Toddler Class 2012 (Coordinators : Aparna Vemuri & Vandana Santhanam) Date Temple/BB Event Story Story Shloka Shloka Bhajan Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer 1/7/2012 Story of Soorya Gayathri Gowri Nandana Gajanana (pg. 6) Gayathri Vidyasankar Shuklaambara dharam Vidyasankar Vandana Santhanam 1/14/2012 Makara Sankaranti 1/21/2012 Story of Aparna Vemuri Mooshika-vaahana Aparna Vemuri Shankara Sadadshiva (pg 33) Bharathy Thridandam Story of 2/4/2012 Rajashree/Sundar Shuddha-sphatika sankaasham Rajashri Balaji Chandrashekharaya Nama (pg 37) Vandana Santhanam Story of Shantakaram bhujaga- Archana Review of Shankara Sadashiva (p 33) & 2/18/2012 Muruga/Skandha Sundar Dwarakanath shayanam Jayachandran Chandrashekharaya Nama Om (pg 37) Rajashree Sundar 2/19/2012 Maha Shivarathri Pooja Shivarathri Pooja by 2/26/2012 Children Shantakaram bhujaga- shayanam (& Ramaaya Archana raamabhadraaya, Sri Rama Narayan/Amshu Rama Nama tarakam (pg 12); Atmarama 3/3/2012 Story of Parvathi Vandana Santhanam rama rameti) Murthy Anandaramana (pg 14) Archana Narayan Vanitha Ramaaya raamabhadraaya & Viji Review Gowri Nandana (pg 6); Review Rama 3/17/2012 Story of Santhamoorthy Sri Rama rama rameti Ramannarayanan Archana Jayachandran 3/31/2012 Vijayalakshmi Bhavani Ma (pg 45); Review Rama 4/7/2012 Story of Gujjaiah Vasudevasutam devam Rajashri Balaji Bhajans Rajashri Balaji Ramanavami Pooja by 4/8/2012 Children Gayathri 4/21/2012 Story of Gayathri Vidyasankar Ananyashcintayanto maam Vidyasankar Govinda Harey Gopala Harey (pg 26) Latha Sundar Vandana Durga Bhavani Ma- review (pg 45); Jaya 5/5/2012 Story of Durga Aparna Vemuri Gajaanananam bhoota Santhanam Ganesha (pg 8) Gayathri Vidyasankar 5/13/2012 Mother's day Bharathy Sharadhe Sharadhe (pg 41); Radhey Govinda 5/19/2012 Story of Saraswathy Rajashree/Sundar Vakratunda-mahakaya Thridandam Bhajo (pg 19) Rajashree Sundar 5/28/2012 Memorial Day 6/2/2012 Arts and Crafts Rama Srinivas Parithranaya Sadhunam Aparna Vemuri Review Bhajans Vandana Santhanam 6/10/2012 Picnic 6/16/2012 NO CLASS -SUMMER BREAK STARTS 6/17/2012 Father's Day 7/14/2012 Field Trip - TBD 7/21/2012 7/28/2012 Field Trip - TBD 8/4/2012 8/11/2012 Field Trip - TBD 8/18/2012 Clay Ganesha Making 8/19/2012 (4:00 pm to 6:30pm) Clay Ganesha Making 8/25/2012 (4:00pm to 6:00pm) NO CLASS - LONG 9/1/2012 WEEKEND 9/3/2012 Labor Day Ganesha Sharanam (pg 6); review of Ganesha 9/15/2012 Dhruva Sundar Dwarakanath Revise Ganesha shlokas Aparna Vemuri bhajans Vandana Santhanam 9/19/2012 Vinayaka Chavithi Ganesha Pooja by 9/23/2012 Children Toddler Class 2012 (Coordinators : Aparna Vemuri & Vandana Santhanam) Date Temple/BB Event Story Story Shloka Shloka Bhajan Bhajan Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Ganesha Visarganam at 10:30am Gayathri Lakshmi Mam Pahi (pg 43); review Durga 10/6/2012 Vandana Santhanam Maanikya-veenaam Vidyasankar Bhavani Ma Gayathri Vidyasankar 10/15/2012 Navarathri Begins Vanitha 10/20/2012 Ekalavya Santhamoorthy Annapoorne sadaa poorne Rajashri Balaji Review of all Devi Bhajans Rajashree Sundar 10/23/2012 Vijaya Dasami Saraswathi Pooja by 10/28/2012 Children Vijayalakshmi Archana Review of all Krishna Bhajans; Anjaneya 11/3/2012 Gujjaiah Yaakundendu Jayachandran Raghuveera (pg 51) Archana Narayan 11/13/2012 Ramanarayanan Radhika Manohara Madanagopala (pg 23); 11/17/2012 Krishnamurthy Revise shlokas Aparna Vemuri Anjaneya Veera (pg 51) Archana Jayachandran 11/23/2012 Thanksgiving Review the stories told this semester with emphasis on Review of Anjaneya bhajans, & Radhika 12/1/2012 devotion Aparna Vemuri Shloka revision Aparna Vemuri manohara Vandana Santhanam 12/15/2012 TALENT DAY

Legend Regular Class Activity Temple related activity/other festivals Special Balabhavan Program No Class Junior Class 2012 (Coordinators : Hema Rangaswamy & Anupama Rajagopalan) Date Temple/BB Event Story Story Volunteer Shloka Shloka Bhajan Bhajan Volunteer Volunteer

1/14/2012 Gajendra Moksham- saves Sriram Srinivasan Bilvashtakam 1-4 Anandhi Prathama Ganapathi (pg 9); Hema Kalyanaraman Gajendra from the clutches of the Krishnamoorthy Shankara Chandrashekara (pg crocodile 37) 1/14/2012 Makara Sankaranti Baktha Prahalad-Vishnu in the Bilvashtakam 5-9 Dhimika Dhimika Dhim (pg 39); form of protects his Bhola Natha Re (pg 36) devotee Prahaladha from his own 1/28/2012 father Sneha/Sucheth Vijaya Purohit Latha Sundar Bilvashtakam & shiva -Horse faced shatpadi stotram Lalitha Jaya Jaya Shankara (pg 38); 2/11/2012 saves the from the demons Anupama Rajagopalan Kothandapani Shambho Shankara (pg 37) Magesh Hariharan 2/19/2012 Maha Shivarathri Pooja Namaramayana -1 Anupama 2/25/2012 Dhurva-The Story of Dhurva Venkat Maddipatla Rajagopalan Review all Shiva Bhajans Sangeetha Prahalad 2/26/2012 Shivarathri Pooja by Children King Ambarisha-Vishnu saves king Aruna Namaramayana -2 Ambarisha from the curse of Sage Janakiraman/Magesh Archana 3/10/2012 Dhurvasa Hariharan Sampath Ekadantham (pg 10) Sapna Chandrashekar Devaki and Vasudev- The story of Namaramayana -3 how Krishna saves his parents Anupama Rama Prabhu (pg 15) 3/24/2012 from his evil uncle Kamsa Malini/Rajesh Kumar Rajagopalan Bhaja Mana Ramam (pg 16) Sushma Havanagi Draupathi- Krishna saves Narasimha Achyutashtakam 1-3 Anantha Kalyana (pg 15); Draupathi from humiliation at the Manda/Lakshmi Gayathri review Ramachandra prabhu & 3/31/2012 court of the Kauravas Penumarti Vidyashankar Bhaja mana ramam Gayathri Vidyashankar 3/31/2012 Rama Navami Achyutashtakam 4-6 Sudhama- Krishna relieves his Review -Ramachandra Prabhu Srilekha friend/devotee Sudhama from Hema (pg 15), Bhaja Mana (pg 16); Krishnamurthy/Chandras 4/14/2012 poverty Padmaja Gadde Kalyanaraman Anantha kalyana (pg 15) ekhar Sundarraman 4/8/2012 Ramanavami Pooja by Children Achyutashtakam 7-9 Srilekha - Vishnu in the form of Lord Krishnamurthy/C Sharanam Siddhi Vinayaka (pg Rama redeems Ahalya from the handrasekhar 10); Madhurapuri Nilaye (pg. 4/28/2012 curse Prasanna Kannan Sundarraman 50) Hema Rangaswamy Vishnu Priye (pg 48 ), & And - Rama protects Review Mahalakshmi Jagan (pg 5/12/2012 Sugriva from his brother Vali Prasanna Madabushi Achyutashtakam Radhika Chari 46) Latha Sundar 5/13/2012 Mother's day 5/26/2012 CLASS CANCELLED - LONG WEEKEND 5/28/2012 Memorial Day Anandhi Hema Kalyanaraman 6/9/2012 Arts and Crafts Rama Srinivas Review Slokas Krishnamoorthy Review Bhajans 6/10/2012 Picnic 6/16/2012 NO CLASS -SUMMER BREAK STARTS 6/17/2012 Father's Day 7/14/2012 Field Trip - TBD 7/21/2012 Junior Class 2012 (Coordinators : Hema Rangaswamy & Anupama Rajagopalan) Date Temple/BB Event Story Story Volunteer Shloka Shloka Bhajan Bhajan Volunteer Volunteer

7/28/2012 Field Trip - TBD 8/4/2012 8/11/2012 Field Trip - TBD 8/18/2012 Clay Ganesha Making (4:00 pm 8/19/2012 to 6:30pm) Clay Ganesha Making (4:00pm 8/25/2012 to 6:30pm) 9/1/2012 NO CLASS - LONG WEEKEND 9/3/2012 Labor Day Ganesha stotram: Jaya Maa Saraswathy (pg 46); Hema Kalyanaraman - Shiva helps Bhagirathi to Ajam nirvikalpam Sangeetha start review of Ganesha 9/8/2012 bring River Ganga to Earth Prashanth Sharma Prahalad bhajans Arjuna and Shiva- Shiva gives Ganesha stotram: divine weapon 'Pasupatha' to Ajam nirvikalpam Sapna Review of Ganesha Bhajans 9/22/2012 Arjuna to fight against Kauravas Shivanand Havanagi Chandrashekar (Ekadantam, Sharanam Siddhi) Sangeetha Prahalad 9/23/2012 Ganesha Pooja by Children 9/29/2012 No Class Ganesha Visarganam at 10:30am Lord Shiva saves the Universe by Jago jago Ma (pg 45); review 10/13/2012 drinking the ocean of poison Shyam Kadaba Sharada bhujangam Shoba Nagarajan Vishnu Priye Magesh Hariharan 10/15/2012 Navarathri Begins 10/23/2012 Vijaya Dasami Hema Kalyanaraman Markandeya- Shiva rescues Sharada bhujangam & Markandeya from the clutches of Mahalakshmi Sudarshan 10/27/2012 Prasanna Parthasarathy ashtakam: Namastestu Gopalakishnan Review of all Devi Bhajans 10/28/2012 Saraswathi Pooja by Children Krishna as the child God and Yakundendu, Manikya Savior- Stories related to Krishna's Veenam Sushma Madhusudhana Harey Madhava 11/10/2012 Childhood Days Sushma Natarajan Havanagi (pg 24); Jaya nandalala (pg 24) Gayathri Vidyashankar 11/13/2012 Diwali 11/23/2012 Thanksgiving -Story of how a Devotee Shloka revision 11/24/2012 can serve God Valli Annamalai Radhika Chari Hum Ko Man Ki (pg 56) Latha Sundar Shloka quiz Hema Kalyanaraman Srilekha Krishnamurthy/Chandr Anupama QUIZ- Review Krishna bhajans, 12/8/2012 Harishchandra the truthful King asekhar Sundarraman Rajagopalan & Hum Ko Man Ki (pg 56) 12/15/2012 TALENT DAY

Legend Regular Class Activity Temple related activity/other festivals Special Balabhavan Program No Class Senior Class 2012 (Coordinators : Vasantha Madhavi Sudhakar/Sudhakar Yadavalli & Nalini Venugopal) Date Temple/BB Event Story Story Shloka Shloka Bhajan Bhajan Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer

1/14/2012 Mahathma Gandhi Nithya Sudhakar Radhika Chari Ekadantham (pg 10); Lalitha Krishnamurthy Achyutastakam 1-4 Nandeeshwara (pg 39) 1/14/2012 Makara Sankaranti Shankara Chandrashekara (pg Sangeetha Prahalad 1/28/2012 Sardar Patel Krishnan Achyutastakam 5-9 Vasantha Madhavi Sudhakar/Sudhakar37) Yadavalli 2/11/2012 Bal ganadhar Tilak Poornima/Viswanath Review Achyutastakam Lalitha Kothandapani Manasa Bhajare (pg 34) Latha Sundar 2/19/2012 Maha Shivarathri Pooja Lalitha Krishnamurthy

2/25/2012 Bhagath singh Prasanna Madabushi hatkam Anupama Sudharshan Review Shiva Bhajans 2/26/2012 Shivarathri Pooja by Children Shiva sadakshara stotram & Latha Sundar 3/10/2012 Ashfaqulla Khan Rashmi/ Madukara Bilvashtakam Rama Srinivas Jag sukh Karini (pg48) 3/24/2012 Yudhistira Seema Madan Namaramayana Sangeetha Prahalad Anantha Kalyana (pg 15) Hema Kalyanaraman 3/31/2012 Harischandra Shanthi/Venkatesh Namaramayana -1 Shanthi Kalluri Raghavam (pg 16) 3/31/2012 Rama Navami Review Ram Bhajans (Rama Vasantha Madhavi 4/14/2012 Ashoka Shyam Kadaba Review Namaramayana Vijaya Purohit Namo, Raghavam) Sudhakar/Sudhakar 4/8/2012 Ramanavami Pooja by Children Yadavalli Jaya Saraswathi Mahalakshmi 4/28/2012 Shivaji Renuka Krishnan Lakshminarasinma pancharatnam Lalitha Kothandapani (pg 47); Sushma Havanagi Vasantha Madhavi Brief review of Devi bhajans; Lalitha Krishnamurthy Sudhakar/Sudhakar Jag Sukh Karini & Jaya 5/12/2012 Akbar Yadavalli Lakshminarasinma pancharatnam Vasantha Madhavi Sudhakar/SudhakarSaraswathi Yadavalli 5/13/2012 Mother's day 5/26/2012 CLASS CANCELLED - LONG WEEKEND 5/28/2012 Memorial Day 6/9/2012 Arts and Crafts Rama Srinivas Shloka revision / Quiz Nalini Venugopal Varade (pg 49) Latha Sundar 6/10/2012 Picnic 6/16/2012 NO CLASS -SUMMER BREAK STARTS 6/17/2012 Father's Day 7/14/2012 Field Trip - TBD 7/21/2012 7/28/2012 Field Trip - TBD 8/4/2012 8/11/2012 Field Trip - TBD 8/18/2012 Clay Ganesha Making (4:00 pm to 8/19/2012 6:30pm) Clay Ganesha Making (4:00pm to 8/25/2012 6:30pm) 9/1/2012 NO CLASS - LONG WEEKEND 9/3/2012 Labor Day Sharanam Siddhi (p 10); 9/8/2012 Ramana Maharishi Vijayalakshmi GujjaiahGanesha pancharatnam Vijaya Purohit Pashupati tanaya (pg 10) Vijaya Purohit Review Vinayaka bhajans (Ekadantam, Sharanam Siddhi, 9/22/2012 Sai Baba Srinivas Gutta Ganesha pancharatnam Radhika Chari Pashupati Tanaya) Magesh Hariharan 9/23/2012 Ganesha Pooja by Children 9/29/2012 No Class Ganesha Visarganam at 10:30am Jaya Saraswathi Mahalakshmi Lalitha Krishnamurthy 10/13/2012 Rashmi/ Madukara Sharada bhujangam Anupama Sudharshan (pg 47); review Vishnu Priye 10/15/2012 Navarathri Begins Senior Class 2012 (Coordinators : Vasantha Madhavi Sudhakar/Sudhakar Yadavalli & Nalini Venugopal) Date Temple/BB Event Story Story Shloka Shloka Bhajan Bhajan Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer

10/23/2012 Vijaya Dasami Vasantha Madhavi Sangeetha Prahalad Mahalakshmi ashtakam: Sudhakar/Sudhakar 10/27/2012 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Seetha Janakiraman Namastestu mahamaye Yadavalli Review of Devi Bhajans 10/28/2012 Saraswathi Pooja by Children Bhajo Madura Harinam (pg 29); Latha Sundar review Vanamali ramana 11/10/2012 Ramanarayanan KrishnamurthyVishnushatpadi stotram Lalitha Kothandapani (pg 26) 11/13/2012 Diwali 11/23/2012 Thanksgiving Humko Man ki (pg 52); Bhajo Madhura Harinam (pg 29- 11/24/2012 Motilal Nehru Poornima/Viswanath Shloka revision Nalini Venugopal review) Hema Kalyanaraman Lalitha Krishnamurthy 12/8/2012 Veda Venugopal (Nalini) Shloka Quiz Radhika Chari BHAJAN JEOPARDY 12/15/2012 TALENT DAY

Legend Regular Class Activity Temple related activity/other festivals Special Balabhavan Program No Class Super Senior Class 2012 (Coordinators :Padmini Mylavarpu & Latha Rajkumar - Backup Krishna Meduri) Date Temple/BB Event Story Story Volunteer Shloka Shloka Volunteer Bhajan Bhajan Volunteer

1/7/2012 Puranam - Ashok Malavalli Sri Dakshinamurthyashtakam 1- Lalitha Kothandapani Ekadantam (review); Shiva Shambho Viji Ramnarayanan; presentation/story telling 5 Shambho (pg 37) Latha Sundar 1/14/2012 Makara Sankaranti Review Bhagavata Puranam - Ashok Malavalli Sri Dakshinamurthyashtakam 6- discussion on the salient 10 features (holy places, rivers, sages, temples, important Hey Govind Hey Gopal (pg 29); Bhajo Latha Sundar, Ashwini 1/21/2012 incidents, tatvams etc). Viji Ramanarayanan Madhura Harinam (pg 29) Sangam Puranam - Anitha Chidambaram Subrahmanya Bhujangam 1-6 Review: Nandeeshwara (pg 39), Shiva presentation/story telling (Revise Sri Shambho (pg 37); Shankara Latha Sundar; Viji 2/4/2012 Dakshinamurthyashtakam ) Lalitha Kothandapani Sambhashiva (pg 40) Ramnarayanan Review Narada Puranam - Review of Shiva Bhajans discussion on the salient features (holy places, rivers, Subrahmanya Bhujangam 7-12 sages, temples, important (Revise Sri Anandi Krishnamoorthy, 2/18/2012 incidents, tatvams etc). Anitha Chidambaram Dakshinamurthyashtakam ) Viji Ramanarayanan Aswini Sangam 2/19/2012 Maha Shivarathri Pooja Shivarathri Pooja by 2/26/2012 Children Puranam - Raghunandana (pg 18); Sri Lakshmi presentation/story telling Ramana (pg 17); Bhajo Man Ram (pg Anandi Krishnamoorthy; 3/3/2012 Anandhi Krishnamurthy Subrahmanya Bhujangam 13-18 Ashwini Sangam 13) Viji Ramnarayanan Review Agni Puranam - discussion on the salient features (holy places, rivers, sages, temples, important Aswini Sangam; Latha 3/17/2012 incidents, tatvams etc). Anandhi Krishnamurthy Subrahmanya Bhujangam 19-24 Ramachandra kripalu (pg); Sundar 3/31/2012 Rama Navami Puranam - Review of Rama Bhajans Bharathy Tridandam; 4/7/2012 presentation/story telling Latha Sundar Subrahmanya Bhujangam 25-30 Latha Chandrasekaran Aswini Sangam Ramanavami Pooja by 4/8/2012 Children Review Garuda Puranam - Latha Sundar discussion on the salient features (holy places, rivers, sages, temples, important Subrahmanya Bhujangam 31-33 Latha Sundar; Anandhi 4/21/2012 incidents, tatvams etc). (revise completely) Rama Srinivas Nanda Nandana (pg 31) Krishnamoorthy Skanda Puranam - Ram Krishnamurthy Nanda nandana (review); Jag Sukh Bharathi Tridandam; Viji 5/5/2012 presentation/story telling Subrahmanya Bhujangam 1-33 Sheela Malavalli Karini (pg 47) Ramnarayanan 5/13/2012 Mother's day Review Skanda Puranam - discussion on the salient features (holy places, rivers, sages, temples, important Latha Sundar; Viji 5/19/2012 incidents, tatvams etc). Ram Krishnamurthy Subrahmanya Bhujangam 1-33 Shanthi Kalluri Gajanana Hey Shubanana (pg 7) Ramnarayanan 5/28/2012 Memorial Day Anandhi Krisnamoorthy; 6/2/2012 Arts and Crafts Rama Srinivas Subrahmanya Bhujangam 1-33 Lalitha Kothandapani Vinayaka bhajans- review Aswini Sangam 6/10/2012 Picnic 6/16/2012 NO CLASS -SUMMER BREAK STARTS 6/17/2012 Father's Day 7/14/2012 Field Trip - TBD 7/21/2012 7/28/2012 Field Trip - TBD Super Senior Class 2012 (Coordinators :Padmini Mylavarpu & Latha Rajkumar - Backup Krishna Meduri) Date Temple/BB Event Story Story Volunteer Shloka Shloka Volunteer Bhajan Bhajan Volunteer

8/4/2012 8/11/2012 Field Trip - TBD 8/18/2012 Clay Ganesha Making (4:00 8/19/2012 pm to 6:30pm) Clay Ganesha Making 8/25/2012 (4:00pm to 6:30pm)

9/1/2012 NO CLASS - LONG WEEKEND 9/3/2012 Labor Day Vaivarta Purana - Rama / Srinivas Bharathy Tridandam; Viji 9/15/2012 presentation/story telling Soundaryalahari 1-10 Lalitha Kothandapani Review of Vinayaka Bhajans Ramnarayanan 9/19/2012 Vinayaka Chavithi 9/23/2012 Ganesha Pooja by Children Ganesha Visarganam at 10:30am Review - discussion on the salient features (holy places, rivers, sages, temples, important incidents, tatvams Latha Sundar; Aswini 10/6/2012 etc). Rama / Srinivas Soundaryalahari 11-20 Viji Ramanarayanan Varade Veena (pg 49) Sangam

10/15/2012 Navarathri Begins Markandeya Purana Suresh Chandran Review of Devi Bhajans (Varade - presentation/story telling Veena, Jag Sukh Karini, Jaya Anandhi Krishnamoorthy; 10/20/2012 Soundaryalahari 21-32 Anandhi Krishnamoorthy Saraswathy Mahalakshmi) Bharathy Tridandam 10/23/2012 Vijaya Dasami Saraswathi Pooja by 10/28/2012 Children Review Markandeya Purana - discussion on the salient features (holy places, rivers, Revise Achyutashtakam, sages, temples, important Vishnushatpadi stotram and Latha Sundar; Aswini 11/3/2012 incidents, tatvams etc). Suresh Chandran LNP Lalitha Kothandapani Radha Ramana (pg 32); Sangam 11/13/2012 Diwali Bhavishya Purana - Rajkumar Balakrishnan Tvatsannidhana-rahito .. presentation/story telling Yatraiva yatraiva mano Viji Ramnarayanan; 11/17/2012 madiyam Revise shlokas Viji Ramanarayanan Deva Deva Krishna (pg 28) Bharathy Tridandam 11/23/2012 Thanksgiving Review Bhavishya Purana - Rajkumar Balakrishnan discussion on the salient features (holy places, rivers, sages, temples, important Latha Sundar; Aswini 12/1/2012 incidents, tatvams etc). Shloka test Lalitha Kothandapani BHAJAN JEOPARDY Sangam 12/17/2011 TALENT DAY

Legend Regular Class Activity Temple related activity/other festivals Special Balabhavan Program No Class /Event Coordinators Date Temple/BB Event Primary Coordinator(s) Secondary Coordinator(S)

Vanitha Santhamurthy/Bala Adimurthy Sushma Havanagi Venkat Maddipatla 2/26/2012 Shivarathri Pooja by Children Valli Annamalai Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy Vijayalakshmi Gujjaiah Ramanavami Pooja by Narasimha Manda Nithya Sudhakar 4/8/2012 Children Sangeetha Prahalad Seetha Janakiraman

Lakshmi Srinivasan Gayathri Vidyashankar Sushma Natarajan Prashanth Sharma Narasimha Manda Krishna Meduri Padmaja Gandhe Seetha Janakiraman 6/10/2012 Picnic Lakshmi/Mohan kumar Venkat Maddipatla Saradha Balasurbramanian Narasimha Manda Viji Bhaskaran Clay Ganesha Making (4:00 Anupama Rajagopalan 8/19/2012 pm to 6:30pm) Rashmi/ Madukara Ashok Malavalli Saradha Balasurbramanian Narasimha Manda Viji Bhaskaran Clay Ganesha Making Anupama Rajagopalan 8/25/2012 (4:00pm to 6:00pm) Rashmi/ Madukara Ashok Malavalli Saradha Balasurbramanian Padmini Mylavarpu Magesh Hariharan Latha Sundar 9/23/2012 Ganesha Pooja by Children Venkat Maddipatla Anupama Rajagopalan Padmaja Gadde Latha Sundar 10/28/2012 Saraswathi Pooja by Children Sneha/Sucheth Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy Rajkumar Balakrishnan Krishan Meduri Sujitha/Mohan Thiruvazhi Latha Sundar 12/15/2012 TALENT DAY Sneha/Sucheth Venkat Maddipatla Junior Presentation Topics - Why we do what we do?

Student Topic Date 1 Kavya Raamkumar Why do we celebrate so many forms of God? January 2 Shravanthi Bala Is Vishnu the only god with many ? January

Why is the language used in /slokhas 3 Pranavi S Maddipatla when we don't speak or understand it well any more? January 4 Shruti Chari Why are cows sacred for ? February Are Hindus (or followers of Sanatana ) only 5 Akhilesh L. Genneri from ? February Why do some Hindus believe in vegetarianism? Is there 6 Anjana Sriram a rule about Hindus eating meat? February What is the significance of holy water used during 7 Prahalad Achar poojas and as prasadam? February 8 Pramod Shastry Why is fire considered sacred? March 9 Meena Annamalai What is 's significance? March 10 Sweta Gopal Why do we sing Bhajans in the temple? March 11 Shraddha Kadaba Why do we do pradhakshina? April

12 Shriya Sankaran What are navagrahas and why do we pray to them? April What happens to people who commit evil? Do they go 13 Anika Sharma to hell? April

14 Prathik Kannan What is reincarnation and why do we believe in it? May

15 Sahana Gopalan Why do we have to memorize the slokhas and mantras? May

16 Vinay Rajagopalan Why do some Indians wear Turbans? Are they hindus? May 17 Abishek Kumar What is the purpose of burning incense? June Why do we have many religions in the world like 18 Sathya Srinivasan Hinduism, Christianity etc? June 19 Adi Ramanath Why do we have many castes within the religion? June Do we have a founder for Hinduism like Jesus or 20 Amogh Havanagi Buddha? September 21 Sridharan Why do we worship for Lord Shiva? September

22 Sanjay Mahesh Bharadwaj Why do men do namaskaram differently than women? September 23 Sanchita Koppa Why do we do Abhisekham for God? October 24 Harini Shankar Why do we put Dakshina in the plate after Aarati? October 25 Anish Vikram Gowda Why do Hindu women wear the dot on the forehead? October Why do we believe that Sanatana Dharma is a 26 Akshara Madabushi "Harmony of Religions"? November Why do we do "" with folded hands to greet 27 Abhiram Manda each other? November

28 Neeta Prasanna What is the significance of "Matha Pitha Deivam"? November

Why do Hindus believe in "", and what is the 29 Anirudh Kalyanaraman moral and practical significance of this practice? December Do we believe in multiple Gods or one Ultimate God? 30 Vrishank T Chandrasekar Does this God have a specific form? December 31 Aneesh Mukundan Why is the significance of lighting lamps? December 32 Aadinath S Lekshman What is the significance of the sound "Aum"? December Senior Presentation Topics - Great Indian Poets

Student Topic Date 1 Soumya Kalluri Mirabai January 2 Nikitha Gopal Chandidas January 3 Deepika Vuppala Kamalakanta January 4 Mukta Phadnis February 5 Ananya Madabushi Ramprasad February 6 Sarthak Madan Sri Chaitanya February 7 Rohith Sudhakar March 8 Sukruth Kadaba March 9 Aruna Sudarshan Sri Chinmoy March 10 Shrea Chari Sarojini Naidu April 11 Vinod Krishnamoorthy Rabindranath Tagore April 12 Vainavi Viswanath April 13 Tejas Srinivasan Poigai Alvar May 14 Shreya Gopala Bhoothathalvar May 15 Siya Sharma Peyalvar May 16 Rachana Madhukara Thirumalisai Alvar June 17 Yogitha Shastri Swami Vivekananda June 18 Pranav Puttaparthi Madhurakavi Alvar July 19 Arjun Venkatesh Kulashekhara Varman July 20 Srujan Gutta Periyalvar August 21 Aravind Krishnan Andal August 22 Reetesh Sudhakar Thondaradippodi Alvar September 23 Sumana Srinivas Thiruppaan Alvar September 24 Akshaya Venugopal (1879 - 1950) October 25 Priyanka Samavedam (12th Century) October 26 Gopala (1134 - 1196) October 27 Srivaradhan Parasaran Rupa Bhawani (1621 - 1721) November 28 Anirudh Yadavalli (12th Century) November

29 Karthik Kumar Devara Dasimayya (10th Century) December 30 Shekar Krishnamoorthy Lalla (14th Century) December 31 Srinivasan Madhavan Tiruvalluvar December 32 32 33 34 35 36 Senior Newsletter Topics - Sacred

Student Topic Month Soumya Kalluri Rig Veda January Nikitha Gopal Sama Veda January Mukta Phadnis Yajur Veda January Ananya Madabushi Atharva Veda February Sarthak Madan February Rohith Sudhakar Agni Purana February Sukruth Kadaba March Aruna Sudarshan Bhavishya Purana March Shrea Chari March Vinod Krishnamoorthy Brahmanda Purana April Vainavi Viswanath Brahmavaivarta Purana April Tejas Srinivasan April Shreya Gopala Purana May Siya Sharma Purana May Rachana Madhukara May Yogitha Shastri Markandeya Purana June Pranav Puttaparthi Purana June Arjun Venkatesh Narada Purana July Srujan Gutta Padma Purana July Reetesh Sudhakar August Sumana Srinivas Skanda Purana August Akshaya Venugopal Purana September Priyanka Samavedam Purana September Maya Gopala Purana October Srivaradhan Parasaran October Anirudh Yadavalli Periya Puranam October Karthik Kumar Srimad Devi Bhagavatam November Shekar KrishnamoorthyWorks of Vivekananda November Maalini Krishna Gitanjali by Tagore December Anirudh suri Dharmashastra December Srinivasan Madhavan Vasistha December Balabhavan 2012 Program

Super Seniors Topic: The Books Sri Rajkumar Balakrishnan will lend the book We will upload a pdf version of book on our website

Web-sites

http://www.astrojyoti.com/puranasindex.htm http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/#puranas

Seniors Topic: The great/influential Men of India Books From Balabhavan Library 0135-The story of Gandhi 0097 - The Story of My Life by Gandhi 0199 -Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel 0194 - Balagangadhara Tilak 0200 - Bhagat Singh 0434 - Tales of 0322 - The Book of Yudhishthira 0253 - Ashoka the Great 0195 - Shivaji 0044 - Tales of Shivaji 0030 - Ramana Maharshi 0101 - The story of Vivekananda 0159 - Chanakya 0173 - Veda Vyasa

Websites

Juniors Topic: Lord Vishnu The Savior & Lord Shiva The Savior Books & Sources Books From Balabhavan Library 0316 - Prahlad 0298 - Stories of Divine Children (includes Bhakta Prahlad, Dhruva, Ekalavya, Markandeya, Deva, , Nachiketa and Vamana) 0250 - Dhruva the Pole Star 0308 - Hanuman 0360 - Hanuman 0118 - Krishna His Fantastic Boyhood Feats 0247 - Krishna & Sudama and Other stories of Lord Krishna 0163 - Draupadi

Websites http://sanatana-dharma.tripod.com/ (Note: good resource link for Presentation) http://www.indiadivine.org/articles/section/115-hindu-scriptures.html http://www.saigan.com/heritage/gods/gods.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markandeya http://www.scribd.com/doc/19766012/Ramayana http://www.mahabharataonline.com/rajaji/mahabharata_index.php

Toddlers Topic: Gods, Goddesses and Divine Children Website suggestions for various stories

From Balabhavan Library 0377 - 0323 - Stories of Shiva 0054 - Sons of shiva 0400 - A unique Boon and other stories of Lord Shiva 0158 - Sri Rama 0398 - shiva parvathi 0022 , 0169, 0374, 0099 - Ganesha 0428 - Sri Mahalakshmi 0296, 0418 - Sri Krishna for Children 0064, 0346 - Tales of Durga 0429 - Sri Saraswathy 0298 - Stories of Divine Children (includes Bhakta Prahlad, Dhruva, Ekalavya, Markandeya, Shuka Deva, Satyakama Jabala, Nachiketa and Vamana) 0166 - Ekalavya

Other useful websites 1. Bhakta Prahlaada http://hubpages.com/hub/Narasimha-an-Avatar-of-Vishnu-the-captivating-story-of-Prahlada-and-Hiranya-Kasipu http://indianmythologytales.blogspot.com/2009/03/dasha-avatar-part-5.html http://www.urday.in/prahlad.htm 2. Ayyappa http://indianmythologytales.blogspot.com/2009/04/story-of-lord-ayyappan.html 3. Story of subramanya marrying valli, Ganesha’s help http://murugan.org/research/zvelebil.htm 4. Birth of Krishna http://www.kidsgen.com/fables_and_fairytales/indian_mythology_stories/birth_of_sri_krishna.htm 5. Story of Veda Vyasa and Ganesha http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/sages/vedavyasa/page10.htm 6. Dutiful son Rama – Fulfilling father’s wish http://www.indolink.com/kidz/rama.htm 7. Krishna’s hunger – Akhsayapataram http://mydhaba.blogspot.com/2006/12/akshayapatra-and-krishnas-hunger.html 8. , Bhima meets Hanuman http://sitagita.com/mind-body-and-soul/grandma-stories/bhima-meets-hanuman.html 9. The gold giving serpent(Excess of Greed is harmful) http://www.culturalindia.net/indian-folktales/panchatantra-tales/gold-giving-serpent.html 10. Story of Ghatothkacha - Son of Bhima http://www.urday.in/mghatotkachadeath.htm 11. Dhruva http://www.indolink.com/kidz/dhruva.html http://www.vahini.org/downloads/sbtalesfc.html#storyofdhruva 12. Ganga Devi – Story of Bhagiratha http://kids.baps.org/storytime/bhagirathiganga.htm 13. Krishna/ Sudama http://www.indolink.com/kidz/sudhama.html 14. http://www.kamakoti.org/miscl/adi.html 15. Dakshayani and Parvathi (Uma) http://www.vahini.org/downloads/sbtalesfc.html#greatdakshayagam 16. Jataka - The Jackal who saved the Lion http://www.culturalindia.net/indian-folktales/jataka-tales/jackal-who-saved-lion.html 17. - The Monkey and the Crocodile http://www.culturalindia.net/indian-folktales/panchatantra-tales/monkey-and-crocodile.html 18. Hanuman http://www.kidsgen.com/fables_and_fairytales/indian_mythology_stories/hanuman.htm Other useful websites http://www.culturalindia.net/indian-folktales/index.html http://www.indolink.com/kidz/mythology.html http://moralstories.wordpress.com/list-of-great-people/ http://www.urday.in