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BALABHAVAN NEWSLETTER VEDIC CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO
May 2016
Balabhavan Coordinators
Sangeetha Prahalad Vidhya Raghunathan Shankar Parasaram Sridhar Seshagiri
Class Coordinators
Super-Senior Class:
Lavanya Kadiyala [email protected]
Senior Class: Archana Sampath Sushma Natarajan
Junior Class:
Rajashree Balaji Ashvini Yoganarasimha
Toddler Class:
Anupama Rajagoplan Shiv Chandrasekar
Registration coordinator:
Sridhar Seshagiri
Newsletter Coordinator:
Krishna Meduri [email protected]
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Newsletter Editors
Shreya Shriram
Srinidhi Malavalli
MADHVACHARYA
Madhvacharya was a Hindu philosopher
born in 1238 and disappeared in 1317. He was an
incarnation of the wind god Vayu. Once, before he
was born, his parents Bhatta and Vedavati went to
the market and saw a man climb a flag pole in front
of a temple, and announce that Vayu would be
born to them. Madhvacharya was born soon
thereafter, and was named Vasudeva at birth.
Madhvacharya was a prodigy and excelled
in studies, running, swimming, wrestling, and
many other things. Once one of his students was
attacked by a tiger, and Madhvacharya wrestled
the tiger. The tiger went away with its tail in
between its legs.
Madhavacharya was the chief proponent of
the Dvaita school of Vedanta, and established the
Krishna Mutt at Udupi. Dvaita’s main teaching is
the eternal difference between Brahman and
Atman (the individual soul). Hindus believe that
Atman is part of Brahman, just like a drop of water
is part of the ocean. The Dvaita school is a
proponent of Vaishnavism, and identifies Lord
Vishnu as Parabrahman or the Supreme Self.
Madhvacharya composed works on philosophy of
Tattva-vada and commentaries on the Vedas,
Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita and the Brahma
Sutras. Through his life, Madhvacharya taught
followers of Sanatana Dharma many valuable
lessons.
By Iniyaa Mohanraj
BBC Announcements:
Class location change: As was done in April, Toddler and Junior classes for the month of May will continue to be held in the temple kitchen for safety reasons. Balabhavan Picnic: The Balabhavan annual picnic is scheduled for Sunday June 5th (same venue and similar timings as last year). An evite with follow with more event details. Please note that we are particularly requesting that parents volunteer to bring at least 1 food item.
May Birthdays:
Toddlers: Karuna Shri Kuruvadi Aditi Ramakrishnan
Juniors: Shrikanth Sudhakar Yadavalli
Saanvi Kowda Iniya Sivakumar
Samanvita Krishna Kinthada Nikhil Narayan
Seniors: Sathya Srinivasan Amogh Havanagi
Agastya Sridharan Sohan Venkat
Super Seniors:
Shrea Chari Soumya Kalluri
Sriram S. Rajamani Iniyaa Mohanraj
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May 2016
Editors’ Corner
Find the words!
NAVAGRAHAS
B E C N Y J Z T A R D N A H C X U L Y I D T B K I N A H S A I K X S Y G H L G E X P R D N U N T S H U K R A H U M B S U K J M S
WORD LIST
BUDHA
KETU
SHANI
CHANDRA
MANGALA
SHUKRA
GURU
RAHU
SURYA
Class Schedules
5-21-2016 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Toddler Class: Story: Panchatantra: The day dreaming Devadatta
- Archana Ranganathan
Sloka: Ganesha Stotra 2 - Radhika Chari
Bhajan: Gowri Nandana Gajanana; REVIEW: Ganesha Sharanam
- Rajashree Balaji Super Senior Class: Story: Skanda Purana - Seetha Janakiraman Sloka: Dakshinamurthi-varnamaala-stotram (revise 1-25)
- Sheela Ashok Bhajan: REVIEW: Madhusudhana Harey Madhava, Govinda Madhava
- Latha Sundar
5-28-2016 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Junior Class: Story: Avatara Review
- Manjunath Raju Sloka: Ganesha pancharatnam 1-5
- Janardhan Padmanabhan
Bhajan:Vanamali Radha Ramana - Ashwini Sangam
Senior Class: Story: Vedas, the source of Knowledge- 18 Puranas
- Prasanna Madabushi Sloka: Ganesha pancharatnam 1-5 - Gayathri Sankaran
Bhajan: Jaya Jaya Jaya Maa Saraswathi
- Geetha Subramanian
Class Schedules
5-07-2016- - - - - - - - - - - - Toddler Class: Story: Panchatantra: the Ant and the Pidgeon
- Archana Sampath
Sloka: Ganesha Stotra 1 -Ramesh Chirala
Bhajan: Radhey Govinda Bhajo
-Seetha Jayasankar
Super Senior Class: Story: Vedanta-Aitreya Upanishad
- Lalitha Kodandapani
Shloka: Dakshinamurthi varnamaala stotram (revise 1-25)
- Shanti Kalluri
Bhajan: Gajanana Hey Shubhanana -Latha Sundar
____________________________________ 5-14-2016 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Junior Class: Story: Kalkyavatara
- Porkodi Ramasamy
Sloka: Ganesha Pancharatnam 3-4 - Gayathri Sankaran
Bhajan: Prathama Ganapathi Pranamamyaham; REVIEW: Gauri Nandana Gajavadana
- Sapna Chandrasekhar Senior Class:
Story: Vedas Vs Vedanta, Upanishads, are they contradictory? - Ram Krishnamurthy Sloka: Ganesha Pancharatnam 3-4
- Hema Rangaswamy
Bhajan: Sharanam Siddhi Vinayaka (from last yr); REVIEW: Gowri Nandana Gajavadana
- Sowmya Venkatesh
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Editors Corner
NAVAGRAHAS WORDSEARCH
J S D F A B J A E K C U A N H R
C I R H K F V P R H W V Y T Y X
X X D E H P U W A K Z Y R W M O
Z U T R S H T N N S U R U Q Z J
B U G U A S D S Z B D H S F N Q
F Z P S H R S H A N I N S B U F
A M T O A I Q J U N Q A Y R Q K
P C E N I Y W T R Y A V M H T P
Q H S E R G Z H Q A B A C K N R
E S J C I K U D J X T G E K S O
G I Q K N J H R H G H R M D W J
R M L X I W I A U P S A U S H N
A L A G N A M H D U Y H D S Z V
C A N Z Q M A U X Q Q A U N P R
U H J N I V K O V N Y S H U L A
S A R V D G O N K W Q V D W K N
BUDHA CHANDRA
GURU KETU
MANGALA NAVAGRAHAS
RAHU SHANI
SHUKRA SURYA
NAVAGRAHAS WORD SCRAMBLE
1. ASNIH 2. HUAR 3. HUDBA 4. CARDNHA 5. GAANAML
ANSWERS TO WORD SCRAMBLE: 1. SHANI, 2. RAHU, 3. BUDHA, 4. CHANDRA, 5. MANGALA
Editors corner
FIND THE WORDS!!!
R B O O I G V Y H O P X B T
U H G G Y M A O M P F U L M
C A D U E R W O R A M A A Q
D R H J K Q Y Y Z B K T X I
C A R T I M A W H S I V N S
R T Z S A Y L A H S U A K C
O A U T K R K M P T J W B J
E U O P A A A U Y G B U W W
Z T Y C R N W S R N N X U Z
U C S N A F S Q A H D C B N
N Y A V H K V M E D N W K C
H Y A A T W U O R Q V M N P
Q R K T N N C A W H Y I N T
A O L E A Z D M Z D J C N R
P D V H M J I Q D M K Q S J
WORD LIST
BHARATA
JATAYU
KUMBHAKARNA
RAMA
VISHWAMITRA
DASARATHA
KAIKEYI
LAKSHMANA
RAVANA
HANUMAN
KAUSHALYA
MANTHARA
SITA
NAYANMARS
Nayanmars were a group of 63 Shaivite saints who lived in the 6th through 8th centuries. They were a very diverse set of saints who had one thing in common: their intense devotion to Lord Shiva. Their lifestyles differed greatly, because they were both men and women, both nobility and peasants.
An important fact to note is that although there were many men in this set of saints, there were only 3 women, and their status was usually honorary, such as Isaignaniyaar, who was the mother of the Nayanmar Sundarar (he compiled the list of Nayanmars). Also vital is the fact that some of these Nayanmars were converted into Hinduism such as Ninra Seer Nedumaara. He was originally a Jain, but 2 other Nayanmars influenced him to become a Hindu when they cured a sickness that Jain doctors could not.
Each Nayanmar worshipped Lord Shiva in their own way. One of them, a saint called Sakkiya, unconsciously threw a stone at a lingam while he was ardently worshipping Shiva. Afterwards, Sakkiya felt that it was Shiva’s wish that he should worship the lingam by throwing a stone at it daily. This shows that Shiva can be prayed
to in any way.
-By Shriya Sankaran
Editors corner
Find the words!
I R L F L A G I P Y
B R Z T R H A N I S
M E A J I N Y U T V
D A U H H P A K A L
P N M S D U C A M C
A B I D C N D H A A
G R Z X I P A S H K
K A N R A K N G I K
A N A H D O Y R U D
B H I S H M A T J H
WORD LIST
ARJUNA
GANDHARI
PITAMAH
BHISHMA
KARNA
SHAKUNI
DURYODHANA
KRISHNA
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