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AFRICAN AND HINDU TRADITIONS - A comparative study
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HINDU SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH
You are cordially invited for a talk on
AFRICAN AND HINDU TRADITIONS - A comparative study
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World Hindu Conference - 1995 at Durban
BY
Dr. Yashvantrao Phatak
1. Venue: Sunnyvale Hindu Temple
450 Persian Dr. Sunnyvale
Date: Monday, March 18, 1996
Time: 8 PM - 9 PM ( African and Hindu Traditions )
9 PM - 10 PM ( World Hindu Conference )
2. Venue: Badarikashrama
15602 Maubert Avenue, San Leandro, CA
Phone: 510-278-2444
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 1996
Time: 7.15 PM - 8.15 PM (African and Hindu Traditions)
Sri Phatakji is a full time worker of Sangh (pracharak) for African Zone
and was very instrumental in organizing the World Hindu conference in 1995
in Durban, South Africa, where more than 30,000 hindus participated.
President Nelson Mandela presided over the conference.
Sri Yashvatrao Pathak did his Phd from Nagpur University and post doctoral
research work at University of Michigan and Wisconsin. He is a Pharmacolo-
gist by profession. He was a visiting professor to many universities at
London, USA, Mexico, Paris University and Hebrew University at Jerusalem,
Israel. He has visited more than 25 countries.
During the last 3 years, he visited several African countries and did
extensive studies on African religion, culture, traditions and literature.
He was instrumental in organizing a special session on "Comparative Study
of African and Hindu Traditions" during the World Hindu conference. Eight
papers were presented on that topic. A similar seminar was organized in
University of Nairobi, Kenya on the concept of God, rituals and family-
life in African-Hindu traditions.
For more information, please call:
Venkatesh Murthy (510-797-5601) Prasanna Ganapathi (408-446-5485)
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"African-Hindu Traditions" - What is it?
"There are lots of similarities between the African and Hindu peoples,
and the scope is indeed very wide. Starting from the concepts of God and
super human world to the mundane world, both the peoples share a bond of
commonality", says "Dr. Pathak.
To study these similarities, Dr. Pathak founded "Center For Afro-Hindu
Studies" in Nagpur, India. The Center had its first conference held in
January 1996.
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