Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj Patil on Friday gave Rsone lakh from his discretionary funds to Prof Rao Dharennavar from Post-Graduate Government College to translate Guru Granth Sahib in Kannada language.
“Exchanging teachings of Gurus in different languages would help in creating healthy and peaceful society,” said Patil after releasing a book ‘Vachanna’, translated by loveen Kaur and edited by Prof Rao.
Patil was appreciative of the initiative of translating holy books of Kannada in Punjabi and other languages. He said that the holy book contains bani of 173 saints of 12th century from Karnataka and total 2500 selected vachans translated from Kannada to Punjabi.
Speaking on life and teaching of Sri Basaveshwaro, Patil said that the teachings and message of Sri Basaveshwaro are relevant in today's complex and materialistic world. Patil also honoured Bengaluru-based Basava Samithi president Arvind Jatti on the occasion.