A Votary of Truth (Ep. 3) - Biographical documentary on Dr S. Srikanta Sastri - Episode 3
Channel: Dr. Bhagirath S. Naganath
Date: 2018-08-06

(Turn on Subtitles) - Biographical multi-part documentary on the life and times of renowned Indian historian - Dr S. Srikanta Sastri - told through the words of his students and contemporaries - with rare footage, archival material, photographs and on site recordings.  A 'Vellala Group' Production with photography and editing by S. L. Ravishankar & Vishwanath Rao (Babu). Narration & script by Prof S. Naganath.


Featured in this episode - Research & Publications by Dr S. Srikanta Sastri such as 'Proto-Indic Religion', 'The Aryans', 'Hieroglyphic Hittite', 'Harappa Town Planning', his relationship with A. R. Krishnashastry which led to the publication of 'Bharatiya Samskruthi' with K .V. Puttappa's introduction, 'Roman Chakradipatyada Charitre', first Kannada book on archaeology - 'Puratatva Shodhane', 'Prapancha Charithreya Ruparekhegalu', 'Hoysala Vasthushilpa', 'Samshodhana Lekhanagalu', 'Geopolitics of India and Greater India', 'Srikanthayana - Vol I & II', 'Srikanthika' - A Felicitation Volume brought out in his honour, 'Srikanteshwara Shatakam' and missing articles - 'Pashupatha Kalamukhas' & those in other languages like Telugu & Sanskrit. A short list of his most famous students is also provided - U R Ananthamurthy, G Venkatasubbiah, Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar, T V Venkatachala Sastry, Javaregowda, G H Nayak, C Prasanna Kumar, H Y Sharada Prasad, S Shettar, A Sundara, S R Rao, A K Ramanujan, T R S Sharma, E S Venkataramaiah, R K Laxman, Veena Maestro Doreswamy Iyengar, R Visweswaran, Bangarappa, M. V. Rajasekharan, Parameshwara Bhat, Shankar Narayan Rao and M V Padma among others.


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