Sthapati was born in 1927 to sculptor Vaidyanatha Sthapati and Velammal in Pilla yarpatti, a village near Karaikudi, Tamil

Nadu, India. He was born into the Vish wakarma caste. Sthapati attended Dr. Alagappa Chettiar College, Karaikudi, and graduated with a degree in mathematics. After his graduation, he became a Sthapati at Palani Mur ugan Temple, Palani, Tamil Nadu, India. He resigned this post after the death of his father, who had served as principal of the School of Architecture and Sculp ture at Mamallapuram from 1957 to 1960. He succeeded his father as the Principal of the Government College of Architecture and Sculpture, TN, India.[3] From the 1980s, Sthapati campaigned to restore and elevate the status of traditi onal Hindu architecture in modern Indian society, by affiliating courses to the University of Madras and offering degree courses, bringing about a revival of Va stu Shastra.[3] After retirement from government service, he established the Vaastu Vedic Trust and the Vaastu Vedic Research Foundation, aimed at research, development, and gl obalization of Vaastu Shastra. He is also the head of the professional guild nam ed "V. Ganapati Sthapati & Associates."[3] Dr. Sthapati initiated the development of The American University of Mayonic Sci ence and Technology as an authorized institution to teach this body of knowledge in the western world. He appointed Dr. Jessie J. Mercay as Chancellor.[3] Works[edit] Architecture and Sculpture[edit] Thiruvalluvar Statue and the adjacent Vivekananda Rock Memorial at sunrise Sthapati served as architect for several buildings and sculptures, including the following: Sculpture of Tamil poet and saint Thiruvalluvar Thiruvalluvar Statue at the southe rn tip of India at Kanyakumari, TN, India (measuring 133 feet (40.5 m) in elevat ion). Design and Construction of University buildings including the Administrative blo ck and library for Tamil University in Tanjore. Design and Construction of Valluvar Kottam in Chennai, TN, India. The Rajagopuram of Sri Ramar Temple and Sri Ganesh Shiva Durga Temple at The Hin du Temple of Greater Chicago complex Lemont, Illinois, USA.[4] Sri Murugan Temple, Nadi-Fiji islands. The San Marga Iraivan Temple, Kauai, Hawaii. Granite sculpture of the Madhavi heroine of the Tamil epic Silappathikaram, erecte d in an Art Gallery in Poompuhar, Chennai, TN, India. Projects in India and other countries.[5][6] Buddha statue in Hussainsagar Lake, Hyderabad [7]