Mastering Agama Sastras through palm leaf manuscripts

Vijayawada | Monday | 4th June, 2018

Summary:

Mastering it going through palm leaf manuscripts is said to be a Herculean task, that too in Pancharatra Agama. Later, he developed a passion towards collecting palm leaf manuscripts on Agama Sastra. For the last two decades, he has collected about 250 palm leaf manuscripts from different places in AP and began research, finalisation and publication of unpublished Pancharatra Agama literature. The 80-year old scholar learnt Vaishnava Pancharatra Agama Prayoga from his father Rangacharyulu, a temple priest, during his childhood. I went to Sri Kurmam, where Sri Ramanujacharya, theologian and exponent of Sri Vaishnava tradition, preached Pancharatra Agama to people during the early 12th Century and converted Sri Kurmam temple as Sri Vaishnava temple..