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Balabhavan Coordinators SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 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 Puja: 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 Ramakrishna, who is a famous Indian spiritual leader in the 19th century. Senior Class: In September 1893, He travelled to America to Archana Sampath represent Hinduism 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 Krishna 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, Bhakti (love towards God)- Juniors: Yoga, Karma(Selfless Work)-Yoga, and Registration coordinator: Anay Kulkarni Raja(Action)-Yoga, all of which are outstanding Hasini Thamidala Sridhar Seshagiri books on Hindu philosophy. 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: Panchatantra: 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 Bhajan: REVIEW: Rama 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: Vedanta and Bhagavadgita V F A D M A I B V H D L I M H Story: Garuda 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 BALARAMA Bhajan: REVIEW: Shri Ramachandra Bhajan: Shri Ramachandra Kripalu KALKI Kripalu; & Raghunandana -Latha Sundar KRISHNA - Lalitha Krishnamoorthy ______KURMA MATSYA 4-09-2016 ------NARASIMHA 4-23-2016 ------
PARASHURAMA Junior Class: RAMA Junior Class: Story: Krsnavatara VAMANA Story: Buddhavatara - Viji Shivshankar VARAHA - Bhavani Garimella
Sloka: Naamaramayana - baalakanda Sloka: Ganesha pancharatnam 1-2 - Venkatesh Krishnan - Aparna Vemuri
Bhajan: REVIEW: Ram Ram Bhajo Mana; Bhajan: Jagadho Dharini Maatha Durga; Rama Nama Tarakam REVIEW: Gauri Nandana Gajavadana - Suhasini Gudala - Sundar Nydhruva
Senior Class: Senior Class:
Story: Srutis, Smrutis and the 10 Story: Veda Vyasa and his other Upanishads 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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MADHUSUDHANA SARASWATI Editors corner Editors Corner Editors corner
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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. HOLI; 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. ONAM; 8. GOKULASHTAMI; ANSWERS TO WORD SCRAMBLE: 1. SHANI, 2. RAHU, 3. BUDHA, 4. CHANDRA, 5. MANGALA 9. RAKSHA BANDHAN; 10. GANESH
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