This has been pending for a long time now.....The ‘Bhagawatha’ is a derivative of the Mahabharata. There is a saying that after Vyasa completed Mahabharatha, he felt very unsatisfied with himself. When Narada Maharshi came to know about this, he suggested Vyasa to write Bhagawatha. That is when Vyasa was fully satisfied with himself.Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the transcendental science not only for knowing the ultimate source of everything but also for knowing our relation with Him and our duty toward perfection of the human society on the basis of this perfect knowledge.There is also another ‘Bhagawatha’ written in 1755 AD in Halegannada by Ramannaiah of Holalkere village, which is now in Chitradurga District of Karnataka. This ancient scripture had been in the dark all along and was recently discovered by his great great great great grandsons(4th order of grandson).One amongst them was Prof.H.R.Chandrasekhar working as the Chair of the Dept of Physics at the University of Missouri. He studied these scripts over a period of 16 years with various scientific studies and discussions. All his hardwork culminated into a 2 volume book containing nearly 13000 poems.
This book series was presented to the public in Bangalore on 6 July,2008 at Dr.H.N.Kalakshetra, National College,Jayanagar,Bangalore and was presided over by Prof.G.Venkatasubbaiah, who is a renowned Kannada lexicographer.The releasing of the book was done by Sri.A.R. Sethuramarao.There was also Gamakavaachana of some poems by Sri. M.R. Sathyanarayana.
Some of the videos of the book release function can be found below :
1.Book release at Bangalore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzac3FcNqXY
2.Gamakavaachana
M.R.Sathyanarayana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRdOdKcelCI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMDggOhw0pw
Sukanya Prabhakar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_WPoOIDuKQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB1mlrRdJQI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjhp4Law77A
3.Some articles in Press
http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/clippings.nsf/(docid)/BF8ED82803B5CAF46525694200313CE6
http://www.deccanherald.com/CONTENT/Jul222008/spectrum2008072180107.asp
4.H.R.Chandrasekhar's home page
http://web.missouri.edu/~chandrasekharh/vita.html
P.S : Chandra is my Great Uncle (Grandfather's brother)
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I have read these two volumes. In my opinion the production of the books are concerned they are great, in content, the amount of research has gone into it. The editing is superb, and surely it will be a great asset and provide invaluable reference material for a prospective researcher on Bhagavatha subject.
Thankyou for the comment.
Though i have both the volumes, i haven't read through all of it.
Nice to get to talk to you. I guess you are the one in Mumbai if i am not mistaken.
I am Vishwanath Rao & Sarala's grand-daughter.
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