Chaganti Koteswara Rao
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Brahmasri Chaganti Koteswara Rao (Telugu:చాగంటి కోటేశ్వరరావు)is an eminent speaker on matters related to Sanathana Darma. He was born to Sri Chaganti Sundara Siva Rao and Srimati Suseelamma. He married Srimati Subramanyeswary with whom he has two children. Presently he is an employee of the Food Corporation of India
, Kakinada
although his eminence derives from the work he does outside of his job - giving spiritual discourses.
and blessed with wonderful oratory skills. He started giving pravachan
on puranas
extempore and proven his spectacular command on Spiritual Discourses on various Purnanas, epics like Srimad Ramayanam, Srimad Bhagavatham and devotional hymns like Soundarya Lahari and Lalitha Sahasranama strotram.He has delivered discourses for 42 days continuously at Guntur
on Sampoorna Ramayanam during 2005, Srimad Bhagavatham for 42 days during 2006, Shiva Maha Puranam
for 30 days during 2007 and Sree Lalitha Sahasranama Stothram for about 45 days during 2008 . In addition he gave numerous pravachanams on various topics throughout the country.
He gives his discourses in Telugu language
. He mesmerizes the audience with well refined reciting and thought provoking citations from various puranas
extempore.
He has achieved what perhaps no other Telugu scholar managed to do. He has, by the quality of his pravachanams, command over Telugu language and all the classic texts, single handedly revived interest in Telugu classics and literature among the current generation. It is no exaggeration to say that in this age of english language assault on the world, BrahmaSri Chaganti Koteswara Rao stands tall holding out the greatness of our culture, our history and our language to the present generation.
(TTD), Bhakti TV
He also gives morning discourses on Maa Tv
He has been felicitated with citations like "UPANYASA CHAKRAVARTHI", "SARADA JNANA PUTRA".etc.,
Recently, a group of his admirers started a web site ( http://srichaganti.net ) to enable his valuable lectures to reach all the enthusiasists who like to know about Hindu culture and traditions.
Food Corporation of India
Food Corporation of India was setup on 14th January 1965 having its first District Office at Thanjavur - rice bowl of Tamil Nadu - and headquarters at Chennai under the Food Corporations Act 1964 to implement the following objectives of the National Food Policy :# Effective price support...
, Kakinada
Kakinada
Kakinada is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located east of the state capital, Hyderabad. It is also the headquarters of East Godavari district. It is nicknamed "Fertilizer City" , "Pensioner's Paradise" and "Second Madras"...
although his eminence derives from the work he does outside of his job - giving spiritual discourses.
Spiritual Discourses
Sri Chaganti Koteswara Rao is a silent reader of puranasPuranas
The Puranas are a genre of important Hindu, Jain and Buddhist religious texts, notably consisting of narratives of the history of the universe from creation to destruction, genealogies of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy, and geography.Puranas...
and blessed with wonderful oratory skills. He started giving pravachan
Pravachan
Pravachan is a form of Hindu religious discourse, which are lectures on scriptures. A Pravachana Pandit becomes a religious and spiritual interpreter of these Scriptures....
on puranas
Puranas
The Puranas are a genre of important Hindu, Jain and Buddhist religious texts, notably consisting of narratives of the history of the universe from creation to destruction, genealogies of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy, and geography.Puranas...
extempore and proven his spectacular command on Spiritual Discourses on various Purnanas, epics like Srimad Ramayanam, Srimad Bhagavatham and devotional hymns like Soundarya Lahari and Lalitha Sahasranama strotram.He has delivered discourses for 42 days continuously at Guntur
Guntur
Guntur , is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located to the north and west of the Bay of Bengal. It is approximately to the south of the national capital, New Delhi and south east of state capital, Hyderabad. Guntur is the fourth largest city in Andhra...
on Sampoorna Ramayanam during 2005, Srimad Bhagavatham for 42 days during 2006, Shiva Maha Puranam
Shiva Purana
The Shiva Purana is one of the s, a genre of Hindu religious texts dedicated to Shiva. According to a tradition which is stated in the of this text, the original text was known as the ....
for 30 days during 2007 and Sree Lalitha Sahasranama Stothram for about 45 days during 2008 . In addition he gave numerous pravachanams on various topics throughout the country.
He gives his discourses in Telugu language
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
. He mesmerizes the audience with well refined reciting and thought provoking citations from various puranas
Puranas
The Puranas are a genre of important Hindu, Jain and Buddhist religious texts, notably consisting of narratives of the history of the universe from creation to destruction, genealogies of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy, and geography.Puranas...
extempore.
He has achieved what perhaps no other Telugu scholar managed to do. He has, by the quality of his pravachanams, command over Telugu language and all the classic texts, single handedly revived interest in Telugu classics and literature among the current generation. It is no exaggeration to say that in this age of english language assault on the world, BrahmaSri Chaganti Koteswara Rao stands tall holding out the greatness of our culture, our history and our language to the present generation.
Topics
The following are the topics on which discourses were given by Brahmasri Chaganti Koteswara Rao garu over the period of time.- Sampoorna RamayanamRamayanaThe Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...
- Shiva Maha PuranamShiva PuranaThe Shiva Purana is one of the s, a genre of Hindu religious texts dedicated to Shiva. According to a tradition which is stated in the of this text, the original text was known as the ....
- Shiva TattwamShivaShiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
- Sri Kalahasteeswara ShatakamSrikalahastiSrikalahasti , is a holy town and a municipality near Tirupati in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the river Swarnamukhi. It is also informally and wrongly referred to as Kalahasti...
- Bhagavatam
- Lalitha Sahasra NamamSriSri , also transliterated as Shri or Shree or shre is a word of Sanskrit origin, used in the Indian subcontinent as polite form of address equivalent to the English "Mr." in written and spoken language, or as a title of veneration for deities .-Etymology:Sri has the root meaning of radiance, or...
Television
The discourses given by Koteswara Rao garu are now being broadcasted in various Television channels like Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel (SVBC) - Channel from Tirumala Tirupati DevasthanamsTirumala Tirupati Devasthanams
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams also referred as TTD is an independent trust which manages the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh...
(TTD), Bhakti TV
Bhakti TV
Bhakti TV is a devotional channel in Telugu which caters to the people of all religions. It is a sister channel of NTV. It was launched on August 30, 2007, the same day when NTV was launched officially. Its south India's first Telugu devotional channel....
He also gives morning discourses on Maa Tv
Titles and Felicitations
Sri Chaganti Koteswara Rao has got a great number of Fans.He has been felicitated with citations like "UPANYASA CHAKRAVARTHI", "SARADA JNANA PUTRA".etc.,
Recently, a group of his admirers started a web site ( http://srichaganti.net ) to enable his valuable lectures to reach all the enthusiasists who like to know about Hindu culture and traditions.