25/7/2022 to 27/2/2022 at Srimatam Camp, Goshala, Kakinada
*Chaturmasya Vratam*
*Scholars across India & Srilanka take part*
With the divine blessings of His Holiness Pujya Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal, the Annual Panchanga Sabha was held from 25/7/2022 to 27/2/2022. About 46 Panchanga Karthas from Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra & Delhi and 9 Shastra & Dharma Shastra Vidwans from Andhra & Tamilnadu took part in the event. Sri Jagadishwara Sarma from Colombo, Srilanka too participated taking the participation beyond shores of India.
The Sabha commenced with His Holiness blessing “Dharma Shastra Ratna” Birudu & Abhinandana Patrika to Brahma Sri Sundarrama Vajapeyayaji commending his services in offering finding out right Shastric solutions for Panchanga Nirnayam. The Sabha then debated the Panchangam for upcoming year extensively.
On the final session with the blessings of His Holiness, Sri Neelakantha Sastry was honoured with title “Dharma Shastra Nadishna”, Sri Bharanidhara Shastry with “Ishopasti Sameekshaka”, Sri Sriramana Sharma with “ Nakshatra Darsha” and Sri Rajappa Shivacharya with “ Shaiva Parva Nirnaya Dhurya”. All the Panchanga Kartas were felicitated with shawls and Sambhavana in the divine presence of His Holiness.
The Panchanga Sabha was commenced by 65th Acharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Jagadguru Pujya Sri Sudarshana Mahadevendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal in the year 1877 and since then held annually at Sri Kanchi Math. The Panchanga Sabha is extremely significant as it analyses and sets the almanac for the upcoming year which in turn helps in observing various Anushthanams, Festivals and Vratams.
Sno Name Panchangam Place
1 Brahma Sri Sundararama Vajapeyi Dharma Shastra Vidwan Srirangam
2 Sri Ram Lala Sharma Shastra Vidwan Tirupati
3 Sri Bharani Shastrigal Dharma Shastra Vidwan Chennai
4 Brahma Sri Shriramana Sharma Dharma Shastra Vidwan Nerur (Karur)
5 Sri Nilakantha Sharma Dharma Shastra Vidwan Pazhur (Tiruchi)
6 Sri Shrikrishna Rajagopalan Dharma Shastra Vidwan Chennai
7 Sri Krishnamurthy Shivachariyar Agama Vidwan Kanchipuram
8 Sri Ramakrishna Sastrigal Vaidika Vrundam - Panchangam Chennai
9 Sri Nidhishvara Sharma Dharma Shastram Thiruvidaimarudur
10 Sri K Narasimhan Shrimatham Chennai
11 Sri N Nambi Gopalan Shrimatham Chennai
12 Sri K Govindan Shrimatham Tirunelveli
13 Sri K Venkatesan Shrimatham Chennai
14 Sri LS Ravi Bharat Ganitam Chennai
15 Sri S Raghu Bharat Ganitam Chennai
16 Sri M V Naranarayanan Srinivasan Salem
17 Sri S M Sadashivam Sabari Erode
18 Sri K V Balu Saravanan Thanigai Chennai
19 Sri S Jagadishvara Sharma Sri Lanka Kozhumbu
20 Sri G Srinivasan Mariyamman Chennai
21 Sri Maadu Shastrigal Dharumai Aadheenam Vaithiswaran Koil
22 Sri Vishwanathan Dharumai Aadheenam Vaithiswaran Koil
23 Sri Karthik Raman Ashtangam Chennai
24 Sri Vivekanandan Kannan Panchagam Malaysia
25 Sri L Subrahmanya Siddhanti Kanchi Peetam ( Telugu) Vijayawada
26 Sri P Subramanya Sharma Pidaparthi Rajamundry
27 Sri Mohan Dathe Dathe Panchangam Maharashtra
28 Sri Karandikar Kalanirnaya Maharashtra
29 Sri Manoj Vyas Shri Siva Madhya Pradesh
30 Sri B Tukaram Paradevatha Kakinada
31 Sri T V Mallikarjuna Sharma Tangirala Rajamundry
32 Sri G Pattabhi Sastry Bharata Bhumi Amalapuram
33 Sri S UmaMaheshwara Sharma Sishtala Srikakulam
34 Sri B V Siddanthi Gayathri Hyderabad
35 Sri T Purna Prasad Sharma Tangirala Bhimavaram
36 Sri T Srinivas Sharma Tennati Simhachala
37 Sri K Paarvathesam Dwaraka Tirumala Bhimadolu
38 Sri B Veerabhadhra Butte Rajamundry
39 Sri K Naga Malleswara Karupathi Amalapuram
40 Sri D Chandramouli Sharma Shanmukha Vijyawada
41 Sri Seshachala Sharma Varahamihira Hyderabad
42 Sri Lakshmana Murthy Varahamihira Hyderabad
43 Sri G Srinivas Varahamihira Hyderabad
44 Sri A V Ramana AddepallI Machilipatnam
45 Sri Ch Srinivas Sharma Challa Piduguralla
46 Sri B Bhaskaracharya Sri Maruti Rama Hyderabad
47 Sri T Kamalakar Sharma Tunda Hyderabad
48 Sri Prashanth Joshi Basara Hyderabad
49 Sri Oruganti Nagaraju Sharma Pushpagiri Hyderabad
50 Sri S Krishnamurthy Medak Hyderabad
51 Sri Chandrashekar Ganitha Vijyawada
52 Sri Tadi Gadapa Subbarao Tadi Gadappa Peddapuram
53 Sri V Subrahmanya Sharma Vissa Pragada Kakinada
54 Sri Madduri Subhramanya Shastri Madduri Rajamundry
55 Sri D Subrahmanya Sharma Annayara Panchangam Annavaram