Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri



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Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Peetham conducts Vedic Sammelans

 

January 27, 2009

Vedic Sammelans were held across the country under the auspices of Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri with the Blessings of Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji. The Administrator of the Peetham, Sri V R Gowrishankar and Chairam of Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation, Stroudsburg, USA, Dr. Yegnasubramanian were present to convey the Blessings of the Shankaracharya and to oversee the Proceedings of the 5 Vedic Sammelans that took place in mid-January.

The annual Vedic Sammelan organised by the Peetham in Maharashtra, now in its 9th year, took place in Nagpur on 17th and 18th January 2009. About 200 Vedic scholars from various Vedic Shakhas participated. Six elderly scholars were specially honoured with Rs. 25,000/- during the Sammelan.

120 Vedic scholars hailing from Orissa, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Assam participated in the 3rd annual Veda Sammelan held in Kolkata on 19th January.

The 9th annual Vedic Sammelan in the holy town of Varanasi took place on 20th and 21st January. 125 scholars and 400 students took part with recitation of all the extant 11 Veda Shakhas reverberating from the Sringeri Shankara Math premises in Varanasi. 50 Shastra scholars also attended the function and were felicitated. 3 elderly scholars were specially honoured. 40 participants, mostly youngsters, took part in the Bhagavad Gita Jnana Yagna scheme of the Peetham and were honoured with cash awards. 12 of them received Rs. 21,000/- for having memorised and having recited the entire Bhagavad Gita.

On January 23rd, the 8th annual Vedic Sammelan was held in New Delhi. 130 Vedic scholars participated. On 24th, the third edition of the Vedic Sammelan was held in Hyderabad. About 400 Vedic scholars including 100 Ghanapathis participated and were honoured.

 
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