P.O.BOX 5728 SRT NAGAR, NEW DELHI 110055 (BHARAT); Email : [email protected] No. Sm1407/2071 (For Private Circulation Only) Ashadha Shukla 4, Vik Samvat 2071. Yugabda 5116 Tel: 91-11- 23684445; Fax: 91-11-23517722 1 July 2014 1. FESTIVALS: The K ānvar Yatr ā or Kavad 3. HSS HINDU YOUTH CONFERENCE 2014: Yatra is annual pilgrimage of devotees of Shiva, From April 5th-6th 2014, 29 Yuvas from the known as K ānvarias who travel on foot to, NorthEast area gathered at Arsha Vidya Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri in Uttarakhand Gurukulam in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania for a to fetch holy waters of Ganges River, Ganga Jal, two-day Hindu Youth Conference. The goal of which is later offered at their local village Shiva this conference was to provide a platform for temples on the day of Shravan Shivratri or young people between the ages of 18-35 to Amavasya ( July 25 – 26 ) socialize, share ideas, and get more in touch with The Yatra used to be a small affair undertaken by their identity as Hindu Youth. Participants a few saints and old age devotees until the 1990s, included some young working professionals, and when it started gaining popularity. Today, students from various Universities like hundreds of thousands of devotees from Pennsylvania State, Drexel Rutgers etc. surrounding states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Shakha was conducted in a manner geared towards Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab and reach these places new yuva and each agnya was explained before it to participate in Kanwar Mela. was given. Many activities were planned in the The Yatra is named after the kānvar, a single pole schedule to encourage teamwork, build made of bamboo with two roughly equal loads enthusiasm, and stimulate bonding. Boudhik dangling from opposite ends. It is carried by activities were planned so that they would be more balancing the middle of the pole on the shoulders. interactive rather than lecture based and the topics 2. PRESIDENT OF BHARAT RECEIVES A chosen were useful specifically for Yuvas. The COPY OF ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HINDUISM: varg ended on a high note with a conclusion by The President of Bharat, Shri Pranab Mukherjee Yelloji Mirajkar, highlighting the universal and received a copy of the Encyclopedia of Hinduism all-inclusive principals of Hinduism. at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan 4. PM MODI ASKS ISRO TO PLAN FOR Auditorium on 23 rd June. SAARC SATELLITE: Prime Minister Narendra Speaking on the occasion, the President Modi said on 30 th June that Bharat’s space complimented Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji of programme must be made available to developing the Parmarth Niketan, who is the founder nations, and the SAARC countries in particular, chairman of India Heritage Research Foundation, minutes after witnessing the successful launch of for undertaking the massive effort of bringing out five foreign satellites on board the Indian Space the Encyclopedia of Hinduism. He said that Hindu Research Organisation’s (ISRO) workhorse PSLV religious philosophy identifies Dharma, Artha, rocket. Kama, and Moksh, as the foremost objectives of a The PM, who was on a two-day visit to space human being. Striking a balance in human facilities at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at behaviour in working towards these objectives has Sriharikota, witnessed the successful launch of been prescribed as a key aim of human existence. five foreign satellites on the PSLV-C23 rocket Among the dignitaries present on the occasion from the space centre on Monday. were Shri L.K. Advani, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, The PSLV-C23 carried a 714-kg French Earth Sushri Uma Bharti, Dr. Karan Singh and various Observation Satellite SPOT-7 as its main payload other religious leaders. with a 14-kg satellite called AISAT of Germany, 1 two 15-kg satellites from Canada CAN-X4 and 7. 7 POOR STUDENTS CLEAR IIT-JEE VIA CAN-X5, and a 7-kg Singapore satellite called ‘TAPAS’: Prashanth, son of a construction worker VELOX-1 as piggyback payload. and Ragahavendra Valmiki, son of a daily wage Modi also asked scientists to extend space earner always dreamed of studying in Bharat’s technologies to map land records in the country on premier technological institutions like the IIT but a regular basis to bring about greater accuracy in their financial background and conditions at home land records which are often riddled with threatened to derail their dreams. Thousands of problems which affect the poor. such bright young minds have such dreams but are 5. BHARATIYA CONCEPT OF NATION forced to hold back due to their financial and ASSIMILATES EVERYONE —DR KRISHNA social status. But today Prashanth, having secured GOPAL: “The concept of nation in Bharat was the 255th rank and Ragahavendra Valmiki getting not born in 1947. It was developed through the the 1007th rank in IIT-JEE have ensured a ages and it assimilates everyone. All from Buddha promising future for themselves. Thanks to to Kabir and Shankar Dev to Chaitanya ‘Tapas‘, a free residential programme initiated by Mahaprabhu kept this concept alive and going. Rashtrotthana Parishat, an organization inspired There is a need to understand that the concept of by the RSS, which has avowed to turn the dreams nation for Bharat is not a political concept rather of the brightest among the underprivileged into spiritual,” said RSS Sahsarkaryavah Dr Krishna reality. Gopal. He was speaking at a seminar organized in As many as 34 students from very poor Delhi on 75th death anniversary of RSS founder backgrounds have completed second Pre- Dr Hedgewar on June 21. Organized by India University (PU) this year from ‘Tapas’. The Policy Foundation, New Delhi, the topic of the students selected for the programme have fared seminar was ‘Dr Hedgewar and Indian well in CET, JEE Main and JEE Advanced too. Nationalism.’ IPF chairman Prof Kapil Kapur, This year, 30 out of 34 students qualified in JEE director Dr Rakesh Sinha and historian Dr Main and were eligible to appear for JEE Saradindu Mukherjee were also present on the Advanced and 7 have qualified in the JEE- occasion. Advanced and become eligible for entry into Dr Rakesh Sinha said the modern historians Indian Institute Technology. especially the Left and Nehruvians have done a “My father is a construction worker and that is the great damage to the history of Bharat. The role of only source of income for my family. Both my RSS in the national movement was completely elder brother and sister are studying too” says ignored and deliberately swept under the carpet. Prashanth. It was due to the encouragement of the Others who spoke include Dr. Sharadindu principal and good coaching by the teachers which Mukherjee and Professor Kapil Kapoor who enabled him to crack the IIT-JEE, he says. He proposed a vote of thanks. wishes to continue his post-graduate studies in IIT 6. SANSKRIT CONFERENCE AT MCGILL: itself. Samskrita Bharati (Canada) participated in the “Reaching the unreached and bringing them to 10th Annual Sanskrit Conference held at McGill main stream is the key objective of Tapas. We are University in Montreal on 30 th May where they humbled to see all 34 students of batch one will launched a unique product – Sanskrit Greeting get into prestigious institutes and come out as Cards with support of Prof. (Dr.) Arvind Sharma. great engineers who will uplift their family and Samskrita Bharati wishes to make Sanskrit popular transform the society they are part of. At Tapas we in daily lives through use of innovative approaches focus on building character along with sharpening like Greeting Cards for special occasions and have their skills for entering IITs,” said Dinesh Hegde, many exciting future projects in the pipe line. General Secretary, Rashtrotthana Parishat. 2 Every year Tapas selects 30-40 most promising Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad president Kajal boys, studying in Class X and offers them free PU Debnath said that Swaraj was given a replica of Education and trains them for the IIT-JEE. Details the temple along with a saree as a gift from the of the program and organization is available at temple authority while Hindu women worshippers http://www.tapasedu.org/ and community leaders welcomed her with 8. STRIKE A POSE AT YOGA EVENT IN flowers. TIMES SQUARE: Thousands of sun- Dhakeshwari means “Goddess of Dhaka” and the worshipping yogis lined their mats up in the temple is known to be the most important Hindu middle of Times Square to celebrate the summer place of worship, earning it the status of solstice on 21 st June. More than 11,000 people Bangladesh’s ‘national temple’. It was built by followed the Athleta sponsored events “Solstice in Sena dynasty king Ballal Sen in the 12th century. Times Square: Athleta Mind over Madness Yoga” 10. DR. MOHAN BHAGWAT ATTENDS as they gradually moved from pose to pose with DEATH CENTENARY OF their bare feet. VASUDEVANAND SARASWATI: RSS “It’s the longest day of the year. In the yoga Sarasanghachalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat addressed a tradition, this is the day you worship the sun,” told gathering on an occasion to mark centenary death Christina Cielusniak, 25, a yoga instructor from anniversary of Maharashtrian spiritual leader Wayne, N.J. The sun is an important aspect of Vasudevanand Saraswati Maharaj at Garudeshwar, yoga. In fact, one of the most familiar stances is Gujarat on 28 th June. Surya Namaskar, which means “sun salutation” During his speech RSS Sarasanghachalak Mohan and represents a symbolic movement of the human Bhagwat stressed on the need of spreading the reliance on the sun. ‘values of religion’. Noted Spiritual leader and “So it really is this metaphor for the larger Ayurvedic physician from Karla, Balaji Tambe challenges of our lives.