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{{Short description|Indian Hindu guru (1925–2022)}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1925|8|22|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Krosuru]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[British Raj]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2022|1|14|1925|8|28|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India
|name = '''Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry'''
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|occupation = Scholar, guru, television and radio personality
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'''Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry''' (22 August 1925 – 14 January 2022)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2022-01-14|title=Vedic scholar Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry passes away at 96|url=https://telanganatoday.com/vedic-scholar-malladi-chandrasekhara-sastry-passes-away-at-96|access-date=2022-01-15|work=[[Telangana Today]]|language=en-US}}</ref> was an Indian scholar and television personality who specialized in the [[Vedas]] and [[Puranas]] texts in the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Sanskrit]] languages. His works have included commentaries on [[All India Radio]] during [[Bhadrachalam]]'s Sitarama Kalyanam and [[Brahmotsavam]] festivals. For [[Ugadi]] day, he recited the ''[[Panchangam|Panchanga Sravanam]]'' (almanac reading). On television he hosted a show ''Dharma Sandehalu'' and ''Dharma Sukshmalu''{{clarify|date=March 2014|reason=are these names of programs or people on the program?}} where he answered questions regarding the Purana and various aspects of [[Hinduism]]. The show is telecast on the [[Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel]] and formerly on the [[DD Saptagiri|Doordarshan Saptagiri Channel]]. He was the principal of a college run by the trust named [[Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams]] where they do [[pravachan]] (lectures) on the Puranas.{{clarify|date=March 2014|reason=what is the name of the college?}} He received the [[Raja-Lakshmi Award]] in 2005, and has also been conferred the title of [[Brhaspati|Purana Vachaspati]].

==Early life==
Sastry was born on 22 August 1925<ref name=":0"/> to Adilakshmamma and Dakshinamurthy in [[Krosuru]], in the [[Guntur district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He was a native of [[Amaravathi village, Guntur district]].<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/11/25/stories/2005112502000300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913185011/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/11/25/stories/2005112502000300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 September 2007|title=Scholar felicitated|date=25 November 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=28 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-15|title=AP CM Condoles Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry's Demise|url=https://english.sakshi.com/news/andhrapradesh/ap-cm-condoles-malladi-chandrasekhara-sastrys-demise-149820|access-date=2022-01-15|website=Sakshi Post|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> His grandfather, Sriman Malladi Ramakrishna Chainulu, was not only an authority in Vedic and [[Sanskrit literature]], but also a propagator of the [[Advaita Vedanta]] [[Siddhanta|Siddhanta (doctrine)]] over Andhra Pradesh. Sastry studied in the [[shastra|fields]] of [[Vedas]], [[Vyākaraṇa|''vyakaranam'' (grammar)]], ''tarkam'' (logic), [[Mimāṃsā|''poorva meemamsa'' (extension of the Vedas)]], and [[Vedanta|''vedanta sastram'' (Indian spiritualism)]].<ref name="thehindu"/> He also studied the [[Puranas]] in [[Hinduism]].

When he was 19, he delivered [[pravachan|Pravachan (lectures)]] about the ''[[Ramayana]]''. His speaking ability allowed him to give a discourse at an event presided over by scholar [[Viswanatha Satyanarayana]] at [[Vijayawada]]. Sastry cited the ''Ramayana'', the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', the [[Bhagavata Purana]], and the oratorios of [[Dattatreya]] among his favorite works for discourses.

== Career ==
Sastry established himself as an authority in the [[Vedas]] and the [[Puranas|Astadasha Puranas]] texts. He provided commentaries on [[All India Radio]] during [[Bhadrachalam]]'s Sitarama Kalyanam and [[Brahmotsavam]] festivals. On television, he hosted a show ''Dharma Sandehalu'' and ''Dharma Sukshmalu''{{clarify|date=March 2014|reason=are these names of programs or people on the program?}} where he answered questions regarding the Purana and various aspects of [[Hinduism]]. The show is telecast on the [[Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel]] and formerly on the [[DD Saptagiri|Doordarshan Saptagiri Channel]].{{year needed|date=March 2014}}

On [[Ugadi]] day, he recited the ''[[Panchangam|Panchanga Sravanam (almanac reading)]]''. Writers have noted that he delivered his orations "with a pinch of humour".<ref name="thehindu"/>

He was the principal of a college run by the trust named [[Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams]] where they do [[pravachan|pravachan (lectures)]] on the Puranas.{{clarify|date=March 2014|reason=what is the name of the college?}}

==Personal life and death==
Sastry was married and had six sons and two daughters. Sastry died at his residence in Hyderabad, on 14 January 2022 at 5:15pm, at the age of 96<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite news|title=Vedic scholar Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry passes away|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2022/Jan/14/vedic-scholar-malladi-chandrasekhara-sastry-passes-away-2406997.html|access-date=2022-01-15|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==Awards and accolades==
* Sastry was given the title "Abhinava Vyasa" for his writings and discourses and for compiling and codifying the Vedas and Puranas texts.<ref name="thehindu"/>
* Sastry was conferred the title of [[Brhaspati|Purana Vachaspati]].
* In 2005, Sastry received an award from the [[Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation]].<ref name="thehindu"/>
* [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham|Sringeri Sankara Mutt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sringeri.net/ |title=Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam |publisher=Sringeri.net |date= |accessdate=11 March 2014}}</ref>{{clarify|date=March 2014|reason=this is just a general page, please specify which article has this information}} presented him with the title of "Savyasachi".<ref name="thehindu"/>
* The Sanathana Dharma Trust<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sanatanadharmafoundation.com/ |title=SDF - Home |publisher=Sanatanadharmafoundatio.com |date= |accessdate=11 March 2014 |archive-date=19 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419114623/http://sanatanadharmafoundation.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> presented him with the Eminent Citizens Award.<ref name="thehindu"/>

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