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The great sanskrit scholar,poet,writer, Vedantin, Bannanje Govindacharya passed away today at 11 Am at his residence, "Ishavasyam" in Ambalapadi , Udupi.

He has contributed a lot in the fields of Dvaita Vedanta, Sahitya and Kavya, having composed more than 100 books in kannada, 20 books in Sanskrit and many independent poems and articles.

He has edited the Sarvamoola of Madhvacharya, written down by Madhvacharya's direct disciple Hrishikesha Tirtha. He has edited and published many other works like Vadaratnavali of Vishnudasacharya, Anandamala of Traivikramarya Dasa and many other works, including independent commentary on Tattvapradeepa, a commentary by Trivikrama Pandithacharya on Madhvacharya's Brahmasutra Bhashya

He was the script writer of the famous Sanskrit movie Shankaracharya, directed by GV Iyer.

Let us all pray for his sadgati

Hare Krishna

Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

Director, Inter-Gurukula-University Centre , Indic Academy

BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala

BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.

Member, Advisory Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthanam, Bengaluru

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies,

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of Liberal Education,

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.