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The Vedas form the bedrock of the Bharatiya Culture and Civilization and are the fountain head of all that is
pure and sublime in the human way of life. They are ANAADHI (timeless, without a beginning and
APAOURSHEYA (not emanating from any Individual living being). They are deemed to be the life-breath of
Bhagavan Sri Maha Vishnu. "Yasya Niswasitham Vedaha".
SANATHANA DHARMA, which connotes the way of life for all humanity, is based on the VEDAS which furnish
guidelines on all subjects necessary for the well being of humanity and is applicable to all times. Vedic
Chanting, according to the prescribed rules, leads not only to collective prosperity and individual well being,
but also avoids natural calamities and mitigates evils . Invocation of Devatas and their blessings, leads to
universal prosperity, ushering peace and contentment everywhere.
Utilisation of the Vedic mantras in the samskaras (Rituals) helps the spiritual growth of the individual, purifies
the atmosphere and helps curtail illness and other evil effects.
This vast storehouse of knowledge and ancient wisdom in ALL the Disciplines -- you name any and you can
trace it to the Vedas -- was codified by Bhagvan Sri Veda Vyasa into the four Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva
Vedas and further split into 1131 Sakhas (Rescensions) in the beginning of time.
Until recently, they have been handed down from generation to generation by oral teaching in the Gurukula,
Guru-Sishya tradition without any written text. Its pristine purity in terms of Pronunciation, Swara (intonation),
and etymology had been preserved in a unique time tested form, down the millennia.
Due to efflux of time and persons proficient in each of the Sakhas dwindling gradually in number and ultimately
becoming extinct, today we have in vogue only 10 or 11 Sakhas.
His Holiness Sri Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Swamiji - Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam -
popularly known as "Sage of Kanchi", "Kanchi Paramacharyal" etc., found that the number of those dedicating
themselves to the study of Vedas had diminished due to an uncertain future with no promise of even a
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