Jagadguru Rambhadracharya delivering a sermon in Baroda, Gujarat, India
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Rambhadracharya

This is a comprehensive list of awards and nominations won by Jagadguru Rambhadracharya. Rambhadracharya is a Hindu religious leader, Sanskrit scholar, writer and commentator and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India.

Rambhadracharya is the head of Tulsi Peeth, and the lifelong chancellor of the Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University.[1][2][3] Rambhadracharya has been blind since the age of two months, but has never used Braille or any other aid to learn or compose.[4] He can speak 22 languages.[5][6] He has authored more than 90 books and 50 papers.[7] He is regarded as one of the greatest authorities on Tulsidas in India,[8] and is the editor of a critical edition of the Ramcharitmanas.[9] He is a Katha artist for the Ramayana and the Bhagavata. His Katha programmes are held regularly in different cities in India and other countries, and are telecast on television channels like Sanskar TV and Sanatan TV.[10]

Rambhadracharya has been honoured by several personalities and politicians, including A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Somnath Chatterjee, Shilendra Kumar Singh, M. Channa Reddy, P. N. Bhagwati, Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Morari Bapu, Joseph Kurien and Indira Gandhi.[2][11]

In 2015, Rambhadracharya was awarded Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour.[12] He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit, the Shreevani Alankaran, the Banabhatta award and the Vachaspati award for his epic Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam.[5] He has received eight gold medals in Shastri and Acharya examinations.[13]

Awards and honors bestowed on Rambhadracharya are listed below.

Awards

Before Vairagi initiation
After Vairagi initiation

Honors

The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Vibhushan Award to Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 30, 2015.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Tripathi, Radha Vallabh, ed. (2012). संस्कृतविद्वत्परिचायिका – Inventory of Sanskrit Scholars (PDF). New Delhi, India: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan. p. 94. ISBN 978-93-86111-85-2. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Address at the Presentation of the 'Twelfth and Thirteenth Ramkrishna Jaidayal Dalmia Shreevani Alankaran, 2005 & 2006', New Delhi, 18 January 2007". Speeches. The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha. 18 January 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2011. Swami Rambhadracharya ... is a celebrated Sanskrit scholar and educationist of great merit and achievement. ... His academic accomplishments are many and several prestigious Universities have conferred their honorary degrees on him. A polyglot, he has composed poems in many Indian languages. He has also authored about 75 books on diverse themes having a bearing on our culture, heritage, traditions and philosophy which have received appreciation. A builder of several institutions, he started the Vikalanga Vishwavidyalaya at Chitrakoot, of which he is the lifelong Chancellor.
  3. ^ Shubhra (12 February 2010). "जगद्गुरु रामभद्राचार्य विकलांग विश्वविद्यालय" [Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University]. Bhāratīya Pakṣa (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  4. ^ Aneja 2005, p. 67.
  5. ^ a b c d "वाचस्पति पुरस्कार २००७" [Vachaspati Award 2007] (PDF) (in Hindi). K. K. Birla Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  6. ^ Dinkar 2008, p. 39.
  7. ^ Dinkar 2008, pp. 40–43.
  8. ^ Prasad 1999, p. xiv: "Acharya Giridhar Mishra is responsible for many of my interpretations of the epic. The meticulousness of his profound scholarship and his extraordinary dedication to all aspects of Rama's story have led to his recognition as one of the greatest authorities on Tulasidasa in India today ... that the Acharya's knowledge of the Ramacharitamanasa is vast and breathtaking and that he is one of those rare scholars who know the text of the epic virtually by heart."
  9. ^ Rambhadracharya (ed) 2006.
  10. ^ Television channels:
  11. ^ a b Special Correspondent (20 February 2008). "Selected for Birla Foundation awards". The Hindu. India. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  12. ^ a b "Padma Awards 2015". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  13. ^ a b c Gupta and Kumar 2006, p. 745.
  14. ^ Chandra, R. (September 2008). "जीवन यात्रा" [Life Journey]. Kranti Bharat Samachar (in Hindi). 8 (11). Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: Rajesh Chandra Pandey: 22–23. RNI No. 2000, UPHIN 2638.
  15. ^ a b c Parauha, Tulsidas (14 January 2011). "महाकविजगद्गुरुस्वामिरामभद्राचार्याणां व्यक्तित्वं कृतित्वञ्च" [The life and works of the great poet Jagadguru Rambhadracharya]. In Rambhadracharya, Svami (ed.). गीतरामायणम् (गीतसीताभिरामं संस्कृतगीतमहाकाव्यम्) [Gītarāmāyaṇam (The Gītasītābhirāmam Sanskrit lyrical epic poem)] (in Sanskrit). Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University. pp. 5–9.
  16. ^ a b Dinkar 2008, pp. 25–27.
  17. ^ Nagar 2002, p. 78.
  18. ^ Nagar 2002, p. 184.
  19. ^ a b c d e Chandra 2008, p. 21.
  20. ^ a b Nagar 2002, p. 182.
  21. ^ Sharma et al 2011, p. 840.
  22. ^ "Latest General Knowledge". Competition Science Vision. 4 (42). Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India: Pratiyogita Darpan Group: 572. August 2001. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  23. ^ "Bhaurao Samman for Dattopanth Thengadi". The Times of India. India. TNN. 17 March 2003. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  24. ^ "जगद्गुरु स्वामी रामभद्राचार्य तथा वरिष्ठ चिंतक दत्तोपंत ठेंगडी को भाऊराव देवरस सेवा सम्मान – वैभवशाली राष्ट्र के निर्माण का आह्वान" [Bhaurao Devras Honour for Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya and eminent philosopher Dattopant Thengdi – Call for building a glorious nation]. Panchjanya (in Hindi). 30 March 2003. Archived from the original on 4 May 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  25. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Awards 2005". National Portal of India. 2005. Archived from the original on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  26. ^ Mishra 2011, p. 24.
  27. ^ Durg, City Reporter (30 October 2011). "नेत्रहीन आचार्य की भागवत कथा आज से" [Bhagavata Katha by visually impaired preceptor starts today]. Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  28. ^ "Himachal Pradesh State Level Award For Sandeep Marwah". PRLog. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  29. ^ Nagar 2002, p. 183.
  30. ^ "Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha – Convocation". Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2011. The Fourth Convocation of the Vidyapeetha was organized on 11th of February, 2000. ... Honorary title of Mahamahopadhyaya was conferred on Shri Swami Rambhadracharya (U.P.), ... by the Chancellor.
  31. ^ Sharma et al 2011, p. 837.
  32. ^ "डिग्री पाकर खिले मेधावियों के चेहरे" [Captured talents' faces bloom after getting degree]. Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). 13 September 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  33. ^ a b "मेरा नहीं, यह निशक्तजनों का सम्मान- जगद्गुरु". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 2015-03-01. Retrieved 2015-03-04.

Works cited

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  • Chandra, R. (September 2008). "सम्मान और पुरस्कार" [Honours and Awards]. Kranti Bharat Samachar (in Hindi). 8 (11). Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India: Rajesh Chandra Pandey. RNI No. 2000, UPHIN 2638.
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