Ramayana: The Song of Life

Date 16-04-1997

Delivered by Dr. I. Panduranga Rao


Ramayana: The Song of Life
Vaishnava Contribution to Kashi

From 01-08-2001 to 02-08-2001

Under the Annual Feature Radiance of Kashi

Inaugurated and Keynote Address delivered by Padmabhushan Prof. Vidya Nivas Mishra

Presided by Goswami Shri Shyam Manohar Maharaj

Coordinated by Dr. Bhanu Shankar Mehta and Prof. Kamal Giri

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. Vasudev Singh, Acharya Ganga Sharan Shastri, Prof. Shyam Sundar Shukla, Prof. Yugeshwar, Prof. Shriniwas Pandey, Prof. Braj Ratna Das Gupta, Prof. Rai Anand Krishna, Prof. Pradeep Kumar Mishra, Dr. N. P. Joshi, Prof. R. C. Sharma, Prof. M. N. P. Tiwari and Dr. Pranati Ghosal


Vaishnava Contribution to Kashi
Cultural Gleanings from Kurma Purana

From 26-03-2001 to 27-03-2001

Under the Annual Feature Purana Parva

Keynote Address delivered by Padmashree Prof. V. Venkatachalam

Valedictory Address delivered by Prof. B. N. Bhattacharya

SOther cholars Exchanging Views : Dr. N. P. Joshi, Prof. R. C. Sharma, Dr. Sukumar Chattopadhyaya, Dr. N. C. Panda, Dr. Pranati Ghosal, Dr. Kapil Dev Pandey, Prof. Gangadhar Panda, Prof. Hridaya Ranjan Sharma, Dr. Ganga Sagar Rai, Prof. Krishna Kant Sharma and Dr. Rama Ghosh


Cultural Gleanings from Kurma Purana
Appraisal of Cultural Spectrum of Varanasi

Date 10-02-2001

Guest-in-Chief: Dr. R. V. Vaidyanatha Ayyar, Secretary Culture, Government of India

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. R. C. Sharma, Prof. Vibha Tripathi, Dr. Bhanu Shankar Mehta, Shri K. K. Muhammed and Prof. M. N. P. Tiwari


Appraisal of Cultural Spectrum of Varanasi
Meghadutam

From 01-11-2000 to 02-11-2000

Under the Annual Feature Kalidasa Parva

Inaugural Presidential Address delivered by Prof. G. C. Pandey

Keynote Address delivered by Prof. B. N. Bhattacharya

Valedictory Address delivered by Padmabhushan Prof. Vidya Nivas Mishra

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. R. C. Sharma, Prof. Reva Prasad Dwivedi, Prof. Rai Anand Krishna, Prof. Shivji Upadhyaya, Prof. K. D. Tripathi, Dr. Kamla Pandeya, Dr. Anuradha Banerjee, Dr. A. Singh, Dr. N. C. Panda and Dr. T. K. Biswas


Meghadutam
Chhandogya Upanishad

From 13-10-2000 to 14-10-2000

Under the Annual Feature Bliss of Upanishads

Coordinated by Prof. V. Venkatachalam and Prof. Bettina Baumer

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. K. D. Tripathi, Prof. B. S. Vyas, Prof. Sudhanshu Shekhar Shastri, Prof. Paras Nath Dwivedi, Dr. Kamla Pandeya, Dr. S. Vijay Kumar, Swami Pranava Chaitanya, Prof. R. K. Tripathi, Pt. H. N. Chakravarty and Dr. Pranati Ghosal


Chhandogya Upanishad
Pratibha Vimarsha: The Philosophy of Abhinavagupta and Kashmir Shaivism

From 01-08-2000 to 02-08-2000

Inaugurated by Padmabhushan Prof. Vidya Nivas Mishra

Keynote Address delivered by Prof. Arindam Chakravarty, University of Hawaii, USA

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Acharya Pt. Paramahamsa Mishra, Dr. Surya Prakash Vyas, Prof. Reva Prasad Dwivedi, Prof. Shivji Upadhyaya, Prof. Krishna Kant Sharma, Dr. Shitala Prasad Pandey, Shri Sudhir Desai, Prof. Revati Raman Pandey, Prof. K. D. Tripathi, Dr. Shitala Prasad Upadhyaya and Dr. Pranati Ghosal


Pratibha Vimarsha: The Philosophy of Abhinavagupta and Kashmir Shaivism
Shaiva Concept in Vayu Purana

From 25-03-2000 to 26-03-2000

Under the Annual Feature Purana Parva

Keynote Address delivered by Padmabhushan Prof. Vidya Nivas Mishra

Coordinated by Prof. K. D. Tripathi

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Dr. Ganga Sagar Rai, Dr. Kapil Dev Pandey, Prof. Hridaya Ranjan Sharma, Prof. Sita Ram Shastri, Dr. I. Panduranga Rao, Dr. Shitala Prasad Shukla, Dr. Ramji Pandey, Prof. Krishna Kant Sharma, Prof. R. C. Sharma, Dr. Bhanu Shankar Mehta, Dr. Deena Bandhu Pandey and Prof. Ram Chandra Pandey


Shaiva Concept in Vayu Purana
Jaina Contribution to Varanasi

From 11-03-2000 to 12-03-2000

Under the Annual Feature Radiance of Kashi

Coordinated and Keynote Address delivered by Shri Kranti Kumar

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Dr. Deena Bandhu Pandey, Dr. S. S. Sinha, Prof. M. N. P. Tiwari, Dr. Bhanu Shankar Mehta, Dr. Kamalesh Jain, Dr. Phool Chandra Jain, Prof. Rai Anand Krishna, Shri Sharad Kumar Sadhak, Shri B. B. Sharma, Shri Munni Babu Jain, Shri Jamuna Lal, Shri Banarasi Das, Prof. R. C. Sharma and Prof. Kamal Giri

In between, the Ramanavami was celebrated by reciting the verses from the Valmiki Ramayana and the Paumachariyam of Vimal Suri. The Managing Trustee Smt. Bimla Poddar recited the prayer with music.


Jaina Contribution to Varanasi
Studies in Shilpa Texts

Date 27-02-2000

In collaboration with Department of History of Arts, Banaras Hindu University in its Golden Jubilee Year

Chairpersons : Dr. Deena Nath Pathi, Orissa and Prof. Reva Prasad Dwivedi, Varanasi

Coordinated by Prof. M. N. P. Tiwari

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. Rai Anand Krishna, Prof. Bettina Baumer, Dr. Ranjana Srivastava, Dr. Deena Bandhu Pandey, Prof. R. C. Sharma and Prof. C. S. Upasak


Studies in Shilpa Texts