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Welcome to presentation on Sri Purandara Dasa Memorial Trust Bangalore, india

Welcome to presentation on Sri Purandara Dasa Memorial Trust Bangalore, india. With Blessings of : His Holiness Sri Sri Sri Vishweshatheertha Swamiji of Sri Pejavar Mutt, Udupi. Mission. Long cherished desire to build a Fitting Memorial for ‘Dasa Shreshta’

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Welcome to presentation on Sri Purandara Dasa Memorial Trust Bangalore, india

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  1. Welcome to presentation on Sri PurandaraDasa Memorial Trust Bangalore, india

  2. With Blessings of : His Holiness Sri SriSriVishweshatheerthaSwamiji of Sri Pejavar Mutt, Udupi

  3. Mission Long cherished desire to build a Fitting Memorial for ‘Dasa Shreshta’ Sri Purandara Dasa (1484-1564 AD) Realized in 2013.

  4. About the Trust • In existence since 1993, formally registered in 2007. • Registered as a “Charitable Trust” • Address: ‘Purandara’, #28/A 3rd Main, Kalyaninagara, Near ISRO Layout, Bangalore-560061 Tel: +91 80 26662978, Mob: +91 94480 63724 E-mail: info@purandara.org; spdmt@gmail.com

  5. Founded by S.Varadarajan A Native of Bangalore, Engineer by Profession and ardent follower of Sri PurandaraDasa

  6. Principal Trustees Sri S.T. Radhakrishna (S/o the late Prof. M.V. Seetharamiah, well known Kannada littérateur) Sri K. Natarajan (Grandson of the late Dr. DVG)

  7. Support & Guidance Trust has the support & guidance of some of India’s leading personalities in the field of Music, Literature and Culture

  8. Chief Patron Justice Dr. M. Rama Jois (Former Chief Justice & Governor)

  9. Hon. Patrons Dr. H.P. Khincha Former Vice Chancellor ,VTU Dr. H. N. Muralidhara Renowned Dasa Sahitya scholar & Kannada littérateur Gana Kesari Sri Shashidhar Kote (Renowned Singer)

  10. Need for a Memorial? • It’s a pity that till mid. 2013, a Memorial did not exist for Sri Purandara Dasa, the all time great Saint Composer, Social Reformer and Philosopher. • Memorial - a necessity to preserve and propagate the PURANDARA philosophy because of rapidly eroding Human values. • For Renaissance of the great values the great Saint practised & preached. • SPDMT succeeded in building a memorial in 2013 with great resolve & concern, the one & only one of its kind in the World.

  11. Newly built Memorial Complex 8/16/2014

  12. Life size marble statue of Sri Purandara dasa Statue housed in an artistic Mantapa Concert Hall – Seating capacity 200 Music School exclusively for Dasara Kritis Library for Books & CD’s/Cassettes Research Center . Details of the Complex… 8/16/2014

  13. Principal Objectives of TRUST • Extensive propagation of Dasara Kritis through concerts and lectures. • Bringing to light unpublished compositions of Sri Purandara Dasa through research. • Running free music school for learning Dasara Kritis. .

  14. Objectives… • To award scholarships & free studentships to select students of the music school. • To translate select compositions of Sri PurandaraDasa into other major Indian languages and English. .

  15. Current Activities • Biweekly programs – music concerts, lectures, harikathas, dance recitals at the newly built memorial complex • Running a free music school, enrolled about 150 students. • A library of Cassettes, CD’s and Books on Life and Compositions of Sri Purandara Dasa .

  16. Current Activities… • Organize annual Aaradhana celebrations. • Presentation of ‘Purandara Puraskar’ award annually to select personalities in recognition of their services to the cause of Sri Purandara Dasa. .

  17. Going Ahead ! • Set up a research center to bring out unpublished works of Sri Purandara Dasa • Award fellowships to such intending scholars • Seek affiliation to Bangalore Univ. for award of PhD degree to such scholars • Translate & publish some select Kritis in major Indian languages & English

  18. CORPUS FUND • Need is felt to create a Corpus fund of rupees 2 to 3 Crores to carry on the current activities as well as for unfulfilled dreams. • More so in the absence of any assistance from Govt. .

  19. How Can YOU Help? • By becoming Donor • Contribute any material like manuscripts, palm leaves, memorabilia etc., related to Sri Purandara Dasa • Actively participate &/or support the programs of the Trust

  20. A task of this magnitude requires funding support from a large no. Of devotees. Our appeal goes out to all Dasa Premis, Music lovers, philanthropists all over the World to donate generously for this worthy cause. Names of all Donors will be prominently displayed at the Memorial Complex. Sponsors are welcome for programs of the TRUST. APPEAL ! 8/16/2014

  21. Sri Purandara Dasa Memorial Trust A/c no 117900301000014 Vijaya Bank, Vijaynagar branch, Bangalore-560010, INDIA IFSC: VIJB0001179 SWIFT CODE: VIJBINBBFXB Bank Account Details 8/16/2014

  22. TAX incentives • Trust has been recognized as ‘Charitable Trust’ by IT dept. • All contributions are exempt under Section 80-G of IT Act 1961

  23. THANK YOU

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