Raja Veda Kavya Patasala , is a well-known ''Patasala'' also ''Paathasala'' (school) located at

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Location

It is located on the southern banks of the

Cauvery The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicized name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri river rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri (hill), Karnataka, Brahmagiri range in th ...

river.Raja Veda Kavya Patasala
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History

By the efforts of

Govinda Dikshitar Govinda Dikshita (Dikshitar) was the minister of three successive Nayaks of Thanjavur, who ruled the region of Thanjavur in South India between the 16th and 17th centuries CE. About the scholar Govinda Dikshita was a scholar, philosopher, stat ...

this Patasala was established. His other monumental works are the

gopura A ''gopuram'' or ''gopura'' ( Tamil: கோபுரம், Malayalam: ഗോപുരം, Kannada: ಗೋಪುರ, Telugu: గోపురం) is a monumental entrance tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple, in the South I ...

and granary of

Palaivananathar Temple Palaivananathar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Papanasam, in Thanjavur district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Shiva is worshiped as Papanasanathar, and is represented by the ''lingam''. His consor ...

, new shrines and gopura of Kumbeswarar Temple, and Ramaswamy Temple. Established in 1542 CE, this Patasala produced eminent scholars. To main this, in 1972 CE Advaitha Vidyacharya Maharaja Sahib Sri Govindha Dikshitar Punya Smarana Smriti was set up.Kumbakonam Vedic school gets a facelift, The Hindu, 1st November 2015
/ref> The primary aim of this institution is to impart the knowledge of VEDAS and Sastric studies. This Patasala is continuing its services for the past 473 year without interruption. The three sects

Smartha The ''Smarta'' tradition ( sa, स्मार्त), also called Smartism, is a movement in Hinduism that developed and expanded with the Puranas genre of literature. It reflects a synthesis of four philosophical strands, namely Mimamsa, A ...

Vaishnava Vaishnavism ( sa, वैष्णवसम्प्रदायः, Vaiṣṇavasampradāyaḥ) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. It is also called Vishnuism since it considers Vishnu as the ...

and

Madhwa Madhvacharya (; ; CE 1199-1278 or CE 1238–1317), sometimes anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Purna Prajna () and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the ''Dvaita'' (dualism) schoo ...

without any discrimination undergo their respective Vedic studies here. The 480th annual day was celebrated on 8 May 2022.

Classes

In this Patasala, classes are taken on four

vedas upright=1.2, The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the '' Atharvaveda''. The Vedas (, , ) are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the ...

for eight and ten years and certificates are issued to students. A student can continue his study in this institution, along with School education.கும்பகோணத்தில் 473 ஆண்டுகள் பழமையான ராஜவேத காவிய பாடசாலை புதுப்பித்து இன்று திறப்பு, தி இந்து, நவம்பர் 1, 2015
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Renovation

This was renovated in 1933 CE and on 1 November 2015.

References

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External links

கோவிந்த தீட்சிதரும் மகாமகக்குளமும், தினமலர் கோயில்கள்

Geetha Venktaraman, Four centuries and after, The Hindu, 7 May 2015

Raja Veda Kavya Patasala - Kumbakonam, Tamil Gnanaboomi, 14 Aug 2019
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