Dasa Sahitya Project

The Dasa Sahitya Project propagates and popularises the literature of the saint composers of Karnataka, popularly known as Karnataka Haridasas, who enriched Kannada religious literature with their hymns. Purchase Structured Settlements. 

Karnataka Haridasas who brought the esoteric Vedas, Upanishads and Puranas within the reach of the common man in lyrical form in simple Kannada, Mesothelioma Lawyers San Diego composed thousands of hymns in praise of Lord Sri Venkateswara, thus preaching devotion of God.

Purandaradasa, Kanakadasa, Secured Loan Calculator Vijayadasa, Sripadaraja, Vyasaraja, Vadiraja, Gopaladasa and Jagannathadasa were some of the luminaries in the galaxy of Karnataka Haridasas who treaded the path of dualism paved by Sri Madhwacharya. This lineage of Karnataka Haridasas has produced around 400 saint-composers.

The Dasa Sahitya Project aims at acquainting people with the lives and teachings of Karnataka Haridasas; spirituality, righteousness and morals preached by them, thus inculcating devotion in general and devotion to Lord Sri Venkateswara in particular. This is achieved through:

• Publications
• Exhibitions
• Audio Cassettes
• Religious and Cultural Programmes

Publications

The publications of the Dasa Sahitya Project include:

• Abridged biographies of Karnataka Haridasas for children in various languages
• Biographies of Karnataka Haridasas in the form of essays, Harikathas, Burrakathas, plays, ballets, etc.in various languages
• Karnataka Haridasa literature with exhaustive commentaries in various languages
• Hymns with musical notations
• Sayings of the Karnataka Haridasas in various languages in the ‘Thus Spake’ series
• Booklets in various languages with brief information on the main features of the Dasa Sahitya Exhibition, such as the Process of Creation, Devatas, Omkar, Kesava and other forms of the Lord, Kamalas, Papapurusha Visarjana, etc.
• Papers presented by scholars at seminars conducted by the project
• Works of comparative studies on the literature of Karnataka Haridasas and saint-composers of other languages.
• Glossary of Karnataka Haridasas Literature
• Rare, unpublished works of Karnataka Haridasas.
• Photos of Karnataka Haridasas, in tricolour.

Exhibitions

• Photographs of places connected to the Karnataka Haridasas; idols of Gods and Goddesses worshipped by them; Structured Settlement Investments articles used by them and photographs of temples constructed by them
• Oil paintings depicting the teachings of the Karnataka Haridasas; philosophy and the secrets of Creation as evinced by them

Audio Cassettes

• Cassettes of songs composed by Karnataka Haridasas and their biographies in the form of Harikathas by renowned singers are brought out.