Sri.Hari Anna: June 2013

Sunday, June 2, 2013

PAST EVENTS

Sri Hari Anna conducted Srimad Ramayana Pravachanam from April 23^rd to 28^th at Sri Vaikunta Vasa Perumal temple, Villupuram. Seetha Kalyanam was conducted on April 28^th.

SRI ANNA'S 80TH JAYANTHI MAHOTHSAVAM

PREMIKA JAYANTHI CELEBRATION WILL BE CONDUCTED AT CHENNAI FOR 80 DAYS FROM 5TH JUNE TO 26TH AUG AT AYODHYA MANDAPAM, WEST MAMBALAM.

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE FOR ALL 80 DAYS

8.00 A.M TO 10.00 A.M-- DISCOURSE OF SRI ANNA'S GRANTHAS BY SRI ANNA'S DISCIPLES

2.00 P.M TO 6.00 P.M--" VEDA PARAYANAM"-- "GANA PARAYANAM"- BY 80 VEDA VIDWANS

7.00 P.M TO 9.00 P.M-- " SAMPOORNA MAHABHARATHA PRAVACHANAM" BY SRI SRI KRISHNAPREMI SWAMIGAL

EVENTS OF THIS MONTH- JUNE 2013

SMT.VISHAKHA HARI'S PROGRAMS- SRI ANNA'S 80TH JAYANTHI UTHSAVA FUNCTION

1) PROGRAMS AT CHENNAI-- VENUE: AYODHYA MANDAPAM--TIME: 7.00 P.M
a) DATE: 18TH JUNE
TOPIC:DHRUVA CHARITRAM

b) DATE: 24TH JUNE:
TOPIC: PRAHLADA CHARITRAM

c) DATE: 25TH JUNE:
TOPIC: RUKMANGADA CHARITRAM

d) DATE: 2ND JULY
TOPIC: AMBARISHA CHARITRAM

QUIZ ON SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM- JUNE

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.

QUESTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2013

1)During the war between the devas and asuras how did Indra kill Namuchi?

2) Which sage pacified the Devas and asuras during their war?

3) “ Dadarsha Upavane Varasthriyam”—Who saw whom ?

4) Which Deva did not get caught in Vishnu Maya?

5)Brugu and others did a yaga for Bali Chakravarthy. What is that yaga called?

ANSWERS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2013

1) The Halahala poison which came out during the amrutha mathanam became an ornament around his neck.

2) Parikshith

3) 2 silk garments

4) Blue complexioned

5) The Lord cut off Swarbhanu’s head with his Sudarshan.

WINNERS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2013

1) Radhakrishnan Ramamurthy------------I--------------10+10=20

2) Padma Narayanan---------------------I---------------10

3) Sethuraman----------------------------I---------------10+10=20

4) Srividya Krishnan----------------------I---------------8+10=18

5) Sruthi Suryaprakash-------------------I----------------10

6) Smruthi Suryaprakash-----------------I----------------10

7) N.Krishnan----------------------------I----------------10+10=20

8) Radhika Venkatraman----------------II-----------------8+8=16

9) Raja---------------------------------II-----------------10+8=18

10) Srinivasan Sujatha------------------III----------------6+6=12

KSHETRA FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2013

THIRUVAALITHIRUNAGARI

Lord Narasimha manifested Himself from a pillar and tore Hiranyakashipu into pieces. All the Devas were terrorised. Even lakshmi felt grievous and left for Thiruvaali, a kshetra called Bilvaaranyam to do penance. She did not like the Lord in this fearful form. She was born in the Ahlada theertham there, created by Prahlada Himself. She was named Amruthavalli. She sincerely prayed to her Lord who appeared before her one day. The Lord embraced Amruthavalli. She spoke to him thus “ Oh Lord, isn’t it true that by your grace the poison turns into nectar, fire turns into sandalwood and water becomes land. Then why is it so that Hiranyakashipu remained an enemy to Prahlada all his life. Why didn’t you change his mind? Instead you chose to kill your devotee’s father , isn’t it an act of shame? For the welfare of the three worlds you killed that asura. But isn’t your devotee more important to you than the three worlds? You made your devotee fatherless. Thats the reason why I left you and came here.” The Lord smiled and consoled her “ My Dearest Laksmi, I had to kill Hiranyakashipu only because of the curse of the sanakadis. Prahlada Himself knew this. Hence he did not find fault with me. But I realise that you love Prahlada so fondly as to pinpoint my fault. I appreciate your vathsalya bhava towards Prahlada. But it is neither my fault, dear. Understand. Lakshmi thus was pacified and lakshmi Narasimha chose to bless all at ThiruvaaliThirunagari. Those who worship LakshmiNarasimha here are always rid of their sins. This is the avathara sthala of Thirumangai azhwar. Since the Lord gave darshan to him in his wedded pose the Lord is called KalyanaRanganathar.

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