Vol. 13. No.7. July - 2014 Bharatiya Vidya 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. Rama Jois will launch The conference, which will feature Upanishad Calendar. Sri N Ramanuja, 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 India, 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 Sanskrit 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 Advaita Vedanta (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 Krishna 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 Upanishads 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 Utkal University, 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 Guru Kalidasa Sanskrit Shrivihar, Puri. 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 Ramakrishna 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 Vyasa 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 Sanskrit Literature. 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 Dharma 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. Satya Vrat Shastri’s from Rashtriya Sanskrit Ramakirti Mahakavyam was Vidyapeetha, Tirupati in 2014 at published in Bangkok its 17th Convocation. He was (Thailand), (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 Sirindhorn honourd him at Shilpakorn University, Bangkok,