Prof.K.V.Krishna Murthy, the Chairman & Managing Trustee of I-SERVE is a
highly popular and an exemplary scholar with a rare combination of oriental
and western knowledge imbibed in him. Strongly, an unusual mix of poetic
and scientific talents finds happy abode in him. Born in an orthodox family
of traditional Vedic Scholars of national repute, oriental knowledge descended
on him as his rightful ancestral property whereas his quest for exploring
the secrets of nature , his rational thinking and inquisitive approach made
him embrace the western scientific knowledge, thus enabling him acquire
his master's degree in Modern Mathematics. He is surely the rarest breed
of scholars whose sword shines sharp at both the edges.
Necessities of life drove him to a Bank job, which added economic flavor
and administrative managerial skills to the abundance of his knowledge.
The maturity of the spiritual knowledge inherited from his illustrious father
Sri Kuppa Lakshmavadhani (Later on Sri Swami Janardanananda Saraswathi),
proved its merit with his Judicious decision to take voluntary retirement
from a lucrative service at the age of 37. The sprawling marvel of the present
day spiritual world, Sri Sri Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji instantly
approved this by making him the Vidyadhikari and Trustee of His Avadhoota
Datta Peetham, Mysore.
Prof. K.V.Krishna Murthy, by that time, authored around thirty books in
Sanskrit, Telugu, and English. He had the rarest fortune of writing the
biography of Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji in a volume of around
1400 pages and this work stood as a master piece amongst the life sketches
of Indian saints. This work of genius is regarded as a "Holy Text"
by all the devotees of Swamiji through out the world and later on got translated
into English, Germany, French, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi etc.
This intellectual's other printed and unprinted writings includes:
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• English Grammar for Sanskrit Students
• Applied Grammar of Sanskrit
• Modern Science in the Ancient Land
• Glimpses of Vedic Geometry
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A versatile speaker of international acclaim, Sri Kuppa Venkata Krishna
Murthy's discourses on Yogavasista is being telecast on Gemini & other
Telugu channels since April, 2002. His ability in analysis and teaching
secrets of Puranas and Vedanta Sastra in an easy way attracted many audience
and fans worldwide.
His literary abilities proved their metal in the cine field, in 1986 when
he wrote dialogues to the movie "Sree Datta Darshanam" in Telugu,
which saw thundering triumphs of those days.
Such matured
and well established scholar received various honors such as Ugadi Puraskar,
by Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in 2002, Jnana Saraswathi Puraskar,
by the famous Saraswathi Temple of Basara in 2002, Sri Kalyanananda Bharathi
Prathibha Puraskar, by Sri Maha Kameswari Peetham in 2003, Kulapati Puraskar
by Maharshi Vignana Peetham also in 2003, Sri Ramachandra Puraskar Karnataka
in 2004 and many more. JNIAS, a reputed research organization established
by Prof. Dr. D. Swaminadhan has appointed him as an honorary professor
in their Vedic research wing in Feb. 2007
This Trustee,
Educational Officer (Vidyadhikari) of Avadhoota Datta Peetham and Chief
Editor for Bhaktimala, its monthly magazine also has held various other
positions such as Member of the Veda Sastra Pundit Selection Committee
of A.P. Endowments Department for the year 2002, Member of TTD's Sri Venkateswara
Institute of higher Vedic Studies for 2003.
Under the
able guidance of his noble master Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji,
Sri K.V.Krishna Murthy's insight into the scientific aspects of Vedic
knowledge dived deep and flew high in the annals of imagination and comprehension
and this made him fit to be commanded by his Guru to start the Institute
of SERVE, and serve the humanity, for generations to come. This 57 years
scholar is now busy as Chairman & Managing Trustee running an Institute
for "Scientific Research on Vedas (SERVE)", a Regd. Charitable
Trust, authoring many research papers on Vedic Sciences and participating
and conducting many scientific and spiritual conferences on behalf of
SERVE and Avadhoota Datta Peetham.
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