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FROM THE Our Master’s Voice EDITORS The Preceptor May the entire universe be By Poornimaji blessed with peace and hope. May everyone who is driven Sixteen year old Sadhanawas sitting in the backyard seriously trying to mould some clay. by envy and enmity become Kirtana, ’sMother, came up to her and asked, “Sadhana! What are you trying to do?” pacified and reconciled. “Ma! I saw Archanaaunty mould some clay into Hanumanji! Am trying too… But it seems so tough! She did it effortlessly.” May all living beings become “Sadhana! Come along with me, let me tell you.” calm by taking the path of Both of them came and sat in the hall and Kirtanacontinued, , for by accepting “Sadhana, just as you go to a school to learn your subjects, any art has to be learnt from some teacher. It’s the teacher who they will think of each would know the nuances of an art and it is in his guidance and with his blessings that we attain perfection in any art.” other’s welfare. Sadhananodded and asked, May our own hearts and “Is this the same reason why we seek the blessings of a Guru before doing any spiritual activity too ma?” minds be filled with purity Kirtana smilingly nodded and continued, and serenity. May all the above blessings “Yes dear! It is at the Feet of a Guru, that spiritual knowledge dawns. A Guru, tells you the way. Not stopping at it, he warns flow naturally from The you on the pitfalls and saves you from them. Let me sing a beautiful song composed by the great SantKabir. He depicts the Supreme Lord ! Samsara in this kirtanand emphasizes the need for a guru..." May our attention become KaunbatAvEBHAtGuru bin spontaneously absorbed in the badAvikatyamaghAt (Guru bin ) rapture of pure love unto Kabirsays,“Whocan show us the way to eternal bliss other than a Satguru? It’s a path filled with so many obstacles!” Krishna. “Sadhana! The scriptures depict the world as an ocean with unfathomable depth where we might have to face innumerable ~ SB Canto 5 Chapter 18 storms and whirlpools. World is also shown as a forest filled with many perils. Kabirsays, ‘It is a terrible valley of death! Wishing you all a year of Beware and don’t try to walk alone in this path! It is wise to have a leader who knows the way to reach the destination. A health, happiness and Guru knows the way. He serves as a boatman to take us across the ocean of Samsara. He is the guide who can show us the universal peace and way out of this forest of life.’” brotherhood. May the force In Srimad BhagavataMahapurana, King Muchukundasays of Sadguru be with us! “BhavApavargobhramathoyada bhavEjjanasyatarhiachyutasatsamAgamaha Satsangamoyarhi tadaivasadgathau……… “Oh Lord! Its only when you decide to take one across this Ocean of Samsara (transmigration), that you give him the company of Saints!” And the Lord Himself says that it is the Guru who serves as the boatman to sail one across this ocean of What’s Inside? transmigration." Page 2 BhrAntikipahADinadhiyAnbheechmoahankArkilAt Lord Chaitanya NEW MadamatsarkIdharabarasatmAyApavanaghanadhAt (Guru bin) Page 3 Ancient “Many are the obstacles in this path. There is a huge mountain in the form of illusion which would misguide you. Your ego Page 4 would not let you understand the wrong steps you are taking and would lead you to a downfall. Rain showers in the form of GOD Around the Globe pride and jealousy pour incessantly during this journey through the valley and they are supported by the winds of !” Page 5 Guru bin….With such gory obstacles how can we tread this path without a guru? Jayanthi Page 6 Series NEW

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SAMSKRUTI Jan 2016 Our Master Our “Sadhana! The mountainof illusion blinds usfrom seeing the right path. Itcould easily take us to a path which is seeminglyright but could take us astray. The ego would not let us accept that we have chosen a wrong path! Pride and jealousy will only fan our ego. They would further blind the path. A guru would lovingly show the right path and that too the best suited one. He would check our ego and not let it raise its hood. He would make us understand the higher truths andthusfreeus ofprideandjealousy.” kAmakrodhado parvatTADElobhchorsanGAt kehatkabirsunobhAisAdokyonkarnavobhAt(Guru Bin) There are two hillocks in the form of desire and anger. The path is infested with thieves in the form of greed. Say , Oh pious souls! Give ears! Why would youwanttotreadthispathwithoutaguru? “Sadhana! The two hillocks of desire and anger are not easy to climb over! Every step up would mean three steps down at times. Greed would loot us on our way and we would be bankrupt of spiritual wealth. But with the helping hand of a guru, the climb uphill and the walk through the thieves infested forest

would bea safe one.In his lovingpresence,all desires would bedirected towards the highest purpose.He would showus the dangers ofthe lovelyscenes seen ’

byus andwouldcutgreed anddesireattheirroot.” sVoice ‘Sadhana!’Kabirsays, ‘Whytry totakethis pathwithoutthehelpofa guru?’ Comelet’s sing this song together! KaunbatAvEBHAtGuru bin badAvikatyamaghAt (Guru bin) BhrAntikipahADinadhiyAnbheechmoahankArkilAt MadamatsarkIdharabarasatmAyApavanaghanadhAt (Guru bin) kAmakrodhado parvatTADElobhchorsanGAt kehatkabirsunobhAisAdokyonkarnavobhAt (Guru bin)

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In Puri Kshetra, the 3 prominent idols are Lord Krishna with his siblings Lord Balaram and Lordess Subadra. Once, in Narada said that Rani, the epitome of one pointed Dwapara , when Lord Krishna was ruling Dwarka, He, At Puri, Sage Narada came to meet Lord Krishna.. devotion thought of Krishna only and none else and was along with Balarama and Subhadra went to meet their aunt unconcerned about worldly pleasures. Srutha in Puri.

Narada! What Narayana! news do you Narayana! bring?!

‘Jagan Mata’ the mother of The Lord Himself universe?!! Please bless shall descend Do you think she onto this world to How dare that someone enjoys when you should show show the right you kill goats who are the real path of devotion. disrespect her children too. Satvik bhakthi the to the world! Goddess??

Seeing Radha rani’s devotion, bhagavan wished to take an Meanwhile, in yuga, worshipping God by sacrificing animals After 10 years, Kamalakshan who was known as avatar to experience the same joy that Radha rani was came into practice. this kind of worship saddened a lot of Advaitacharya(scholar in Advaitha philosophy) met a sage relishing and was waiting for the right time… Vedic scholars. named “Madhavendrapuri”. 2 SAMSKRUTI Jan 2016 Wondrous Whispers from Ancient India India - The Pioneer in Astronomy Ancient India's contributions in the field of astronomy are well known and well documented. The earliest references to astronomy are found in the Rig Veda, which are dated 2000 BC. wrote that 1,582,237,500 rotations of the Earth equal 57,753,336 lunar . This is an extremely accurate ratio of a fundamental astronomical ratio (1,582,237,500/57,753,336 = 27.3964693572), and is perhaps the oldest astronomical constant calculated to such accuracy. (598-668) was the head of the astronomical observatory at and during his tenure there wrote a text on astronomy, the Brahmasphutasiddhanta in 628. Bhaskara (1114-1185) was the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain, continuing the mathematical tradition of Brahmagupta. He wrote the Siddhantasiromani which consists of two parts: Goladhyaya (sphere) and Grahaganita (mathematics of the ). The other important names of historical astronomers from India are Madhava and Nilakantha. Bhaskara (1114-1185) calculated the time taken for the Earth to the sun to 9 decimal places. (perhaps 1800 BC) described the motions of the Sun and the in his book Shatapatha , and also advanced a 95-year cycle to synchronize the motions of the Sun and the Moon. The Jyotisha, a text on Vedic that has been dated to 1350 BC, was written by Lagadha. It describes rules for tracking the motions of the Sun and the Moon, and also develops the use of geometry and for astronomical uses. Around 500 BCE, Aryabhata presented a mathematical system that took the Earth to spin on its axis and considered the motions of the planets with respect to the Sun. He also made an accurate approximation of the Earth's circumference and diameter, and also discovered how the lunar eclipse and solar eclipse happen for the first time. He gives the radius of the planetary orbits in terms of the radius of the Earth/Sun orbit as essentially their periods of rotation around the Sun. He was also the earliest to discover that the orbits of the planets around the Sun are ellipses. He is the first known astronomer on that continent to have used a continuous system of counting solar days. His book, The , published in 498 AD described numerical and geometric rules for eclipse calculations. Indian astronomy at that time was taking much of its lead from cyclic in which nature operated in cycles, setting the stage for searching for numerical patterns in the expected time frames for eclipses. He also propounded the Heliocentric theory of gravitation, thus predating Copernicus by almost one thousand years. Aryabhatta's Magnum Opus, the Aryabhattiya was translated into Latin in the 13th century. Through this translation, European mathematicians got to know methods for calculating the areas of triangles, volumes of spheres as well as square and cube root. Aryabhatta's ideas about eclipses and the sun being the source of moonlight may not have caused much of an impression on European astronomers as by then they had come to know of these facts through the observations of Copernicus and Galileo. But considering that Aryabhatta discovered these facts 1,500 years ago, and 1,000 years before Copernicus and Galileo makes him a pioneer in this area too. Aryabhatta's methods of astronomical calculations expounded in his Aryabhatta-Siddhatha were reliable for practical purposes of fixing the Panchanga (Hindu ). Thus in ancient India, eclipses were also forecast and their true nature was perceived at least by the astronomers. Indian astronomers also propounded the theory that the Earth was a sphere. Aryabhatta was the first one to have propounded this theory in the 5th century. Another Indian astronomer and mathematician, Brahmagupta estimated in the 7th century that the circumference of the earth was 5000 . A is around 7.2 kms. Calculating on this basis we see that the estimate of 36,000 kms as the Earth's circumference comes quite close to the actual circumference known today. Brahmagupta (598-668) was the earliest to use algebra to solve astronomical problems. He also develops methods for calculations of the motions and places of various planets, their rising and setting, conjunctions, and the calculation of eclipses of the Sun and the Moon. 3 SAMSKRUTI Jan 2016 Wondrous Whispers from Ancient India

There is an old Sloka (couplet) which is as follows: "Sarva Dishanaam, Suryaha, Suryaha, Suryaha.“ This couplet means that there are suns in all directions. This couplet which describes the night sky as full of suns, indicates that in ancient times Indian astronomers had arrived at the important discovery that the stars visible at night are similar to the Sun visible during day time. In other words, it was recognized that the sun is also a star, though the nearest one. This understanding is demonstrated in another Sloka which says that when one sun sinks below the horizon, a thousand suns take its place. This apart, many Indian astronomers had formulated ideas about gravity and gravitation. Varahamihira had claimed for the first time perhaps that there should be a force which might be keeping bodies stuck to the Earth, and also keeping heavenly bodies in their determined places. Thus the concept of the existence of some attractive force that governs the falling of objects to the Earth and their remaining stationary after having once fallen; as also determining the positions which heavenly bodies occupy, was recognized. It was also recognized that this force is attractive force. The Sanskrit term for gravity is Gurutvakarshan which is an amalgam of Guru-tva-akarshan. Akarshan means to be attracted, thus the fact that the character of this force was of attraction was also recognized. This apart, it seems that the function of attracting heavenly bodies was attributed to the sun. The term Gurutvaakarshan can be interpreted to mean, 'to the attracted by the Master". The sun was recognized by all ancient people to be the source of light and warmth. Among the Aryans the sun was defiled. In the , Sun isreferred to as the source of all life, the center of creation and the center of the spheres. The last statement is suggestive of the sun being recognized as the centre of the universe (solar system). In the -, an astronomical text dated around 400 A.D., the following appellations have been given to the sun. "He is denominated the golden wombed (Hiranyagarbha), the blessed; as being the generator". He is also referred to as "The supreme source of light (Jyoti) upon the border of darkness - he revolves. bringing beings into being, the creator of creatures". The Surya-Siddhanta also says that "Bestowing upon him the scriptures (Vedas) as gifts and establishing him within the egg as grandfather of all worlds, he himself then revolves causing existence". Thus we can see that what ancient Indian astronomers say comes close to the heliocentric theory of gravitation, which was a thousand years later articulated by Copernicus and Galileo inviting severe reactions from the clergy in Rome. In the Suryasiddhanta, the rate of precession at 54" (it actually is 50.3"), which is much more accurate than the number calculated by the (Frawley 1991:148). It would be surprising for us to know today that this science had advanced to such an extent in ancient India that ancient Indian astronomers had recognized that stars are same as the sun, that the sun is center of the universe (solar system) and that the circumference of the Earth is 5,000 Yojanas. One Yojana being 7.2 kms., the ancient Indian estimates came close to the actual figure.

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‘The Purpose of Anger’ workshop in Washington was a grand success. Sri Ramanujamji spoke on the subject, Anger – a gauge to find the unresolved needs within us and explained the downside of anger which is forgetting our needs. He further elucidated on how we can use filters to identify signals from noise and get the saar (essence) out of samsaara! The audience received first hand information about the various initiatives carried out by L2SF in India and the USA. Happiness, Harmony and Wellbeing Workshop Love to Share Foundation America, Texas, started off the first day of annual discourse series with Sri Ramanujamji’s workshop in the Frisco area. Ramuji beautifully conveyed that in everyone, Happiness will find its way when there is gratitude. No better season to ponder on gratitude than the Thanksgiving season. At the end of the 90 minute session, Ramuji answered the questions of the curious listeners. Though it was a busy Friday evening, many drove from far to attend this benefiting workshop of Ramuji. Everyone including the kids listened to Ramuji U.S.A., with rapt attention. Australia, Fiji

In Western Fiji, it hadn't rained in more than 3 months. Severe drought had led to death of crop. All were looking eagerly for the skies to pour. Our host for the day at Seva Ashram Lautoka, told Bhagyaji that we should pray pray for rain as people were suffering so much. Bhagyaji said that "we have to do 2 prayers that DIVINE BLISS EVENT held at Sydney, Australia, are opposites - one for the sake of dear Chennai for was a wonderful evening filled with divinity and stoppage of rains and one for rains in West Fiji”. And to tranquillity. Dr Bhagyaji from India, introduced mantra the utter amazement of everyone, while Sri Bhagyaji was meditation to the participants, who chanted and in the middle of his talk - in particular speaking about experienced the inner peace of bringing the mind to how GURU Maharaj would say "What cannot the Grace rest. The retreat meditation program brought a of Guru Maharaj and name of GOD achieve!" the tremendous change and goodwill in the hearts of all downpour started instantly. IT TRULY WAS A MOMENT who attended. Bhagyaji took the audience by sheer TO BEHOLD - Firstly witnessing the actual rain and awe on how powerful Mahamantra and the vibes it secondly the reaction of the attendees where there faces exudes, are. Similar satsangs were held at other showed smiles, surprise and elation pointing to the rain. parts of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. 5 SAMSKRUTI Jan 2016 Swami Vivekananda Jayanthi 12th Jan – National Youth Day

Swami Vivekananda, known in his pre-monastic life as Narendra Nath Datta, was born in an affluent family in Kolkata on 12th January 1863. He believed that Mother India’s future lay in the hands of her people, and his teachings focused on human growth and development, physically, mentally and spiritually. He persistently stressed that the essence of was hidden in the philosophy. He also showed through his deeds that honesty, purity, unselfishness and control of the mind are traits that one cannot do without. As we celebrate his 153rd Birthday this month, let us remember the Great Indian Hindu Monk through a conversation between Him and his Master, Sri Paramahamsa. Swami Vivekananda (SV) – Master! Life has become very hectic. I am not able to find free time at all. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (RP) - Activities make you busy. But productivity makes you free. SV: Why has life become complicated all of a sudden? RP: Analysing life complicates it more. Leave it alone and just live it. SV: Why are we then constantly unhappy? RP: Worrying has become our habit. That’s why we are not happy always. SV: Why do good people always suffer? RP: Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don’t suffer. With that experience their life becomes better, not bitter. SV: You mean to say such experience is useful? RP: Yes. In every term, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and then the lessons. SV: Because of so many problems, we don’t know where we are heading! RP: If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides the way. SV: Does failure hurt more when moving in the right direction? RP: Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you. SV: In tough times, how do we stay motivated? RP: Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing. SV: What surprises you about people? RP: When they suffer they ask, “why me?” When they prosper, they never ask “Why me?” SV: How can I get the best out of life? RP: Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. SV: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered. RP: There are no unanswered prayers. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Life is a mystery to solve, not a problem to resolve. Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live.

I have faith in my country, and especially in the youth of my country. My hope is in you. With an immense amount of feeling and enthusiasm in the blood, will come heroes who will march MESSAGE from one corner of the earth to the other, preaching and teaching the eternal spiritual truths of our forefathers. And this is the great work before you. Each one of you has a glorious future if you dare believe me. Have tremendous faith in yourselves, like the faith I had when I was a TO THE child, and which I am working out now. Have that faith, each one of you, in yourself — that eternal power is lodged in every soul — and you will revive the whole of India. Ay, we will then go to every country under the sun, and our ideas will before long be a component of the YOUTH many forces that are working to make up every nation in the world. We must enter into the life of every race in India and abroad; we shall have to work to bring this about.We must go out, we must conquer the world through our spirituality and philosophy. There is no other alternative, we must do it or die. The only condition of national life, of awakened and vigorous national life, is the conquest of the world by Indian thought. Now for that, I want young men. “It is the young, the strong, and healthy, of sharp intellect that will reach the Lord”, say the Vedas. This is the time to decide your future — while you possess the energy of youth, not when you are worn out and jaded, but in the freshness and vigour of youth. Work — this is the time; for the freshest, the untouched, and unsmelled flowers alone are to be laid at the feet of the Lord, and such He receives. Rouse yourselves, therefore, for life is short. A far greater work is this sacrifice of yourselves for the benefit of your race, for the welfare of humanity. I will tell you in plain language that you work best when you work for others. The best work that you ever did for yourselves was when you worked for others. This life is short, vanities of the world are transient, but they alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive. Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. It is fear that is the great cause of misery in the world. It is fear that is the greatest of all superstitions. It is fear that is the cause of our woes, and it is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment. All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak; Stand up and express the divinity within you. Therefore, “Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.

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Ramayan Study Series By Sanath Kumar Kakitha

PLEASANTNESS PERSONIFIED Malargal Srimad Ramayana is considered the Adi-kavya ie the first & foremost story that emerged. First story not of Lord Ram, not from India etc but the very first story. To What are ? put it differently, the word ‘story’ itself got its import and example from Ramayana. Upanishads form the concluding part of the Split into seven cantos, this pleasant story appears most pleasant right in its middle. Vedas. This canto called ‘Sundaram’ or beautiful, is when , the most important person in the epic travels from India to Sri Lanka, succeeds in his mission to find How many are they? Goddess , and returns with the positive news. Here, , the author, captures Upanishads are 108, but of them ten form the might, intelligence and devotion of Hanuman in Ram, chastity of Sita, and the the most important. wickedness of all demons of Lanka, put together in all its glory. It would not be un- befitting, in my humble view, to call this the most popular canto of this epic and Which God do the Upanishads speak about? even otherwise. Last month, as I was reading an article written by a famous Upanishads do not speak about Gods. They leadership coach on ‘time management’ quoting modern thinkers & management gurus, I was sure that a topic as important as this would surely be sitting pretty as a expound on the atma (soul), jiva (life), gem, in bejewelled crown called Sundara-kanda. That article is capsulized below: mukti (liberation) and reality of the world. Managing time can be split four ways: They contain only philosophical concepts and are unique. Quadrant A Quadrant B Pressing Problems/ IMPORTANT Capability activities/ Tomorrow’s tests What is the benefit of rising early in the Planning Recreation etc Today’s assignments etc morning? Quadrant C Quadrant D It is good to wake up at least an hour before Live TV shows/ Birthday NOT IMPORTANT Mails (forwards), Twitter/ FB parties sunrise. This hour is called Beach/ vacation etc Movies on first day etc Muhurtham. Worship of God, meditation and chanting mantras during this period URGENT NOT URGENT bestows higher benefits. In light of the above, let us observe how Hanuman managed his time:

Time What should we do as soon as we wake up Issue on hand Context Hanuman’s reaction Quad spent in the morning? As soon as we wake up in the morning, we Unaware of Spends all his time productively Searching Sita A √ existence without getting distracted should look at our right palm and pray that the day should be beneficial in all aspects. Surasa & Obstructions on Wins them using intellect and A √ Simhika his way power respectively What should one do to stay healthy To understand Suavely notices the strength Raavan’s army B √ throughout lifetime? enemy’s might even as he is searching Every day at sunrise, one should do Surya Mount Wanted Hanuman Answers back in a line and Namaskar. Pleased with our namaskar The C X Mainaka to rest for a while leaves ASAP! Sun will bless us with good health and, Sita’s That Hanuman Politely replies saying he needs protect us from harassment from enemies. C X suggestion rests for a while to report back to Ram ASAP Is it not for physical cleanliness that we We understand from the above, that Hanuman has acted eons back in a pressure- bathe every day? Why then is it considered cooker situation, in concordance with modern thinkers’! While there are many things a part of the Hindu ritual? For example, that Hanuman could have done eg: return to Ram after meeting Sita, proceed bathing before visiting a temple is straight to Ram after lighting up Lanka with his lit-tail without again meeting Sita obligatory. Why? etc, Hanuman, we know chose to create a chaos, kill demons, meet Ravan & again Bathing is not for mere physical cleanliness meet Sita before leaving to reach Ram. And to imagine that Hanuman achieves all but also to cleanse the mind. this and more, in only a couple of days is dramatic and exceptional. As I conclude this piece, I am reminded of Sri Swamiji’s saying “Merely doing good things is not (Excerpts from Sri Sri Swamiji’s book the truest intelligence. True intelligence is in choosing to do the best amongst many Kakitha Malargal – Q and A explaining our good things!” Which perhaps explains why we, at the very beginning, seek बद्धि: ie ु Sanathana ) intellect from Hanuman in his most famous prayer! 7 Inspiring Lives Puranava Crossword

1 1 2 2 3 Sri C Rajagopalachari Apart from his political and administrative efficiancies, and an 4 3 6 untarnished political etiquette, Shri CR has an admirable creative side to 4 5 him. 5 7 8 An accomplished writer both in his mother tongue Tamil as well as 6 7 English, he was the founder of the Salem Literary Society and regularly 9 participated in its meetings. In 1922, he published Siraiyil Tavam 8 9 (Meditation in jail), a day-to-day account of his first imprisonment by the British from 21 December 1921 to 20 March 1922. He started the 10 11 Tamil Scientific Terms Society in 1916, a group that coined new words 10 in Tamil for terms connected to botany, chemistry, physics, astronomy 12 11 12 and mathematics. At about the same time, he called for Tamil to be 13 introduced as the medium of instruction in schools. 14 14 In 1951, he wrote an abridged retelling of the in English, followed by one of the Ramayana in 1957. Earlier, in 1961, he had 15 translated Kambar's Tamil Ramayana into English. In 1965, he 16 translated the Thirukkural into English and also wrote books on the ACROSS DOWN and the Upanishads in English as well as works on 1.______dynasty created the Ajanta 1.Chikankari embroidery is an art form Socrates, and Marcus Aurelius in Tamil. He often regarded his literary Ellora Caves (8) of (7) works as the best service he had rendered to the people. In 1958, he was 2.First among Dasavataras (6) 2. Tansen was in the court of (5) 3.Smallest unit of time (5) awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for works in the Tamil language 3.Bhangra is an art form of (6) 4.Losoong festival (6) 4.Sea demoness who blocked Lord for his retelling of the Ramayana – Chakravarti Thirumagan. He was 5.Oldest mountain range (9) Hanuman’s way (7) also one of the founders of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an organisation 6.Spiced butter milk famous in Gujarat (4) 5.River flowing through Goa (7) dedicated to the promotion of education and Indian culture. In 1959 the 7.Headquarters of Sahitya Academy (5) 6.River named after Ved (4) 7.Stalwart in ancient indian astronomy Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan published his book: "Hinduism: Doctrine and 8.Birju Maharaj (6) 9.Raga Mohanakauns is dedicated to him (10) Way of Life". (6) 8.Sir CV Raman’s birthday - ______Apart from his literary works, he also composed a devotional song 10. Meva Jayate – Upanishad (7) Day (7) Kurai Onrum Illai devoted to Lord Krishna, a song set to music and a 11.Mahabaratha was scribed by (7) 9.Famous festival of Vijayanagar empire regular at Carnatic concerts. He composed the benediction hymn sung 12.Gitanjali (6) (4,6) 13.Number of in Surya Namaskara 10.God of fire (4) by Smt M. S. Subbulakshmi at the United Nations General Assembly in (6) 11. Clan that worships swords (6) 1967. 14.Father of Sita Devi (6) 12. Father of Devi (6) 15.No:of days of Kurukshetra (8) 13. Lord incarnated in ______Pearls of Wisdom from our Texts 16.Zakir Hussain (15) yuga (5) 14. Festival of Assam (4) - By Sri Balaji Sharma (Solution in subsequent issue) Principal, Sri Sandeepani Gurukulam, Madhurapuri Last Week’s Answers: Across: 1.Nasik 2.Ghatam 3.Flag 4.Ahmedabad 5.Bhavani 6.Meru अनागतविधाता च प्र配य配ु पꅍनमवतस्तताा 7.Kishkintha 8.Vamana 9.Ramayana 10. Jansi 11.Swaha 12. 13. । Vijaya 14. Kaladi 15. Kaliya Down: 1.Karna 2.Golden Temple 3.Narasimha द्वािेतौ सखु मेधते े यद्भविष्यो विन्यवत ॥ 4.Mohiniattam 5.Mul Shankara 6.Mandalas 7.Halwa 8.Vibhishana 9.Panini 10.Yojana 11.Sati

One who protects himself even before danger Margazhi Quiz Answers: befalls him, and one who secures himself at the 1. Lord Krishna 2. Andal 3. Early Morning 4. One day 5. Dhanurmasa 6. Hanuman 7. Vaikunta Ekadasi 8. North 9. Thiruppavai 10. Nataraja right time, is always happy and content. Whereas,

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