Sree Shivakumara Swamiji along with the president of India Dr.Abdul Kalaam

Dr Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji (b. 1907 April 1) is the present head of Sree Siddaganga Mutt in Tumkur District, South India and founder of the Sree Siddaganga Education Society^[1]. Dr. Sree Sree Sivakumara Swamiji, the present head of the Math was initiated into viraktashram order in 1930. The driving forces of Sree Swamiji's more than seven decades of fruitful service to humanity are hardwork, disciplined life, faith in Humanity and sincerity of purpose to help the poor and the downtrodden. Endowed with sound collegiate education in English and profound proficiency in Kannada and Samkrit, Sree Swamiji has developed educational institutions in which the students are exposed to a wide spectrum of knowledge –from traditional learning of Sanskrit to the modem science and technology. With his catholic outlook Sree Swamiji has earned the goodwill and respect of people of all faiths and communities. In recognition of his yeomen services, Sree Swamiji was adorned with the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature by Karnataka University in 1965. It is his total commitment to the service of humanity that enables Sree Swamiji to go through the eighteen -hour daily work schedule even at the age of 98. Image File history File links Shivakumara_Swamiji. ... Image File history File links Shivakumara_Swamiji. ... The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces. ... This biographical article does not cite its references or sources. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Tumkur (Kannada: ತುಮಕೂರು) is an administrative district in the state of Karnataka in India. ... South India is a linguistic-cultural region of India that comprises the four Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Pondicherry, whose inhabitants are collectively referred to as South Indians. ...

Born in 1907, Sree Swamiji has devoted more than 75 years to service to humanity^[2], hard work and disciplined life. Endowed with sound collegiate education in English, Sanskrit and Kannada, Sree Swamiji has developed educational institutions in which the students are exposed to a wide spectrum of knowledge: from traditional learning of Sanskrit to the modern science and technology. English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics... The Sanskrit language ( , for short ) is an old Indo-Aryan language from the Indian Subcontinent, the classical literary language of the Hindus of India[1], a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... Kannada - aptly described as sirigannada (known to few as Kanarese) is one of the oldest Dravidian languages and is spoken in its various dialects by roughly 45 million people. ...

Sree Swamiji's Guru Kula houses more than 8500 children of age group 5 to 16 years and is open to children from all religions, castes and creeds, who get free food, education and shelter and the moral blessings of the Sree Swamiji. It is his commitment to the service of humanity that enables Sree Swamiji to go through the eighteen hours a day work schedule even at his 99 years of age. The word Caste is derived from the Portuguese word casta, meaning lineage, breed or race. ... This article is about statements of belief; Creed is also the name of a rock band, and a village in Cornwall A creed is a statement of belief—usually religious belief—or faith. ...

Karnataka state government has announced^[3] to institute Shivakumara Swamiji Prashasti from the year 2007, the centennial year of the Swamiji. Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

Dr.A.P.J kalam said Dr. Kalam said the swamiji had established 120 educational institutions, where every teacher had been trained in imparting moral education based on Indian culture and heritage. ``I find here the best of teachers who love teaching. The reason is simple - "a sage is presiding over these institutions," he said. Lauding the efforts of the swamiji in steering a great mission of imparting education to millions of poor students, Dr. Kalam said there was no place for pettiness in the system of education adopted. It was tuned to enhance self-respect of an individual and aimed at creating a beautiful and a happy world, he added.

Notes

1. ^ Official website of SIT institute, from Sree Siddaganga Education Society. http://www.sit.ac.in/
2. ^ 75 Years of service to humanity See this page
3. ^ New award announcement in the name of Shivakumara Swamiji. See this page

External links

• Muslim leaders appeal for 'Bharata Ratna' to Siddaganga Swami
• Dr.Abdul Kalam hails Siddaganga seer's contribution to society
• Full text of Indian President Dr.Abdul Kalam's speech during Swamiji's 99th birthday function