SLOKA FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2015

Thatho Ravananeethayaha Seethayaha Shathrukarshanaha

Iyesha padamanveshtum chaaranacharithe pathi

                           Everyone in this world aims at peace.But none knows the way to it. Those who have attained knowledge of the soul attain peace. That is attained again only by the grace of guru. The jeevan is immersed in samsaara by the ties of maya. He becomes subdued by the satva, rajas and tamao gunas. The jeeva wants liberation and the Lord to wants to free him. It is then that the Lord sends a Guru. The Guru consoles the jeevan, preaches the rama nama and unites him with the Lord. This is the crux of Ramayana. This is exemplified in Sundara kanda.

                                            In Sundara Kanda Hanuman is the Guru. Sri Rama is Eeshwara. Seetha is the jeevan. Ravana exemplifies Rajo guna, Kumbakarna is the embodiment of tamas and Vibheeshana shows the satva guna. Maricha personifies Maya. Seetha was abducted by Ravana because of her desire for the deer ( maya). She was taken away from Rama ( Lord) and arrested in Ashokavana. This is nothing but the jeevan being subdued in samsara by the maya. It is then that Aanjaneya unites Seetha and Rama being an aacharya.

Hanuman rose up the Mahendra mountains. He grew and grew in form. His devotees might fear that Hanuman was flying to Lanka single handed without any other support. Valmiki knew the fear. Hence He says “ This Hanuman alone would suffice to destroy the entire Lanka—Seethayaha Shatrukarshanaha.” He could fly across the skies. He could also swim across the sea. But he chose to fly across as he would reach Lanka speedily.

PAST EVENTS--

Smt Vishakha Hari's program on Dasavatharam was held by Vedic Sangeetha Foundation from July 3rd to 5th. Devotees attended and enjoyed the series of sangeetha upanyasams.

UTHSAVAM OF THE MONTH-- OCTOBER 2015

UTHSAVAM: NAVARATHRI UTHSAVAM PARANOOR
DATE: 13TH OCT TO 21ST OCT
TOWN: PARANOOR
UPANYASAM: 4.00 P.M
NAVAHAM --SRIMAD RAMAYANAM BY SRI HARI ANNA
PURAPPADU: 7.00 P.M
BHAJANA: RADHIKA SHATHAKAM BY SRI ANNA

SRI HARI ANNAS PROGRAMS

1) PROGRAM AT VILLUPURAM
DATE; OCT 1ST TO 7TH
TIME: 6.30 P.M
TOPIC: SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM
VENUE: VAIKUNTAVASA PERUMAL TEMPLE, VILLUPURAM

2) NAVAHAM AT PARANOOR---NAVARATHRI UTHSAVAM
DATE: 13TH OCT TO 21ST OCTOBER
VILLAGE: PARANOOR
TIME: 4.00 P.M
TOPIC: SRIMAD RAMAYANAM
VENUE: SRIBAKTHAKOLAHALA SWAMY SANNIDHI

3) PROGRAM AT MUMBAI
DATE: 28TH OCT TO 4TH NOV
TOPIC: SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM
TIME: 7 A.M TO 6.30 P.M
VENUE: SUBRAMANYA SAMAJ, CHEDDANAGAR, CHEMBUR
CITY: MUMBAI

SMT VISHAKHA HARI'S PROGRAMS--OCTOBER 2015

1) PROGRAM AT MUMBAI
DATE: 3, 4TH OCT 2015
TIME: 6.00 P.M
VENUE: CHEMBUR FINE ARTS, MUMBAI
TOPIC: MEENAKSHI KALYANAM, PANDURANGA LEELA
CITY: MUMBAI

2) PROGRAM AT CHENNAI
DATE: OCT 11TH
TIME: 6.30 P.M
VENUE: SRINGERI MUTT, R.A PURAM,
CITY: CHENNAI
TOPIC: GURU MAHIMA

QUIZ ON SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM--OCTOBER 2015

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 ON SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM—October 2015

1)      Who was the sage who told Lakshmana about Krishna?

2)      How did the 8 queens of Krishna attain in him ( in common)?

3)      Which is difficult even for the Devas?

4)      What is it that yogis cannot give upp?

5)      What did the gopis give to Krishna when they left Kurukshetra?

ANSWERS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2015

1)      When we give up desires for the material objects, peace naturally comes to us. Sudama had given up such material desires. Hence he was peaceful.

2)      Krishna said ‘ Sudama, you do not have any desire for money.—80^th chapter, 29^th sloka.

3)      The Lord is pleased by the service one does to ones guru.

4)      Krishna did paadaseva to Sudama. Hence Sudama calls himself sinner thinking of that.

5)      Krishna welcomed Sudama as he would welcome Balaramaswamy.

  

WINNERS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPT 2015

1)      Raja-------------------------------------I---------------------------48+10=58

2)      Padma Narayanan-------------------I---------------------------42+10=52

3)      Aradhana Anand---------------------II----------------------------38+8=46

4)      N.Krishnan------------------------------II--------------------------48+8=56

5)      Hema V------------------------------II----------------------------------48+8=56

6)      Srinivasan Sujatha.S---------------II---------------------------------44+8=52

7)      Lalitha Narasimhan----------------II---------------------------------48+8=56

8)      LakshmiKumar----------------------II---------------------------------50+8=58

9)      Sriram Krishnamurthy--------------II----------------------------------48+8=56

10)   Adithi Venkateswaran----------------II-------------------------------48+8=56

11)   Aparna Venkat-------------------------II---------------------------------48+8=56

12)   Hari-------------------------------------III----------------------------------38+6=44

13)   Vishnupriya----------------------------III----------------------------------38+6=44

14)   SriVidyaKrishnan---------------------III------------------------------------44+6=50

KSHETRA FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2015

                                                                              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.