Dr. Srinivasan was born in the village of
Amruthur, Kunigal Taluk in the Karnataka State. He functions as
a Hindu Priest in Connecticut performing a wide variety of
pujas, ceremonies, weddings, house - warmings, and bhajans since
1971. He has developed a format for weddings of Hindu youngsters
entering into inter-racial marriages. He delivered monthly
lectures on the Bhagavadgita for over 9 years and monthly
lectures on the Mahabharata to the Indian community for a period
of 5 years.
He has published a book entitled Yaksha Prashna:
A Hindu Primer based on the Mahabharata series of lectures.
He choreographed and directed a play, " The Coronation of
Ramachandra", which was performed by the children in the
community in 1984 and 1985. He has published/presented over 50
papers on a variety of cultural, social and religious issues in
the U.S. and India.
He is the primary founder of the Connecticut
Valley Hindu Temple Society (1979) and served as its first
President. He served as member of Prime Minister of India's
Committee on Aeronautics (1984-86) and serves as a member of
Interfaith Council, Glastonbury. He was nominated to receive the
Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1993. He taught Epics of India in
the History Department at University of Connecticut (1995) and
taught Sanskrit to graduate students at Wesleyan
University
in 1985.
