CTE Associate Shri Lakshminarayan Reddyiji felicitated for his service on Millet promotion

We heartily congratulate our associate Shri Lakshminarayan Reddyji on this occasion of being recognised for his valuable service in promotion on millet farming and employment creation in villages. He was felicitated in a millet festival organized in Bangalore recently. Shri Lakshminarayan Reddyji runs a Millet Processing Center which engages women in processing millets. Last month…

Workshop on Manuscriptology and Paleography

A Basic-level Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography (21 days) is being organized by Amrita Darshanam, International Centre for Spiritual Studies (ICSS), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, in collaboration with the National Mission for Manuscripts (NAMAMI), Govt. of India, from 6 to 27 May 2019. The workshop aims at encouraging and training young scholars in the field of…

National Conference on Mahabharata

A Conference was held on “The Mahabharata in Indian Art and Culture” on March 14-16, 2019, at C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Institute of Indological Research (CPRIIR), Chennai, The presentations can be watched below from Youtube playlist. There are about 75 videos, 26:33:56 hrs, 42.52 GB. The complete playlist is available the following link: https://t.co/DRCpwp8Qn9 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpngffUA0CN2om0hhNMUf4v63ADsvW7dC …

CTE KC Homeschooling Network

Creating a “Centre for Traditional Education Krsna Conscious Homeschooling Network”   CHARTER   DESCRIPTION OF THE NETWORK: An active no-nonsense Whatsapp network comprising of those devotees currently providing or wanting to provide homeschooling/ alternative schooling/ Gurukula schooling for their children or for children in their community.   SCOPE OF THE NETWORK (anything different is beyond…

What is the correct pronunciation of ḽ (ऌ)?

There is no ‘r’ sound in pronouncing ḽ (ऌ).  For example, in the word ‘kḽptam’ meaning ‘limited’ the kḽ rhymes with the kṛ of kṛṣṇa (Krishna) but there is no ‘r’ sound – an approximate representation of the word would be kliptam. Many wrongly pronounce ḽ like lṛ.  It is probably the result of confusion because of the similarity…