Sri Gandluru Sreenivasa Sastry hails from rich vedic & traditional priestly family. Sri Sreenivasa Sastry has a Bachelor degree in Arts (Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India) and later graduated as Bachelor of Law (Sri Krishna Devaraya University, Anantapur, India). Under command from Sri Swamiji he was trained as vedic priest at Avadhootha Datta Peetham, Mysore, India . He worked at Mysore Ashrama Datta Temple, traveled with Sri Swamiji on multiple tours, and participated in Prana Prathista of Eluru & Nellore Temples. From October 1997 to March 2000 Mr. Sastry rendered his services at Dattatreya Temple , Trinidad & Tobago. During this time he organized and conducted various vedic activities & worships. Later, he worked at Cochin, Kerala Ashrama in India. On July 14, 2001 Sri Swamiji appointed Sri Gandluru Sreenivasa Sastry as a Priest at Datta Temple, Baton Rouge. Mr. Sastry has been rendering his services to all Datta Yoga Center USA devotees and has traveled to various cities in USA. Sri Sastry conducted public functions including Dattatreya Jayanti, Vinayaka Chavithi, Guru Paduka Yatra, Guru Purnima, Sri Jayalakshmi Mata Jayanti and House warming ceremonies, to name a few.