Sathya Sai Baba was an Indian guru. At the age of fourteen,he claimed that he was the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba,and left his home to accept his devotees.
Rayalaseema is a geographic region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises four southern districts of the State,from prior to the districts reorganisation in 2022,namely Kurnool,Anantapur,YSR and Chittoor. Four new districts were created from these,namely Sri Sathya Sai,Nandyal,Annamayya and Tirupati. As of 2011 census of India,the western four districts of the region had a population of 15,184,908 and cover an area of 71,060 km2 (27,440 sq mi).
The University of Mysore is a public state university in Mysore,Karnataka,India. The university was founded during the reign of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV and the premiership of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. The university is recognised by the University Grants Commission for offering higher studies degree courses on-campus as well as online. It was inaugurated on 27 July 1916. Its first chancellor was the maharaja himself;the first Vice-Chancellor was H. V. Nanjundaiah. This was the first university outside of British administered Indian provinces,the sixth in the Indian subcontinent as a whole,and the first in Karnataka. It is a state university of the affiliating type,and was deemed autonomous within the Republic of India on 3 March 1956,when it gained recognition from the University Grants Commission.
H. (Hanumanthappa) Narasimhaiah was an Indian physicist,educator,writer,freedom fighter and rationalist from Karnataka. Publicly known as "HN",he was the Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University and the president of the National Education Society. He was conferred the Padma Bhushan award by the Government of India in 1984.
Adarsh Sein Anand was the 29th Chief Justice of India,serving from 10 October 1998 to 31 October 2001.
Vinayaka Krishna Gokak,abbreviated in Kannada as Vi. Kru. Gokak,was an Indian writer in the Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He was the fifth writer to be honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 1990 for Kannada language,for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi. Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi deals with the Vedic age and is perhaps the longest epic narrative in any language in the 20th century. In 1961,Gokak was awarded the Padma Shri from the Government of India for Dyava Prithvi.
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi was an Indian judge who was the 26th chief justice of India. After serving as a judge in the Gujarat High Court,Ahmadi was appointed judge to the Supreme Court in 1988. He was then elevated to the post of chief justice,and served from 1994 to 1997. He served as chancellor at the Aligarh Muslim University for two terms.
Narayana Kasturi was an Indian writer,professor,and journalist.
Satya Vrat Shastri was an Indian Sanskrit scholar,writer,grammarian and poet. He wrote three Mahakavyas,three Khandakavyas,one Prabandhakavyas and one Patrakavya and five works in critical writing in Sanskrit. His important works are Ramakirtimahakavyam,Brahattaram Bharatam,Sribodhisattvacharitam,Vaidika Vyakarana,Sarmanyadesah Sutram Vibhati,and "Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures" in seven volumes.
The Sathya Sai Baba movement is a new religious movement inspired by South Indian Neo-Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba who taught the unity of all religions. Some of his followers have faith in his claim to be a purna Avatar of Shiva and Shakti,who is believed to have been predicted in the Bhagavad Gita. This means that some of his followers see him as a God. Devotees engage in singing devotional songs called "bhajans" and selfless service (seva). Its official organization is the Sathya Sai Organization. However the Sathya Sai Baba movement extends beyond the organization. An important aspect of the faith of adherents is the miracles attributed to Sathya Sai Baba. The number of adherents is estimated between 6 and 100 million.
Tejendra Khanna is the former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi twice,from January 1997 to April 1998 and again from April 2007 - July 2013. He also served as Chancellor of Delhi Technological University,Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology,Delhi,Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and Ambedkar University.
Bhatraju is an Indian caste of Telugu-speaking ballad reciters,panegyrists,and religious musicians. They are primarily found in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and also in smaller numbers in the neighbouring states. They are also known as Bhatturaju or Bhataraju or Bhatrajulu or Jathikirthulu.
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati was the 17th Chief Justice of India,serving from 12 July 1985 until his retirement on 20 December 1986. He introduced the concepts of public interest litigation and absolute liability in India,and for this reason is held,along with Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer,to be a pioneer of judicial activism in the country. He is the longest-served supreme court judge in India.
Vishwanathan Venkatachalam was an eminent Sanskrit scholar. He served as the vice-chancellor of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University,Varanasi,India for two terms. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1989 by the Government of India for his valuable contribution to the field of Sanskrit research and education.
Dalveer Bhandari an Indian jurist. He is currently one of the judges of the International Court of Justice. He is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and former chief justice of the Bombay High Court,he was also a judge of the Delhi High Court.
Pandit M. Venkatesh Kumar is an Indian Hindustani vocalist. He is best known for his rendition of devotional songs composed by Swami Haridas and Kanakadasa. Kumar belongs to the Kirana and Gwalior Gharana.
M.N.Krishnamani was a senior counsel practicing at the Supreme Court of India and a former president of Supreme Court Bar Association of India.
Dr. Cholenahalli Nanjappa Manjunath is an Indian cardiologist and the former director of the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research. He is reported to have developed a new protocol in balloon mitral valvuloplasty and is credited with the performance of the highest number of such procedures using Accura balloon catheter in India. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri,in 2007,for his contributions to Indian medicine. He Inaugurated the 410th edition Of Mysore Dasara on 17 October 2020 which is the Nadahabba as a mark of honour for Corona warriors in the COVID-19 pandemic.
St. Xavier's University Kolkata is a Jesuit university located in New Town,Kolkata,India. It was established in February 2017 and inaugurated in July of the same year.
Sri Sathya Sai district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is at Puttaparthi. It was formed on 4 April 2022 from parts of the erstwhile Anantapur district.
Shri M.N. Venkatachaliah is a part of the selection jury in Mahaveer awards presented by Bhagwan Mahaveer Awards [1]
