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Vaamana Purana BBC Announcements: Balabhavan Coordinators Vaamana Puraan is one of the eighteen Latha Sundar Summer Camps: Puraans written by sage Vyasa. It contains tales Venkat Maddipatla - Yoga Camp (Saturdays, 9- pertaining to Lord Vishnu in his Vaamana (dwarf) [email protected] 10AM) starts on 7/7, and Pooja incarnation. Vaamana Puraan not only contains Vidhanam, Dance, (both at 5- the divine tales of Nara-Narayana and Goddess 6PM, Saturdays) and Ancient
Durga but it also contains tales of famous Mathematics of India Electronic Communication devotees like Prahlad, the salvation of Gajendra (Saturdays, 6-7PM) Camps Cooordinator (elephant) etc. start on 7/14. Please check e- Rama Srinivas Once there was a demon king named mails for updates, class [email protected] Bali, great grandson of Hiranyakashipu. Bali materials, etc., and arrive on defeated the deities and drove them out from Class Coordinators their abodes. Very soon, all the three worlds time. All classes are at SVT. were under his control. He was a virtuous king Super -Senior Class: and so were his subjects. Goddess Lakshmi Balabhavan Picnic- Pictures! Padmini Mylavarapu blessed Bali to acquire all the splendours of the - Check pages 3 & 4 of this BB Latha Rajkumar world. After being defeated by Bali, Indra went Newsletter for fun Picnic [email protected] to Meru Mountain where his mother Aditi lived Pictures! and narrated the woeful tale. Aditi’s husband Senior Class: Kashyap thought that only Lord Brahma could Balabhavan Field Trip: Vasantha Madhavi Sudhakar solve their problem. Sage Kashyap and all the - Deer Valley Monastery, July nd Nalini Venugopal deities took Brahma's advise and proceeded 22 , SUNDAY, 8:45AM sharp. [email protected] towards Shwetdweep to perform severe penance. Details, directions, etc will be Lord Narayana was very pleased with Kashyap's e-mailed. Junior Class: penance and agreed to be born as Aditi's son. In Hema Rangaswamy due course, Vishnu took birth as Vaaman to Clay Modeling - Ganesha: Anupama Rajagopalan liberate Aditi and all the deities from their - Mark your calendars for our [email protected] sorrow. fun-filled clay Ganesha Once when King Bali was performing a modeling, 8/19 and 8/25, 4- yagnya, Shukracharya warned Bali about Vaaman's Toddler Class: 6:30PM arrival and asked him to refrain from making any Aparna Vemuri promise to Vaaman. Bali was willing to face any Vandana Santhanam Regular Balabhavan Classes [email protected] hardship to safeguard his benevolent image. Vaaman then arrived at the yagnya site and Bali start in September.
Registration Coordinators: promised that his wishes would be fulfilled. Vaaman requested a small piece of land ENJOY YOUR SUMMER BREAK! Krishnaswamy Panneer Selvam measured by three steps for the performance of - Your BBC Team [email protected] Yagya. Bali agreed and Lord Vaaman expanded his ------size. His first step covered the whole earth. By July Birthdays Newsletter Coordinator: his two successive steps, he covered the two Toddler: Krishna Meduri: worlds. This way, Bali was forced to donate all Eesha Dumbre [email protected] the three worlds according to his vow. Due to his Kirthi Iyer selfless devotion and unwavering dharma, Praseedha Sai Maddipatla however, he was granted permission to visit his Juniors: Festivals of the Month: subjects once every year. Vidya Adi Ramanath - Akshaya Venugopal Seniors: Please visit: Vinod Krishnamurthy www.shiva-vishnu.org for Super Seniors: more details Akhilesh Sai Vemuri Sankaran Ramanarayanan
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Questions of the Month Varaha Purana STORY TIME!
(July 23, 2012) 1. Who were Ayyapa’s father Varaha Purana is one of the 18 A Tale of Naga Panchami and mother? MahaPuranas of Hindu religious texts. It describes in detail about the the Varaha incarnation of Lord Vishnu, and narrates about the rescue of the Prithvi (Earth).
Once there lived a poisonous
snake, called Kaliya, in the 2. What is the name of Indra’s Yamuna River. When Krishna weapon? and his friends were playing Lord Vishnu salvaged Earth from being with a ball, it fell into the sunk into the under world of ‘Rasatala’by the Yamuna. Immediately, Krishna demon Hiranyakashipu. The great boar lifted jumped into the river to the Earth by his jaws even as the evil was retrieve the ball when anihiliated. Bhu Devi was awestruck at this sight 3. Who are the seven suddenly, he felt Kaliya’s grip and posed a series of queries to Varaha Deva as “chiranjeevis” (immortal tightening on him. to how the entire universe got dissolved, how it beings)? Unperturbed, Krishna grabbed was created after each kalpa and how Dharma Kaliya by the neck and having and Adharma were balanced and in what jumped onto the snake’s extreme conditions does Lord Vishnu incarnate head, began dancing! This in various forms. To this Lord vishnu outlined became known as Kaliya Bhu devi’s difficult queries in a brief manner in Nartana. Then, Krishna this Purana. released Kaliya and told him This purana composed in the 12th to stop harassing people. century contains 24,000 couplets. The text ------The day Krishna humbled mostly consists of prayers, rules, rituals, Answers: Kaliya came to be celebrated mantras and Theerthas (holy places) including 1. Father: Shiva; Mother: as Naga Panchami. Mathura. It also deals with the different vratas Vishnu to be performed in order to glorify Lord Vishnu 2. Vajraayudha and attain Vishnu Loka eventually. 3. Hanuman, Ashwatthama, Rewards of Reciting Varaha Purana : Vibheeshana, Mahabali, Vyasa, Hearing, reading, reciting this Purana Parashurama, and Kripacharya destroys one’s sins, liberates and reduces the mind’s sufferings. ------ Reading one chapter is equivalent to ------Newsletter Editors donating a healthy cow to a Brahmin. Reading ten chapters is equivalent to Topics of the Month Keerti & Kamakshi performing a yagya (sacrifice). Akshaya Venugopal
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Balabhavan Picnic 2012
The day was beautiful, sunny, balmy, and perfect for our Balabhavan 2012 Picnic at Lake Poway Park! Kids, toddlers, moms, dads, grand-parents dressed in their summery best... everyone was relaxed, ready to feast, and be merry. The kids had a blast playing Tug-of-War, Bingo, three -legged races, games, while some of the younger ones swatted at balloon animals and flowers, or chased parents, siblings and friends with water-balloons.
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Balabhavan Picnic 2012
Our Balabhavan family enjoying sunny blue skies, verdant greenery, bright balloon animals, Tug-O-Wars, fun games, and each other's company.
HAVE A FANTASTIC AND FUN SUMMER!!!!
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