Velukkudi Krishnan

Velukkudi Krishnan (born on 16 Aug 1963), sometimes rendered U. V. Velukkudi Krishnan Swamigal, is a Hindu Sri Vaishnava religious scholar.

Biography Krishnan was born in the village of Velukkudi in present-day Thiruvarur district. His preceptor is Sholinghur Sri Doddacharyan Swamigal from the lineage of the acharya associated with the Doddacharyar Sevai in the Kanchipuram Varadaraja Swami Garuda sevai. He delivers lectures in person, distributes them on compact disc and MP3, He is known for his meticulous and chaste rendering of the Vedas, the Upanishads, Naalayira Divya Prabandham, and the Puranas, frequently including human perspectives in his upanyasams.