A unique four-day National Conference June 17 to June 20, 2016.

Venue: ISKCON, Multi-Vision Theatre, Hare Krishna Hill, Chord Road, Bengaluru - 560 010

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Message ofMahakavyas

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Highlights :• Lectures • Open House Discussions • Cultural Programmes

• Exhibition & sale of Books, CDs/DVDs. • Live Webcast: www.bvblive.org

Session-2

2.00 – 2.30 pm Valmeeki-Ramayana - Sri Lakshmisha Tolpadi, Puthoor

2.30 - 3.00 pm Salient Features of Kamba Ramayanam - Dr. V.V. Subramanian

Chennai

3.00 - 3.30 pm Vyasa-Mahabharata - Dr. Vishwanath Bhat, Bengaluru

3.30 – 4.00 pm Ramacharita Manasa - Sri. H.V.Ramachandra Rao, Bengaluru

4.00 – 4.30 pm Guest Lecture -1 : What Mahakavya Means to Me

Dr. Chiranjeev Singh, Bengaluru

5.00 – 6.00 pm Music Programme based on Mahakavyas - Dr. T.S. Sathyavathi & Troupe, Bengaluru

6.00 – 7.00 pm Gopi Geetham - Nrithya Roopak, based on Bhagavatha -

Dr. M.S. Sanath Kumar & Group, Mattur

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Friday, June 17, 2016 : Session-1 : Inauguration - 10.30am

Recitation: Versus from Mahakavya - Ramayana Mahabharatha Sloka Gayana – Sri M.V. Jayarama Rao, Noted Gamaki.

Master of CeremonySri. K.G. Raghavan, Hon. Secretary, BVB, Bengaluru

Key Note Address Justice Sri B.N. Srikrishna, Retd, Judge, Supreme Court of India & Vice Chairman, BVB, Mumbai

Inauguration and AddressProf. Maha Mahopadyaya Reva Prasad Dwivedi, Noted Scholar, Varanasi

About the Conference Prof. Mallepuram G. Venkatesh, Former Vice Chancellor, Karnataka Sanskrit University

Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa, President, ISKCON, Bengaluru

Presides

Chief Guest & Address Dr. T.V. Venkatachala Shastry, Noted Scholar, Mysuru

Welcome Sri. N. Ramanuja, Chairman, BVB, Bengaluru

Book Launch & Address Dr. Chandrashekar B. Kambar, Jnanpeeth awardee

Felicitation to scholarsProf. Reva Prasad Dwivedi, Noted Scholar, Varanasi

Dr. T.V. Venkatachala Shastry, Noted Scholar, Mysuru

haratiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru jointly with ISKCON, Bengaluru Bconducted national conferences on Veda Samvada, an introduction to the various aspects of Vedas and their relevance in the modern society in 2013; which was followed by the conference Upanishad Sandesha, the message of the Upanishads in 2014 and a conference on Mahapuranas in 2015.

The theme of the present conference is Message of Mahakavyas which is being held from 17th to 20th June 2016. Mahākāvya (lit. great kāvya, court epic), also known as sargabandha, is a genre of epic poetry in classical literature. The genre is characterised by ornate and elaborate descriptions of scenery, love, battles and so on - in short, everything that tests a poet's skill at description.

Saturday, June 18, 2016 : Session - 3

9.00 – 9.30 am Chanting based on Mahakavya, Raghuvamsha - Dr. Amrutha Varshini, Bengaluru

9.30 – 10.00 am Raghuvamsha - Sri. Shashikiran, Bengaluru

10.00 – 10.30 am Shishupalavadha of Maagha - Dr. Prathibha Nagendra, Bengaluru

10.30 – 11.00 am Shivarajyodayam of S B Varnekar - Dr. H.R. Vishwas, Mangalore

11.00 – 11.30 am Two Modern Epics in Sanskrit based on Ramayana - Sri. S.K. Dwivedi, Varanasi

11.30 – 12.00 noon An over view of modern Sanskrit Epics - Dr. S. Ranganath, Bengaluru

12.00 – 12.30 pm Classical Kannada Epic Tradition - Prof. C. Naganna, Mysore

12.30 – 1.00 pm Aadipurana - Prof. Kamala Hampana, Bengaluru

Session - 4

2.00 – 2.30 pm Vikramarjuna Vijaya - Dr. R. Seshashastri, Ananthpur (A.P)

2.30 – 3.00 pm Karnata-Bhaarata-Kathamanjari - Dr. Vijaya Subbaraj, Bengaluru

3.00 – 3.30 pm Harishchandrakaavya - Sri H.N. Muralidhara, Bengaluru

3.30 – 4.00 pm Prabhulingaleele - Dr. N.R. Lalithamba, Bengaluru

4.00 – 4.30 pm Bharateshavaibhava - Dr. R. Lakshminarayana, Bengaluru

5.00 – 5.30 pm Sriramayana Darshanam - Prof. M.H. Krishnaiah, Bengaluru

5.30 – 6.00 pm Guest Lecture -2 : What Mahakavya Means to Me

Sri. Narahalli Balasubramanya, Bengaluru

6.00 to 7.00 pm Tala Maddale based on Ramayana/Mahabharatha

Prof. Umakanth Bhat, Melkote

Sunday, June 19, 2016 : Session - 5

9.00 – 9.30 am Chanting based on Harishchandra Mahakavya - Smt. Gangamma

Keshavamurthy

9.30 – 10.00 am Bharata Sindhu Rashmi - Sri G. Ramachandra, Mysuru

10.00 – 10.30 am Overview of Modern Kannada Epics - Sri Shridhar Hegde

Bhadran, Dharwad

10.30 – 11.00 am Epic Tradition in Tulu - Prof. Paadekallu Vishnubhatta, Udupi

11.00 – 11.30 am Epic tradition in Kodava - Dr. Rekha Vasanth, Kodagu

11.30 – 12.00 noon Pancha Mahakavya’s in Telugu - Prof. R.V.S. Sundaram, Mysore

12.00 – 12.30 pm Kavitraya Bharatham - Prof. B. Ramabrahmam, Hyderabad

12.30 – 1.00 pm Ramayana Kalpavrushamu - Dr. N. Srikanta Rao, Bengaluru

Session - 6

2.00 – 2.30 pm Folk epic tradition in Telugu - Prof. Tanglirala Subba Rao,

Bengaluru

2.30 – 3.00 pm Epic Tradition in Hindi - Dr. M. Surya Prasad, Bengaluru

3.00 – 3.30 pm Prithviraja Raaso - Prof. Govind Shankar Sharma, Jaipur

3.30 – 4.00 pm Ramacharita Manas and Felicitation to the Speaker -

Prof. Yadunath Dubey, Varanasi

4.00 – 4.30 pm Kaamayanee - Dr. T. G. Prabha Shankar, Bengaluru

5.00 – 5.30 pm Epic Tradition in Malayalam - Prof. P.K. Madhavan, Lakkidi, Kerala

5.30 – 6.00 pm Kunti Karna Gamaka Geetha Roopaka -

Direction: Smt. Padma Gurudutt, Bengaluru

Monday, June 20, 2016 : Session-7

9.00 – 9.30 am Chanting based on Ramayana darshana -

Smt. Padmaja Sheshagiri Rao & Troup Harihara

9.30 – 10.00 am Epic Tradition in Gujarati - Prof Dr. Vijay Pandya, Ahmedabad

10.00 – 10.30 am Epic Tradition in Punjabi - Dr. Surjit Singh Patar, Ludhiana

10.30 – 11.00 am Paradox of Female Chastity in the Bengali Ramayana of

Krittivasa - Dr. Saumitra Chakravarty, Bengaluru

11.00 – 11.30 am Sarala Das and Felicitation to the Speaker -

Sri Ramakanth Rath, Bhubaneshwar

11.30 – 12.00 noon Iliad and Odissi of Homer - Sri. Arjun Bharadhvaj, Bengaluru

12.00 – 12.30 pm Aenied of Virgil - Sri. Suhas Mahesh, Bengaluru

12.30 – 1.00 pm Divine Comedy of Dante - Sri K.M. Seetaramaiah, Bengaluru

Session - 8

2.00 – 2.30 pm Folk Epics of the East - Dr. S.L. Srinivasa Murthy, Bengaluru

2.30 – 3.00 pm Folk Epics of Central Asia & Middle East - Prof. C. N. Ramachandran, Bengaluru

3.00 – 3.30 pm Epic Tradition in Kashmiri - Prof. Shafi Shauq, Srinagar

3.30 – 4.00 pm Epic Tradition in Persian & Urdu - Sri. Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, Allahabad

4.00 – 4.30 pm Guest Lecture - 3 : What Mahakavya Means to Me Prof. R Ramachandra, Mysuru

4.30 – 5.30 pm Valedictory Programme : Valedictory Address - Sri M Veerappa Moily, Recipient of Saraswati Samman, Former Chief Minister of Karnataka,

Former Central Union Minister, Sitting Lok Sabha Member

President, Kannada Sahitya ParishatChief Guest - Dr. Manu Baligar,

5.30 – 6.30 pm Dance Recital based on Kambha Ramayana -

Ms. Aranyani Bhargav, Bengaluru