अकृत्यं नैव कर्तव्यं प्राणत्यागेSपि संस्थिते |
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About Us
The SADVIDYA PRATISHTANAM, formerly known as Veda-Shastra Pathashala, was established in 1967 by Acharya Padmanabha Sharma, popularly known as GURUJI. With remarkable intellectual ability, he was an independent thinker, and his ideas stood apart from others. His unwavering quest for promoting Sanatana Dharma was both persistent and systematic.
About The Founder
Born to an illustrious family in Palakkad, Kerala,
• Post his Ghanantha studies in Krishna Yajur-Veda Shakha, mastered in Sanskrit Sahitya and Advaita Vedanta from the Maharaja Sanskrit College of Mysore, Karnataka.
• Served as the Head of the Sanskrit Department, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB),
• Became the Founder Principal of BVB’s ’Sri Sankaracharya Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya’ served for over five decades.
• Established ‘Veda Shastra Pathasala’ within Delhi-NCR in the year 1967, – now popularly known as the ‘SADVIDYA PRATISHTANAM’.
• Devoted his life in propagating and teaching Sanskrit language, Vedas, Upanishads and Bhagavad-Gita to several individuals – such as, school/college students, judges, doctors, bureaucrats, including monks of Ramakrishna Mission. Delhi, amongst others.
• Been a recipient of many awards and accolades for his outstanding contributions in promoting Sanskrit and Vedas amongst other related fields.
Why Choose Us?
Key Message From President
Shekhar Sharma
सद्विद्या” as “सा विद्या या विमुक्तये”(that knowledge which liberates!)
What we define as ‘that’ knowledge ‘which’ liberates? The knowledge which helps us attain money for food to eat, cloth to wear, house for shelter to creating wealth or even luxurious lifestyle. But also the one which keeps us away from lust or unwanted desire (Kama), anger (Krodha),greed (lobha), delusory, bondage or temptation (moha), pride (mada) and envy/jealousy (matsarya). That knowledge which not only keeps material poverty away but also eliminates ignorance, builds morality or good samskaaras and inculcates good behaviour.
While school or college education imparts us to earn livelihood and build careers for better employment, its highly imperative that we the people of India get benefitted from the teaching of Sanatana Dharma as envisaged by our great Sages and Seers in the form of Veda, Shaastraas to great Puraana, itihaasas that’s the treasure trove of this Bharata Desha.
In this endeavour सद्विद्या प्रतिष्ठानम् (सविप्र) “SaViPra” established in year 1967 by Acharya Padmanabha Sharma fondly called as Guruji by all his followers, has been committed to the cause of promoting and do its squirrel efforts in preserving the values of Sanatana Dharma. The Sanatana Dharma to be best understood through Samskritam as a language. As this language holds the treasure trove of Bharatham best known through our scriptures of Veda known as Sruti, Shaastraas known as Smruti (code of conduct), Itihaasas (glorious history of bharat) and Puranaas (the scriptures which still holds relevance).
The endeavour of SaViPra is to makes Samskritam or Sanskrit accessible to all as reinforced through our motto “प्रतिजनं संस्कृतं प्रतिदिनं संस्कृतं”. Our charter is dedicated to make understanding Sanskrit as an integral part to all our activities across Vedic and Shaastric learnings besides making Spoken Sanskrit and drive common people to learn this glorious language through of classes, plays and symposiums.
|| जयतु संस्कृतं || लसतु संस्कृतं ||
Activities
The organization engages in a variety of activities, including Veda , Spoken Sanskrit, and Srimad Bhagawad Gita classes. They conduct special events such as Suryanamaskaram, special ones during the Simha Month and Pradosham on Trayodashi days, with an annual Maha Pradosham during the month of March-April. Shloka Competitions on Srimad Bhagawad Gita and Srimad Bhagawatam are held across age groups annually. The Annual Day of the Pratishtanam coincides with the Founder’s Day, and celebrations for Maha Shivarati and Bhagawad Gita Jayanti take place each year. Additionally, the Pratishtanam organizes lectures by scholars and holds cultural activities and events related to Sanatana Dharma on various occasions.
Learning Samskritam
“Through its thoughts and medium of literary texts, Sanskrit helps nurture knowledge and also national unity, strengthens it. Further it can help in reclaiming India’s position as a Soft Power that it used to once known as among all nations in the World” – Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann ki Baat or also known as Manogatam (in Sanskrit)
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