Taking 'Avadhanam', an ancient skill-oriented art of spontaneously answering to any topic to the national capital, eminent scholar from Andhra Pradesh, Madugula Nagaphani Sarma is organising Avadhaana Raajadhanee here from November 2 to 9.
"I would be answering about 500 questions to be posed by 225 scholars on a variety of subjects at Delhi. There could be any question raised by the scholars on diverse subjects and I should come out with an instant reply in slokas," he told reporters here today.
"On an average, I am answering around 30,000 questions every year. This skill requires good understanding of vedas, a close watch on current affairs and presence of mind," he said, while adding that scholars have to be given a satisfactory answer till they agree upon it.
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