Sri.Hari Anna: March 2012

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

SLOKA FOR THE MONTH- MARCH 2012

Snigdho Dharmaratho Dheeraha sathatham Satpathe stithaha

Priyaha Pranasamo Vashyo Vijeyascha sakha cha me

Mayaadya saha soumithre thvayi gachchathi thad vanam

Ko Bhajishyathi Kousalyam Sumithram va yashasvinim

Thavaiva Thejasa veera Bharataha Poojayishyati

Kousalyam cha Sumithram cha Prayato Naasti Samshayaha

Sharanagathi is placing one’s mind, speech and body at His feet. It is of two types. A) Markata type and b) Marjala Type. Marjala Sharanagathi is similar to a cat holding the kitten by its neck and saving it from all dangers purely by its own strength. In Ramayana Bharatha did Marjala type sharanagathi. He acted as per Rama’s will. A devotee who holds to the Lord like the young one of a monkey grasping its mother tightly is by the type of Markata sharanagathi. In Srimad Ramayanam Lakshmanan did Markata type sharanagathi. He did not leave Rama. Service to Rama was his ornamentation.

In this sloka Sri Rama Himself describes Lakshmana’s qualities. He had immense love for Rama. He did not go astray from Dharma. He was a brave warrior and always treaded the path of virtue. He was Rama’s life. He was a controller of senses and also was a friend of Rama. Rama praised Lakshmana by all these words. He said to Lakshmana “ You need not come with me to the forest. If you come with me who will take crae of Kousalya and Sumithra? Hence be here and serve them.” Lakshmana replied “ Bharatha will take care of Kousalya and Sumithra. Bharatha is a high soul. I will not let you go without me. Hence I beg you to take me along with you to the forest.

PAST EVENTS- BHAKTHA VIJAYAM- VILLUPURAM

" Bhaktha Vijayam” pravachanam was held at Vaikunta Vasaperumal temple at Villupuram from Jan 21^st to 26^th. Many devotees attended and were transported to divinity. On jan 22^nd Radha Kalyanam was conducted in a grand manner.

SRI HARI ANNA'S PROGRAM-MARCH 2012

PROGRAM AT CHENNAI

DATE: 18TH MARCH TO 22ND MARCH

CITY: CHENNAI

VENUE: ASTHIKA SMAJ, VENUS COLONY, ALWARPET

TOPIC: KRISHNA LEELA

TIME; 6.30 P.M

VISHAKHA HARI'S PROGRAM-MARCH 2012

PROGRAM AT HYDERABAD

DATE: 17, 18TH MARCH

CITY: HYDERABAD

VENUE: KEYES HIGH SCHOOL

TOPIC: PRAHLADA CHARITRAM, SRINIVASA KALYANAM

TIME: 6.00P.M

UTHSAVAM OF THIS MONTH

DATE: 29TH MARCH TO 31ST MARCH

VILLAGE: SENGANOOR

UTHSAVAM: SRIRAMANAVAMI UTHSAVAM

QUIZ ON SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM-MARCH 2012

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE QUIZ

1) The answers to the quiz should be sent to the email id annahariji@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.

QUESTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2012

1) Who is known by the name Avignathan?

2) What is signified by the five headed serpant?

3) Who are the two swans?

4) Puranjanan was born as a princess of a particular kingdom in his next birth. Which kingdom is that?She was in turn married to a king. Which kingdom did he belong to?

5) At which place did Prachinabarhish attain the feet of the Lord?

ANSWERS FOR FEBRUARY 2012

1) We should not enquire welfare of gnanis. It is not necessary to enquire one’s welfare because the body is always perishable. The imperishable, anandaswarupi atma is never wanting for happiness.Thus it is not necessary to ask if the soul is fine too

2) Pruthu spoke to Sanakadis the quintessence, clearly, in brevity and sweetly.

3) He had 5 sons.

4) The Prachethas are 10 in number.

5) Shiva advised Prachethas. This is known by the name RudraGita or Yogadesham.

WINNERS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2012

1) Radhakrishnan Ramamurthy---------I-----------60+10= 70 points

2) Karthik Venkatraman--------------- I-----------88+10=98

3) Sethuraman-------------------------I------------94+10=104

4) Srinivasan Sujatha-------------------I------------90=10=100

5) Radhika Venkatraman--------------I-------------86+10=96

6) Padma Narayanan------------------II------------66+8=74

7) Raja--------------------------------II------------48+8=56

8) Srinivasan--------------------------III------------12+6=18

KSHETRA FOR THE MONTH- MARCH 2012

THIRUMOOZHIKKALAM

The Devas were tormented by the asuras. The Devas decided to come over to Thirumoozhikkalam and surrender to the Lord. They prayed to the Lord at the banks of the pond at Thirumoozhikkalam. “ Oh Lord. You are the only refuge to the needy, helpless and poor. The Asuras are dsperte to establish adharma (unrighteousness) while we are working to establish dharma. It is you who should save us all and re-establish dharma by attacking the asuras indirectly”.

The Lord, pleased by their devotion appeared on Garuda and spoke to them thus:

“ I shall now tell you all an idea to win the asuras. May you all beseech the help of Puranjayan, a king of the Suryavamsha who is known for his valour and efficiency. I shall enter into him and through him kill the asuras. Let Indra be a bull on whom I shall mount and battle against the asuras. The rest of the devas may assume the form of brahmanas and request Puranjayan to declare war.”

The devas did as instructed by the Lord. The King with the aavesha ( entry) of the Lord mounted a bull, attacked the asuras and won the battle. Kakuth means- The bull’s mound. As the king sat on the bull’s mound he came to be called kakuthstha.

( Lord Rama came as a descendent and hence He came to be called Kaakuthstha.)

Thirumoozhikkalam was established by that king. He brought 1000 brahmanas to this place and made them do the Veda Parayana, recite Ithihasas and Puranas. Those who worship the Lord at this kshetra will beget success and success alone.

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