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New Indian Express
27-04-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Ganesha Sharma Dravid to be anointed 71st Uttaradhikari of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam
KAKINADA: Annavaram Veda Pandit Duddu Satya Venkata Surya Subrahmanya Ganesha Sharma Dravid (24) will be anointed the 71st Uttaradhikari (Peethadhipati) of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam in Kanchipuram on Akshaya Tritiya, April 30. Peetathipathi of Kanchi Math, Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamy will give Sanyasa Deeksha to Dravid, a Rig Vedic scholar, an announcement by the Math. In a formal communication, Srikaryam Sundaresha Iyer conveyed the decision to Ganesha Sharma Dravid's parents, Mangadevi and Danvantari. Subrahmanya Ganesha Sharma Dravid, aged 25, hails from a deeply spiritual family. His father, Danvantari, serves as a first-class priest at the renowned Sri Satyanarayana Swamy temple in Annavaram. He has a sister and belongs to a lineage steeped in Vedic tradition, with his maternal grandfather being the distinguished scholar Bhallamudi Suryanarayana and his paternal grandfather Duddu Subrahmanyam. Following the revered tradition of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, only a disciple who has formally undergone monastic initiation by the sitting Peethadhipati is chosen as successor. Fittingly, Subrahmanya Ganesha Sharma Dravid's elevation will coincide with the 2,534th birth anniversary of Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya, adding special significance to the occasion. Ganesha Sharma Dravid's scholastic journey began in 2006. A Rigveda scholar, he has served at the sacred Annavaram temple and at the Basara Sri Jnana Saraswati Devasthanam in Telangana's Nizamabad (Nirmal district). Over the years, he expanded his expertise to include the Yajurveda, Samaveda, and the Dashopanishads, earning the guidance and blessings of the Shankaracharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham.
New Indian Express
26-04-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
71st pontiff of Kanchi Math to be anointed on April 30
CHENNAI: Sri Duddu Satya Venkata Surya Subrahmanya Ganesha Sharma Dravid (24) will be anointed the 71st pontiff of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam in Kancheepuram on Akshaya Tritiya Day (April 30). Peetathipathi of Kanchi Math, Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal will give Sanyasa Deeksha to Dravid, a Rig Vedic scholar, a Math announcement said. The sacred event coincides with the 2534th Jayanthi Mahotsavam (May 2) of Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya, who established the Kanchi Math in 482 BCE. Sources said Dravid has been studying Shastras in Kancheepuram under the direct supervision of Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal for the past year. The preliminary Vedic rituals for the anointment have already begun in his native place in Andhra Pradesh, as well as Kancheepuram. On April 30, anointment rituals will start from 6 am. Dravid was born in Tuni, Andhra Pradesh in 2001 to Brahmashri Duddu Srinivasa Surya Subrahmanya Dhanvantari and Alivelu Mangadevi. One of the Vedic students in Kachi Math told TNIE that Dravid has mastered three of the four Vedas — Rig, Yajur and Sama — and has been honoured with the title Salakshana Ganapati. Dravid served as Rig Veda teacher at Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devasthanam in Telangana. Kanchi Math Manager Sundaresa Iyer called on Collector Kalaiselvi Mohan and invited her to the ceremony. According to the Kachi Math, Sri Adi Sankara settled down at Kanchi, established the Math and founded a lineage of successors.
