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) is an individual with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge in Hinduism, [1] particularly the Vedic scriptures, dharma, or Hindu philosophy; in colonial-era literature, the term generally refers to lawyers specialized in Hindu law. [3] Whereas, today the title is used for experts in other subjects, such as music.
The primary responsibility of members of the priesthood class is to conduct daily prayers at the local temple and officiate Hindu rituals and ceremonies.A pujari assumes that all visitors to their temple wish to bear witness to a darshana, an auspicious vision of the murti, the temple idol, that serves as a representation of a given deity within the sanctum sanctorum.
Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya [α] [4] (born Pandit Giridhar Mishra on 14 January 1950) [β] is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. [5]
He was the vice chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University from 1919 to 1938. [3] [4] Malaviya was one of the founders of the Bharat Scouts and Guides. [5] He founded a highly influential English newspaper, The Leader, in 1919, published from Allahabad. [6] He was also the chairman of Hindustan Times from 1924 to 1946.
Scholar of religion Hugh Urban calls it “one of the greatest works in all of Indian vernacular literature”. [ 245 ] Prabhupada completed his translation in 1974, within two years, [ 216 ] and it was published in seventeen volumes, again with verse-by-verse text, transliteration, word meanings, translation and commentary. [ 227 ]
Called an "architect of India", [e] he is widely recognised as the greatest figure of modern India after Mahatma Gandhi. [352] [353] On the occasion of his first death anniversary in 1965, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Lal Bahadur Shastri and others described Nehru as the greatest figure of India after Gandhi. [354] [355]
In 1922, Dr. Ambedkar called Shraddhanand “the greatest and most sincere champion of the Untouchables”. [7] In late 1923, he became the president of Bhartiya Hindu Shuddhi Sabha, created with an aim of reconverting Muslims, specifically 'Malkana Rajputs' in the western United Province. This brought him into direct confrontation with Muslim ...
The Hindu, in an article written after he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, said: Bhimsen Joshi was ever the wanderer, engendering brilliant phrases and tans more intuitively than through deliberation. [20] Joshi occasionally employed the use of sargam and tihai, and often sang traditional compositions of the Kirana gharana. His music often ...