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Kanchi Kamakoti Peetaadhipati Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal released the reprinted variation of “Acharya’s Call” - the duplicate volumes of discourses of the Mahaperiyava, Jagadguru Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal, given during the years 1957-1960 brought retired by The Hindu.
After offering the books at the Brindavanams of Mahaperiyava and Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal astatine Kancheepuram, the pontiff gave the archetypal transcript to Nirmala Lakshman, Chairperson, THG Publishing Private Limited, The Hindu Group.
During the Acharya’s enactment astatine the Madras Sanskrit College successful the years 1957-58, helium blessed the devotees with regular discourses on various topics of our Dharma, Vedas, Shastras, Puranas, Itihasaas, Sthala Mahatmyams, doctrine and culture.
These were recorded by the then Deputy Chief Reporter of The Hindu, V. Ramakrishnan, and reported successful The Hindu, wrong the constraints of abstraction and different limitations. V. Ramakrishnan, then, with the encouragement from The Hindu family, wrote and compiled each the speeches of The Mahaswami in full, with Sanskrit quotations, etc. This was brought retired arsenic the duplicate volumes as “Acharya’s Call” successful 1964 arsenic a tribute on the juncture of the 75th Jayanti of Mahaperiyava. The publication was reprinted in 1995 and successful 2022.
Recently, the publication has been reorganised with subject-wise categorisation to marque it casual for the readers, and this reprint has been published and released during the auspicious Ugadi and Sri Rama Navami Mahotsavam. A akin chronicle of the Mahaswami’s talks in Chittoor territory during the years 1930-1932 has been published arsenic “The Chronicles of Kanchi Acharya.”
Sridhar Aranala, Chief Sales & Distribution Officer, K.G. Gurumurthy, Head-Pre-Press and R. Srinivasan, Head - Magazines and Special Publications of The Hindu Group were present. The cover terms of the publication is ₹400. It can be purchased by visiting The Hindu online bookstore astatine https://publications.thehindugroup.com/bookstore/.
