Sri.Hari Anna: January 2016

Friday, January 8, 2016

PAST EVENTS

Sri Hari Anna's sapthaham went on very well from Dec 24th to 31st. It was conducted by Mulund Bhajan samaj at Vani Vidyalaya. Many devotees attended the lectures and were benefitted by them.

SRI HARI ANNA'S PROGRAMS---JAN 2016

1) PROGRAM AT MADURAI
DATE: 6TH JAN TO 9TH JAN 2016
TIME: 6.30 P.M
TOPIC: SRIMAD RAMAYANAM
VENUE: SRINGERI MUTT
CITY: MADURAI

2) PROGRAM AT HYDERABAD
DATE: 17TH JAN TO 24TH JAN 2016
CITY: HYDERABAD
VENUE: VEDA BHAVANAM
TOPIC: SRIMADH BHAGAVATHAM
TIME: 6.30 P.M

SMT VISHAKHA HARI'S PROGRAMS--JAN 2016

1) PROGRAM AT CHENNAI
DATE: 1ST JAN 2016
TIME: 4.00 P.M
VENUE: NARADA GANA SABHA
CITY CHENNAI

2) PROGRAM AT MADURAI
DATE: 10TH JAN 2016
TIME; 6.30 P.M
VENUE: SRINGERI MUTT, MADURAI
CITY: MADURAI
TOPIC: MEENAKSHI KALYANAM

3) PROGRAM AT CHENNAI
DATE: 17TH JAN
TIME: 6.45 P.M
VENUE: KAMARAJ HALL
ORGANISED BY: ABBAS CULTURAL
TOPIC; DASAVATHARAM

4) PROGRAM AT TRICHY
DATE: 24TH JAN
TIME: 4.00 P.M
VENUE: SRI AKHILANDESWARI VIDYALAYA
ORGANISED BY: YOUTH CHAPTER OF TRICHY MUSICIANS

QUIZ ON SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM- JAN 2016

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE QUIZ

1) The answers to the quiz should be sent to the email idannahariji@gmail.com within 26^th of each month.

2) Every month the answers will be evaluated and marks shall be given as points. These points shall get cumulatively added each month.

3) The highest score winner of the year ( April to March) will be awarded 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd prizes.

QUIZ FOR THE MONTH OF JAN 2016

1) What is the message in the story of Vrukaasura?

2) In Bhrugu’s test two qualities of the Lord are manifested. What are they?

3) The Lord went to 6 lokaas in Krishnaavathara. What are they?

4) What oath did Arjuna take for the Brahmin?

5) “ Yuvayor didrukshuna”—Vaikuntapathi Narayanan said this. He wanted to see Krishna. How will this statement be befitting.

ANSWERS FOR THE MONTH OF THE DECEMBER 2015

1) The Lord preached Brahmavidya to Sruthadeva.Parikshit being a mumukshu asked Suka about this.

2) “ Athannirasanena Bhavannidhanaaha”--- “ Nethi Nethi”—the Vedas deny the anaathmavasthus and depict the Swarupa.

3) Gold reflects as ornaments

Mud reflects as vessels

So does the adhistanam of Brahmam get manifested in the prapancham( material world).

4) Those who wish for Kaivalyam transcend Sagunabrahamam and attain the nirgunabrahma sthithi. Hence transcending the Aanandamaya is spoken about here.

5) Maaya

WINNERS FOR THE MONTH OF DEC 2015

1) LakshmiKumar------------------I-------------------76+10=86

2) Aradhana Anand-----------------II------------------64+8=72

3) Padma Narayanan----------------II------------------62+8=70

4) Aparna Venkat-------------------II------------------72+8=80

5) Adithi Venkateswaran----------II-------------------74+8=82

6) Hema V----------------------------II-----------------66+8=74

7) Sriram Krishnamurthy-----------II-----------------74+8=82

8) Srinivasan Sujatha S--------------II-----------------62+8=70

9) Srividya Krishnan----------------III-----------------68+6=74

10)N.Krishnan------------------------III-----------------72+6=78

11)Lalitha Narasimhan--------------III-----------------72+6=78

KSHETRA FOR THE MONTH OF JAN 2016

THIRUKOSHTIYUR

Everybody knows that there was a wicked asura by name Hiranyakashipu who harassed all sadhus. The Devas, Kinnaras, Gandharvas, Sidhdhas, Vidyadaras, Kimpurushas, Garudas, Nagas, Pithrus assembled together at a place as a goshti( group) and thought about the destruction of Hiranyakashipu. Hence this kshetra was thenceforth called Thirukottiyur. ( Goshteepuram).

It was then that SowmyaNarayanan said I will incarnate as Narasimhamurthy and destroy this evil asura.

This place has another significance. There was a king called Purooravachakravarthy of Chandravamsha who ruled the nation as a dharmic ruler. It was at this time that Urvashi of swargaloka was cursed by Indra and came to earth, lived with Purooravachakravarthy. She had a condition: As long as this goat ( pointing to the goat) lives with you I shall live with you”, she said. Indra was freed from rancour and ordered the Devas to bring back Urvashi. One of the devas secretly took away the goat and Urvashi vanished. Puroorava was almost mad with lust. He mediatated upon Urvashi all the time and went in search of her. At a particular place ( at Kurukshetra) he saw Urvashi bathing in the Suryapushkarni and begged her to come along with him. She said if he wanted her he had to do a sacrifice and pray to the Lord that you may attain me in swargaloka.. The king did so, went to the devaloka and lived with Urvashi. But this too was temporary. As soon as his punya was over he had to be born again on earth. He incidentally met a sage called Kadamba muni who told him” All worlds attained through karma are temporary. But Vaikunta is not obtained through karma. Even if you enjoy this bhuloka for years together , you will not be satisfied. What is there to enjoy in a body which is nothing but an assembly of skin, muscles, blood, bonesetc. Go to Thirukottiyur, worship SowmyaNaryanan, get freed from lust and attin his feet. Thus the king did as advised and attined Vaikunta.

Those who come to this kshetra will be freed from mental illness, physical illness, lust and other diseases of the heart..

SRISRIANNA - AN INTRODUCTION

WELCOME TO THE GATEWAY OF A GLORIOUS TRADITION – THE PREMIKA SAMPRADAYA

SRISRIANNA – AN INTRODUCTION

SriKrishnapremi swamigal fondly called as SriAnna was born in Sanganallur, a small village in tamilnadu, India. Right from his early days he was a severe practioner of YogaSadhanas. This saint however wished to prove the world that the easiest way to attain the lotus feet of the Lord is nevertheless the path of Bhakthi. He revered SriBhagavanNama Bodendral as his Mansika Guru. He took to Srimad Bhagavatham as his pramana grantha [Authoritative treatise]. He founded a glorious sampradaya called PremikaSampradaya.[SriAnna is addressed as Premika].

SriBhakthaKolahalaKrishna is his Upasana deity. Paranur is a village near Villupuram. SriAnna built a wonderful temple for SriKolahalan in this small village. Thenceforth he started living there. He himself performed all the sevas to SriKolahalan right from Suprabhatham in the morning, the afternoon pooja, the evening rituals till dolothsavam in the night. Like SriThiyagaraja Swamigal who sang Utsava sampradaya keerthanas to his IshtaDaiva Lord Rama, SriAnna composed Uthsava krithis for the seva of SriKolahalan.[Suprabhatham to Dolothsavam]. Those Keerthanas are being sung till date during the pooja of the lord in Paranur. Besides this SriAnna has composed several Shathakas[A Shathaka consists of 100 Krithis] including 1. Raghava Shathakam 2. Radhika Shathakam 3. Yugala Shathakam 4. Govinda Shathakam 5. Ranga Shathakam etc. He has composed more than 1000 Krithis to date. It is definite that SriAnna visits Paranur every Ekadasi.There he follows `the Ekadasi Vratham in a strict manner, fasting, performing Abhishekam to Kolahalan, Pravachanam in the evening and Divyanama Sankeerthanam in the night. Gokulasthtami Utsavam is a grand affair in Paranur with 1000’s of devotees participating, Bhakthi overflowing through the streets. Navarathri Utsavam, Vasanthothsavam, SriRamanavami Utsavam, Keerthanavali utsavam, Thepothsavam are the othert festivals celebrated grandly at Paranur.

SriAnna has also established a VedaPatashala at Paranur. There is also a Goshala beautifully maintained by him. These have been established by a trust founded by him. The trust is named “SriKrishnapremi Swamigal Baghavatha Dharmam trust”. This trust is run exclusively by the efforts of SriAnna.

THE SPREAD OF BHAKTHI THROUGHOUT INDIA:

SriAnna wished to spread awareness about the importance of Bhakthi in the minds of the people of India. Hence he toured throughout the length and breadth of India from Kanyakumari to the Himalayas many times. He gave discourses on several topics in several cities including Srimad Bhagavatham, Srimad Ramayanam, Mahabharatham, Bhakthavijayam, Bhagavath Geetha, Azhwargal vaibhavam, Upanishads etc. He is an ocean of knowledge – a reservoir of wisdom. There is in fact no topic not dealt by him. He also founded and established an association called “Akhila Bharatha Sadhu Sangham” throughout India in several cities. The objectives of this institution are

Spread the awareness of “ The Greatness of the divine name – NamaPracharam”
To conduct Bhavatham, Ramayana discourses.
Renovation of DivyaDesa temples etc.

Akhila Bharatha Sadhu Sangam functions in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Tirunelvelli, Madurai, Pondicherry etc.

OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS: {ASHRAMS}

PREMA MADHURI KUNJAM – BRINDAVANAM, MATHURA, UP

SriAnna holds Brindavanam very close to his hearts. Hence he built an Ashram called PremaMadhuriKunjam in RadhaNivas, Goranagar colony, Brindavanam. Here he built an exquisite temple for SriRadhaVamsidhara Krishna. Here too like paranur the rituals take place according to Premika Sampradaya [ Suprabhatham to Dolothsavam]. The main festivals celebrated here are Radhasthtami, Rasothsavam, Holy, and RadhaKalyanam. Every year SriAnna visits Brindavanam four times for these Uthsavams.

KOORATHAZWAR BHAJANASHRAMAM, ALAGAR KOVIL, MADURAI

This Ashram is at Alagar kovil, Madurai. This picturesque Ashram captivates the heart of every viewer. The natural beauty of this Ashram with the green mountains behind it and flowers of various hues is the apt place for meditating on the lotus feet of the lord. Every Chithra Pournami Lord Alagar comes to this Ashram to the delight of several devotees. SriAnna conducts a Sapthaham during this time. This Ashram is being goverened by Akhila Bharatha Sadhu Sangam, Madurai.

KRISHNASURI BHAJANASHRAMAM, MELKOTE

Melkote is a kshetram near Mysore, Karnataka. SwamiRamanauja retrieved the deity of this kshetram from the Delhi Badshah, after great efforts. Here again a beautiful ashram has been established. Chellapillai - as the deity is popularly known as, comes to this ashram in every July. This ashram is maintained by Akila Bharatha Sadhusangam Bangalore.

PANDURANGAN TEMPLE, THIRUCHANANALLUR

There lived a saint by name Krishnasuri in Thiruchanganallur [Chenganur]. It is he who is called Periyavachanpillai in tamil. He has commented on the entire 4000 Divyaprabhandhams. SriAnna incarnated in his vamsa. Periyavachanpillai had earlier constructed a temple for Lord Srinivasa. SriAnna too has built a small but beautiful temple for Pandurangan in this village. Besides this he has constructed a Mutt for PeriyavachanPillai. Periyavachanpillai too was born on a Avani Rohini incidentally SriAnna too was born on a AvaniRohini[Rohini star – Tamil month of Avani]. Hence on that day there is a procession of Periyavachanpillai to that Mutt built by SriAnna. Also every year it is routine that on January 26^th the KalyanaUtsavam of LordSrinivas and Panduranga are conducted.

SRISRIANNA’S WORKS:

SriAnna has written innumerable works in Sanskrit. To my knowledge after Valmiki and Vyasa he is the only person to write 40,000 slokas. Some of the important works are SriVaishnavaSamhita, Divyadesa Vaibhavam, Brindavana Mahatmiyam etc.He also has written works in various languages such as tamil, telgu, marati and the like. He also runs a monthly tamil magazine called BagavathaDharmam.

BRAHMASABHA:

SriAnna established an association called Bramhasabha to spread BagavathaDharmam throughtout the whole world. Bhajans, Parayans, Pravachans etc are being conducted at USA, Dubai etc by Bramhasabha members.

TO KNOW MORE ABOUT SRISRIANNA VISIT www.srisrianna.org

Sri.Hari Anna