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Tirupati– Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) additional executive officer A.V. Dharma Reddy on Monday lamented that ‘Veda Sakhas’ have plummeted from 1,331 to just nine over the years and exhorted that there is a need to safeguard and propagate the ‘Vedas’.
“Though we had 1,331 Veda Sakhas, only nine of them are available now. We need to safeguard and propagate this great treasure for the sake of our future generations,” said Reddy on the 15th anniversary of Sri Venkateswara Vedic University.
Addressing the Vedic fraternity, he said the fruits of the vast knowledge available in the Vedas should reach everyone in the society to lead a righteous life.
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TTD declares Anjanadri in Tirumala is Hanuman s birthplace
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, which governs the ancient shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala in Tirupati, on Wednesday announced that Lord Hanuman s birthplace was Anjanadri, a hillock at Japali Theertham located about 5 km from north of the hill temple. The announcement, on Ram Navami day, was made by a TTD constituted committee of scholars from different fields led by Prof Muralidhara Sharma, Vice-Chancellor of National
Sanskrit University in Tirupati, in the presence of Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit.
TTD Executive Officer K S Jawahar Reddy and Additional Executive Officer AV Dharma Reddy were also present.