Bhaktha Sammelana , Venkateswara Temple , Pittsburgh : August 30-31, 97

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends : Dr. Bindu Madhavan of the Dwaitha List

is the organizer of the above two day meeting at Pittsburgh .

He has requested Sri Vijay Srinivasan and myself to post

the program for the benefit of the Bhakthi List members .

Here is the final program sent by him :

 

Saturday , August 30

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9:00 - 9.30 am Suprabhatham ( His Holiness Sri Sugunendra

Swamiji of Putige Mutt , Udupi and his group will participate)

 

9.30 am Procession from MahA Mantapam to Lecture Hall with

Vedic Chanting

 

9.45 am- Vedic Invocation at the Lecture Hall

 

10-10.10 am Welcome by Sri Venkateswara Temple officials

 

10.10-10.30 am Inaugural address by H.H. Sri Sugunendra Swamiji

 

10.30-11.15 am Dasama Skandam of Srimadh Bhagavatham and

Sri KrishNAnubhavam in India -- Dr . Varadachari Sadagopan

 

11.15-12.00 The significance of the episode of SudAmA --Professor

T. VenkatAchAryA

 

12.00 -1.30 pm Luncheon Break

 

1.30-2.15 pm DaasA movement in the Post-PurandarA period--

Mr . VaasudEva Murthy

 

2 .15-3.00 pm IsAvAsya Upanishad , an Introduction --Sri Harish

Baipadithya

 

3.00 - 3.15 pm --Break

 

3.15-4.15 pm Sri VishNu SarvOtthamathvA --A Panel Discussion

( Professor Balaji Hebbar , Professor Sundararajan , Sri Harish

Baipadithya and Professor Prasad )

 

4.15-4.30 pm Q&A

 

4.30-5.00 pm Observations on the proceedings of the day --H . H

Sri Sugunendra Swamiji , Udupi .

 

SECOND DAY , AUGUST 31 , 1997 ( SUNDAY )

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9.00-9.30 SuprabhAtham in presence of H.H , the Swamiji

 

9.30 am procession from the MahA Mantapam to the Lecture Hall

 

9.45-10.30 am Presentation by H.H , the Swamiji of Udipi

 

10.30-11.15 am Manifestations of the Supreme Being : Vibhuthi YogA

( Chapter 10 of Srimadh Bhagavadh GitA ) , Professor M.G . Prasad

 

11.15-12.00 Noon The Philosophy and religion of Sri MadhvAchAryA ,

Professor Balaji HebbAr

 

12.00- 1.30 pm Luncheon Break

 

1.30-2.15 pm Lord's playful Creation and the VaishNavA World view

based on Lord's LeelAs , Professor Sundararajan

 

2.15-3.00 pm Prapatthi SaasthrA in Sri VaishNavism , Dr . Vijaya RaghAvan

SrinivAsan( of Bhakthi List )

 

3.00-3.15 pm Break

 

3.15-4.15 pm : SaraNAgathi Tattvam -- A Panel Discussion

( Professor VenkatAchAryA , Dr.VijayarAghavan , Professor

Balaji Hebbar , Sri Vasudeva Murthy )

 

4.15-4.45 pm : Concluding remarks by H.H . Sri Sugunendra Swamiji

of Udupi Mutt

 

4.45-5.00 pm : Vote of Thnaks and Felicitation of Speakers

by Sri Venkateswara Temple Officials ( Sponsors of the Bhakthi

SammElanam ) .

 

V.Sadagopan