Vajrotsava Day-6: As part of the Diamond Jubilee and 75th birthday celebrations of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji and 19th anniversary of Nada Mantapa, Datta Peetha Titles were awarded to the following persons at Nada Mantapa in Ganapathy Ashrama premises on Ooty Road in Dattanagar this morning: Veda Nidhi: Virupaksham Koundinya Ghanapathi, Tirupati (Rig Veda); Nada Nidhi: T.H. Vinayak Ram, Chennai (Ghata); Kadri Gopalnath, Chennai (Saxophone); A. Kanyakumari, Chennai (Violin); Venkatesh Kumar, Dharwad (Hindustani Vocal); Pravachana Nidhi: Matturu Markandeya Avadhani, Matturu; Chaganti Koteswara Rao, Kakinada; Kala Nidhi: K. Brahmanandam, Hyderabad (Cinema); Jayalakshmi Puraskar: Urmila Aiyappan, Singapore (Community Service); Vishwa Bandhu: Dr. K. Gunaratna, Singapore (Buddhism); Dr. Jayaram Lingamanaicker, Singapore (Cardiologist); Vishwa Hindu: Dr. T. Chandroo, Singapore (Community Service); Prof. Peter Schreiner, Switzerland (Hinduism Studies); Asthana Chitrakara: Ross Rosin, USA (Painter); Asthana Vidwan: Balan Nair, Singapore (Astrology); Girishnath Jha, New Delhi (Linguist). The awardees are seen with Sri Ganapathy Swamiji and Junior Pontiff Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji.
