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VISHWA BHANUVISHWA BHANUVISHWA BHANUVISHWA BHANUA Bi-monthly bulletin of

Vivekananda Kendra Vedic Vision Foundation

Geetha Jayanthi, Celebration. Srividya puja Surya Kiran,

Swadhyaya class, Yoga for NSS, Camp Participants,

Matru puja, Mandala Puja

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH OF DECEMBER2011

December - January 2012 Volume 1 Issue

The various activities in the month of December andThe various activities in the month of December andThe various activities in the month of December andThe various activities in the month of December and

January was indeed a curtain raiser for the celebrations toJanuary was indeed a curtain raiser for the celebrations toJanuary was indeed a curtain raiser for the celebrations toJanuary was indeed a curtain raiser for the celebrations to

come in 2013. Fortunately Kerala seem to be falling line with thecome in 2013. Fortunately Kerala seem to be falling line with thecome in 2013. Fortunately Kerala seem to be falling line with thecome in 2013. Fortunately Kerala seem to be falling line with the

rest of the country in celebrating the 150th Birth Anniversaryrest of the country in celebrating the 150th Birth Anniversaryrest of the country in celebrating the 150th Birth Anniversaryrest of the country in celebrating the 150th Birth Anniversary

celebrations of Swamiji. Our programmes at Ernakulam, Trissurcelebrations of Swamiji. Our programmes at Ernakulam, Trissurcelebrations of Swamiji. Our programmes at Ernakulam, Trissurcelebrations of Swamiji. Our programmes at Ernakulam, Trissur

provided ideas of what we could do and what we could not. Weprovided ideas of what we could do and what we could not. Weprovided ideas of what we could do and what we could not. Weprovided ideas of what we could do and what we could not. We

hope with the ours and help from various sources we should behope with the ours and help from various sources we should behope with the ours and help from various sources we should behope with the ours and help from various sources we should be

able to move forward with firm and sure steps.able to move forward with firm and sure steps.able to move forward with firm and sure steps.able to move forward with firm and sure steps.

Our short report will provide you also some ideas aboutOur short report will provide you also some ideas aboutOur short report will provide you also some ideas aboutOur short report will provide you also some ideas about

how we are moving forward.how we are moving forward.how we are moving forward.how we are moving forward.

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GITA JAYANTHI

CELEBRATION

Geetha Jayanthi was celebrated on 4th

of December. Dr N. Gopalakrishnan of

Indian Scientific Heritage from Thiru-

vanathapuram was invited to talk on

Bhagavad Geetha. The programme

started with invocation by Abhay andAditya of Sishuvihar. 200 people were

present to listen to the talk on Geetha.

On 5th December there was chanting of

the entire Geetha by the inmates of

Kendra along with well-wishers.

Brni. Prarthana Chaitanya of Chinmaya

Mission visited. She had a talk with all

the inmates of Ananda Dham. She is

working on a documentary on Swami

Chinmayanandaji for which purpose she

visited Anandadham to collect informa-

tion on Poojya Swamiji from LakshmiDidi.

The Gita is like a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers ofThe Gita is like a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers ofThe Gita is like a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers ofThe Gita is like a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers of

spiritual truths Collected from the Upanishadsspiritual truths Collected from the Upanishadsspiritual truths Collected from the Upanishadsspiritual truths Collected from the Upanishads

Swami VivekanandaSwami VivekanandaSwami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda


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On the first day the programme started withGanapathy Homam, followed by formal inaugu-ration of the Sangamam by Brahmachari UditChatanyaji. This was followed by a series oflectures by eminent sadhakas.

After lunch there was Raja Matangi puja byThiru Vikramanji. Simultaneously, Flute re-cital, Veena vadan by local artists and anOdissi dance recital by Dr Mrs. Chandana Raul

were also arranged to keep the devotionalmood of the audience. About 500 people at-tended.

Second day of Sri Vidya Upasana programmestarted with Samoohika Lalitha Sahasranamaarchana at 6.30 a.m. After breakfast therewas a series of lectures by Acharya L. GirishKumar, Mataji Sree Vidyamba Saraswathi ofLalitha Mahila Samajam, Thiru Engoi Malai,Trichy., Man. Lakshmi Didi, and Sri H.S Tya-garajan of Mysore.

Sree Chakra Pooja started at 5 p.m. and con-tinued till 9 p.m. The entire auditorium ofAnandadham was packed with people from inand around Kodungallur town.

SRI VIDYA TANTRIKA UPASAKA SAMAGAMAM AND

SRI CHAKRA PUJABY SRI VIDYA PRATISTHANAM IN COLABORATION

WITH VIVEKANANDA KENDRA VEDIC VISION FOUNDATION



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SWADHYAYA CLASS

Retired Professor Uma Devi from Thiruva

nathapuram, the 18th December 201

Devi visited Anandadham, Kodungallur cen

tre on the 18th of December. A 3 da

Swadhyaya class on Vedanta was conducte

by Respected Uma Dwvi.10 people at

tended.

SURYA KIRAN

Surya Kiran class was conducted on 10t

December. Seven children from Sai Vidy

Bhavan, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Phoe

nix P.S. attended.

DEEPA PUJA

17th December Man Didi accompanied b

Su Bindu went to the Azhikode temple t

conduct a Deepa puja for women. Fiftee

ladies attended the puja.

YOGA FOR NSS CAMP STUDENTS

From 25th to 31st December11, morninYoga Classes were conducted at Thiruvallu

for 50 NSS students of XI class of GGH

School, Kodungallur. A similar class wa

conducted for the NSS students of Maly

ankara Engineering College. 40 student

participated.

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On the 26th of December SandeepaniSishuvihar students celebrated Holy

Mothers Birthday with Matrupuja.

where children worshipped their

mothers. Later Chief Guest ProfessorAjitha, addressed the mothers. All the

present students and some of the ex

students attended.

On 28th December, in the evening,there was Puja of Ayappa Swami in

Anandadham, commemorating the con-

clusion of 41 days of Mandala Puja of

Ayappa Swami. This was conducted by

a priest from the nearby temple. Sideby side there was the group folkbhajan

on Ayappa Swami. Many people fromthe neighboring houses attended the

puja.


Matru Puja and Mandala Puja

The finer the organism the higher the cultureThe finer the organism the higher the cultureThe finer the organism the higher the cultureThe finer the organism the higher the cultureSwami Vivekananda


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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH OF JANUARY - 2012

(Preparation for Shard Sati Samaroha)

12-15th January, Vivekananda Jayanthi Celebration at EKM

26th - 28th January, Vivekananda Jayanthi at Thrissur.

12th,14th & 26th January, VK Jayanthi at Kodungallur

Dharmajyoti Award for Man. Lakshmi Didi.


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Vivekananda Jayanthi celebrations 2012

As a curtain raiser to next years Sardhasathi Samaroha Vivekananda Kendra Vedic

Vision Foundation organised several attractive programmes at Ernakulam, Thrissur

and Kodungallur, including three seminars exclusively based on the life and teachings

of Swami Vivekananda.

First in the series the Vivekananda Jayanthi celebrations VIVEKA BHARATAM

held at Kochi under the auspices of V.K. Vedic Vision Foundation, Bharatiya Vidya

Bhavan and Bharat Vikas Parishad, Kochi from 12th January to 15th January 2012

On 12th January, Swamijis birthday as per English calendar, a special ceremony

was arranged at the Vivekananda statue near boat jetty. A good number of citizens

headed by 97 year old Justice V.R.Krishna Iyer, Shri Hybi Eadan (MLA), Shri P L

Sheik Pareeth (District Collector), Sri Swami Sunil Das, Sri PEB Menon, Smt B

Bhadra Sateesh (Deputy Mayor), Justice T.L.Vishwanath Iyer and several well

wishers offered floral tributes at the feet of Swamijis statue.

Swami Vivekananda 150 Samaroha Aghosa Samity of Kerala headed by Sri

Eswaranji, called a meeting on the 1st of January. 2012. 50workers belonging to

RSS,VHP,VKA,BVKand Vivekananda Kendra Vedic Vision Foundation workers were

present. Man P.Parameswaranji, Sri Hareendran master, Man Lakshmi Didi and Sri

Eswaranji were the main speakers who provided the guidelines. Didi briefed one and

all about the programmes chalked out by VKVVF in Ernakulam, Trissur and Kodun-

gallur. Each district head spoke on their own plans for the year.

Swami Vivekananda 150th Jayanthi Aghosa Committee, kerala


The Guru is the bright mask which God wears inorder to come to us

Swami Vivekananda


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About 1500 Children from various schools also offered flowers and played Chenda

Melam and Band in front of Swamiji adding to the vibrancy of the occasion.

Teams of singers from Bangla, Rajasthan and Karnataka Cultural Societies brought

their chorus groups and rendered patriotic songs. Justice Krishna Iyer, Swami

Sunil Das, Shree Hybi Eadan, Smt Bhadra Suresh and Dr Lakshmi Kumariaddressed the gathering.

On 13th there was a seminar on Work Excellence in Media in which 200 students

from Media colleges participated. Shri S. Gurumoorthi, the noted columnist from

Chennai inaugurated the seminar and delivered the keynote address. Several other

Media Personal delivered talks on the same subject giving a new dimension of

thinking to the budding journalists. On 14th Saturday, from 10 a.m. onwards

various competitions were conducted for all the prize winning students at the

school level and college level.

On 15th Sunday there was a one day seminar on Practical Vedanta of Swami

Vivekananda Padma Vibhushan Dr G. Madhavan Nair, former Chairman ISRO

inaugurated and delivered the keynote address. Special time was allotted for

students speakers interactions which was compeered by Dr P N Venkitaraman of

T.V. fame.


The Vedantic idea is the infinite principle of God embodied in everyone of us

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Post lunch session had Shri N Krishna-

murthy and Prof Jayasree Sukumaran to

elaborate the various aspects of Practical

Vedanta with special reference to day to

day life. The valedictory address was deliv-

ered by Shri P.Parameswaranji, VivekanandaKendras president and he gave away the

prizes to all the winners of the competition.

The programme concluded with Shanti mantra.

REPORT ON THE VIVEKA BHARATAM

CELEBRATIONS HELD AT THRISSUR.

At Thrissur on 26th and 27th January an

exhibition was arranged depicting Swamijislife and message. This gave an opportunity

to many local people to get acquainted with

Swamijis contributions.

On 28th a one day seminar was arranged at

Sahitya Academy Hall in which Padma

Bhushan Prof. N.S Ramaswami,

Dr.P.V.Krishnan Nair, Prof. K. Subrama-

niam and Dr. M.Lakshmi Kumari were themain speakers in the forenoon session. Post

lunch session had an interesting programme

Quizzotica focusing on Swamijis life and

message and also on Indias great heritage,

Mgr Dr.Francis Alapat delivered the bene-

dictory address, Valedictory address was

by Pravrajika Ajaya Prana Dr. Lakshmi

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REPORT ON THE VK JAYANTHI CELEBRATIONS HELD AT KODUNGALLUR

At Kodungallur the first programme was

a patriotic and folk song competition for

school students on 12th January in which150 students from 12 schools took part.

On 14th there was a Samoohika Surya

Namaskar Programme, Suryakiran in

which nearly 600 students from 8

schools participated.

On 29th there was a one

day seminar Samvardhinispecially intended to

throw light on Practical

Vedanta in the day to day

life specially of women.

Pravrajika Tapa Prana

Matajifrom Sarada Math,Kozhikode, Prof. Lakshmi

Kutty, and Dr. M.Lakshmi

Kumari spoke emphasizing the importance of understanding the Practical Vedanta toenlighten day to day life of women in particular and families in general. Then

followed a very attractive Yoga Demonstration by students from 4 schools, with

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan topping the list. The winners of the earlier competitions

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (patriotic song) and Sai Vidya Niketan (folk song)

collected their trophies. As in previous years 10 poor girls students from Govt.

Girls Higher Secondary School were given scholarships of 500 rupees each. There

was a grand feast sponsored by Mr & Mrs. Murali (Vasanth Caterers) from

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Instituted by the Santana Dharma Parishad, Kozhikode, this years

Dharmajyoti award was given to Mananiya Lakshmi Didi. She was selectedfor the award by a panel of four eminent personalities namely, Man.

P.Parameswaranji, Dr T.S. Vijayan Karumatra, Dr K Madhavan Kutty and

Sri. Pattayil Prabhakaran. The award was given away on 19th January

2012, amidst a huge gathering, in the Muthalakulam Maidan, by Swami

Divyananda, the Mahamandaleswar of Kailas Ashram, Rishikesh. The award

consists of a citation, a memento and an amount of Rs.25000/- which was

graciously set apart for Vivekananda Jayanthi celebrations. All the repre-

sentative members of the Sanantana Dharma Parishad were present on stage

on that day.

Dharmajyoti award for

Man. Lakshmi Didi

Every great achievement is done slowly.Swami Vivekananda


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Joining hands with Rashtra Sevika Samithi

we participated in the 100th Smriti Din

celebration of Sister Nivedita and we could

bring out a short life sketch of Sister

Nivedita in Malayalam (low priced) .

Similarly to bring home to the youngerparticipants Swamijis valuable message we

brought a low priced collection of sayings of

Swamiji under the title Swami Vivekanan-

dande amrita mozhigal (Malayalam). All the

participants of Samoohika Suryakiran, win-

ners of various competitions have received

a copy of these books plus an attractive

picture of Swamiji on Rock

On the 9th of January Poornima Day therewas the usual Ganapathi Homam and Sri

Chakra Puja..

5th Surya Kiran Class was conducted on

22nd January 2012, from 10 am to 1 p.m.4

students came for the class.

On the 23rd of January 2012, Kumari Divya

and Kum. Vishnupreeta vidyarthinis staying

Anandadham, received scholarships of R

4000/- each, for continuation of theirhigher studies from Vishwa Samskrita Pra

tisthanam.

On the 24th of January 2012, from 6.30 to

7.30 am, Yoga class was conducted for the

orphanage children of Cherman Mosque,

Kodungallur as part of their children's camp

Republic Day was celebrated on the 26th of

January 2012. All the Sishuvihar studentsalong with their parents and the inmates of

Anandadham were present for the flag

hoisting at 8 am.

December - January 2012Volume 1 Issue

OTHER ACTIVITIES

India is still the first and foremost of all the nations of the world.India is still the first and foremost of all the nations of the world.India is still the first and foremost of all the nations of the world.India is still the first and foremost of all the nations of the world.

Swami Vivekananda


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Atmano mokshartam jagadhitaya cha

Lakshmi Didi

2013 has to be a landmark in our countrys socio-spiritual-cultural life as this year

would mark the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the great patriot monk who

injected a new life into the veins of our glorious Motherland. There is no aspect of Indian life

untouched by him no patriotic Indian who has not been inspired by his life and messages.

That should mark the celebration of the year Swamijis message should once again catch

the attention of the people at all levels bringing into their lives a new spirit of patriotism,renunciation and service. The lives of our brethren are getting a goal, and are getting moreand more in spite of all attached glaze and glamour. The world meaning which is spreading

through out our national life is dangerously destroying our national fabric. Swamijis meaning-

ful words Shall India die.. All the hidden evil in human heart is sprouting out in various

names and forms should once again reverberate throughout the length and breadth of our na-

tion.

Many a mahamantra has come out of Swamiji with deep implication carrying its own

unique message. Yet the most outstanding amongst them which he himself chose for the RKmission emblem is Atmano mokshartham jagadhitaya cha. For individual unfoldment and

universal well-being this is the message which should be used to revitalize our national life.

Fundamentally it carries the message of ones Self Realisation leading to liberation

from the clutches of worldly pursuits. After liberating oneself what is he supposed to do

muktaschanyan vimochayat the liberated should help others to liberate themselves. That is

the jagathita he has to practise. As Ganga flows from the very heights of Himalayas bringing

fresh water and nourishments to the plains so should the Realized soul work for the welfareof the humanity making himself a good example of renunciation and service. This ideal is to be

implanted in thoughts, words and deeds. One can mould oneself into such an ideal only if he

has realized that the self within him is the self everywhere. If there be an error in his

understanding he would turn into a selfish being, self motivated, looking for opportunities for

self. Todays society is full of such people who poring themselves as great, as politician,

teacher, social unveils, etc., exploit the the work we do gets linked to the goal of life is Self



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realization, then only all the other life activities mental, intellectual or physical fall in line and

get integrated with the Ultimate Truth. Again, once the central core of ones awareness is the

Ultimate Truth there all he does would not only carry the luster of truth but will automatically

become attuned to the welfare of the society. As a result wonderful remolding of characteroccurs, all good qualities automatically find a place in such a being. Step by step he moves

onward in his evolution from human to service. A society where such a Dharmic ideal becomes

the norm of timing there will nothing else but peace, contentment and happiness. Sri Krishna

emphasise this when he tells Arjuna Swadharma nidhanam Sreya. Hidden in these words is

another great lesson one must start with oneself, enlightening oneself and then should be more

on to others. Unfortunately everyone thinks himself or herself perfect and neglecting the

first injunction waste their time in improving the society. Of course some good would come to

the society even with such good actions but results will not be long lasting and without a propeliving ideal follow, conditions would soon deteriorate and situation worse. The individuals do not

get any enlightenment or elevation. This is the reason why present day society is stagnant or

worsening. Total effect is the decay in Dharma and the loosening of the interdependence

Interdependence is what makes the society strong and sustaining contributing to the welfare of

all its ingredients.

December - January 2012 Volume 1 Issue 5

With the successful conclusion of the fifth issue of the bi-monthly

bulletin of Vivekananda Kendra Vedic Vision Foundation, we have triedour utmost to highlight the various activities of our project. Thosewho browse through this bulletin may please give their valuable

suggestions so as to make the bulletin better. Your comments arealways welcome!

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