Vajrotsava Day-3: Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji distributed financial aid of Rs. 15,000 along with a saree each to widows of farmers who committed suicide — Hombalamma and Puttamadamma, both from Bidarahalli, Thayamma of Rangacharihundi, Siddamma of Mellahalli and Savitri of Mahadevanahundi, located around Bannur — at Sri Ganapathy Ashrama premises on Ooty Road in Dattanagar this morning, as part of the Diamond Jubilee and 75th birthday celebrations of Sri Ganapathy Swamiji and 19th anniversary of Nada Mantapa. Picture shows the Datta Peetha Title recipients — (from left) Asthana Vidwan: K. Chandrashekhara Ghanapathi, Tirupati (Yajur Veda); Sripada Satyanarayana, Tirupati (Vyakarana Shastra); V.S. Gurunatha Ghanapathi, Chennai (Yajur Veda, Meemamsa Shastra); Prof. Veeranarayana Pandurangi, Bengaluru (Nyaya Shastra); Pravachana Nidhi: Bachampalli Santosha Kumar, Hyderabad; Asthana Vidwan: Ram Kumar Mishra, Varanasi (Tabla); Trichur R. Mohan, Chennai (Mridanga); Arjun Kumar, Bengaluru (Mridanga); Shertalay Ranganatha Sharma, Madurai (Karnatak Vocal) and Shek Mabu, Nuzvidu (Veena); Shukavana Prashasti: A.R. Vijay, Chennai — with Sri Ganapathy Swamiji and Junior Pontiff Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji.
