Bannanje Govindacharya

Bannanje Govindacharya was an Indian Sanskrit scholar versed in Veda Bhashya, Upanishads, Mahabharata, Puranas and Ramayana. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2009. He is best known for his pravachanas or discourses which are very popular among Tuluvas and Kannadigas.

About Bannanje Govindacharya in brief

Summary Bannanje GovindacharyaBannanje Govindacharya was an Indian Sanskrit scholar versed in Veda Bhashya, Upanishads, Mahabharata, Puranas and Ramayana. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2009. He has around 4000 pages of Sanskrit Vyakhyana to his name with 50 odd books and around 150 books, including those in other languages. He is best known for his pravachanas or discourses which are very popular among Tuluvas and Kannadigas all over the world.

His speeches have covered almost all the philosophical texts and amount to more than 10000 hours. He wrote screenplay for the Sanskrit film ‘Bhagavadgita’ and Shankaracharya. He also wrote on this Naaku-Tanti and served as the editor at Udupi Kendra Kendra. He penned 14 songs in Sanskrit, 14 Bhaturdasha Bhajans, 14 Rastra-Bhajans.