Report on Dr. Parthasarathy's visit to Texas

[Guest guest]

||dharma vignyaana vairaagya parameshvarya shaalinaH

anandateertha bhagavata paadaan. vande nirantaram||

 

 

Dear Haribhaktas,

 

By the grace of Shri HariVayuGurugalu the lecture tour of Dr.

Aralumallige Parthasarathy in Texas went extremely well. Many fortunate

devotees got to attend his lectures and benefited by his discourses.

Dr.Aralumalige Parthasarathy lectured in Austin, Houston, Lubbock,

Dallas and San Antonio in a span of hectic ten days. Some of the details

of his tour are given below :

 

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Thursday Mar 4, 2005, Discourse on Dasa Sahitya at the residence of

Ajaya and Anita Durg, Austin

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His lecture covered grand lineage of Dasa Sahitya. His exposition on the

life of Sri Purandara Dasaru was very touching. Attendees were thrilled

to learn about the vivid, lucid, devotion filled gems of dasa sahitya.

Dr. Parthasarathy concluded the talk with explanation of " Halli Nungitu "

and also later " muLLu koneya mele mUru kereya kaTTi.. " on request from

the attendees. His vast knowledge and painstaking work on dasa sahitya

was well appreciated by the attendees.

 

 

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Friday Mar 5, 2005 - 7.30PM - 9.30PM - Manju and Tejashri Shamanna's

Residence, Austin

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This talk was organized by the Austin Kannada Sangha. Dr. Parthasarathy

talked on " Karnataka samskrutika parampare " and covered 2000+ year

history of stalwarts from Karnataka. The lecture was entertaining,

informative and electrifying. The audience was delighted to learn about

the inspiring leaders and the ever lasting contributions that they have

made. There is a lot that the rest of the world can learn from these

matchless contributions.

 

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Saturday Mar 6 - Tuesday Mar 9, 2005 Houston

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Day 1 - Srimad BhAgavata Pravachana (Sri Rama and Geetha Rao's)- The

lecture about the circumstances in which original Bhagvata was narrated

by Sri Shuka muni to Parikshita Raja was simply delightful and quite

gripping. He covered events up to Gajendra moksha. His explanations on

gnyaana mudra and abhaya hasta were quite enlightening.

 

In the evening Dr. Parthasarathy talked to Houston Kannada vrunda about

Karnataka samskrutika parampare.

 

Day -2 Lecture on Sri Madhwacharya's Dwaita philosophy at Meenakshi

Temple. Dr. Pathasarathy rendered masterly exposition of major concepts

of dwaita philosophy. His lecture stands as the first lecture focused

entirely on Dwaita philosophy, delivered in the Meenakshi temple.

 

Srimad BhAgavata Pravachana 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm(Sri Satyendra and

Jayashree's residence)- The program began with the recital of Narayana

sukta. The pravachana was again enlightening with Dr. Parthasarathy's

entertaining as well as gripping description of the story of JaDa

bharatha.

 

Day 3- Srimad BhAgavata Pravachana 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm(Sri Vellore and

Geetha Sunder's residence)

 

Day 4 - Srimad BhAgavata Pravachana 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm(Sri JV and Girija

Achar's residence)

 

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Friday Mar 11 Lubbock

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Dr. Parathasarathy lectured on the " learnings from nature " based on the

Avadhuta story in Bhagavata. The lecture was hosted by Dr.Guruprasad.

Dr. Parthasarathy's visit helped bring several Madhvas together at

Lubbock for the first time and lay foundation for a new VMS branch!

 

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Saturday Mar 12 - Dallas

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Dr. Parthasarathy lecture on the " learnings from nature " at the Dallas

Hindu Temple and a major lecture on Bhakthiyoga and dasa sahithya at Sri

Ravi Kulakarni's residence were very well received.

 

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Sunday Mar 13- San Antonio

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Dr.Kashinath and Smt.Uma hosted Dr. Parthasarathy's lecture on behalf of

Kannada Sangha, San Antonio. The topic was " Karnataka Samskruti mattu

sangeeta prapanchada rasa prasangagaLu " . In a two and half hour talk,

Dr. Parthasarathy provided a vivid picture of the inspiring history of

stalwarts from Karnataka in the first part of the talk and talked at

length on the biographies of several Karnataka(Carnatic) music composers

during the second part of the talk. Dr.Parthasarathy also rendered a few

kritis in melodious raga.

 

Dr.Parthasarathy's knowledge of literature, history, music, masterly and

gripping style of inspiring and electrifying the audience are quite

remarkable and were well appreciated through out his tour of Texas.

VMS-TX and the Kannada audiences across Texas enjoyed the discourses and

are indebted to him for bringing the nectar of Dasa Sahitya, Bhagavata,

Indian/Karnataka Heritage and Culture to Texas. We will all await to

listen to him more on his future visits.