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BALABHAVAN NEWSLETTER VEDIC CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO

April 2015

Balabhavan Coordinators BBC Announcements:

It was very delightful & Sangeetha Prahalad uplifting to watch the Bala Vidhya Raghunathan Godavari River is the longest river in after river Ganga. It is known as the Bhavan children perform Shankar Parasaram Dakshin (Southern) Ganga. It originates in the Shivaratripooja and Kumar Gowda state of Maharashtra and flows through the Ramanavami pooja .Our [email protected] states of and for sincere thanks to the priests 910 miles into the Bay of Bengal. The Godavari and volunteers who made is very sacred to . Many of its banks have these events a great

been spots for thousands of years. success,We appreciate all Class Coordinators Lord Balarama is said to have bathed in these your effort for organizing

waters 5000 years ago and also the great saint and helping out.Pictures of Super-Senior Class: Chaintanya Mahaprabhu. the Shivaratrhri pooja are on Lavanya Kadiyala Page 4 of the newsletter. [email protected] We encourage parents to Senior Class: kindly respond to the future Anupama Rajagopalan evites so that the Sushma Natarajan arrangements can be done [email protected] well in advance.

Junior Class: The legend of the river’s origin is Rajashree Balaji credited to Sage Gautama. He was living in the Venkatesh Krishnan Brahmagiri hills at Tryambakeshwar with his [email protected] wife Ahalya, when a cow entered his granary and ate all of the rice. When he tried to chase Toddler Class: it away with a darbha leaf, it fell down dead. Archana Sampath The sage needed to wash away the sin of killing Ashvini Yoganarasimha a sacred cow, so he prayed to Lord Shiva to [email protected] divert the Ganga to purify him and his hermitage. Lord Shiva appeared in his Registration coordinator: Trayambaka form and diverted the river. Kumar Gowda BBC Team There are 3 dams that have been built Newsletter Coordinator: on the Godavari in modern times, which has April Birthdays: Krishna Meduri helped appease water shortage and generate [email protected] electricity in Maharashtra. This river is also Toddlers: Anushree Havanagi ecologically significant. The Coringa Mangrove ------Avanthika Krishna forests in the Godavari delta are the second Hasini Thamidala

largest mangrove forest in the country. A part Mayurchandra Bharath Newsletter Editors of this has been designated as a wildlife Rohan Sharma sanctuary protecting various reptiles. These Juniors: mangroves protect coastal areas from tidal Anay Kulkarni Keshav Tadimeti waves and tropical storms. Hasita Velaga Sankaran Nandika Annamali Pranav Jayachandran Ramanarayanan There are many important pilgrimage Seniors: Shreya Shriram sites along the banks of Godavari such as Kaavya Raamkumar Trimbakeshwar, Bhadrachalam, and Neha Pavani Valluri Srinidhi Malavalli Basar. Super Seniors: -Vinay Rajagopalan Keshav Tadimeti Reetesh Sudhakar Srinidhi Malavalli 9525 Miramar Rd, San Diego, CA 92126 Phone: (858) 549-3940 Sumana Srinivas April 2015 Issue 4 1

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Class Schedules Class Schedules SATLUJ RIVER 4-4-2015 ------4-11-2015 ------Satluj River is the longest of Toddler Class: the 5 rivers that flow through the Junior Class: Story: Gudi Padwa/ Ugadi/ Vishu historic crossroads region of Punjab in Story: Gudi Padwa /Ugadi/Vishu - Viswanath Basavaraja Northern India & . The Satluj - Arun Venkat River is also known as Satadree or the Sloka: Shivapanchakshara 1,3 Red River. Satluj is 1 of the 3 Trans Sloka: pancharatnam 1-2 - Ashvini Yoganarasimha Himalayan Rivers originating in the - Kalyan Vaidyanathan high Tibean Plateau which cuts across Bhajan: Radhe Radhe Radhe the Himalayan Ranges. Satluj crosses Bhajan: Jagadho Dharini Maatha - Priya Masur the 3 main mountain ranges – Zanzkar Durga; Prathama Ganapathi Range, Himalayan Range, & the - Ashwini Sangam Super Senior Class: Dauladhar Range. Story: Bhakti Yoga Senior Class: - Lalitha Kodandapani Satluj River is an important Story: Shukra water source to cultivate various fruits - Sudhakar Yadavalli Shloka: Dakshinamurthi -varnamaala- & plants. Crops of orchids, apricots, stotram 19-21 (revise 1-18) apples, & grapes can be found on both Sloka: Ganesha stotram 1-3 - Vijayalakshmi Ramanarayanan sides of the river. - Radhika Chari

Bhajan: Varade Veena Though there are not many Bhajan: Govinda Madhava; Jaya - Latha Sundar religious aspects related to Satluj Nandalala ______River, it is still considered holy to have - Sapna Chandrashekar the waters of Satluj River in any of the 4-18-2015 ------religious functions. 4-25-2015 ------Toddler Class: The Satluj is very famous for an Story: Sani Pradosham exciting & thrilling adventure. One of Junior Class: - Meena the most sought after advantage spots Story: Sani Pradosham in India is river rafting. People from all - Guru Rudreshappa Shloka: Shivapanchakshara 1-5 over the country & also from outside Sloka: Ganesha pancharatnam 3-4 - Shiva Kalpana countries come to enjoy this thrill. - Lakshmi Devulapalli

Bhajan: Jaya Ganesha; Review Radhe Bhajan: Madhusudhana Harey Radhe Madhava; review Prathama - Priya Masur Ganapathi - Srividhya Ganesh Super Senior Class: Senior Class: Story: battle Day 5-7: Story: Shani - Ashok Malavalli - Annamalai Subbiah Sloka: Ganeshapancharatnam 1-3 Shloka: Dakshinamurthi-varnamaala- - Manda stotram 22-25 (revise 1-21) - Shanti Kalluri Bhajan: Gajanana hey shubhanana; Gowri Nandana Bhajan: Bhajo Madhura HAarinaam & Gajavadana; Sharanam Siddhi Radha Ramuna Mukunda Vinayaka - Latha Sundar -Vidya Adi Ramanath - Sapna Chandrashekar

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Editors corner Editors corner Editors The Maha Mahabharatam Quiz

QUIZ Languages of India This is a puzzle quiz that will test the breadth of your creative and Puranic knowledge. Do all corner

the transformations to the answers to reach the Directions: The questions will answer to BIG QUESTION of the puzzle. give you three words from QUIZ native Indian languages. Languages of India 1. How many days was the Kurukshetra war continued… Two of them will be from a for? specified language and the other will be an odd one out. 2. Take your answer for #1 and determine 5) Hindi which of the two sides in the Kurukshetra A) Chalo War had a larger army at its beginning. Name the odd word and the B) Kyaa language it belongs to. 3. Taking your answer from #2, determine C) Horage which member on this side had a boon 1) Tamizh from Lord Shiva that would make him 6) Maraathi A) Kaatchi victorious in battle for 1 day. (HINT: This A) Sebu B) Varuvadarkkaaga person’s father blessed him with the fate B) Sapharacanda C) Randi that whoever made his head touch the C) Keli ground would have his own head burst 2) Kannada into a thousand pieces). 7) Bengaali

A) Haalu A) Vangi 4. The person in #3 was successful…though B) Hannu only somewhat. Find a portion of this B) Naacha C) Aayi person’s name that matches with one of C) Parbata Vishnu’s dwarapalaka’s names. 3) Sanksrit A) Nrpaha 5. You should have reached victory and the Answers: B) Taruhu answer to the big question. 1) C - Telugu C) Mugaam 2) C - Maraathi

3) C - Tamizh 4) Telugu 4) C - Kannada A) Akkada 5) C - Kannada B) Naalugu 6) A - Telugu C) Naalku 7) A - Tamizh

Topics of the Month BIG QUESTION: Vinay Rajagopalan What was the name Vyasa originally gave the Mahabharata? Vidya Adi Ramanath ------Answer: Jaya

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Balabhavan children perform Shivaratripooja

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