Panduranga Shastri Athavle
sadananda (sada@anvil.nrl.navy.mil)
Sat, 8 Mar 1997 07:26:41 -0500
Here is the source for info. I got from Sanskrit Digest on Sri Athavle:
Hari Om!
Sadananda
From: Neeraj Desai <ndde@kh1.rtc.sc.ti.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 10:52:19 CST
Subject: Param Pujya Panduranga Shastri Athavle
Namaste,
More info on this acharya can be found from the Templeton site itself.
http://www.templeton.org/pkacknow.htm
- - Neeraj
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> From: sada@anvil.nrl.navy.mil (sadananda)
> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 08:05:55 -0500
> Subject: Hindu Teacher Given Cherch Center of United Nations
>
> I found this news item posted by Sri Prasad Tata that may be of interest to
> Sanskrit Digest members.
>
> Hari Om!
> Sadananda
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> This is a News Item published in
> THE WASHINGTON TIMES OF MARCH 6, 1997
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> HINDU TEACHER GIVEN AWARD
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> Panduranga Shastri Athale pioneer of Swadhyaya, self study of Sanskrit
> and propagated this movement across 100, 000 villages in India was
> awarded $1.2 million Templeton Prize for progress in Religion.
>
> He join the ranks of Mother Theresa, Rev Billi Graham and Alexander
> Solzhenitsyn who are the earlier winners of this award.
>
> Can somebody throw light on this Pandit's movement.
>
> Regards,
>
> Prasad Tata
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