Bengaluru August 20, 2015: “Lets follow the ideals of Na Krishnappaji throughout of life” said RSS Sarasanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat in Bengaluru.
RSS Sarasanghachlak Mohan Bhagwat addressing at Shraddhanjali Sabha for Na Krishnappaji in Bengaluru
RSS Sarasanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat was addressing the shraddhanjali sabha of recently expired veteran RSS Pracharak Na Krishnappa held at Kuvempu Kalakshetra in Bengaluru.
Summary of Sarasanghachalakj’is speech:
RSS Sarasanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat said “I have spent an month with Krishnappaji in Karnataka during Vishwa Sangh shiksha Varg and he had visited Vidarbha i was a Pranth Pracharak there”.
When I looked his life from a distance being a Sangh functionary at far place like Nagpur and elsewhere, his life remained same as approached nearer. Values, commitment and disciplines in life remained the same. This is how greatmen personalities live, so naturally with values they practice in their life. His like looked the same by his words and deeds. (Vachan se, Karm se ek hee dikte hei). He streamlined his life for his fulfilling his commitment for the social cause. Though he had to face ailments like cancer, he had a command on his body and mind, hence he successfully fought against the disease. He life was a role model to many, however the ‘Adarshata’ was so natural. We worship individuals but never follow their ideals. Krishnappaji always lived with natural disciplines like ‘Aniketa sthiramati‘.
“In our concept, we never count ‘Punya’ . The floral petals and leaves offered during pooja will be feel themselves greatful with a sense of sacrifce. Likewise Krishnappaji lived foe whole life, thinking for the social cause. (Punya kee ginatee nahi hein. Pooja me arpana hone ke baad push dhanya ho jaata hein. Sadaa sarvadaa samaj ki vichar.)” added Mohan Bhagwat.
“Swayamsevak’s life is highly committed (vrutast ). His life dedicated for a comprehensive development of the nation. thinking and working for the society. A Pracharak’s life is itself like worshiping whole society (‘Kayena Vacha Manasa’, buddhinaa, atmanaa, sada sarvada samaj ki pooja).” said Bhagwat.
“We can few people who are like moon but no lesions on them. They are also like a sun but without the burning heat(Taap heeen). We should take an oath (sankalp) that we will implement in our that we learned from Krishnappaji. Lets follow the ideals from life and legacy of Na Krishnnappaji” concluded Mohan Bhagwat.
“Krishnappaji – a Dhyeayajeevi” : Dattatreya Hosabale
RSS Sahsarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale speaking
RSS Saha-sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale said “Krishnappaji was a mrutyumitra. Hr fought against cancer with a determined mind.I know him since my school days, he was a role model to me since my school days. He was Mangaluru Vibhag pracharak, used to come to Shivamogga. He was a Dhyeyajeevi till his last minute.His was a towering personality. Dr SL Bhairappa referred Na Krishnappaji was Dheyajeevi shankara. His life was a clean and neat as snowwhite of Himalaya.He was a gold medalist in Samskrit. Krishnappaji was influenced by the legacy of pioneer RSS Pfunctionary in Karnataka, Yadav Rao Joshi’s school of thought. Na Krishnappaji always supported creative works and new ventures of Sangh inspired organisations like ABVP. He believed that Nimitta maatram bhava we are just a reason for social work. One of his memorable initiative as Kutumba Prabodhan, a concept of imbuing values in family system. Krishnappaji was a role model for social workers of all spectrum”.
Dr Shridhar, who treated Na Krishnappa since 2 decades, said “”Initially I saw a rogi (patient), but later i saw Yogi. The disease was just incidental. By his unparallel enthusiasm on life and happiness in life , he fought against the disease till the end. He is a role model. Krishnappaji used to say, do not invest on property, our children are our property”.
Popular TV Serial actor TN Sitaram said, Krishnappaji influenced me since my childhood, because of him i became a man with values. He fought against cancer, he inspired several others to face the cancer. My father was a congressman, had his own understanding on RSS. After Krishnappaji’s frequent visit to our house, interactions with him changed the early opinions of my father. Krishnappaji was the first person who taught the teachings of secularism in life. His views on social harmony made me to understand basic values of life. We hailed from a hardcore family. Simplicity, broad-thinking, unparallel committment, high discipline in personal life made him a Guru of my life. He was too closer to our family since last 50 years. When i disagreed on few ideologies, and wrote article on it, I thought Krishnappaji will scold me. But when I met him, he said ‘your ideology is yours, my ideology is mine. But as individuals what makes you to go away from me? we are human and lets live with human values. Such was Krishnappaji’s broad thinking which made him a Guru for me all the times. His demise is a great personal loss to me” said TN Sitaram.
TN Sitaram speaks
Speaking on the occasion Pejawar seer Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji said, his life was a like sparshamani, was a great personality attracting everyone to him, to the organisation. He was a Rashtrabhakta. Life is not for Bhoga (Luxury) but for Tyaga (scarifice) and Seva (service to humanity). Krishnappaji dedicated his everything for a social cause.
RSS Kshetreeya Sanghachalak V Nagaraj, RSS Karnataka Dakshin Pranth Sanghachalak M Venkataram were present on the dias.
Senior RSS functionaries Mangesh Bhende, Mukunda CR, Mai Cha Jayadev, Dinesh Kamat of Samskrit Bharati, Union Minister Harshardhan, Sanghparivar leaders, swayamsevaks, well wishers attended the Shraddhanjali ceremony. A pictorial pradarshini was show-causing the life and legacy of Na Krishnappaji was arranged.
