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Canada: Temple dedicated to Shankaracharya opened

After five years of wait, Shree Sharadamba Hindu Temple complex, built at a whopping cost of 11 million dollars to stand as "a testament to Canada and India's proud traditions of pluralism," was......

Reiterations, not revelations

Pashyannapi ca na pashyati moodo (Seeing you do not see, hey fool!) -- Adi Shankara in Bhaja Govindam They seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand -- Mathew 13:13, The......

'They were waiting to punish him'

Senior Supreme Court lawyer M N Krishanmani is a deeply religious man. Author of a book called Shankara, a treatise on Adi Sankara and the institution of the Shankaracharya, spirituality for......

Why Shankaracharya's arrest was in bad taste

I am not a follower of Jayendra Saraswati, the sixty-ninth Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. There are two reasons.First, I was brought up in the Madhavacharya tradition, which has......

Kanchi seer remanded in murder case

Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi, arrested in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday night in connection with the murder of a former Shankara Mutt official, was on Friday remanded in judicial custody......

Pratip Kar: Primary market and PSU divestment

The recent failure of PSU public issues lies in the present character and structure of the primary market, says Pratip Kar.Some time ago, the pink papers carried headlines lamenting that the follow......

20 IPOs hit Sebi clarification hurdle

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India has sought 'clarifications' on proposed initial public offers of as many as 20 companies, including the likes of leading commodity bourse......

Delhi HC rejects CFA appeal;

The hopes of thousands of Indian students, who wanted to pursue a Chartered Financial Analyst course in India, have been dashed. The Delhi High Court has dismissed the US-based CFA Institutes'......

Death of the classical music industry

The ageless voice of vocalist Prabha Atre floats off the speakers at the head office of Ninaad Records. The niche music label is in the process of putting together a two-series album comprising......

India builds satellite for mobile TV

Indian space scientists are designing a new generation satellite with unfurlable antenna for mobile television services - the proposed spacecraft would have multimedia applications as well.......

'Hisss didn't work with the critics'

Well known cinematographer Madhu Ambat has won the National Award two times -- one for G V Iyer's Sanskrit film Adi Shankara and the other for Sarada Ramanathan's Tamil film Sringaram. Some of......

Remembering Shankar Nag

Twenty years ago, on September 30, 1990, when the whole of Karnataka was in Dasara festive spirit, the news of actor Shankar Nag's death in a road accident came as a shock to his innumerable......

'Shankarabharanam' star Somayajulu is dead

Veteran film artiste Jonnalagadda Venkata Somayajulu of Shankarabharanam fame died of cardiac arrest at a corporate hospital in Hyderabad last night, family sources said. The actor, who was 76,......

Nagarjuna in a film based on Adi Sankara

Akkineni Nagarjuna is looking at diverse roles to portray. After doing films such as Rajanna and Shirdi Sai, Nag will be seen in a film made about Adi Sankara, the philosopher, titled Sri......

Just who is Chiranjeevi?

Chiranjeevi, whodominated the Telugu film industry for more than two decades, will be following the footsteps of the legendary N T Rama Rao who floated the Telugu Desam Party on May 28, 1982. The......

Railways derail Gujarat

Left arm spinner G Shankara Rao scalped five wickets to script a thumping 193-run victory for defending champion Railways over Gujarat on the last day of the Ranji Trophy elite group 'A' match in......

Bengal relegated

Pacer P Vijaykumar and part time bowler Y Gnaneswara Rao shared the spoils as Andhra Pradesh carved out an emphatic 101-run victory over Bengal in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group Bin Kolkata on......

Bengal face batting blues again

Medium pacer P Vijaykumar came up with a five-wicket haul as Andhra Pradesh took a vital first innings lead over Bengal, who hit back by claiming the visitors' top order late on the second day of......

Bengal call the shots

Making a last-ditch effort to get out of the relegation zone, Bengal seized the early initiative by skittling out Andhra Pradesh for a paltry 121 on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Super League......

Baroda force a draw

Baroda batted with grit to force a draw after being asked to follow-on in their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match against Andhra Pradesh in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.Resuming at 136 for 2, in......

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Q. What is the book vivikachdamani ?
Sudhakar Kuruvada: A. more

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Q. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad---A brief description?
Sudhakar Kuruvada: A. The Vivekachudamani is a famous Sanskrit poem ascribed to Adi Shankara in the eighth century. It expounds the Advaita Vedanta philosophy and is in...... more

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Q. What are your memories of actor Prem Nath?
Francisco: A. The Bhadrayaka Upanishad is one of the older, "primary" (mukhya) Upanishads. It is contained within the Shatapatha Brahmana, and its...... more

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Q. The other works of Sankaracharya a apart from Vivekachdamani?
Sudhakar Kuruvada: A. Hoyy shankara...(film shor) more

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Q. Vivekachdamani---Who is the author and what are the sayings?
Sudhakar Kuruvada: A. Apart from the Vivekachudamani, Shankara wrote commentaries on the Brahmasutra, the Bhagavad Gita, Vishnu Sahasranamam and the Upanishads. Through...... more

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Culture, culture on the wall

Studying the listings gives one an indication of the cultural life of a city and Mumbai is just about waking up to the possibilities of... ...

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Classical notes of a balmy kind

For the classical music lovers in the City, it was treat to hear some mesmerising renditions from vocalists and musicians like Amrita Dutta... ...

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Music reviews...

The Tyagaraja Gana Sabha Trust celebrates the Shankara Jayanti in a unique way, every year. Music concerts by both young and senior musicians and... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/333433/music-reviews.html

Advani recollects contributions of Shankara, Vivekananda

Senior BJPleader LKAdvani on Sunday said President Pranab Mukherjee would attend the celebrations to be held in Mumbai on May 31 to commemorate the... ...

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MGP calls for KERC-like body for water supply

Mysore Grahakara Parishat The Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) is planning to stage a protest outside the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) building... ...

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