Uppuluri Ganapathi Sastry (1888–1989) was an Indian

sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

scholar, writer and spiritual teacher, known for his scholarship in

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 ...

. He was the author of ''Veda Sara Ratnavali'', a text on

. Ganapathi Sastry was born on 16 December 1888 at

Kakinada Kakinada (List of renamed places in India, formerly called Kakinandiwada, Coringa, and Cocanada; ) is the List of cities in Andhra Pradesh by population, sixth largest city of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra P ...

in the south Indian state of

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. ''Veda Sara Ratnavali'', a two-part text on Vedas, was written for the Endowments Department of the

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. The

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awarded him the

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

, the third highest civilian award, in 1985. Sastry died on 17 July 1989. Sri Vuppluri Ganapathi Sastry Veda Sastra Parishat (VGVP), a non-government organization for the propagation of vedas, is named after him.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sastry, Vuppuluri Ganapathi Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education 1898 births 1989 deaths People from Kakinada Indian centenarians Indian Vedic scholars Indian spiritual teachers Indian spiritual writers Telugu-language writers Scholars from Andhra Pradesh