Vajrotsava - 75 Birthday Celebrations of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji - 23 May 2017
Vajrotsava - 75 Birthday Celebrations of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji - 23 May 2017
In the morning, Pujya Swamiji took Darshana of Dattatreya. Sri Swamiji took salute from the Sri Datta Humane Services SDHS volunteer corps in front of the universal prayer hall. Sri Swamiji offered Purnahuti of Dattatreya Homa and performed Sri Chakra Puja. Sri Swamiji then released the life history book of Sri Swamiji translated in Malayalam by Smt.Vidya Vaidyanathan of Palakkad. Sri Swamiji also released “Sri Datta Katha Manjari, a Telugu book, Sri Swamiji also distributed Datta Peetham charities financial contribution to families of famers who ended their lives.
In the ensuing Chaitanyarchana program, the following dignitaries were awarded with titles.
Pravachana Nidhi
1. Bachampalli Santosha Kumar Shastry, Hyderabad
Asthana Vidwan
3. Sri K Chandra Shekhara Ghanapathi, Tirupati (Yajurveda)
4. Prof. Veeranarayana Pandurangi, Bengaluru (Nyaya Shastra)
5. Sri V S Gurunatha Ghanapathi, Chennai (Yajurveda, Meemamsa Shastra)
6. Prof. Sripada Satyanarayana, Tirupati (Vyakarana Shastra)
7. Vidwan Trichur R Mohan, Chennai (Mrudanga)
8. Dr. Shertalay Ranganatha Sharma, Madurai (Carnatic Vocal)
9. Pundit Ram Kumar Mishra, Varanasi (Tabla)
10. Pundit Arjun Kumar, Bengaluru (Mrudanga)
11. Sri Shaik Mabu, Nuzividu
Shuka Vana Award
12. Sri A R Vijay, Chennai
Sri.Bachampalli Santosh Kumar spoke on behalf of the awardees and thanked Pujya Swamiji for blessing them.
Later, Sri Swamiji released five books penned by Sri Kuppa Krishna Murthy, Vidyadhikari of Datta Peetham. They are
1.Rudra Geethi - Telugu poems in glory of Lord Shiva composed by Sri.Kuppa Krishna Murthy. It is written in Megha Vispurhita a rare metre -
2,Datta Natha Manjari - Datta stories from Datta Charitra in Telugu poetry
3.Natika Saptakam - Four plays in Telugu prose
4.Ganesha Sadguru - 5 Shataka (100 stanzas) in Sanskrit - 2 on Ganesha & 3 on Pujy Sri Swamiji
5.Padya Parijatamu - Colletion of poetic pieces by Sri Kuppa Krishna Murthywitten on various occasions in different meters.
Later, Sri H.D.Deve Gowda, former Prime Minister of India arrived in Nada Mantapa. He released Kananda version of Pujya Sri Swamiji’s updated life history. He spoke about Dattatreya tradition in his life and the daily prayers he offers to Dattatreya.
In the evening, Sri Swamiji honoured Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Sarod maestro with “Nada Nidhi” title.
Later, Ustad Aman Ali, son of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan played Hindustani Classical music on Sarod instrument. His father joined him later. Ustad Amjad ji recalled his twenty five years of musical relationship with Pujya Sri Swamiji.
