Meet Vishvavardhan Sharma, 9, who built an offline Gita app
Introducing Vrishvardhan Sharma, a gifted nine-year-old from Bengaluru whose early mastery of the Bhagavad Gita has brought him into the national spotlight. He completed many Gita parayanas and memorized Panini’s Ashtadhyayi, showcasing his dedication. Beyond academic pursuits, he ventured into programming, creating impactful apps such as GitaVardhan and KannadaVardhan to connect people with…
Vishvavardhan Sharma, a nine-year-old resident of Bengaluru, has captured the world's attention with his extraordinary knowledge and skills. Born to parents from Patna and Jaipur, he has demonstrated remarkable proficiency in both ancient scholarly works and contemporary technology. At five years old, he memorized the entire Bhagavad Gita, which he later recited in full at Shringeri before the revered Shankaracharya Vidhushekhar Bharati.
A year later, at six, he earned the prestigious National Gita Medal. Since then, he has completed over 526 full Gita recitations, analyzing each shloka with meticulous grammatical understanding. At eight, he memorized Panini's Ashtadhyayi, a monumental Sanskrit grammar work comprising nearly 4,000 sutras, and the Amarkosha, a classic Sanskrit thesaurus.
For these achievements, he was awarded a national gold medal, competing against university-level scholars. Additionally, he has mastered self-taught computer languages such as Python and C, leading to the creation of GitaVardhan, an offline app offering the Bhagavad Gita in thirteen Indian languages, complete with audio recitations and without any advertisements or tracking.
His other accomplishments include building KannadaVardhan, a tool to help new residents of Bengaluru learn Kannada, and a pocket-sized, voice-activated offline Gita reader device. Vrishvardhan's impact extends beyond social media, as he has been featured on national Sanskrit programs, podcasts, and felicitated by esteemed figures in both the Sanskrit and political communities.
His unique blend of traditional Sanskrit scholarship and modern technology has set him apart as a truly exceptional young individual.
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