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Balabhavan Coordinators BBC Announcements: Sangeetha Prahalad Vidhya Raghunathan Class location change: Junior Shankar Parasaram and Toddler classes for the month Sridhar Seshagiri of April will be held in the temple [email protected] kitchen for safety reasons.

Ramanavami : BB kids Class Coordinators Ramanavami Puja will be on

4/17/16. An evite will be sent Super-Senior Class: shortly. Lavanya Kadiyala Swami Vivekananda is a Hindu monk from [email protected] India. He was a disciple of Sri , who is a famous Indian spiritual leader in the 19th century. Senior Class: In September 1893, He travelled to America to Archana Sampath represent at Parliament of Religions held Sushma Natarajan in Chicago. [email protected] At the Parliament of Religions, Swami Junior Class: Vivekananda received a long 2 minute standing April Birthdays: Rajashree Balaji ovation for opening his speech as “Sisters and Ashvini Yoganarasimha Brothers of America…”. During this speech, he Toddlers: [email protected] emphasized the importance of Hinduism’s Akshaya Jayachandran tolerance and acceptance towards other religions. Anushree Havanagi Toddler Class: Anupama Rajagoplan Avanthika In the course of a short life of thirty-nine Rohan Sharma Shiv Chandrasekar years (1863-1902), he wrote four classics: Jnana [email protected] (Knowledge)-Yoga, (love towards God)- Juniors: , (Selfless Work)-Yoga, and Registration coordinator: Anay Kulkarni Raja(Action)-Yoga, all of which are outstanding Hasini Thamidala Sridhar Seshagiri books on . In addition, he acted Mayurchandra Bharath as spiritual guide to the many seekers, who came Nandika Annamali Newsletter Coordinator: to him for instruction. He also organized the Pranav Jayachandran Krishna Meduri Ramakrishna Order of monks, which is the most Sathvik [email protected] outstanding religious organization of modern India.

It is devoted to the propagation of the Hindu Seniors: ------spiritual culture not only in India, but also in None Newsletter Editors America and in other parts of the world.

Super Seniors: Everyone who saw or heard Vivekananda Kaavya Raamkumar Shreya Shriram even once still cherished his memory after more Srinidhi Malavalli than half a century. One of his famous quotes is Sumana Srinivas “ARISE AWAKE AND STOP NOT TILL THE GOAL IS Srinidhi Malavalli REACHED.

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Class Schedules Class Schedules Editors’ Corner 4-02-2016------04-16-2016 ------Find the words! Toddler Class: Toddler Class: Story: : The King of Frogs and N I Z U V A R A H A G Y K H U Story: Panchatantra: The unwise the Snake Z C U X Y L X C X V S A P R O Donkey - Kalpana Sharma O Y X S G R F P Z C E D I O W - Supriya Gunasekaran I I T A G A C N K T P M X V W Sloka: Sri raama raama raameti + all A A Y B A K V W F A K F P W Q Sloka: Revise Previous Shlokas previous 5 shlokas M M P K A S Q P R X U Z L J J - Shoba Nagarajan -Sudhakar Yadavalli V Q A L U D C A O F R K E P J K A K R B W S J K H M U A V J : REVIEW: Nama Tarakam; Bhajan: Atma Rama Ananda Ramana Atma Rama Ananda Ramana -Archana Arun L I M C A H A M A R A W N V T - Archana Arun L K R A U L Z S W O T K H X J Super Senior Class: Y G L R N A A K Z D K W S S W Super Senior Class: Story: and Bhagavadgita V F A D M A I B V H D L I M H Story: Purana - Latha Sundar - Lalitha Kodandapani I M M D S P A H M I S A R A N A L B R L T P U H A O U K V Z Sloka: Dakshinamurthi-varnamaala- Shloka: Dakshinamurthi-varnamaala- I W P T A Z W L Z M P U K A Y stotram 22-25 (revise 1-21) stotram 19-21 (revise 1-18) - Lalitha Kodandapani - Anandhi Krishnamurthy Bhajan: REVIEW: Ramachandra Bhajan: Shri Ramachandra Kripalu Kripalu; & Raghunandana -Latha Sundar KRISHNA - Lalitha Krishnamoorthy ______KURMA 4-09-2016 ------ 4-23-2016 ------

PARASHURAMA Junior Class: RAMA Junior Class: Story: Krsnavatara Story: Buddhavatara - Viji Shivshankar - Bhavani Garimella

Sloka: Naamaramayana - baalakanda Sloka: pancharatnam 1-2 - Venkatesh Krishnan - Aparna Vemuri

Bhajan: REVIEW: Ram Ram Bhajo Mana; Bhajan: Jagadho Dharini Maatha ; Rama Nama Tarakam REVIEW: Gauri Nandana Gajavadana - Suhasini Gudala - Sundar Nydhruva

Senior Class: Senior Class:

Story: Srutis, Smrutis and the 10 Story: Veda and his other contributions - Ram Krishnamurthy - Prasanna Kannan

Sloka: Naamaramayana – Baalakanda Sloka: Ganesha pancharatnam 1-2 - Kalyan Vaidyanathan - Amshumanth

Bhajan: Review: Ram Ram Bhajo Mana; & Bhajan: Prathana Ganapathi Anantha Kalyana Gunabhi Rama; & Rama Pranamamyaham; & Radhe Govinda Namo Rama Namo Bhajo/Krishna Krishna Mukunda - Sapna Chandrasekar Janardhana - Archana Narayan

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J S D F A B J A E K C U A N H R INDIAN FESTIVALS SCRAMBLE D Y L Z A W I G Q U K U Y I Y C I R H K F V P R H W V Y T Y X A U H X X R A W P O M O Q N I X X D E H P U W A K Z Y R W M O S P R L O U T K N V Z N G G V 1. PVDELAIEA Z U T R S H T N N S U R U Q Z J Y D J V T A Z I B J E D C A Y B U G U A S D S Z B D H S F N Q G M I A A G S A M N A C G D T 2. LOHI A U M U I S T A C A A K Y A L F Z P S H R S H A N I N S B U F R A B K U H A L Y R V C M M L 3. ARNKITASN A M T O A I Q J U N Q A Y R Q K G O W Z S Q D C P V E H O A Y 4. URAESDHS P C E N I Y W T R Y A V M H T P E B A I A Y T S A G A W S J S Q H S E R G Z H Q A B A C K N R Y V S O R E A T X F A O Q I B 5. AIRTHAISRV E S J C I K U D J X T G E K S O A A R H O E V Q L X T S V C V G I Q K N J H R H G H R M D W J V G H E C P V A L M I K I M Y 6. IMRANMAVAA Madhusudhana Saraswathi was an Indian W D N I P R V U H Q J I Q Z E R M L X I W I A U P S A U S H N M M T I B A P U V O T Y K Q F 7. MNOA philosopherA L A inG theN AAdvai M Htha D VedanthaU Y H D tradition.S Z V D V Y W I R C N M F Z N O D C He wrote the Advaithasiddhi, which is 8. KTSLIAMUGHOA C A N Z Q M A U X Q Q A U N P R consideredU H J a Nclassic. I V K O V N Y S H U L A 9. SKRHAA HBNDANA S A R V D G O N K W Q V D W K N DURVASA 10. NEHGAS IRUHTATHCH He was born in Bengal in the year 1540 CE GARGEYA (AD) andBUDHA was called CHANDRA Kamalanayana. He started GAUTAMA off tryingGURU to disprove KETU Advaitha, but soon became a staunchMANGALA follower NAVAGRAHAS of it. He was proficient in logic andRAHU discourses. SHANI VASISHTA SHUKRA SURYA Madhusdhana was belived to be so learned VYASA that itNAVAGRAHAS was said that WORD only SCRAMBLEGoddess Saraswathi knew the boundries of his knowledge. He is known to 1.have ASNIH written up to 21 literary pieces, all of which2. wereHUAR in praise of Advaitha. 3. HUDBA In spite4. ofCARDNHA being a scholar of Advaitha, Madhusudhana5. GAANAML Saraswathi was staunchly

devoted to Lord Krishna. His gurus were Visvesvara Saraswathi and Madhava Saraswathi. It is said that Vittalesa, son of Vallabhacharya

(a Suddhadvaita scholar), was a disciple of

Madhasudhana Saraswathi.

He was known to be a contemporary of the Answers: 1. DEEPAVALI; 2. ; 3. Mughal emperor Akbar. It is said that Madhusudhana complained to the emperor SANKRANTI; 4. DUSSEHRA; 5. about Muslim attacks on Hindu priests. He breathed his last in the year 1640 in Bengal and

SHIVARATRI; 6. RAMANAVAMI; continues to be celebrated for his contributions

to Advaitha tradition 7. ; 8. GOKULASHTAMI; ANSWERS TO WORD SCRAMBLE: 1. SHANI, 2. RAHU, 3. BUDHA, 4. CHANDRA, 5. MANGALA 9. ; 10. GANESH

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