Sri.Hari Anna

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

QUIZ ON SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM- OCT 2010

QUESTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2010
1) Which God should one yearning for longevity (long life) worship?
2) Which God should one wanting beauty worship?
3) Which God should one yearning for moksha worship?
4) Those ears which do not hear Bhagavathgunas are equivalent to something which Suka refers to. What is that something.
5) Those eyes which do not see the Divine forms of the Lord are equivalent to----------------------. Fill up.

ANSWERS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2010
1) The earth
2) Hands
3) Mooladaram, Swadhistanam, manipoorakam, Anahatham, Vishudhi, Aagzha
4) Eyes-2, ears-2, Nostrils-2, Mouth1
5) Sadyo mukthi, Krama Mukthi.

SEPTEMBER WINNERS

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

2)Padma Narayanan---------------------I--------28+10 points

3) Karthik Venkatraman-----------------I--------28+10 points

4) Radhika Venkatraman-----------------I--------32+10

5) Srinivasan Sujatha S-------------------I--------44+10 points

6)Gopika Sampath------------------------II-------44+8

7) Girija Seetharaman---------------------II-------50+8

8) Sudarshana Narayanaswamy-----------III------28+6

KSHETRA FOR THE MONTH OCTOBER 2010

KSHETRA- THIRUVALLIKENI- KAIRAVINI KSHETRAM
There once lived a king by name Sumathi who was a dharmic ruler. He was a truthful and victorious king. He ruled the Thondaimandalam. Under his reign there was prosperity and peace all over. He once went to Thirumala for a darshan of Lord Venkateswara. The Lord pleased with his devotion said “ May you ask of me anything you want. I shall grant you.” The King said “ Iam unworthy of your compassion. But I would like to see that divine sport when you were the charioteer of that Arjuna.” The Lord at once agreed. “ I will show it to you when the time comes”. The king too returned to his palace.
Yet another time certain brahamanas came to the king and requested him to kill the rakshasas wandering in the forests of Narayanavana near Seshachalam. The King immediately left to narayanavana in search of the rakshasas. Hearing his shankanada the whole place was filled suddenly by a battalion of man eating rakshasas. The rakshasas started causing great havoc and ate up even the charioteer of king Sumathi. The king now in a fix, terribly fearing the proceedings meditated on the Lord. The Lord, the saviour of one and all appeared as the King’s charioteer. A turban in His head, with the lagan in His hands, sporting a moustache and with beautiful lotus like eyes.” Oh King, Do not worry. I shall drive your chariot. May you fight the rakshasas without any panic. It is definite that victory is yours.” That chariteer very well versed in charioteering captivated the king’s heart by his wonderful glances and adept driving. The King easily won the battle by the support of his charioteer. He wanted to honour the charioteer who atonce vanished. Only then the king came to know that his sarathy was none other than the Parthasarathy. He immediately began crying “ Why have you disappeared. Please come before Me. How unfortunate that I did not realize that it was none other than You who supported me in the battle.” The Lord said “ May you go back to your place and build a temple for me there. I shall show my form there”. Thus the king built a temple and it is Lord Venkatewshwara who manifested there as Parthasarathy. This is the Brundaranya kshetram.( near Allikeni). Hence known by the name Thiruvallikeni.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

SLOKA FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2010

THATHAH PASHYATHI DHARMATHMA THATH SARVAM YOGAMAASTHITHAHA
PURA YATH THATHRA NIRVRUTHTHAM PAANAVAAMALAKAM YATHA
SA YATHA KATHITHAM PURVAM NAARADENA MAHATHMANA
RAGHUVAMSASYA CHARITHAM CHAKARA BHAGAVAN MUNIHI

There are two types of poets 1) Sramakavis and 2) aashukavis. The sramakavi takes a lot of effort in composing. The ashukavi effortlessly composes slokas. Kalidasa was an ashukavi. For those great men like Kalidasa when the mind concentrates on a particular thing it takes the form of a poem. If he looks at a mountain for instance he composes on the mountain. If he appreciates the beauty of a sea instantly he composes a sloka on the sea. Or if it is the sun rise he composes on it. Such poems are full of hasya rasa, sringara rasa, and karuna rasa. This was what Wordworth meant in his phrase” poetry is the spontaneous overflow of the powerful feelings of the poet.”
When the hunter hit the krouncha bird instantaneously Valmiki composed a sloka. He is an adikavi, ashukavi and a brahmarishi Brahma requested Valmiki to write the Ramayana. As Valmiki was a Brahmarishi he could see through his gnanadhrishti the Rama charitra which had just then taken place.” Samudramiva Rathnadyam”- Ramayana is like the samudra. The ocean is beautified by the rathnas. Similarly the ocean of Ramayana is beautified by Ramagunarathnas. “Sarvasruthimanoharam”—In this world nobody likes extolling or abusing a third person in front of a huge gathering. But Ramayana steals the heart of one and all and gives eternal bliss when recited before a huge audience.
Thus Sage Valmiki instantly composed 24000slokas as heard from narada through his yogasidhdhi.

SRIMAD BHAGAVATHA SAPTHAHAM

The pravachanam at Besant nagar Ratnagiriswarar temple, Chennai was on Srimad Bhagavatham from June 28th to July 4th. Sri Hari Anna delivered the entire sapthaham enthusiastically. Hundreds of devotees attended the sapthaham and wre benefited by it. Radha Kalyanam was conducted on July 4th morning. Bhaktha mandali members, Sri Venkataramani and Ramakrishnan and otheres enthusiastically involved themselves. 26th and 27th Smt Vishakha Hari deliverd sangeetha upanyasam on Subramanya vaibhavam and Rama nama prabhavam.

PAST EVENTS

BHAKTHAVIJAYA PRAVACHANAM- CHENNAI
Just as in Thiruvananthapuram there is a beautiful Padmanabhaswamy temple at Adayar, Chennai.In the serene temple of that Padmanabhaswamy Sri Hari Anna’s pravachanam was held from June 10th to 12th. The very first day Sri Hari Anna began the pravachanam extolling the greatness of padmanabhaswamy. He said “ We should have darshan of Padmanabhaswamy through three gates. Through one entrance we see His feet, through another His Nabhikamala and through the third entrance His divine face. “ Bhoorbhuvasuvaha”- these three are called vyahruthi. This vyahruthi is the quintessence of the entire Vedas.The way to Brahmashathkaram is the aavruthi( repetition) of the vyahruthi and the pranava. Thus “ Bhuhu, Bhuvaha, Suvaha- the vyahruthi are the 3 gates to the darshan of Padmanabhaparabruhmam.
Consequently he lectured on Ekanatha, Kabeerdas, Thulasidas in his own inimitable style. Huge gathering of audience enjoyed it.The auditorium is a beautiful and calm one. Sree Venkatraman, Srinivasa Rao of DharmaParipalana sabha organized the function with great sincerity.

EVENTS OF THE MONTH SEPTEBER 2010

I UTHSAVAM OF THIS MONTH
1) GOKULASHTAMI UTHSAVAM

DATE: 1ST SEP TO 10TH SEP

VILLAGE: PARANOOR

2) RADHASTAMI UTHSAVAM

DATE: SEP 14TH TO 20TH

TOWN : BRINDAVANAM

II HARI ANNA'S PROGRAMS- SEP 2010

SRIMAD BHAGAVATHA SAPTHAHAM-VILLUPURAM

DATE: 29TH SEP TO OCT 5TH

TOPIC: SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM

VENUE: VAIKUNTAVASA PERUMAL KOVIL

TIME: 7.00 P.M TO 9.00 P.M

III VISHAKHA HARI'S PROGRAM- SEP 2010

PROGRAM AT CHENNAI

DATE: SEP 23RD TO 25TH

VENUE: INFOSYS HALL, RAMAKRISHNA MISSION SCHOOL, T.NAGAR

TOPIC: Vruthropakyanam, Surdas, Gajendra Moksham respectively

TIME: 6.30 TO 8.30

QUIZ ON SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM- SEP 2010

1) What is that which the saints consider as their bed?
2) What is that which is considered by the renunciated souls as the bikshapathram?
3) For the yogis the pranan which goes through the urdhvanaadi passes through 6 sthanas. Name the 6 sthana.
4) When the pranashakthi comes between the two eyebrow of a yogi 7 exits are closed. Name the seven exits.
5) “Veda geethe”- What is the mukthi referred to in this adhyaya as well as the Vedas.

WINNERS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2010

1) Srinivasan Sujatha S.-- I--34+10 points

2) Gopika Sampath-------I---34+10 points

3) Sudarshana Narayanaswamy--I--18+10 points

4) Radhakrishnan Ramamurthy-I--10+10 points

5) Sriram-----------------------II--8 points

6) Sundar-----------------------III--6 points

NOTE: Owing to hectic schedule, August quiz has been evaluated on 20.08.10. However answers can be sent hereafter too. It will be evaluated and included with September marks. Therefore Answers for August quiz are not yet declared.

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