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Profiles Oct 14, 2019

DVG as a Constitutional Reformer and Inspiration from Tyagaraja

When the world-renowned scholar, India-aficionado, and multifaceted expert on various art forms, Ananda Coomaraswamy was asked to deliver a message regarding In...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Oct 12, 2019

D.V.G's Himalayan Service to Public Life: The Anti-Partition Champion

Public Organisations The public meeting that took place towards the end of 1919 was organized by D.V.G. In the South Indian Princely States Conference held in...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Oct 09, 2019

Māgaḍi Lakṣmīnarasiṃha Śāstri--Pāṭhaśālā and Guru

In 1931, Lakṣmīnarasiṃha Śāstri joined the Pāṭhaśālā in this Maṭha for higher studies. He was then eighteen years of age. The background of this Pāṭhaśālā requi...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Profiles Oct 08, 2019

Magadi Karanika Krishnamurthy

Magadi Karanika Krishnamurthy is worthy of remembrance. He had a mind that was liberal, a heart that was generous, and an outlook that was progressive. The rewa...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Vedavyas M G

Profiles Oct 07, 2019

V.S.Srinivasa Sastri (Part 4)

The Tradition of Smārta-bhāgavata-s It is easy to infer from his name that Sastri belonged to a family of Vaidikas. He beloned to a sub-community called the ‘v...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Oct 06, 2019

D.V.G: The Unrivalled Expert on the Problem of the Princely States

The Rule of the Maharajas The situation in the states ruled by the Maharajas were not really praiseworthy. Bhopal was a Hindu-majority state as long as it was...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Oct 02, 2019

Paṇḍita-pravara Māgaḍi Lakṣmīnarasiṃha Śāstri

The following incident happened in the 1930s, when Śrī Candraśekhara-bhāratī Mahāsvāmi adorned the Śāradā-pīṭha at Sringeri. The Mahāsvāmi’s liking for and supp...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Profiles Sep 30, 2019

V.S.Srinivasa Sastri (Part 3)

Daily Routine V.S. Srinivasa Sastri's daily routine in Bangalore was as follows: He got up before 7 in the morning and visited Lal Bagh. He would sit on the sh...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Profiles Sep 29, 2019

The Nationalism of D.V.G and the Problems of the Princely States

DVG practiced journalism for an unremitting seven decades; from the beginning, he fiercely upheld the nationalistic spirit in both speech and writing. From 1913...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Profiles Sep 27, 2019

K.P. Puttanna Shetty (Part 5)

Preventable Diseases Dr Subbarao was really enthusiastic about Kannada literature. I remember him enjoying reading the Pampa Ramayana along with me. He authore...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad

Profiles Sep 25, 2019

ವೇದಮೂರ್ತಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಶೇಷಣ್ಣಶ್ರೌತಿಗಳ ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆ-ಸಿದ್ಧಿ—ಉಪಸಂಹಾರ

ಶೇಷಣ್ಣನವರ ಜೀವನದ ಕಡೆಯ ದಶಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದೆರಗಿದ ಆಘಾತವೆಂದರೆ ಅವರ ಧರ್ಮಪತ್ನಿ ಶಾರದಮ್ಮನವರ ವಿಸ್ಮೃತಿರೋಗ. ಎಷ್ಟೆಲ್ಲ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯದ ಹಾಡು, ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ, ಗೀತಗಳನ್ನು ವಾಚೋ ವಿಧೇಯವಾಗಿ ಇರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

Profiles Sep 24, 2019

K.P. Puttanna Shetty (Part 4)

Creating Happiness I’ve already told that the main aspects of his ingenuity were his wisdom and his conduct. One of his key principles was the prominence he ga...

D V Gundappa | Trans: Kiran Prasad