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'''Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry''' (born 28 August 1925) is a scholar and television personality who has specialized in the [[Vedas]] and [[Puranas]] texts in the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Sanskrit]] languages. His works have included commentaries on [[All India Radio]] during [[Bhadrachalam]]'s Sitarama Kalyanam and [[Brahmotsavam]] festivals. For [[Ugadi]] day, he recites the ''[[Panchangam|Panchanga Sravanam]]'' (almanac reading). On television he hosts a show ''Dharma Sandehalu'' and ''Dharma Sukshmalu''{{clarify|date=March 2014|reason=are these names of programs or people on the program?}} where he answers questions regarding the Purana and various aspects of [[Hinduism]]. The show is telecast on the [[Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel]] and formerly on the [[DD Saptagiri|Doordarshan Saptagiri Channel]]. He is the principal of a college run by the trust named [[Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams]] where they do [[pravachan]] (lectures) on the Puranas.{{clarify|date=March 2014|reason=what is the name of the college?}} He received the [[Raja-Lakshmi Award]] in 2005, and has also been conferred the title of [[Brhaspati|Purana Vachaspati]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
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===Early life and education===<br />
Sastry was born to a [[Dakshinamurthy]] couple at Hassanabada village, which is located in [[Krosuru]] mandal, in the [[Guntur district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He is a native of [[Amaravathi village, Guntur district]].<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/11/25/stories/2005112502000300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913185011/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/11/25/stories/2005112502000300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-13|title=Scholar felicitated|date=2005-11-25|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-09-28}}</ref> His grandfather, Sriman Malladi Ramakrishna Chainulu, was not only an authority in Vedic and [[Sanskrit literature]], but also a propagator of the [[Advaita Vedanta]] [[Siddhanta|Siddhanta (doctrine)]] over Andhra Pradesh. Sastry studied in the [[shastra|fields]] of [[Vedas]], [[Vyākaraṇa|''vyakaranam'' (grammar)]], ''tarkam'' (logic), [[Mimāṃsā|''poorva meemamsa'' (extension of the Vedas)]], and [[Vedanta|''vedanta sastram'' (Indian spiritualism)]].<ref name="thehindu"/> He also studied the [[Puranas]] in [[Hinduism]].<br />
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When he was 19, he delivered [[pravachan|Pravachan (lectures)]] about the ''[[Ramayana]]''. His speaking ability allowed him to give a discourse at an event presided by scholar [[Viswanatha Satyanarayana]] at [[Vijayawada]]. Sastry cites the ''Ramayana'', the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', the [[Bhagavata Purana]], and the oratorios of [[Dattatreya]] among his favorite works for discourses.<br />
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===Career===<br />
Sastry has established himself as an authority in the [[Vedas]] and the [[Puranas|Astadasha Puranas]] texts. He provided commentaries on [[All India Radio]] during [[Bhadrachalam]]'s Sitarama Kalyanam and [[Brahmotsavam]] festivals. On television, he hosts a show ''Dharma Sandehalu'' and ''Dharma Sukshmalu''{{clarify|date=March 2014|reason=are these names of programs or people on the program?}} where he answers questions regarding the Purana and various aspects of [[Hinduism]]. The show is telecast on the [[Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel]] and formerly on the [[DD Saptagiri|Doordarshan Saptagiri Channel]].{{year needed|date=March 2014}}<br />
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On [[Ugadi]] day, he recites the ''[[Panchangam|Panchanga Sravanam (almanac reading)]]''. Writers have noted that he delivers his orations "with a pinch of humour".<ref name="thehindu"/><br />
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He is the principal of a college run by the trust named [[Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams]] where they do [[pravachan|pravachan (lectures)]] on the Puranas.{{clarify|date=March 2014|reason=what is the name of the college?}}<br />
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==Awards and accolades==<br />
* Sastry was given the title "Abhinava Vyasa" for his writings and discourses and for compiling and codifying the Vedas and Puranas texts.<ref name="thehindu"/><br />
* Sastry was conferred the title of [[Brhaspati|Purana Vachaspati]].<br />
* In 2005, Sastry received an award from the [[Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation]].<ref name="thehindu"/><br />
* [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham|Sringeri Sankara Mutt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sringeri.net/ |title=Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam |publisher=Sringeri.net |date= |accessdate=2014-03-11}}</ref>{{clarify|date=March 2014|reason=this is just a general page, please specify which article has this information}} presented him with the title of "Savyasachi".<ref name="thehindu"/><br />
* The Sanathana Dharma Trust<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanatanadharmafoundation.com/ |title=SDF - Home |publisher=Sanatanadharmafoundation.com |date= |accessdate=2014-03-11}}</ref> presented him with the Eminent Citizens Award.<ref name="thehindu"/><br />
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