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• Cultural Programmes• Exhibition & sale of Books, CDs/DVDs.

• Live Webcast on www.intlarts.org

A unique five-day National Conference June 23 to June 27, 2015.

Venue: ISKCON, Multi-Vision Theatre, Hare Krishna Hill, Chord Road, Bengaluru - 560 010

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan#43, Race Course Road, Bengaluru 560 001Ph: 080-22267303/ 22267421/22265746 Fax: 22287373 Email: contactus@bhavankarnataka.com, hbcollege18@yahoo.co.inWebsite: www.bhavankaranataka.com

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Message of

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havan conducted a national conference on Veda Samvada, an Bintroduction to the various aspects of Vedas and their relevance in the modern society during June 2013 which was followed by the conference on Upanishad Sandesha, the message in the Upanishads during June/July 2014, both conferences jointly conducted with ISKCON, Bengaluru at the Multi-Vision Theatre in the premises of ISKCON, Bengaluru. Bhavan intends to continue this exposition of sacred texts of this holy country to our youth. The theme contemplated for the next conference will be the Message of Puranas which is being held from 23rd to 27th June 2015.

The Puranas, as they are well known, are post-Vedic texts alongside some Jain and Buddhist religious texts, which typically contain a complete narrative of the history of the Universe from creation to destruction, genealogies of the kings, heroes and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology and geography.

According to Matysa Purana, they are said to narrate five subjects, called Pancha Lakshana ("five distinguishing marks", though some scholars have suggested that these are shared by other traditional religious scriptures):

1.Sarga: the creation of the universe.2.Pratisarga: secondary creations, mostly re-creations after

dissolution.3.Vamśa: genealogy of the gods and sages.4.Manvañtara: the creation of the human race and the first

human beings. The epoch of the Manus' rule, 71 celestial Maha Yugas.

5.Vamśānucaritam: the histories of the patriarchs of the lunar and solar dynasties.

The Puranas were written to popularise the message of the Vedas. They contain the essence of the Vedas. The aim of the Puranas is to impress on the minds of the masses the teachings of the Vedas and to generate in them devotion to God, through concrete examples, myths, stories, legends, lives of saints, kings and great men, allegories and chronicles of great historical events. The Puranas were meant, not for the scholars, but for the ordinary people who could not understand high philosophy and who could not study the Vedas.

In view of this, it is felt that this conference would be useful to the society and serve the cause, Bhavan has stood for, viz., spreading the message of our sacred texts to the coming generations.

Message of

Mahapuranas

Session-2

2.00 - 2.30 p.m. Creation According to Vayu Purana - Sri G. Ganapaiah Holla,

Kumta

2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Subhashitas in Puranas - Dr Ganesh Kamath, Bengaluru

3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Relevance of Padma Purana to Modern Days - Sri G.S. Natesh,

Shivamogga

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Sahasranamas in Puranas - Sri E. Mahabala Bhatta, Belthangadi

4.00 - 4.30 p.m. Political Thought in Garuda Purana - Dr. Sujatha M.N, Dharwad

5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Ecology in Puranas - Dr R. Ganesh, Bengaluru

5.30 - 6.00 p.m. Managerial Aspects in Puranas - Dr Mahadevan, IIM, Bengaluru

6.00 - 6.30 p.m. Suddhadvaita of Sri Vallabhacharya - Dr Shantha Kumari,

Pondicherry

6.30 - 7.30 p.m. Musical Discourse on Skanda Purana - Mrs. Kaushalya

Sivakumar, Chennai

CALENDER OF EVENTSTuesday, June 23, 2015 : Session-1 : Inauguration - 11.00am

Recitation : Versus from Mahapuranasby Students of Sandipani Gurukula, Direction : Guru Rohini Chakravarthy

WelcomeSri. K.G. Raghavan

Hon. Secretary, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru

About the MahapuranasShathavadani Dr. R. Ganesh, Well-known Scholar

Inauguration and AddressProf Dr. Satya Vrat Shastri

Jnanapeeth Awardee, Chairman, National Sanskrit Commission, New Delhi

Address by (Sub: Sruti and Smriti)

Sri Sri Sri Jayendra Puri MahaswamijiSri Kailash Ashram Mahasamsthana, Rajarajeshwarinagar, Bengaluru

Master of ceremonyDr. S. Ranganath, Well-known Scholar

Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa President of ISKCON Bangalore

Presides

Chief Guest Sri M Veerappa Moily

Recipient of Saraswati Samman, Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Former Central Union Minister, Sitting Lok Sabha Member

Felicitation to scholarsProf. Ved Kumari Ghai, Jammu

GorakhpurSri Murali Manohar Patak,

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 : Session - 3

9.00 - 9.30 a.m. Chanting based on Puranas - Veda Brahmashri Sri Raghavendra Hegde and troupe

9.30 - 10.00 a.m. Tantrik Elements in Puranas - Dr Icharam Dwivedi, New Delhi

10.00 - 10.30 a.m. Impact of Purana on Hindi literature - Dr Pranav Sharma Shastry, Pilibhit (U.P)

10.30 -11.00 a.m. Social Concepts in Matsya Purana - Dr Kumudavalli, Bengaluru

11.00 - 11.30 a.m. Jaina Mahapuranas - Dr Hampa Nagarajaiah, Bengaluru

11.30 - 12.00 noon Periya Purana - Dr. G.T. Narasimhachar, Bengaluru

12.00 - 12.30 p.m. Advaita in Vishnu Purana - Sri Anantha Sharma Bhuvanagiri, Blr.

12.30 - 1.00 p.m. Commentaries on Puranas - Vid. Ramprasad, Bengaluru

Session - 4

2.00 - 2.30 p.m. Impact of Puranas on Telugu Literature - Dr. K. Rajagopalan, Tirupati

2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Impact of Stutis in Bhaghavat on Indian languages other than

Sanskrit - Prof. Murli Manohar Patak, Gorakhpur

3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Impact of Puranas on Ayurveda - Dr Ahalya, Bengaluru

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Cultural History of Kashmir with reference to Neelima Purana -

Prof. Ved Kumari Ghai, Jammu

4.00 - 4.30 p.m. Contribution of Keladi to Puranic Literature -

Dr Keladi Venkatesh Jois, Shivamogga

5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Lalitha according to Brahmanda Purana -

Smt. Lalitha Narayanaswamy, Bengaluru

5.30 - 6.00 p.m. Kannada Works based on Puranas - Prof.G.Ashwathnarayan, Blr.

6.00 - 6.45 p.m. Kavya Vachana & Vyakhyana from Bhagavatha Dashamaskanda

: Rukmini Swayamvara - Smt. Gangamma Keshavamurthy, Blr.

6.45 - 7.45 p.m. Surya Kalavidaru, Bengaluru presents: Nrithya Rupaka (Dance

Feature) Krishna Leela. Direction: Sri Suryanarayan

Thursday, June 25, 2015 : Session - 5

9.00 - 9.30 a.m. Chanting based on Puranas

9.30 - 10.00 a.m. Sun Worship in Puranas - Dr K.B. Sudarshan, Bengaluru

10.00 - 10.30 a.m. Festivals in Skanda Purana and Felicitation to the speaker -

Dr H.S. Nagabhushan Bhat, Bengaluru

10.30 - 11.00 a.m. Society Reected in Vishnu Dharmothara Purana -

Dr. Chakravarthy Ranganathan, Tirupati

11.00 - 11.30 a.m. National Integration through Puranas - Dr Leela Prakash. K, Mysore

11.30 - 12.00 noon Science in Puranas - Dr Vydehi, Bengaluru

12.00 - 12.30 p.m. Popular Stories in Puranas - Dr Sheela Kumari, Mysore

12.30 - 1.00 p.m. Impact of Puranas on DVG on Kagga - Sri H.R. Chandrashekhar, Bengaluru

Session - 6

2.00 - 2.30 p.m. Gita’s in Puranas - Sri Shankar Bhatta, Bengaluru

2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Om in Agni Purana - Dr. M. Shivashankar, Bengaluru

3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Puranas & Agamas and Felicitation to the speaker -

Prof. K.E. Devanathan, Tirupati

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Astrology & Puranas - Dr S. Krishna Kumar, Bengaluru

4.30 - 5.30 p.m. Kavya Vachana on selected verses of Varaha Purana -

Sri M.A. Jayaram Rao, Bengaluru

5.30 - 6.00 p.m. Moral Elements in Garuda Purana - Dr G.N. Bhat, Mangalore

6.00 - 6.30 p.m. Swanandaloka in Ganesh Purana - Vid. B.L. Nagaraj, Mangalore

6.30 - 7.30 p.m. Katha Keerthana based on Mahapuranas - Smt. G. Shobha

Naidu, Bengaluru

Friday, June 26, 2015 : Session-7

9.00 - 9.30 a.m. Chanting based on Puranas

9.30 - 10.00 a.m. Devi Bhagavatha Puranas - Smt. Ananthalakshmi Natarajan,

Bengaluru

10.00 - 10.30 a.m. Educational Concepts in Puranas - Dr K. Surya Narayana, Tirupati

10.30 - 11.00 a.m. Yoga Concepts in Puranas - Dr Jyothi, Tirupati

11.00 - 11.30 a.m. Shivapurana in the light of Shivasahasranama -

Vid Gangadhar V. Bhat, Mysore

11.30 - 12.00 noon Personality of Krishna in Bhagavatha Purana -

Sri Dilip Bellave, Bengaluru

12.00 - 12.30 p.m. Shaiva Puranas - Vid. Ganapathi Hegde, Bengaluru

12.30 - 1.00 p.m. Structure and Texture of Purana - Prof. K.G. Krishnamurthy,

Bengaluru

Session - 8

2.00 - 2.30 p.m. Poetry of Puranas - Prof. V.R. Tripura, Bengaluru

2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Gajendra Moksha, a link between Mahabharatha and

Bhagavatha Purana’s - Prof. D.K. Subramanyam, Tumkur

3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Yoga in Puranas - Sri S.P Savithru Sharma, Bengaluru

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Vaishnava Puranas - Vid. Surya Narayana, Bengaluru

4.00 - 4.30 p.m. Symbolism in Puranas - Dr. Mahadev N. Joshi, Dharwad

4.30 - 5.00 p.m. Concept of Dakshinamurthy according to Puranas -

Vid. M.R. Sridhara Sharma Honnali, Davanagere (D)

5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Sastraic Elements in Puranas - Prof. Madhusudan Sastry

Hampiholi, Dharwar

6.00 - 6.30 p.m. Grammar in Purana - Sri Gangadhara Bhode, Bengaluru

6.30 - 7.30 p.m. Kalavidara Balaga Presents: Drama: Sambhavami Uge Uge

Direction: Sri D K Shindhe

Book PostTo,

Saturday, June 27, 2015 : Session-9

9.00 - 9.30 a.m. Chanting based on Puranas

9.30 - 10.00 a.m. Harivamsha Purana - Sri M.N. Chandrashekar, Bengaluru

10.00 - 10.30 a.m. Migrations of Aryans according to Puranas - Dr. S. Ranganath, Bengaluru

10.30 - 11.00 a.m. Shaakta Dashan in Markandeya & Brahmanda Puranam & their

reection in Adi Shankara’s Soundarya Lahari & Muthuswami

Dikshitar’s Devi Kritis - Sri. Shankar Lal Mehta, Kolkata

11.00 - 11.30 a.m. Bhagavata Purana, the essence of all Vedic literature -

Sri Bharatarshabha Dasa, ISKCON, Bengaluru

11.30 - 12.00noon Poetic descriptions of Autman in Bhagavata Purana - Sri Stoka Krishna Dasa, ISKCON, Bengaluru

12.00 - 12.30 p.m. Vishnu Purana - Sri S. Sundararajan, Bhuvaneshwar

12.30 - 1.00 p.m. Jainism in Puranas - Dr. G.B. Harisha, Bengaluru

Session - 10

2.00 - 2.30 p.m. Personality and Puranas - Dr. Shilpa Datar, Bengaluru

2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Vayu Purana - Sri Narayana Bhatta, Bengaluru

3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Puranas and Dravida Veda - Smt. Goda Gopal, Bengaluru

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Padma Purana : A Study - Dr. Sridhar Hegde, Bengaluru

5.00 pm Valedictory Programme.

• Chanting based on Puranas

• Valedictory Address and Felicitation to :

Prof. K.T. Pandurangi, Well Known Scholar

Co-sponsorers:▪ Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam (TTD)▪ Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Academy▪ Karnataka Natak Academy▪ Embassy Group, Bengaluru▪ Mantri Developers Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru