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November 2014

Balabhavan Coordinators ANASUYA BBC Announcements: Anasuya was the wife of Atri Maharishi,

a great sage and one of the Sapta . She (1) MANDATORY ANNUAL Lalitha Krishnamoorthy was the daughter of Sage Kardama and his wife PARENT MEETING: Sushma Natarajan Devahuti. She was very pious, and always Parents are REQUIRED to Kumar Gowda practiced austerities and devotion. “Anasuya” [email protected] attend at least ONE of two has 2 parts; “An” [“No”] and “Asuya” meetings, either November [“jealous”] meaning; “one who is free from 8th or November 15th from 4

jealousy or envy". She performed penance for a – 5 pm, in the MPR. Please Class Coordinators very long time in order to beget sons equal to be punctual.

the Gods , and Siva. In order to Super-Senior Class: grant her wish, Tri-Murtis (Brahma, Vishnu and (2) Bala Bhavan Lavanya Kadiyala Siva) took the form of Sanyasis and asked her Registration, 2015: [email protected] to serve Nirvana Bhiksha, that is, to give them Please re-register for the Senior Class: food in a naked condition. Anasuya meditated Bala Bhavan 2015 program. Radhika Chari on the form of her husband, took refuge in Please send the coordinators Vandana Santhanam his feet and sprinkled few drops of water over an email if you havent [email protected] the three Sanyasis. The Tri-Murtis were received the email converted into 3 children. instructions to re-register. Junior Class: She thought that those children were Rajashri Balaji her own and fed them with her milk. Soon (3) Bala Bhavan Annual Archana Narayan after her husband, sage Atri came back, she Talent Day: Aruna Janakiraman related to him all that had happened. Atri The Bala Bhavan Annual [email protected] already knew all this through his divine vision. Talent Day will be held on He embraced all the three children who 6th December 2014 at Toddler Class: became one child with two feet, one trunk, 3:00PM. The deadline to Swarna Moorthy three heads and six hands. Atri blessed register for the event is on Vidhya Raghunathan his wife and informed her that the Tri-Murtis 24th November. Please send balabhavantoddler@gmail .com themselves had assumed the forms of the the coordinators an email if three children to gratify her wish. Goddesses you havent received the Registration coordinator: , and appeared email instructions to register Kumar Gowda before Anusuya and asked for Pati Bhiksha: for the event. (Praying for return of their husbands). Anusuya Newsletter Coordinator: duly honored them and prayed that her wish (4) PHOTOS!! Pictures for Meduri should be fulfilled. the Bala Bhavan Saraswathi [email protected] Then the three Gods, Brahma, Vishnu held on 10/05/2014 is and Siva appeared in their true form before on Page 3. ------Sati Anusuya and Sage Atri and said, "This child will be a great sage according to your word and BBC Team will be equal to us according to the wish of ------Newsletter Editors Anasuya. This child will bear the name of November Birthdays:

Dattatreya". Anasuya thus became the mother Toddlers: Keshav Tadimeti of Lord Dattatreya (the sage-avatar of Divine Disha Ram Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Siva). Juniors:

Sankaran By Pramod Shastry Nandana Madhukara Neha Srinivasan ------Ramanarayanan Seniors: Topics of the month Anjana Sriram Srivaradhan Parasaran Maya Gopala Super Seniors: Pramod Shastry Aravind Krishnan

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Class Schedules Class Schedules SAVITHRI 11-01-2014 ------11-08-2014 ------Toddler Class: , daughter of Asvapati, king of Junior Class: Story: Children & Vedic Culture: Madra, liked Satyavan, son of Dyumatsena, Story: Review of the Avatharas, Story of Baby Krishna- Krishna the blind and exiled king of Salva and relevance of time period, grows up in Nanda's house; decided to marry him even though, as per purpose Krishna Leela 10, 11- Kaliya, ’s prophecy Satyavan was destined to - Prasanna Kannan Kamsa die in exactly one year. After Savitri and Sloka: Sharada bhujangam - Bhagyashree Hampiholi Satyavan got married, Satyavan died as - Narasimha Manda Sloka: - Yakundendu, prophesized and took his soul away. Bhajan: Hum Ko Man Ki Annapoorne, maanikya veenam Savitri followed him and when Yama asked - Nithya Sudhakar - Anil Narayanan why she was following him, Savitri replied Bhajan: Review of Anjaneya that she was following her husband and that Senior Class: bhajans, & Radhika manohara she would not go back unless her husband Story: Bodh Gaya, Sarnath - - Sowmya Sekar got his life back. , UP Super Senior Class: - Shyam Kadaba Story: 8th quality – Asprha – Sloka: Vishnushatpadi stotram Desirelessness (various stories - Sangeetha Prahalad associated with Asprha) - Ram Krishnamurthy Bhajan: Humko Man ki; Bhajo Sloka: Soundaryalahari 21 - 32 Madhura Harinam - Lalitha Kodandapani - Hema Kalyanaraman Bhajan: Jaya Mithilesha Kumari, Bhaja Mana Raamam, Sesha 11-22-2014 ------Saila Vasa Narayana Junior Class: - Latha Krishnamoorthy Story: JEOPARDY GAME / 11-15-2014 ------ENACTMENT of all the

Toddler Class: Amused, Yama asked why should he Avatharams Story: If God lives within us, help her. Savitri replied that since she had - Magesh Hariharan / and all around us, HOW should walked more than seven steps with him, they Sundar Dwarakanath we treat ourselves, and others? were friends. Pleased with her reply, Yama Sloka: Yakundendu, Manikya Story of Bhakta Prahlada granted her one boon, which could be Veenam - Nithya Sudhakar anything except her husband’s life. She - Kalyan Vaidyanathan Sloka: Shloka revision - Krishna, asked that her father-in-law regained his Bhajan: Madhusudhana Harey Vinayaka sight and kingdom. Yama granted the boon. Madhava; Jaya nandalala - Sneha Bangalore Then he said that she should arrange for her - Hema Kalyanaraman Bhajan: Bhajan revision - husband’s funeral. Savitri said “What good is Senior Class: Krishna, Vinayaka the body after the soul leaves it”. Yama was Story: ART CLASS - Bhavani Garimella pleased again and granted her two more - Shrinivas / Super Senior Class: boons except her husband’s life. She asked Anupama Rajagopalan Story: Review of AchArA and that her father got sons to carry on his sAmAnya – practical and lineage and Yama granted it. Then she asked Sloka: Review Vishnu Shatpadi relevant to our modern life style for hundred sons and got it granted. Yama stotram - Ram Krishnamurthy / started to leave. When he looked back he - Hema Santosh Lalitha Kodandapani saw Savitri still standing there and asked Bhajan: Review of Jag Sukh Sloka: Soundaryalahari Review why. Savitri asked how she could have sons Karini, Nandeeshwara, Bhola - Sheela Ashok without a husband. Yama was greatly Natha Re Bhajan: Review Ramana pleased and gave back her husband’s life. - Ashwini Sangam / Nanda Nandana; Hum ko Man ki Savitri and Satyavan lived happily ever after. Sushma Havanagi - Latha Sundar/ Viji Ramanarayanan By Srivaradhan Parasaran

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