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May 2014

Balabhavan Coordinators RANI DURGAVATHI BBC Announcements:

It was a pleasure to see the Lalitha Krishnamoorthy Rani Durgavati was a Chandel rajputani. Bala Bhavan kids perform the Sushma Natarajan She was born at the , Banda, Uttar Ramanavami Puja in April. Kumar Gowda Pradesh. She inherited the Gond Kingdom after Our sincere thanks to the [email protected] her husband, Dalpat Shah, died in 1550 A.D. priests and all the volunteers Her son, Bir Narayan was still too young for their help in organizing

when Baj Bhadur, King of attacked the the event. Pictures from this Class Coordinators Gond kingdom but his army was routed. His event are found in the

defeat was so decisive that he never dared newsletter. Enjoy! Super-Senior Class: attack Rani Durgavati's kingdom ever again. Lavanya Kadiyala Annual Bala Bhavan picnic [email protected] In 1564, decided to invade Rani's is on Sunday, June 1st. An Senior Class: kingdom and sent a cavalry of 50,000 with evite has been sent out. Radhika Chari heavy artillery, under the command of Abdul Please let the coordinators Vandana Santhanam Mazid Khan. Rani organized her defences at a know if you haven’t received [email protected] valley near Narrai (Madhya Pradesh). Her an evite by the first week of forces were flanked by hills on one side and May. We would need all help Junior Class: the rivers Narmada and Gaur on the other. from the parent volunteers Rajashri Balaji When Muslim forces entered from both sides of for this event. Archana Narayan the valley, Rani's small army, which she was Aruna Janakiraman leading herself, fought with exemplary bravery Volunteers: If you are balabhavanjunior@g mail.com and pushed back Mughals on both sides. unable to teach the class you were scheduled, please Toddler Class: During night time, Rani Durgavati find a replacement yourself Swarna Moorthy discussed further strategy with her generals as early as possible. Do not Vidhya Raghunathan and wanted to attack the Mughals then. But wait until the last couple of [email protected] her generals dissuaded her against such an days to inform the class

action. This delay allowed the Mughals to haul coordinators of your Registration coordinator: their heavy artillery near the battlefield. Next unavailability. Kumar Gowda morning when the battle resumed, the young Bir Narayan pushed back Mughals thrice but Once the classes are done, Newsletter Coordinator: was injured fighting and taken away from the please request the priests to Krishna Meduri battlefield. Rani, riding her elephant, Samran, distribute the prasadam. [email protected] led the attack but she was ultimately stuck by BBC Team two arrows and she realized the end was near. ------Her generals wanted her to retreat but she decided against it and instead used her May Birthdays: Newsletter Editors "katar"(dagger) to enter Maha Samadhi (the Juniors: abode of God). As these events show, Rani Anirudh Kalyanraman Durgavati was an outstanding example of Keshav Tadimeti Shriya Balasubramaniam rajput bravery.

Sankaran Seniors: ------Ramanarayanan Shekar Krishnamoorthy Topic of the month Sriman S Rajamani

Srikanth Kalluri Maya Gopala Super Seniors: Kalyani Ramadurgam

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Class Schedules Quiz Corner Class Schedules 5-3-2014 ------Toddler Class: 5-10-2014 ------Story: Stories about Lord Vishnu NEW YEAR IN INDIA Junior Class: and his consort Lakshmi; REGIONAL NAMES : Word-Search Story: Rama Avatharam Part I importance of Vaikunta Ekadasai cover until the building of the

ART: Vishnu and Lakshmi bridge - Seema Madan - Prasanna Parthasarathy Sloka: Vasudevasutam devam; Sloka: Achyutashtakam 1-3 Review ShukLambharadaram - Gayathri Vidyashankar -Shanthi Kalluri Bhajan: Ekadantham Bhajan: Govinda Harey Gopala - Sushma Havanagi Harey - Arvind Krishna Senior Class: Hema Rangaswamy Story: Kaladi, Sringeri - Kerala and Karnataka Super Senior Class: - Vishwanath Basavaraja Story: 4th quality – saucA – Sloka: Ganesha stotram: Ajam Cleanliness (various stories nirvikalpam associated with saucA) - Lakshmi Devulapalli - Ashok Malavalli Sloka: Subrahmanya Bhujangam Bhajan: Sharanam Siddhi (p 10); 1-33 - Latha Chandrashekar Pashupati tanaya (pg 10) Bhajan: Review: Nanda - Hema Kalyanaraman nandana, Jag Sukh Karini - Latha Krishnamoorthy 5-17-2014 ------Junior Class: 5-17-2014 ------Story: Balarama Avatharam Toddler Class: - Archana Sampath and Story: Krishna- Birth and Jayashree Kadiyala Childhood leelas, Puthana BAISAKHI Punjab samhara, Display of Cosmos in GUDIPADWA Maharashtra Sloka: Achyutashtakam 4-6 mouth, Trinavarta samhara; POHELABOISHAK Bengal - Lakshmi Devulapalli ART: Baby Krishna VISHU Kerala Bhajan: Jaya Maa Saraswathy (pg - Suresh Kandula BESTUVARAS Gujarat 46); start review of Ganesha Sloka: ParithraNaya Sadhunam LOSOONG Sikkim bhajans - Anil Narayanan P UTHANDU Tamil Nadu - Ashwini Sangam, Nithya Bhajan: Durga Bhavani Ma; Sudhakar BOHAGBIHU Assam Review Gowri Nandana Senior Class: NAVREH Kashmir - Bhavani Garimella Story: JEOPARDY ON THE Super Senior Class: UGADI Andhra Pradesh STHALAS COVERED TO DATE Story: AchArA – types of - Santosh Gopalan cleanliness; connection to dharmA (conduct). Sloka: Review: Ajam - Ashok Malavalli nirvikalpam, & Achyutastakam Sloka: Subrahmanya - Vijaya Purohit Bhujangam1-33 Bhajan: Brief review of Devi -Hema Rangaswamy bhajans; Jag Sukh Karini & Jaya Bhajan: Vigna Vinayaka Saraswathi Vedaswarupa ; Review Nanda - Lalitha Krishnamoorthy Nandana - Latha Sundar

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