecture: What Upanishad Sri. Mumtaz Ali Satsang Foundation, Means to me Bangalore

July 03, 2014, Thursday, Session-9 9.00 - 9.30 a.m Chanting of Upanishads Sri Ravikumar & Party, Bangalore 9.30 - 10.00 a.m Psychology in Upanishads Dr. R. Shankar, NIMHANS, Bangalore 10.00 - 10.30 am Pancheekarana in the light of Sri. Sridhara Dixith Swamiji, Upanishads Sagar 10.30 - 11.00 a.m Shaiva Upanishads Dr. Mahadev. N. Joshi, Dharwad 11.00 -11.30 a.m. Vaishnava Upanishads Dr. K.B. Archak, Dharwad 11.30 - 12.00 noon Impact of Upanishad on Tantra Dr. Ichchharam Dwivedi, New Delhi 12.00 - 12.30 p.m. Kaushitaki Upanishad Sri. T.N. Raghavendra, Bangalore 12.30 - 1.00 p.m. Shakta Upanishads Dr. Venee Madhav Shastry, Dharwad

Session-10 2.00 - 2.30 p.m. Upanishad and Agamas Dr. Hampi Holi, Dharward 2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Personality Development in Upanishad Dr. Sridhar Bhat, Dharmasthala 3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Upanishads and Management Dr. T.V. Raju, Bangalore contd...... 11 C M Y K 3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Upanishads and Music Dr. T.S. Sathyavathi, Bangalore 4.00 - 4.30 p.m. Ganapatimuni’s Contribution to Prof. Sampadananda Mishra, Upanishad Pondichery 5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Chanting of Upanishads Sri Ganesha Veda Pratashala, Mysore 5-30 - 6.30 p.m. Guest Lecture : What Upanishad Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah, Means to me Bangalore 6.30 - 7.30 p.m Classical Music recital based on Vidushi T.S. Sathyavathi & Party Upanishad Bangalore

July 04, 2014, Friday, Session-11

9.00 - 9.15 a.m Chanting of Rig Veda 9.15 - 9.45 a.m Upanishads of Rig Veda Dr. R.N. Nargaraj, Bangalore 9.45 – 10.00 am Chanting of Shukla Yajur Veda 10.00 - 10.30 am Upanishads of Shukla Yajur Veda Dr. Suryanarayana Nagendra Bhat, Mysore 10.30 – 10.45 am Chanting of Krishna Yajur Veda 10.45 - 11.15 a.m Upanishads of Krishna Yajur Veda Dr. Radhakrishna Bhat, Mysore 11.15. – 11.30 am Chanting of Sama Veda 11.30 - 12.00 noon Upanishads of Sama Veda Dr. Kumara Subramanya Bhat. A, Mangalore 12.00 - 12.15 pm Chanting of Atharva Veda 12.15 - 12.45 p.m. Upanishads of Atharva Veda Dr. Ananthanagendra Bhat, Mysore Session-12 2.00 - 2.30 p.m. Subhashithas in Upanishads Prof. Srinivasan, Bangalore 2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Impact of Upanishads on Prof. C. Lalitha Rani, philosophical Dramas Tirupati 3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Logic & Upanishads Prof. Umakanth Bhat, Melukote 3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Upanishads and Jainism Dr. Surendranath Minajagi, Bangalore 5.00 p.m. Valedictory Programme and honouring Scholars

Chief guest: Shree Shree Raghavendra Bharati Swamiji, the 35th Pontiff, Shri Ramachandrapura Mutt

Felicitation to Scholars : Prof. Harekrishna Satapathy, Dr. H.V. Nagaraja Rao, Dr. M.L.Narasimha Murthy, Dr. Satyanarayana Chakraborty, Dr. S. Ranganath, Dr. Mumtaz Ali

Valedictory Address : Prof. Harekrishna Satapathy, Vice-Chancellor, Rastriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupathi.

12 C M Y K BHAVAN'S BBMP PUBLIC SCHOOL - COMPUTER EDUCATION CENTRE INAUGURATED On Saturday the 21st of June BVB - BBMP Public School took a step towards technological competence. Canara Bank Bangalore donated (L to R) Sri Ravindra Bhandari, G. M, Canara Bank, Circle Circle Office, Bangalore inaugurating the Computer 13 computers to Education Centre at Bhavan-BBMP Public school along enrich the with Sri. H.N. Suresh, Director, BVB, Sri. Peeyush Jain, computer centre Hon. Treasurer, BVB and Smt. Shubha Madhan, School Administrator. for vocational training. The lab not only improves competencies of children but also the larger society around the school. The management plans to run classes to equip Dignitaries lighting the lamp unemployed youth in the area with skills for employment. It is envisaged to improve the prospects of parents and teachers too. The lab was inaugurated by Bhavan-BBMP Public School students are busy with their Shri. Ravindra new computer donated by Canara Bank 13 C M Y K Bhandari, General Manager, Canara Bank, Bangalore. He was CANARA BANK welcomed by Shri. H.N.Suresh, BANGALORE Director, BVB & Member Secretary, Bhavan - BBMP DONATED Public School. He was felicitated by Shri. Peeyush Jain, Hon. 13 COMPUTERS Treasurer, BVB & Vice President of Rotary Indiranagar Bangalore. The students sang the Bhavan’s He said, “Donors are many but to Anthem and Ganesha Stuthi. get suitable recipient is difficult.” The function ended with a feeling Shri. Bhandari promosied of hope and expectation. any help the school needed. BHAVAN -INFOSYS FOUNDATION MUSIC PROGRAMMES AT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WORLD CULTURE, BASAVANA GUDI, BANGALORE Dasavani by Sri. Varadendra Gangakhed Ku. Harshita Gangakhed on April 11, 2014.

Sugama Sangeetha by Aishwarya Mahesh on May 16, 2014.

14 C M Y K Tue - Fri 9.00 a.m. PROGRAMME : 1 to 4 BVB-ISKCON present Upanishad Sandesha JULY - 2014 and Fri 5.00 p.m. Fri. 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall 4. Upanishad- Valedictory Programme 18. S.P. Rajalakshmi Endowment (for details please see page 10 to 12) Guru Vandana, Honoring three senior Venue ISKCON, West of Chord Road, Guru’s & Music Concerts by Bangalore Keerti Kumar Badseshi

Sun 10.00 a.m. - Khincha Hall Sat 5.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall 6. Bharathanatya 19. Hindustani Classical Music Arangetrum by Vocal : Pt Venkatesh Kumar Ms. Prapti Shetty Hormonium : Pt. Ravindra Katoti (Disciple of Tabla : Pt. Vidya Raj Guru Rangashree) Sat - Sun 9.00 a.m. - ESV Hall 19 - 20 PRANA Vidya Class (Pranayama ) Fri 6.00 p.m. - Carnatic Flute Recital 11. by Ambale Hemanth & Sun 4.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall Ambale Heramba 20 Bharathanatya (in association with Infosys Arrangetrum by Foundation) Venue : Indian Institute of Anoosha Sri World Culture, Basavanagudi, Bangalore. (Disciple of Sat 6.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall Guru Bhadari Divya Bhushan 12. Empanelled artiste and Guru Dr. Anjana Bhushan Kuchipudi Dance recital Ms. Reddi Lakshmi Sat 6.00 p.m. - ESV Hall under Horizon Series, 26 Astrology Lecture (In association with Topic : Grahachara by Indian Council for Cultural Relation) Dr S. Krishna Kumar, President, BJS

Tue 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall Wed 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall 15. Sai Grace Foundation 30 AIR Bangalore and BVB under Endowment Yadalam Nanjaiah Setty Dr. K.M. Munshi Institute of Art & Memorial Lecture by Culture : Seminar on life & works of Prof. B.M. Hegde, Mahakavi Ranna. Chairman, BVB, Mangalore and Followed by Gamaka Vachanas from Vice-Chairman, Manipal University selected portion of Gadayuddha and Topic : ”Your Health in your Hand” Ajinath Purana.

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