Timeline of Rambhadracharya

This timeline lists important events relevant to the life of the Vaishnava (Hindu) spiritual leader, poet, commentator, educationist, religious and social figure Rambhadracharya (1950 – present).

Rambhadracharya delivering a sermon in Baroda, Gujarat, India.
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Jagadguru Ramanandacharya was born on 14 January 1950 as Giridhar Mishra.[1] He is one of four incumbent Jagadguru Ramanandacharya,[lower-greek 1] and has held this title since 1988.[2][3][4]

He is the establisher and head of Tulsi Peeth, a religious and social service institution named after saint Tulsidas, located in Chitrakoot.[5][6] He is the founder and lifelong chancellor of the Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University in Chitrakoot, which offers graduate and postgraduate courses exclusively to four types of disabled students.[1][7][8][9] Rambhadracharya has been blind since the age of two months. He has never used Braille or any other aid to learn or compose.[10]

Rambhadracharya can speak 22 languages, and is a spontaneous poet,[lower-greek 2] and writer in Sanskrit, Hindi, Awadhi, Maithili, and several other languages.[11][12] He has composed more than 90 works, including four epic poems,[lower-greek 3] a Hindi commentary on Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas, a Sanskrit commentary in verse on the Ashtadhyayi, and Sanskrit commentaries on the Prasthanatrayi scriptures.[13][14] He is regarded as one of the greatest authorities on Tulsidas in India,[15] and is the editor of a critical edition of the Ramcharitmanas.[16] He is Katha artist for the Ramayana and the Bhagavata. His Katha programmes are held regularly in different cities in India and other countries, and are telecast on television channels like Sanskar TV and Sanatan TV.[17][18]

Timeline

1950

1953

  • Composed his first piece of poetry—in Awadhi (a dialect of Hindi).[19][21]
  • June:Had a near-death experience when fell in a small dry well.[19][22]

1955

1957

1961

1967

  • July 7 - Joined the Adarsh Gaurishankar Sanskrit College.[23]

1971

1974

  • Topped the final examination for the Shastri (Bachelor of Arts) degree in Sanskrit grammar
  • Won five gold medals at the Akhila Bharatiya Sanskrit Adhiveshan.[2][24][25]

1976

  • Topped the final examination for the Acharya (Master of Arts) degree in Sanskrit grammar.[25]
  • Narrated a Katha on Ramcharitmanas to Swami Karpatri.[26][27]
  • Won gold medal for standing first in all-India Sanskrit debate competition and a Chancellor's Gold Medal from by the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.[25][28]
  • April 30 - Was declared Acharya of all subjects taught at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.[10]

1979

1980

  • Wrote a Hindi minor poem Kākā Vidura, a Sanskrit minor poem Mukundasmaraṇam and a Hindi discourse Bharata Mahimā.[14][30]

1981

  • Wrote a Sanskrit dissertation (PhD thesis) Adhyātmarāmāyaṇe Apāṇinīyaprayogānāṃ Vimarśaḥ.[14][30]
  • October 14 - Completed his Vidyavaridhi degree in Sanskrit grammar.[10]

1982

  • Wrote a Hindi minor poem Mā̐ Śabarī and a Hindi deliberation Mānasa Me̐ Tāpasa Prasaṅga.[14][30]

1983

1985

  • Wrote a Hindi discourse Sugrīva Kā Agha Aura Vibhīṣaṇa Kī Karatūti and a Hindi commentary on the Bhagavad Gita Śrīgītātātparya.[14][30]

1987

  • Established a religious and social service institution called Tulsi Peeth.[6]
  • Wrote a Sanskrit hymn of praise Śrījānakīkṛpākaṭākṣastotram.[14][30]

1988

  • Wrote a Hindi deliberation Sanātanadharma Kī Vigrahasvarūpa Gomātā and a Hindi investigative research Śrītulasīsāhitya me̐ Kṛṣṇa Kathā.[14][30]
  • June 24 - Chosen as the Jagadguru Ramanandacharya seated at the Tulsi Peeth.[4]

1989

  • Wrote a Hindi discourse Mānasa me̐ Sumitrā.[14][30]

1990

  • Wrote a Hindi critique Sīta Nirvāsana Nahī̐.[14][30]

1991

1992

  • Wrote a Sanskrit hymn of praise Śrīrāmavallabhāstotram and a Hindi discourse Prabhu Kari Kṛpā Pā̐varī Dīnhī.[14][30]

1993

  • Wrote a Hindi lyrical poem Bhaktigītasudhā and a Hindi discourse Parama Baḍabhāgī Jaṭāyu.[14][30]

1994

1995

  • Wrote a Sanskrit hymn of praise Śrīcitrakūṭavihāryaṣṭakam.[14][30]
  • August 1 - Ritually anointed as the Jagadguru Ramanandacharya.[2]

1996

  • Wrote a Sanskrit minor poem Ājādacandraśekharacaritam.[14][30]
  • Wrote a Single-act Sanskrit play-poem Śrīrāghavābhyudayam.[14][30]
  • August 23 - Established the Tulsi School for the Blind.[6][8]

1997

  • Wrote a Sanskrit commentary Aṣṭādhyāyyāḥ Pratisūtraṃ Śābdabodhasamīkṣaṇam.[14][30]
  • Wrote a Sanskrit poem Śrīrāmabhaktisarvasvam.[14][30]
  • May 9 - Was awarded the post-doctorate Vachaspati (DLitt) degree by Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.[24][31]

1998

  • Got the title of Dharmachakravarti by the World Religious Parliament.[32][33]

1999

  • Won the Kaviraj Vidya Narayan Shastri Archana-Samman Award from the Kaviraj Vidya Narayan Shastri Archana-Samman Committee, Bhagalpur and the Mahakavi title by the Akhil Bharatiya Hindi Bhasha Sammelan, Bihar.[34][35]

2000

  • Won the Vishishta Puraskar from the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Samsthana, Lucknow and the Mahamahopadhyay title by the Lal Bahadur Shastri Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi.[32][36]
  • Wrote a Sanskrit minor poem Sarayūlaharī.[14][30]

2001

2002

  • Won the Kavikularatna title from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi.[32]
  • Wrote a Sanskrit epic poem Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam, a Sanskrit minor poem Śrīrāghavabhāvadarśanam, a Sanskrit commentary on the Rāmastavarājastotra Śrīrāmastavarājastotre Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam and a Hindi discourse Śrī Sītārāma Vivāha Darśana.[14][30]

2003

  • Won the Rajshekhar Samman from the Madhya Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Bhopal, the Bhaurao Deoras Award by the Bhaurao Deoras Seva Nyas, Lucknow, the Diwaliben Award by the Dewaliben Mehta Charitable Trust, Mumbai and the Ativishishta Puraskar by the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Samsthana, Lucknow.[32][37][38][39]
  • Wrote a Sanskrit letter poem Kubjāpatram.[14][30]
  • July - Deposed as an expert witness in the Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid dispute case in the Allahabad High Court.[40][41][42]

2004

  • Won the Awadh Ratna title from the Awadh Vikas Parishad, Allahabad and the Badarayana Puraskar.[32][43]
  • Wrote a Sanskrit minor poem Bhṛṅgadūtam and a Hindi discourse Tuma Pāvaka Ma̐ha Karahu Nivāsā.[14][30]

2005

2006

  • Won the Sanskrit Mahamahopadhyay title from the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag, the Shreevani Alankaran award from the Jaydayal Dalmiya Shri Vani Trust and the Banabhatta Award from the Madhya Pradesh Sanskrit Board, Bhopal.[1][11][32]
  • Wrote a Hindi discourse Ahalyoddhāra.[14][30]

2007

  • Won the Goswami Tulsidas Samarchan Samman from the Tulsi Research Institute, Municipal Corporation, Allahabad and the Vachaspati Award by the K. K. Birla Foundation, New Delhi.[32][45][46]
  • Wrote a Hindi deliberation on Rāsapañcādhyāyī Śrīrāsapañcādhyāyīvimarśaḥ.[14][30]
  • November 27 - Received a letter telling him and his disciples either to accept Islam or to be prepared to die.[47]
  • November 30 - Released the first Braille version of the Bhagavad Gita.[48]

2008

  • Wrote a Hindi discourse Ahalyoddhāra.[14][30]
  • Wrote a Hindi Rītikāvya Hara Te Bhe Hanumāna.[14][30]

2009

2010

2011

2014

2015

See also

Notes
  1. Leaders of the Ramananda monastic order.
  2. Ashukavi.
  3. Two each in Sanskrit and Hindi.

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