Keeper of the vedic faith


Radhakrishna Gollapinni Seshappa does not think that faith consists of believing what reason cannot. Instead, the Bengaluru-based Vedic practitioner believes that faith has to have a reason. The 62-year-old, who speaks impeccable English and Sanskrit, is striving to streamline priesthoodby asking the government to give recognition to qualified pundits.

“There is no organised growth of Vedic schools, and only a few are affiliated to universities,” says Radhakrishna. “So even though there are people who are post-doctoral research scholars in our religious scriptures, they are not recognised by any educational institution. The time has come for universities to recognise pundits.” He is now planning to bring together schools that teach religious scriptures and create a federation to get government recognition.

Radhakrishna has conducted over 1,800 marriages, including inter-religious ones, in India, the US, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, London, etc., and an equal number of housewarming and other religious ceremonies.........................Read more

 

Source: The New Indian Express


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