A Day with the Saint: Then & Now – A Coffee Table Book on Pejavara Swamiji to be Launched on April 27
Udupi: The much-awaited coffee table book on Pejavar Math’s Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swameeji’s 4th and 5th Paryaya days will be released on April 27, in Udupi. The photos in the book titled – A Day with the Saint – Then & Now – depicts the seer’s one-day engagement in various activities on the two days of the Paryaya – in 2002 and 2018. The moments have been captured by Astro Mohan, Senior Photo Journalist, Udayavani.
The book will be launched at the Sri Krishna Math’s Rajangana, according to the book publisher Praveen Mohan.
The 108-pages book has rare pictures captured with different emotions of the Seer – Devotion and Spiritual besides his involvement in education, culture and social activities and in particular the routine of his Paryaya days. In addition, the book also has a collection of pictures taken on the Seer’s 80th birthday. The artistically captured pictures, 118 in all, are in colour. The write-up along with the pictures is both in Kannada and English. The photos have not just captured the moments, but also the emotions of a Saint as seen by the photographer through his sensitive eyes and lens. Precious moments are precisely, poetically and artistically frozen for the present and posterity. A fine way of showing deep respect and admiration by the photographer towards the Seer who is relentlessly contributing to the welfare of mankind. The book is indeed a tribute by the photographer to the great soul.
The photos are categorized under four chapters – 1) A Day with The Saint – Then & Now; 2) Electrification of Naxal affected village; 3) 80th anniversary of Sanyasa Deekhsa and 4) Most memorable photo gallery.
The photos are a delight to the viewers as they are artistically captured by the seasoned photographer. The book is a collector’s delight too. The foreward for the book is authored by Dr Sandhya S Pai, Editor, Taranga Weekly. The messages are given by Karnataka Governor Vajubai Vala, Member of Parliament L K Advani, Union Minister Sadvi Uma Bharati, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, Dharmastala Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade, Eminent Scholar Dr Bannanje Govindacharya, and Seers of Udupi Astha Maths.
On April 27, 4 pm, Karnataka Samskrutha University former vice-chancellor Professor Mallepuram G Venkatesh will formally launch the book. Sri Vidyadheesha Theertha Swamiji of Sri Palimar Math and Sri Vishvesha Theertha Swamiji would bless. Dr Sandhya Pai, Dr H S Ballal, Pro-Chancellor, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Dr M Mohan Alva, Chairman, Alva’s Education Trust, Moodbidri, and Vinod Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Manipal Media Network will be present on the occasion.
