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Pradeep Kumar

11/03/21 10:30 AM IST

Kindle version of Swami Chidbhavanandaji’s Bhagavad Gita

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will launch the Kindle version of Swami Chidbhavanandaji’s Bhagavad Gita and also address the occasion, on March 11, 2021"

Highlights
  • The event has been organised to commemorate the sale of over 5 lakh copies of the Swami Chidbhavanandaji’s Bhagavad Gita.
  • Swami Chidbhavanandaji is the founder of Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam Ashram at Thirupparaithurai, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu.
  • Swamiji has authored 186 books and all genres of literary composition.
  • His scholarly work on the Gita is one of the most extensive books on the subject.
  • Tamil version of the Gita with his commentaries was published in 1951, followed by the English in 1965.
  • Its translations into Telugu, Oriya, German and Japanese were undertaken by devotees.

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