Diploma in Hindu Dharma
It is an undeniable fact that that the ideals enshrined in the Vedas promote Universal peace, harmony and brotherhood. Today, the need of the hour is to protect the most efficient and pious literature of Vedas and to spread the message contained in it. His Excellency Shri Rameshwar Thakur Ji, the then Governor of Andhra Pradesh, envisaged that Vedic University would eminently suit to promote the Vedic knowledge in all its dimensions and desired the establishment of such a University. The Government of Andhra Pradesh reacted positively and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, which is committed to Sanatana Hindu Dharmam, came forward to fully fund the University. Thus, Sri Venkateswara Vedic University came into existence on 12.07.2006 with the following
OBJECTIVES:
- to preserve, foster and promote oral traditions of Vedic, Agamic and Cognate Literature, with focus on right intonations
- to conduct research and propagate the relevance of knowledge system and the wisdom contained in the Vedic Literature for meeting the challenges of life in the technology driven contemporary society
- to bring out the profoundness of the rational approach and the scientific temper, presented in the Vedas in the context of pursuit of knowledge and realization of higher levels of consciousness
- to consolidate, revive and promote the Vedic learning and Sanskrit study so as to integrate the scientific thought contained in the Vedas particularly in the disciplines of mathematics, astronomy, agriculture, meteorology, chemistry, metallurgy, yoga, humanities, social sciences and management with the modern scientific and technological studies, so that through integration of Vedic and Scientific concepts advancement of scientific knowledge can be facilitated
- to bring out awareness about the authentic interpretation of the Vedas in India and Abroad, facilitating proper understanding of richness of the rational approach to life and scientific temper presented in the Vedic knowledge system
- to create a network of Vedic, Sanskrit and other academic Institutions with reciprocal arrangement and facilities for interaction with a view to fostering a synergy of efforts to propagate the Vedic Wisdom in the contemporary society
- to publish all the Vedas and related texts, Bhashyas and commentaries in all Indian scripts
- to create a body of literature in Modern Indian Languages on the contents of the Vedas
- to translate the Vedas and Bhashyas in all Modern Indian Languages and publish
- to build up Audio and Audio-visual records of Vedic chanting and various rituals
- to prepare various kinds of tools, such charts, diagrams and pictures of various kinds of rituals as a measure of preservation and to digitize and computerize the Vedas and develop required software for various purposes
