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September 2016 Issue 9

BALABHAVAN NEWSLETTER VEDIC CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO

September 2016

Balabhavan Coordinators

Sangeetha Prahalad Vidhya Raghunathan Shankar Parasaram Sridhar Seshagiri

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Class Coordinators

Super-Senior Class:

Lavanya Kadiyala [email protected]

Senior Class: Archana Sampath Sushma Natarajan

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Junior Class:

Rajashree Balaji Ashvini Yoganarasimha

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Toddler Class:

Anupama Rajagoplan Shiv Chandrasekar

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Registration coordinator:

Sridhar Seshagiri

Newsletter Coordinator:

Krishna Meduri [email protected]

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Newsletter Editors

Shreya Shriram

Srinidhi Malavalli

KABIR

Kabir is a famous 15th century mystic poet and a saint. He was born in a Muslim weaver family in Varanasi, India. He is believed to have lived from 1440 - 1518.

As a child, Kabir enjoyed going to

school and was greatly influenced by his teacher, Shri Ramananda. Even though he was a Muslim, his writings greatly influenced Hindus and Sikhs.

People like Kabir's poems because

they just have a happy feeling and it possesses many striking features. Kabir picks up poetry from our daily lives. He believed that the best way to worship God is from within. It does not matter what religion we follow, it is about how good a person we are. He believed that human beings are equal and are being one with the Gods.

Kabir's legacy is today carried forward by the Kabir Panth. The Kabir Panth is a community that recognizes and celebrates the life of Kabir and what he believed in.

Rabindranath Tagore compiled a collection of poems that Kabir wrote and translated them to English. This was published in 1915 as "Songs of Kabir"

- By Prathik Kannan

BBC Announcements:

Dear Balabhavan families, hope you all had a wonderful summer break. Welcome Back!! Regular Balabhavan classes will resume on September 3rd for Toddler and Super Senior class and September 10th for Junior and Senior Classes. We need your help to prepare syllabus for the next year, so please email us with your suggestion for next year. Your inputs are valuable and together we can make Balabhavan effective for our children. We have also attached few pictures taken during Ganesha Idol making. BBC Team

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September Birthdays:

Toddlers: Kota Rishika

Pracheth Vithaladevuni Shreya Deekonda Varsha Shiva Ram

Juniors:

Raghav Vaidyanathan Samarth M Kaashyap

Soumini Kandula

Seniors: Punarvasu Sangam

Ramprasath Sureshkhumar Ria Rao

Sanchita Koppa Shriya Sankaran

Vignesh Nydhruva

Super Seniors: Shreya Gopala

Sudarshan Srinivasan

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SESHADRI SWAMIGAL

Seshadri Swamigal was born on January 22, 1870. One day, when he was 4 years old, Seshadri and his mother stopped at a shop full of bronze idols of the Gods. While at the shop, the young boy picked up a statue of Krishna and asked his mother to buy it so he could perform Krishna puja. The trader, thinking that the bright child himself resembled Lord Krishna, gave the idol and refused payment. The next day the trader said the boy to be most lucky. As the whole load of 1,000 statues (because of the young boy's touch), had been sold in one day. News of the incident spread quickly through the town and from that moment on the young boy was known as "Thanga Kai", 'The one with the golden hand'.

At the age of 19, he met Sri Balaji Swamigal, a wandering saint from North India, who gave Seshadri sanyas and instructed him in the Mahavakyas. Throughout his life and teachings Sri Seshadri continuously emphasized the glory of Arunachala. He often talked about the unique aspects of the Arunachala kshethra. He would say: 'This is the place where Swamy and Ambal invite all and confer liberation', and 'Lord Krishna leaving aside his sudarshana chakra (divine weapon) is playing on his flute. On hearing it Lord Shiva who is inside the mountain comes out and dances'.

- By Sanchita Koppa

Class Schedules

9-17-2016 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Toddler Class: Story: Panchatantra: The Snake Man

- Ramya Venugopal

Sloka: Vasudevasutam Devam, Krishnaaya Vasudevaaya, Mookam Karoti Vaacaalam

- Nandini Nagraj

Bhajan: Sharadhe Sharadhe - Divya Veeraiah

Super Senior Class: Story: Bhagavata Purana – stories and relations to Vedantic doctrines

- Shankar Parasaram Sloka: Kanakadhaarastotram 6-10

- Shanti Kalluri Bhajan: Varade Vina

- Latha Sundar

9-24-2016 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Junior Class: Story: Story of Gajendra

- Sridhar Seshagiri Sloka: Sharada bhujangam 1-4

- Lakshmi Devulapalli

Bhajan: Jagadho Dharini Maatha Durga; REVIEW: Mahalakshmi Jaganmatha

- Srividya Ganesh Senior Class:

Story: Veda purusha, 6 angas and 4 upangas of Veda

- Ram Krishnamurthy Sloka: Sharada Bhujangam 1-4

- Hema Rangaswamy Bhajan: REVIEW: Jaya jaya jaya ma saraswati; START: Vishnu Proye Varalakshmi

- Geetha Subramanian

Class Schedules

9-03-2016- - - - - - - - - - - - Toddler Class: Story: Panchatantra: The hunter and the pigeons

- Anand Jankiraman

Sloka: Ganesha stotra 1-3 - Anand Giddabasappa

Bhajan: Review: Ganesha Sharanam & Gowri Nandana Gajanana

-Sapna Chandrasekhar

Super Senior Class: Story: Vedanta – Kena Upanishad

- Lalitha Kodandapani

Shloka: Kanakadhaarastotram 1-5 - Lalitha Kodandapani

Bhajan: Review: Gajanana Hey Shubhanana & Gowri Nandana Gajavadana

-Lalitha Krishnamoorthy _______________________________

9-10-2016 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Junior Class: Story: Story of Pruthu

- Bhavani Garimella

Sloka: Revise Ganesha stotram and Ganesha Pancharatnam

- Sudhakar Yadavalli Bhajan: REVIEW: Gauri Nandana Gajavadana & Prathama Ganapathi

- Chitra Mandyam Senior Class:

Story: Stories from Vedas - Prasanna Kannan Sloka: Review Ganesha Pancharatnam & Ganesha Stotram

- Lakshmi Devulapalli

Bhajan: Review vinayaka bhajans:

Sharanam Siddhi Vinayaka, Gowri Nandana Gajavadana, Prathama Ganapathi

- Archana Narayan




September 2016

Editors Corner

NAVAGRAHAS WORDSEARCH

J S D F A B J A E K C U A N H R

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BUDHA CHANDRA

GURU KETU

MANGALA NAVAGRAHAS

RAHU SHANI

SHUKRA SURYA

NAVAGRAHAS WORD SCRAMBLE

1. ASNIH 2. HUAR 3. HUDBA 4. CARDNHA 5. GAANAML

ANSWERS TO WORD SCRAMBLE: 1. SHANI, 2. RAHU, 3. BUDHA, 4. CHANDRA, 5. MANGALA

Answer the Questions Ramayana Questions

1) What did Sita ask Rama to catch in the forest? (Hint: This was part of Ravana's plan to capture Sita.) 2) What did Lakshmana cut off of Shurpanaki when she approached Rama and Sita in the forest? 3) What was the name of the monkey Rama killed in the forest? (Hint: He was helping another monkey) 4) What did Rama give Bharatha when Bharatha came to tell Rama in the forest to come back? (Hint: This is something you wear) Answers: 1) Golden Deer 2) Shurpanaki's Nose 3) Vali 4) His Shoes

Word List: Kangchenjunga Nanda Devi Kamet Saser Kangri Mamostong Kangri K12 Pauhunri Kangto Padmanabh Himalayan Nilgiri Mountains Dundwa Range Ladakh Range Kudremukh

Answer the Questions Mahabharatha Questions

1) What did Bhishma lay on during the battle at Kurukshetra after being shot multiple times? 2) What were the two main groups in the Mahabharatha? (Hint: One was bad one was good and they fought against each other in the Kurukshetra War) 3) Born to Kunti and Surya the sun God, but brought up by a low caste charioteer and his wife, this great hero lived such a life that today he is another name for generosity and loyalty. To him loyalty was more important than the emperor’s throne. Who are we talking about? 4) What was the major war between the two sides called? Answers: 1) Bed of Arrows 2) Kauravas and Pandavas 3) Karna 4) Kurukshetra War



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BALABHAVAN NEWSLETTER - vcscsd.comvcscsd.com/BalaBhavan/newsletter/2016/bbnSept2016.pdf · Seshadri Swamigal 9was born on January 22, 1870. One day, when he was years old, Seshadri