Dushyanth Sridhar is a speaker, and delivers talks on Hindu spiritual topics, including the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavata Mahapurana, Vishnu Purana, Divya Prabandham, and the lives and works of Hindu saints. He renders traditional pravacana (discourses), is a harikatha exponent, author, director and actor.
He manages Deà Âika DayÃÂ, a charitable trust that carries out cultural and spiritual activities.
Dushyanth Sridhar completed his schooling from NSN Matriculation Higher Secondary School and completed his graduation in Chemical Engineering and postgraduation in Chemistry from BITS Pilani.
He has learnt à Ârë BhÃÂá¹£yam, GëtàBhÃÂá¹£yam, Rahasya Traya SÃÂram, Bhagavad Viá¹£ayam, à Âatadà «á¹£aá¹Âë and TirunetuntÃÂá¹Âá¹Âakam from ÃÂcÃÂryas like Villivalam à Ârë NÃÂrÃÂyaá¹Âa MahÃÂdeà Âika, NÃÂvalpÃÂkkam à Ârë RÃÂmÃÂnuja TÃÂtÃÂcÃÂr, Cetlur à Ârë à ÂrëvatsÃÂnkÃÂcÃÂr, Nelvoy à Ârë SoumyanÃÂrÃÂyaá¹ÂÃÂcÃÂr, Villur à Ârë Karuá¹ÂÃÂkarÃÂcÃÂr and DevanÃÂrvilÃÂgam à Ârë SÃÂranÃÂthÃÂcÃÂr.
Dushyanth Sridhar has delivered over 3,500 discourses across 23 countries.
He has conceptualized and produced classical dance productions including âÂÂAgre Paà ÂyÃÂmiâÂÂ, âÂÂRÃÂmÃÂyaá¹Âa SudhÃÂâÂÂ, âÂÂà ÂrënivÃÂsam Prapadyeâ and âÂÂAraá¹ ganin PÃÂdaiyyilâÂÂ.
Dushyanth Sridhar acted as the protagonist in the Maá¹ÂipravÃÂla movie 'VedÃÂnta Deà Âika', produced and directed by veteran film-maker Muktha Srinivasan (2018). The movie was a portrayal of the life of Swamy Vedanta Desika. He learnt maá¹ÂipravÃÂla (a mixture of Tamil and Sanskrit, spoken in earlier times), and wrote the storyline and dialogues for the movie.
Dushyanth Sridhar directed the Sanskrit movie Sakuntalam, starring Payal Vijay Shetty and Shubham Jaibeer Sahrawat. At the Rajasthan International Film Festival held at Jodhpur, the movie won the Special Viewersâ Choice award for Best Regional Feature Film.
Dushyanth Sridhar authored a coffee-table book titled âÂÂVedÃÂnta Deà Âika â the peerless poet-preceptorâ for the JSJS trust (2018).
In 2024, he published âÂÂRÃÂmÃÂyanam â Vol 1â (HarperCollins). In it, Dushyanth presents the Ramayana as a dialogue between Narada and Valmiki.
In the last decade, Dushyanth Sridhar has organized heritage tours to 200 temples with over 3,500 yÃÂtrës. The yÃÂtrÃÂs have been organized to Divya Desams and Abhimana Sthalams in India, Bhutan, Cambodia, Nepal, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. During these yÃÂtrÃÂs, he has rendered discourses (in Tamil) on ancient Hindu scriptures, and details of the visiting sites, in both aspects viz. religion and architecture.
On 19 September 2024, a massive controversy erupted when the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, claimed that, during the administration of the former Chief Minister, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the ghee used for Tirupati laddu offered by the Sri Vekateswara Swamy Temple, Tirumala to its devotees included beef tallow, fish oil, and pig lard in its ingredients. The news of adulteration of the offerings that would be sanctified and offered to devotees sparked outrage, with many accusing the authorities of disrespecting religious sentiments.
On 24 September 2024, Dushyanth Sridhar, along with historian and author Vikram Sampath, filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India, to move the Court to establish accountability in Hindu temples managed by government bodies, and to divest government / bureaucratic hold over temples.