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Balabhavan Classes Will Kumar Gowda Punjab and One of the Great Rivers of India That Resume in September BALABHAVAN NEWSLETTER VEDIC CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO July 2015 BBC Announcements: Balabhavan Coordinators JHELUM RIVER Namaste, Hope you are all enjoying some Sangeetha Prahalad The state of Panjab has 5 rivers – rest and relaxation during Vidhya Raghunathan Jhelum, Sutlej, Ravi, Beas and Chenab. The summer break. There are Shankar Parasaram Jhelum flows partly in India and crosses a interesting summer camps Kumar Gowda gorge that is 7000 feet deep before entering coming up. Please sign up for [email protected] Pakistan. them. Starting in Kashmir at the Verinag Spring which is the primary source for the river Summer camp dates: Jhelum, this river is about 450 miles wide and Kolam/Rangoli:7/11,7/18, 7/25 Class Coordinators ends by joining the Chenab River at Khanki. Vedic cooking: 6/20, 6/27, 7/11 The snowmelt during spring and the heavy Vedic Arts: 7/18, 7/25, 8/1 Super-Senior Class: rains during monsoons constantly supply water Vedic Math: 7/1, 7/18, 7/25 Lavanya Kadiyala for the Jhelum. Introduction to Mrudangam: [email protected] The Sanskrit name for this river is 7/12, 719, 7/26 Vitasta. Legend has it that once, Parvathi was Pooja Vidhanam: 8/11, 8/15 Senior Class: requested by a sage to come to Kashmir to Anupama Rajagopalan Overview of the Navagrahas : destroy the Pisachas who performed evil Sushma Natarajan 8/2,8/9,8/16 practices. So Parvathi assumed the form of a [email protected] river and emerged at a spot where Shiva made Field Trip: We will be sending Junior Class: a stroke with his spear, at what is believed to out a separate email for the Rajashree Balaji be present day Verinag Springs. The length of Annual summer field trip soon. It Venkatesh Krishnan the stroke Shiva made measured one Vitasti, will be sometime in July thus giving the river the name Vitasta. [email protected] m /August. The Jhelum was crossed by Alexander Toddler Class: the Great with his army when they conquered Ganesha Pooja:Clay Ganesha the Indian ruler, Porus. The Greeks named the making will be held on Saturday Archana Sampath Ashvini Yoganarasimha Jhelum as Hydaspes. 8/22/2015 and on Sunday balabhavantoddler@gmail .com The Jhelum River is used for irrigation 8/30/2015 4-6 p.m. purposes and hydroelectric power generation. Registration coordinator: The Jhelum River is the largest river in Regular Balabhavan classes will Kumar Gowda Punjab and one of the great rivers of India that resume in September. should be revered and respected. BBC Team Newsletter Coordinator: July Birthdays: Srinagar on banks of Jhelum River Krishna Meduri Toddlers: [email protected] Adhya Masur Akshara Parsi ------------------------------------- Harshini Magesh Bharadhwaj Juniors: Newsletter Editors Aditri Hampiholi Nila Pillai Praseedha Sai Maddipatla Shreya Shriram Vedanth Shri Kuruvadi Srinidhi Malavalli Seniors: Karthiik Valluri Maanasa Ramachandran Vidya Adi Ramnath Super Seniors: - By Anjana Shriram Sankaran Ramanarayanan Vinod Krishnamoorthy 9525 Miramar Rd, San Diego, CA 92126 Phone: (858) 549-3940 July 2015 Issue 7 1 BALABHAVAN NEWSLETTER VEDIC CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO July 2015 Balabhavan Picnic Editors corner DAL LAKE Choose the best answer. Dal Lake is a lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is 1. Who was the wife of Ravana? the second largest lake in the state. It is also called the "Jewel in the crown of A. Mandodari Kashmir" or "Srinagar's Jewel". B. Seetha The lake covers an area of 18 square C. Urmila kilometers (6.9 sq. mi) and is part of a D. Kunti natural wetland, which covers 21.1 square kilometers (8.1 sq. mi), including its floating 2. Who was the wife of Sage Atri? gardens. The floating gardens, known as (Hint: Her name means ‘one who "Rad" in Kashmiri, blossom with lotus flowers is free from jealousy.) during July and August. The fascinating Dal Lake is divided A. Anaya into two smaller ones the Lokut (small) and B. Anasuya Bod (big) Dal. The south western part of the C. Anika lake has a maximum depth of approximately D. Mandodari 12 M. the Dal Lake gets some of its water from spring but is also supplemented by 3. This woman was known to have water from the mountain lake, Mar Sar. challenged the great sage Dal Lake is the traditional lake of Yagnavalkya in a debate: Kashmir. It is called as MahaSarit in Sanskrit. Ancient history records say that a village A. Gargi called Isabar to the east of Dal Lake was the B. Anasuya home of Goddess Durga. C. Ahalya The lake is popular as a visitor D. Seetha attraction and a summer resort. Fisheries and the harvesting of food and fodder plants 4. Which woman was the wife of are also important on Dal Lake. Weeds from Gautama Maharishi? (Indra fell in the lake are extracted and converted into love with her as well.) compost for the gardens. It also serves as a flood lung of the Jhelum River. Swimming, A. Anaya boating, snow skiing (particularly when the B. Ahalya lake is frozen during the severe winter), and C. Anasuya canoeing are amongst some of the water D. Anika sports activities practiced on the lake. 5. True (T) or false (F): Tara was the wife of Sugreeva. Picnic Photos: Thanks to Prashanth Sharma for taking the pictures at the picnic. Please find picnic pictures at this link. https://drive.google.com/folder /d/0BxelwvoWMgKyfmN0WHdHb E5MZW11Nk9GakE5RTY3dVFybHl tcEdkbUJjT2Q4WVpoTE1KdGM/e -By Neha Valluri dit 9525 Miramar Rd, San Diego, CA 92126 Phone: (858) 549 -3940 July 2015 Issue 7 2 BALABHAVAN NEWSLETTER VEDIC CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO July 2015 Editors corner Editors corner Editors corner Choose the best answer Choose the best answer Choose the best answer. 1. This saint was born in Kaladi, 1. Which location is attributed to as the 1. Which of the following is mastered the Vedas at a very birthplace of Rama, and the Sun Dynasty? NOT one of the Dashavatars of young age and lived to the mere Lord Vishnu? age of 32. Who was he? A. Agra B. Amritsar A. Matsya Avatar A. Vishvamitra C. Ayodhya B. Varaha Avatar B. Adi Shankara D. Delhi C. Krishna Avatar C. Parashurama D. Pankaja Avatar D. Ramanujacharya 2. Haryana is the common modern name for the location of which major war in the 2. Which avatar of Lord Vishnu 2. Which sage was the sixth Mahabharatha. is believed to appear at the avatar of Vishnu and wielded end of the Kali Yuga? the axe as his weapon? A. Ujjayini B. Madurai A. Matsya Avatar A. Parashurama C. Kurukshetra B. Vamana Avatar B. Shirdi Sai Baba D. Pushkar C. Kalki Avatar C. Anandamayi D. Parashurama Avatar D. Veda Vyasa 3. Which North Indian City is on the banks of Ganga and is now commonly known as Banaras? 3. This sage had the holy cow Kamadhenu, and her child A. Patna Nandini, who could grant B. Varanasi anything to their owners. Who C. Agra was he? D. Jaipur A. Guru Nanak 4. Which location is known as the birthplace of B. Vashishta Lord Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Lord C. Vishvamitra Vishnu? D. Agastya A. Mathura 3. 4. Who is the father of Guru B. Kanchipuram This image most likely portrays Dronacharya, grandfather of C. Indore which Avatar of Vishnu? Ashvatthama and one of the D. Sanchi Saptarishis? A. Balarama Avatar 5. Which of the locations is the home of the B. Krishna Avatar A. Jamadagni Golden Temple? C. Kurma Avatar D. Narasimha Avatar B. Gautama C. Bharadwaja A. Amritsar D. Atri B. Baroda 4. True (T) or false (F): Varaha C. Chidambaram Avatar was one in which Lord D. Delhi Vishnu took the form of a boar. 9525 Miramar Rd, San Diego, CA 92126 Phone: (858) 549-3940 July 2015 Issue 7 3 .
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