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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 Wesleyan University in 1985.
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