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MESSAGE OF BHAGAVATHA
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Ever since its inception in theyear 1938, Bharatiya VidyaBhavan has been an ambassadorof preserving ancient IndianHeritage with a mission to passthe beacon of our culture to thefuture generations.
With a mélange of activitieslinked through performing arts,seminars and institutionalizedteachings, the Bengaluru Kendrahas strived to take our history,traditions and customs to thecommon man by pioneeringdiverse programmes.
Revival of fading arts fromacross our land and conductinginternational conferences onIndian scriptures are a fewexamples of the invaluablecontribution pioneered by theBengaluru Kendra.
These events have seen asurge in youth participation aucontraire to the belief that ancientIndian culture and traditioninterests only senior section of thesociety.
The Bengaluru Kendra,with an unconditional supportfrom ISKCON Bengaluru, hassuccessfully conducted megaannual conferences on Indianscriptures of antiquity and worldliterature. Veda Samvada in 2013,Upanishad Sandesha in 2014,Message of Mahapuranas in2015 and Message ofMahakavyas in 2016 sawmore than 250 doctoralscholars participate andpresent more than 300 papers.Every discussion pertaining to thepaper presented in the conferencemirrored present day relevance.
With over 25 scholars beinghonored, the conferences broughttogether intellect, literary andcultural.
This year too, BharatiyaVidya Bhavan, Bengaluru andISKCON are coming togetherfor a seminar called Message ofBhagavata where cosmology,
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MESSAGE OF BHAGAVATACALENDAR OF EVENTS
June 14, 2017, Wednesday : Inauguration - 10.00 amProcession of Sri Krishna Sankeertana around the ISKCON premises
10.30 am : INVOCATIONBy 108 children of Sandipani Gurukulaon Gajendra Moksha.Direction: Smt. Rohini Chakravarthy
Felicitation to scholars :
Dr Radheshyam Shukla, Renowned Scholar, New DelhiDr. Harshdev Madhav, Renowned Scholar, AhmedabadDr. D. Ramakrishna, Renowned Scholar, VijayawadaHis Grace Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa, President, ISKCON-BengaluruPresidesMaster of Ceremony :Sri. K.G. Raghavan, Hon. Secretary, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru
Inauguration and benedictory Address :Pujya Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji,
Avadhoota Datta Peetham, Mysuru
Key Note Address :Shatavadani Dr. R.Ganesh,Renowned Scholar, Bengaluru
Chief Guest :His Holiness Acharya Shrivatsa Goswamiji
Jai Singh Ghera, Mathura, U.P.
Guest of Honour : Justice Dr. M. Rama JoisFormer Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana,Former Governor of Bihar & Jharkhand
Book Launch : ‘Message of Mahakavya’ & Address :Prof. Smt. Padma Shekar,
Vice- Chancellor, Karnataka Sanskrit University
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MESSAGE OF BHAGAVATACALENDAR OF EVENTS
June 14, 2017, Wednesday
Session - 1
11.15 - 12.00noon Talk on Sri Chaitanya and Bhagavata Purana
His Holiness Acharya Shrivatsa GoswamijiMathura
12.00 - 12.45pm Impact of Shruthi on Bhagavata –Sri. Rajagopala Sharma Ghanapathi,Bengaluru
12.45 - 1.30pm Impact of Smruthi on Bhagavata –Prof. Umakanth Bhat, Melkote
Session - 2
2.30pm - 3.15pm Bhagavata & Puranas -Dr. Sridhar Bhat, Ujire
3.15pm - 4.00pm Impact of Bhagavata on Vishnupurana -Prof. Areyar Srirama Sharma,Melkote
4.00pm - 4.45pm Impact of Advaitha on Bhagavata –Dr. D. Ramakrishna, Vijayawada
4.45pm - 5.30pm Impact of Vishishtadwaitha on BhagavataDr. A. Ramaswamy Iyengar, Bengaluru
5.30pm - 6.15pm Impact of Bhagavata on Hindi Literature -Dr. Radheshyam Shukla, New Delhi
6.30pm - 7.30pm Kuchipudi Dance : Bhagavata -Smt. Vyjayanthi Kashi and Troupe
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MESSAGE OF BHAGAVATACALENDAR OF EVENTS
June 15, 2017, ThursdaySession - 3
9.00am - 9.30am Recitation of Bhagavata in Kannada –Smt. N. Shreemathi Jayaram and Troupe.
9.30am - 10.15am Impact of Dwaitha on Bhagavata –Dr. Haridas Bhat. A, Bengaluru
10.15am - 11.00am Impact of Bhagavata on Malayalam LiteratureDr. Murlee Madhavan, Thrissur, Kerala
11.00am - 11.45am Impact of Bhagavata on Gujarati Literature –Dr. Harshdev Madhav, Ahmedabad
11.45am - 12.30pm Bhagavata and films –Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh, Bengaluru
12.30pm - 1.15pm Tulu Bhagavata -Prof. Paadekallu Vishnubhatta, Udupi
Session - 42.15pm - 3.00pm Impact of Bhagavata on Tamil Literature –
Dr.G.T.Narasimhachar, Bengaluru
3.00pm - 3.45pm Impact of Bhagavata on Telugu Literature –Dr. Vishwanadha Rao, Kakinada
3.45pm - 4.30pm Impact of Bhagavata on Bengali Literature –Dr. Saumitra Chakravarty, Bengaluru
4.30pm - 5.15 pm Avataras in Bhagavata –Dr. D. Sheela Kumari, Mysuru
5.15pm - 6.00 pm Astrological Principles in Bhagavata –Dr. Kumar Subramanya Bhat, Mangalore
6.00pm - 6.20 pm Musical aspects of Gita Govinda -Dr. Arathi Rao, Bengaluru
6.20pm - 7.50 pm Sriharicharanam : Gokula NirgamanaMusical Feature -Direction: Dr. T.S. Sathyavathi
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MESSAGE OF BHAGAVATACALENDAR OF EVENTS
June 16, 2017, Friday
Session - 59.00am - 9.30 am Recitation of Bhagavata in Sanskrit –
Sri K. Subramanya and Troupe9.30am - 10.15am Embryology in Bhagavata –
Dr.Vishwanath Hampi Holi, Kumta,Uttarakannada
10.15am - 11.00am Rasa in Bhagavata –Dr. A.N.Bhat, Mysuru
11.00am - 11.45am Poetry of Bhagavata –Dr. Sree Srivatsa, Bengaluru
11.45am - 12.30pm Hymns of Bhagavata –Vidwan Shankar Bhatta, Bengaluru
12.30 pm - 1.15pm Major Characters of Bhagavata –Prof. D.K. Subramanyam, Tumkur
Session - 6
2.15 pm - 3.00 pm Minor Characters of Bhagavata –Dr. S.L.Srinivasa Murthy, Bengaluru
3.00 pm - 3.45 pm Lady Characters in Bhagavata –Dr. K.Leela Prakash, Mysuru
3.45 pm - 4.30 pm Symbolism in Bhagavata –Dr. B.V. Shashi Rekha, Bengaluru
4.30 pm - 5.15 pm Impact of Shastras on Bhagavata –Sri Gangadhara Bode, Bengaluru
5.15 pm - 6.00 pm Impact of Bhagavata on Sanskrit works -Dr. R. Shankar, Bengaluru
6.00 pm - 7.30 pm Harikatha : Bhagavata -Kumari Thushara L. Acharya, Bengaluru
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June 17, 2017, Saturday
Session - 7
9.00 am - 9.30am Recitation of Bhagavata in Kannada –Smt. Shobha Shashidhar and Troupe
9.30am - 10.15am Impact of Bhagavata onModern Sanskrit Works –Dr.S.Ranganath, Bengaluru
10.15am - 11.00am Impact of Bhagavata on Chaitanya –Prof. B.R. Shanthakumari, Pondicherry
11.00am - 11.45am Impact of Bhagavata on Kannada LiteratureDr. N. B. Parimala Bai, Bengaluru
11.45am - 12.30pm Bhagavata in North Indian languages –Dr. Chiranjeev Singh, Bengaluru
12.30pm - 1.15pm Krities of Bhagavata –Sri. M.A Jayaram Rao, Bengaluru
Session - 8
2.15pm - 3.00pm Glories of Holy name in the SrimadBhagavata –Sri Stoka Krishna Dasa, President,Hare Krishna Movement, Chennai
3.00pm - 3.45pm Impact of Bhagavata on Indian Music -Vidushi Dr. V.B. Arathi, Bengaluru
3.45pm - 4.30pm Significance of symbols and allegories ofSrimad Bhagavata.’ –Sri Swamy Tattvavidananda Saraswati,Hyderabad
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Session - 8
4.30pm - 5.15pm Social Philosophy in BhagavataDr.K. Aravinda Rao, IPS (retd)Hyderabad
5.15pm - 6.00pm Calculation of Time in Bhagavata –Sri Bharatarshabha Dasa,Vice President – Communications,Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir,Vrindavan
6.00pm - 7.30pm Prahlada Charitra fromSrimad Bhagavata Purana –
Smt. Vishakha Hari and Party,Srirangam, Trichy
June 18, 2017, Sunday
Session – 9
9.00am - 11.00am Vocal concert based on Bhagavata –Vidwan K.V. Krishna Prasad, Bengaluru
11.00am - 11.45am Influence of Bhagavataon folk literature –Prof. C. Naganna, Mysuru
11.45am - 1.15pm Discourse on Vande Vrindavana Charam –Salutations to the one who trod the VrindavanSri Dushyanth Sridhar, Bengaluru
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June 18, 2017, Sunday :
Session-10
2.15pm - 3.00pm Management Principles in Bhagavata –Dr. R. Maruti Ram, Bengaluru
3.00pm - 3.45pm Srila Prabhupada’s contributionin popularising Srimad Bhagavata –Sri Chanchalapathi Dasa,Senior Vice President, ISKCON-Bengaluru
3.45pm - 4.30pm Mahat seva- Importance ofserving a pure devotee –Sri Shukadeva Dasa, Hare KrishnaMovement, Lucknow
4.30pm - 5.15pm K.M. Munshiji’s Krishnavatara –Sri K.G.Raghavan, Bengaluru
5.15pm - 6.00pm Chatussloki Bhagavata –Sri Rajeev Lochana Dasa,President, ISKCON-Hubli
6.00pm Valedictory ProgrammeChief Guest -Justice Manjula Chellur,Hon’ble Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
Felicitation to -
Prof. B.R. ShanthakumariRenowned Scholar, Pondicherry
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The national conference
on ‘Kannada Cinema: Literary,Philosophical Context’ held atBharatiya Vidya Bhavan,Bangalore, on April 22 & 23,2017, set a benchmark not onlyfor the deliberations it intended toachieve, but also for the way itwas conducted. A debate ofthis scale, initiated by Benaka,a Bangalore-based premiercultural institute, Bharatiya VidyaBhavan and Indian Council ofPhilosophical Research (ICPR),under the leadership of renownedfilm maker T. S. Nagabharana,was undoubtedly a need of thehour for the Kannada cinemaindustry.
A TWO-DAY NATIONAL SEMINAR ONKANNADA CINEMA: LITERARY,
PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEXTThe themes chosen for the
deliberations, the resourcepersons invited and the amountof research reflected in theirpresentations, the frameworkin which the sessions wereconducted, provided an academicdiscipline to the entire seminar.
It is often said one whodoesn’t remember his roots,cannot achieve prosperity, andthere have been concerns aboutKannada cinema that the peoplein the industry are detaching fromthe roots. The introductory wordsby T. S. Nagabharana, theDirector of the seminar,themselves reflected this concern.He said : “Today, cinema has
Sri. T.S. Nagabharana addressing the audience. While from left - ShatavadhaniDr. R. Ganesh, Sri. Hamsalekha and Sri. N. Vidyashankar.
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become a ‘no man’s land’ wheneverything is available in the cellphone. There is a feeling thatanybody can do anything here;but such a feeling is not a goodsign.” On the lines of this concern,the two-day deliberations raisedcertain serious questions for theintrospection of all thestakeholders of Kannada cinema.
Dr. ChandraprakashDwivedi, ace film director fromMumbai, made significantobservations regarding similaritiesand differences between theBollywood and Kannada cinemaand observed that a nationalseminar of the same statureneeded to be conducted inconnection with Indian cinema.Sri Srinath, eminent actor, and
Sri H. N. Suresh, Director,Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,witnessed this meaningfulinaugural.
The first session hademinent personalities likeSri Prakash Belavadi andSri Sandeep Balakrishna asresource persons and veterancritic Prof. C. N. Ramachandranas its chairperson. Sri Belavadi,who spoke on ‘Kannada cinemaand the Kannada identity’,questioned how one could termsomething as Kannada cinema ifthere was nothing of Kannadain it except its language.Sri Balakrishna, who spoke on‘Kannada movies with historicalthemes’ made subtle observationsthat the ‘historical movies’ came
Veteran scholar Prof. S.R. Leela handing over the certificate to a participantwhile film maker Sri. S.V. Rajendra Singh Babu joins.
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up in the recent years lacked theoriginality and aesthetics of thosemovies produced in the sixtiesand seventies. In his presidentialremarks, Prof. Ramachandranobserved that the Kannadaidentity in movies could be tracedin their experimental initiatives like‘Mysuru Mallige’, ‘Samskara’,‘Puttakkana Highway’, and thosewhich had reflected the folk life(like that of ‘Nagamandala’).
The second session,chaired by renowned litterateurProf. H. S. Venkateshmurthy,had veteran journalists Dr. BabuKrishnamurthy (Bhakti movementand Kannada cinema) andSri M. K. Bhaskar Rao (Novelsand Kannada cinema) and seniorcritic Dr. N. S. Sridharmurthy(Kannada poetic tradition andKannada cinema) on the panel.Dr. Babu Krishnamurthy, whoopined that no other moviesinfluenced Indians so immenselyother than those with Bhaktitheme, emphasized that “suchmovies saved India and itsculture”. Analyzing the influenceof Kannada poetic traditionon Kannada cinema,Sri Sridharmurthy noted thatKannada movies gave thecommon audience what themodern poetry did not give.
Sri Bhaskar Rao stressed theneed for treating authors onpar with the ‘heroes’. In hispresidential remarks, Prof.Venkateshmurthy observed thatlitterateurs would not have thefreedom of their own whilewriting for movies, which wouldbe one of the reasons for manywriters could not involvethemselves in the cinema field.
The second day startedwith an illuminative sessionchaired by renowned composerSri Hamsalekha. Well-knownscholar Shatavadhani Dr.R. Ganesh spoke on ‘Epics andKannada cinema’ and notedthat epics like Ramayana andMahabharata were not mademovies completely in Kannada,which happened in otherlanguages like Hindi, Tamiland Telugu. He also told thatepic-based movies in Kannadalacked authenticity andprofessionalism.
Sri N. Vidyashankar, whospoke on ‘Experiments in newwave cinema’, discussed thequestion why Kannada movieswere not being made for theglobal audience. Sri T. S.Nagabharana analyzed the impactof theatre on Kannada cinema,and observed that Kannada
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cinema which was the extensionof theatre in the early days, wasin turn influencing the theatre now.In his presidential remarks,Sri Hamsalekha said Kannadacinema should have made thebest use of technology, but it wasbeing used only for gimmicks.He stressed that there had beena large gap between Kannadacinema and technology.
The fourth session waschaired by veteran singerDr. B. K. Sumithra. Presentinga paper on ‘Female characters inKannada cinema’, eminent writerSmt. Pratibha Nandakumarobserved that the Kannadamovies were dominated by‘male gaze’ and there had beenno space for ‘female gaze’.There would be some relief to thisissue if women directors inculcatefeministic tendencies in them, shenoted. Journalist Bharathi Hegdediscussed the ‘Question of self ofwomen in Kannada cinema’ andemphasized that there was needfor change in the attitudes ofproducers, directors and heroestowards women.
Special demonstrations on‘Bhakti music in Kannada cinema’by Pandit Nagaraj Havaldaron the first day and on ‘Dancetradition in Kannada cinema’ by
artiste Dr. Sridhar on the secondday made the evenings added anew dimension to the seminar.
The valedictory ceremonywas graced by ace film makerSri S. V. Rajendra Singh Babuand veteran scholar Prof. S.R.Leela. Sri Babu was not justhumoristic when he said“Even though the underworldhas left the swords and guns,the film industry is not readyto leave them”, pointing at thediminishing sensitivities in thecommercial Kannada cinema.Prof. S.R. Leela, whowitnessed the two-dayproceedings completely,noted that the seminar hadbroken the monotonous one-way deliberations taking placein connection with the cinemafield.
The words of Prof. Leela,who was also the representativeof ICPR from Karnataka,rightly summarized the seminar.The event also raised certainimportant questions, whichshowed the avenues for the futurediscussions. The seminar directorSri. T. S. Nagabharana andconvener Sri N. S. Sridharmurthycertainly deserve greatappreciations for organizing sucha meaningful, milestoneevent.
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Mohiniattam by Ms. M. Shrruthi , Bharatanatya by Ms. Shruti Suresh,at Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha, Bengaluru, on May 20.
Kum. Anu Jain, Talented young artist inaugurates an exhibition of artwrorksby foot artist Sri Ramakrishnan Narayanaswamy. Sri. S.G. Vasudev,Well known artist, Sri H.N. Suresh, Director, BVB and others join.
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Veteran Freedom Fighter Sri H.S. Doreswamy being honoured byJustice Sri. N. Santhosh Hegde, former Justice, Supreme Court of India,
Sri H.N. Suresh, Director, BVB, Justice Dr. M. Rama Jois,former Governor of Bihar & Jharkand, Sri. Chiranjeev Singh, I.A.S. (Retd),
former Ambassador, to UNESCO, Dr. V. Parameshvara, Vice-Chairman, BVB,Sri. N. Ramanuja, Chairman, BVB and Sri. Pati Sridhara, looks on.
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PROGRAMME :JUNE - 2017
Fri 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall02. 35th anniversary ofICCR – Every Friday Eveningcultural music programme –Carnatic Music Vocal bySri Sumukh SuryaKathak Group Dance by NupuraPerforming Arts Centre, Bengaluruled by Hari and Chethana
Sat 5.00 p.m. -03 BVB -Infosys FoundationOutreach programme:Katha Keerthane -Kadala Daatida Dhimantha -The valorous deed of hunumanArtists - Prabhat KalavidaruVenue : Kappanna Angala, 32 A,24th Main, TMC Layout, J.P. Nagar1st Stage, Bengaluru
Sat 6.00 p.m. - Khincha Hall03 Rangapravesha :Bharatanaya Recital ofKum Tanmayee Madduri(Disciple of Guru Dr. MaliniRavishankar)
Fri 6.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall09. ICCR – Every FridayEvening cultural music programme –Bharatanatya Dance Recital -Artist : Ms. H.S. Navya
Sat 6.00 p.m. -10 BVB -Infosys FoundationOutreach programme : BharatanatyaArtists - Sri Laxminarayan JenaMs. Raksha ManoharMs.Anusha Raju
Venue : Samskruti, The Temple ofArt (Rajangana), No.1, 17th A Cross,15th Main, JP Nagar, 5th Phase,Bengaluru
Sat 6.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall10. Horizon series -Bharatanatya group dance byDr. Shubharani Bolar and herdisciple (in association with IndianCouncil for Cultural Relations)
Wed - Sun 10.00 a.m. - ISKCON14 - 18 Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan- ISKCON presents A unique 5 dayfestival Message of Bhagavatha(for details please see page - 1 to 11)
Fri 6.30 p.m. - KRG Hall16. ICCR – Every FridayEvening cultural programme –Odissi dance recital by Ms. Radhika M.
Wed 6.30 p.m. - KRG Hall21. Bhavan’s Yoga Bharathipresents International Yoga daycelebrationunder Guru Sri. Kumara Reddy
Fri 6.30 p.m. - KRG Hall23. ICCR – Every FridayEvening cultural programme –Kathak dance recital byMr. Nidhaga Karunad
Sun 4.30 p.m. - Khincha Hall25. BVB and Shailusham artsand creations presentsJyothy Memorial EndowmentChinnara Kalarava - 2017(festival featuring child prodigies)
Fri 6.30 p.m. - KRG Hall30. ICCR – Every FridayEvening cultural programme –Bharatanatya dance recital byMr. Charles
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