The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Translate Vedas into Telugu, says MSR

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Friday, Jun 17, 2005

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Andhra Pradesh

Translate Vedas into Telugu, says MSR

Staff Reporter

Our Vedas and other scriptures have the answers to all questions, proclaims Endowments Minister

HYDERABAD: Can we have the Vedas and other scriptures in Telugu so that the common man can understand and appreciate them? Can we even think of having them as part of the school curriculum?

Didn't Ravana take Sita away on a flying machine much like the present-day chopper? Didn't Lord Anjaneya fly through space in one leap from India to Sri Lanka? The Endowments Minister, M. Satyanarayana Rao, sent an audience comprising Vedic scholars and mediapersons into titters with these questions on Thursday at the inaugural of a three-day conference on "Vedic Knowledge: Contemporary Relevance" here.

"Why do the Western countries think they developed everything? Our Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Sastras, Agamas, Tantras and Samhitas are all unlimited. They have answers to all these questions. Unfortunately, they are all in Sanskrit, which the common man cannot understand. So can we think of translations please," he asked. The conference was organised by the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies (JNIAS) and Institute of Scientific Research on Vedas (I-Serve) and was put together by D. Swaminadhan, Member, National Advisory Council and Vice-Chairman, State Planning Board.

The speakers included Justice C.Y. Somayajulu, Andhra Pradesh High Court Judge, I.V. Subba Rao, JNIAS Director-General, K.V. Krishnamurthy, Chairman I-Serve, Swami Kundalini Yogi, Shesha Bhattar Sudarshanacharya, former Director, Pranayama Research Institute, Nature Cure Hospital and Sadguru Krishna Yaji, Datta Peetha Bandhu Surya Sadanam, Garividi.

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