Journalism university to have Narada, Bharat and Patanjali chairs

BHOPAL: Defining Narada, Bharat Muni and Patanjali as great communicators, the National Journalism University in the BJP- ruled Madhya Pradesh has set up three different chairs in the name of these sages to study “Indian Communication traditions”.
“We have advertised for setting up a Bharat Muni Peeth, a Narad Muni Peeth and ‘Patanjali Peeth’. The decision was taken by the university’s academic council”, an official spokesman of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National Journalism University told the TOI.
A sage from the Vaishnava tradition, Narada Muni had a prominent profile in a number of puranic texts, especially in the Bhagvata puran and in the Ramayan.
Narada is also portrayed as a travelling monk with an uncanny ability to visit distant places.
Bharat was an ancient Indian dramatist who authored the Natya Shastra, a theoretical treatise of ancient India, dated between roughly 400 BC and 200 BC.
Indian dance and music have found their roots in the Natyashastra.
Patanjali is a famous grammarian who wrote the commentary on Panini’s Ashtadhyayi and complied the Yoga Sutras, the classical text on Raja Yoga.
The Mahabhashya symbolises the perfection of the discipline in grammar.