Vuppuluri Ganapathi Sastry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Vedic scholar and the author of Veda Sara Ratnavali
Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1898
Place of Birth: Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date of Death: 17-Jul-1989
Profession: writer
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Vuppuluri Ganapathi Sastry
- Vuppuluri Ganapathi Sastry (1888–1989) was an Indian sanskrit scholar, writer and spiritual teacher, known for his scholarship in Vedas.
- He was the author of Veda Sara Ratnavali, a text on Vedas.
- Ganapathi Sastry was born on 16 December 1888 at Kakinada in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
- Veda Sara Ratnavali, a two-part text on Vedas, was written for the Endowments Department of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
- The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, 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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