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Balabhavan Coordinators

Sangeetha Prahalad Vidhya Raghunathan Shankar Parasaram Sridhar Seshagiri

balabhavancoordinator@yahoo.com

Class Coordinators

Super-Senior Class:

Lavanya Kadiyala balabhavansupersenior@gmail.com

Senior Class: Archana Sampath Sushma Natarajan

balabhavansenior@gmail.com

Junior Class:

Rajashree Balaji Ashvini Yoganarasimha

balabhavanjunior@gmail.com

Toddler Class:

Anupama Rajagoplan Shiv Chandrasekar

balabhavantoddler@gmail.com

Registration coordinator:

Sridhar Seshagiri

Newsletter Coordinator:

Krishna Meduri Krishnameduri@yahoo.com

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Newsletter Editors

Shreya Shriram

Srinidhi Malavalli

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Swami Vivekananda is a Hindu monk from India. He was a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, who is a famous Indian spiritual leader in the 19th century. In September 1893, He travelled to America to represent Hinduism at Parliament of Religions held in Chicago.

At the Parliament of Religions, Swami

Vivekananda received a long 2 minute standing ovation for opening his speech as “Sisters and Brothers of America…”. During this speech, he emphasized the importance of Hinduism’s tolerance and acceptance towards other religions.

In the course of a short life of thirty-nine

years (1863-1902), he wrote four classics: Jnana (Knowledge)-Yoga, Bhakti (love towards God)-Yoga, Karma(Selfless Work)-Yoga, and Raja(Action)-Yoga, all of which are outstanding books on Hindu philosophy. In addition, he acted as spiritual guide to the many seekers, who came to him for instruction. He also organized the Ramakrishna Order of monks, which is the most outstanding religious organization of modern India. It is devoted to the propagation of the Hindu spiritual culture not only in India, but also in America and in other parts of the world.

Everyone who saw or heard Vivekananda

even once still cherished his memory after more than half a century. One of his famous quotes is “ARISE AWAKE AND STOP NOT TILL THE GOAL IS REACHED.

By Maanasa Ramachandran

BBC Announcements:

Class location change: Junior

and Toddler classes for the month

of April will be held in the temple

kitchen for safety reasons.

Ramanavami Puja: BB kids

Ramanavami Puja will be on

4/17/16. An evite will be sent

shortly.

April Birthdays:

Toddlers: Akshaya Jayachandran

Anushree Havanagi Avanthika Krishna

Rohan Sharma

Juniors: Anay Kulkarni

Hasini Thamidala Mayurchandra Bharath

Nandika Annamali Pranav Jayachandran

Sathvik

Seniors: None

Super Seniors:

Kaavya Raamkumar Srinidhi Malavalli Sumana Srinivas

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Editors’ Corner

Find the words!

N I Z U V A R A H A G Y K H U

Z C U X Y L X C X V S A P R O

O Y X S G R F P Z C E D I O W

I I T A G A C N K T P M X V W

A A Y B A K V W F A K F P W Q

M M P K A S Q P R X U Z L J J

V Q A L U D C A O F R K E P J

K A K R B W S J K H M U A V J

L I M C A H A M A R A W N V T

L K R A U L Z S W O T K H X J

Y G L R N A A K Z D K W S S W

V F A D M A I B V H D L I M H

I M M D S P A H M I S A R A N

A L B R L T P U H A O U K V Z

I W P T A Z W L Z M P U K A Y

BALARAMA

KALKI

KRISHNA

KURMA

MATSYA

NARASIMHA

PARASHURAMA

RAMA

VAMANA

VARAHA

Class Schedules

04-16-2016 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Toddler Class: Story: Panchatantra: The unwise Donkey

- Supriya Gunasekaran

Sloka: Revise Previous Shlokas - Shoba Nagarajan

Bhajan: REVIEW: Rama Nama Tarakam; Atma Rama Ananda Ramana

- Archana Arun Super Senior Class: Story: Garuda Purana - Latha Sundar Sloka: Dakshinamurthi-varnamaala-stotram 22-25 (revise 1-21)

- Lalitha Kodandapani Bhajan: REVIEW: Shri Ramachandra Kripalu; & Raghunandana

- Lalitha Krishnamoorthy

4-23-2016 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Junior Class: Story: Buddhavatara

- Bhavani Garimella Sloka: Ganesha pancharatnam 1-2

- Aparna Vemuri

Bhajan: Jagadho Dharini Maatha Durga; REVIEW: Gauri Nandana Gajavadana

- Sundar Nydhruva Senior Class:

Story: Veda Vyasa and his other contributions

- Prasanna Kannan Sloka: Ganesha pancharatnam 1-2

- Amshumanth Bhajan: Prathana Ganapathi Pranamamyaham; & Radhe Govinda Bhajo/Krishna Krishna Mukunda Janardhana

- Archana Narayan

Class Schedules

4-02-2016- - - - - - - - - - - - Toddler Class: Story: Panchatantra: The King of Frogs and the Snake

- Kalpana Sharma

Sloka: Sri raama raama raameti + all previous 5 shlokas

-Sudhakar Yadavalli

Bhajan: Atma Rama Ananda Ramana -Archana Arun

Super Senior Class: Story: Vedanta and Bhagavadgita

- Lalitha Kodandapani

Shloka: Dakshinamurthi-varnamaala-stotram 19-21 (revise 1-18)

- Anandhi Krishnamurthy

Bhajan: Shri Ramachandra Kripalu -Latha Sundar

____________________________________ 4-09-2016 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Junior Class: Story: Krsnavatara

- Viji Shivshankar

Sloka: Naamaramayana - baalakanda - Venkatesh Krishnan

Bhajan: REVIEW: Ram Ram Bhajo Mana; Rama Nama Tarakam

- Suhasini Gudala Senior Class:

Story: Srutis, Smrutis and the 10 Upanishads - Ram Krishnamurthy Sloka: Naamaramayana – Baalakanda

- Kalyan Vaidyanathan

Bhajan: Review: Ram Ram Bhajo Mana; &

Anantha Kalyana Gunabhi Rama; & Rama Namo Rama Namo

- Sapna Chandrasekar

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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

Unscramble!

INDIAN FESTIVALS SCRAMBLE

1. PVDELAIEA

2. LOHI

3. ARNKITASN

4. URAESDHS

5. AIRTHAISRV

6. IMRANMAVAA

7. MNOA

8. KTSLIAMUGHOA

9. SKRHAA HBNDANA 10. NEHGAS IRUHTATHCH

Answers: 1. DEEPAVALI; 2. HOLI; 3.

SANKRANTI; 4. DUSSEHRA; 5.

SHIVARATRI; 6. RAMANAVAMI;

7. ONAM; 8. GOKULASHTAMI;

9. RAKSHA BANDHAN; 10. GANESH

CHATHURTHI

MADHUSUDHANA SARASWATI

Madhusudhana Saraswathi was an Indian philosopher in the Advaitha Vedantha tradition. He wrote the Advaithasiddhi, which is considered a classic. He was born in Bengal in the year 1540 CE (AD) and was called Kamalanayana. He started off trying to disprove Advaitha, but soon became a staunch follower of it. He was proficient in logic and discourses. Madhusdhana was belived to be so learned that it was said that only Goddess Saraswathi knew the boundries of his knowledge. He is known to have written up to 21 literary pieces, all of which were in praise of Advaitha. In spite of being a scholar of Advaitha, Madhusudhana Saraswathi was staunchly devoted to Lord Krishna. His gurus were Visvesvara Saraswathi and Madhava Saraswathi. It is said that Vittalesa, son of Vallabhacharya (a Suddhadvaita scholar), was a disciple of Madhasudhana Saraswathi. He was known to be a contemporary of the Mughal emperor Akbar. It is said that Madhusudhana complained to the emperor about Muslim attacks on Hindu priests. He breathed his last in the year 1640 in Bengal and continues to be celebrated for his contributions to Advaitha tradition

-By Vinay Rajagopalan

Editors corner

Find the words!

D Y L Z A W I G Q U K U Y I Y

A U H X X R A W P O M O Q N I

S P R L O U T K N V Z N G G V

Y D J V T A Z I B J E D C A Y

G M I A A G S A M N A C G D T

A U M U I S T A C A A K Y A L

R A B K U H A L Y R V C M M L

G O W Z S Q D C P V E H O A Y

E B A I A Y T S A G A W S J S

Y V S O R E A T X F A O Q I B

A A R H O E V Q L X T S V C V

V G H E C P V A L M I K I M Y

W D N I P R V U H Q J I Q Z E

M M T I B A P U V O T Y K Q F

D V Y W I R C N M F Z N O D C

AGASTYA

DURVASA

GARGEYA

GAUTAMA

JAMADAGNI

VALMIKI

VASISHTA

VISHVAMITRA

VYASA

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