Sri.Hari Anna

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

SLOKA OF THE MONTH- SEPTEMBER 2013

“ Thvaamaasadya Mahaathmaanam Dharmagyam Dharmavathsalam

Arthithvaannatha Vakshyana Thachcha Naha kshanthumarhasi

Ehi Pashya shareerani muneenam Bhavithaathmanaam

Hathaanam Rakshasaidyouraihi Bahunam Bahudha Vane

Bhavathathamarthasidhyarthamaagathoaham Yadruchchaya

Thasya Meyam Vane Vaso BHavishyathi Mahapalaha”

Sharanagathi is surrendering of Manas, speech and body. Once as refugee takes refuge he resolves that all his yogakshema would be automatically taken care of by the Lord, He lives with the thought that the Lord is His only refuge. Sharanaagathi is of two types a) Markata Sharanagathi b) Maarjala Sharanagathi .Markata Sharangathi is where the baby monkey holds its mother tightly. It never leaves its mother. Likewise Prahlada and other devotees catch the feet of the Lord with great faith and perseverance.

The other sharanagathi is Maarjala sharanaagathi where the mother cat cups its kittens with its mouth. Likewise the Lord never leaves his devotees. The Dandakavasis, rishis did Maarjala sharanagathi. They had innumerable difficulties from Kara and Dushana at Janasthana since they ate human flesh. The Rakshasas used to eat the maharishis who did penance there. They could have burnt the rakshasas with their Thapobal. But they did not. Instead they waited all along for Rama to come and save them. As soon as Rama came they praised him “ We pray to you who are a Mahathma and a Dharmathma as we are unable to bear our suffering. Please forgive us if we are wrong. Did you see this place? Can you see the hill as white as Kailasa. That is not a hill. It is a heap of flesh. Kara, Dooshana etc have killed all the maharishis and heaped the flesh here. Please save us from them”.

Rama replied “ I have come here on my word given to my father. If Iam of use to you here I consider it a privilege. I will not return without killing the rakshasa and bestowing welfare on you all.”- thus he resolved.

PAST EVENTS

Smt Vishakha Hari's Musical discourse was conducted at the Music Academy, Chennai by Brakes India Ltd. She delivered a harikatha on Sundara Kandam and dedicated the program to the legend and her Sangeetha Guru Sri Lalgudi G. Jayaraman. Many rasikas attended the program and were enthralled by it.

EVENTS OF THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2013

1)UTHSAVAM: GOKULASHTAMI UTHSAVAM

VILLAGE: PARANOOR

DATE: 29TH AUG TO 7TH SEPT

2)UTHSAVAM: RADHASHTAMI UTHSAVAM
DATE: 11TH SEPT TO 16TH SEPT
TOWN: BRINDAVANAM

SRI HARI ANNA'S PROGRAM

PROGRAM AT DUBAI

DATE: 23RD SEPT TO 29TH SEPT
TOPIC: SRIMAD BHAGAVATHA SAPTHAHAM
VENUE: SINDHI HALL ( NEAR DUBAI MUSEUM)
TIME: 7.00 P.M

SMT VISHAKHA HARI'S PROGRAM

1) PROGRAM AT PARANOOR
DATE: 4TH SEP
UTHSAVAM: KALYANOTHSAVAM
VILLAGE: PARANOOR
VENUE: SRIBAKTHAKOLAHALAN TEMPLE
TIME: 7.00 P.M
TOPIC: CONCERT

2) PROGRAM AT CHENNAI
DATE: 21ST SEPT
TOPIC: AMBUJA RAMAYANAM
VENUE: MUSIC ACADEMY
TIME; 6.00 P.M

3) PROGRAM AT DUBAI
DATE: 29TH SEPT
TOPIC: RUKMINI KALYANAM
VENUE: SINDHI HALL ( NEAR DUBAI MUSEUM)
TIME: 7.00 P.M

QUIZ FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2013

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 SEPTEMBER 2013

1)Which was the Purana preached by the Lord during His Mathsya Avathara?

2) What was the other name of Vaivasvatha Manu?

3)Who was the king who ruled the kingdom being a man for a month and a woman for the next alternatively?

4)Which Devas showed Chyavana to Sukanya?

5)Who established “Kushasthali” in the midst of the sea?

ANSWERS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2013

1) Mind

2) Those Devas that had Indra predominantly.

3) Bali Chakravarthy

4) Bali CHakravarthy again

5) Hayagreevasuran

WINNERS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2013
1) Sethuraman----------------------I----------------40+10=50
2) Padma Narayanan---------------I-----------------30+10=40
3) Sruthi Suryaprakash-------------I-----------------30+10=40
4) N.Krishnan---------------------I------------------38+10=48
5) Raja---------------------------I-------------------38+10=48
6)Gokul--------------------------I-------------------10
7) Srinivasan Sujatha S----------II--------------------32+8=40
8) Sravanthi Premkumar---------III--------------------6

KSHETRA FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2013

THIRUTHEVANARTHOGAI

Once there was a huge assembly of all the Devas. Brahma, Rudra, Indra, Vayu, Agni, Yama, Ashwinikumaras, Vishwedevas,, Maruths etc met and discussed an important matter.

How do we see the Lord who is inaccessible to even Yogis. We are all Aathikaarikapurushas, who work as per the Lord’s instructions. Still the Lord is so inaccessible to even all of us. We are unable to go to Paramapada. Only the Nithyasuris are able to worship him there. We can go to Ksheerabdi, yet His Darshan cannot be guaranteed. Yogis see Him as Antharyami in their heart. WE are unable to do so. Even monkeys and shepherds got His Darshan. But that is possible only during His Vibhava Avatharas like Rama and Krishna. We became Devas after performing very many great deeds for many janmas. Yet what is the use if we cannot see the Lord? What is the way out. Please tell us Brahmaji, requested the Devas.

Brahma replied “ I begot the Brahmapatta after 1000crore yugas. The Darshan of the Lord is very difficult even for me. He is not visible to those who perform deeds with desires. He gives His Darshan only for those premabhakthas. We did not worship Him with Love but did so with selfish motives. If we can worship Him with true Love He will bless us all with His Darshan.

Lord Shiva said “ Hari is all pervading. Why cant you all perceive Him thus.” Indra said “ We want to see Him with a form and Name. Varuna said “ If that is the case we should give up all our desires and mediatate upon Him. Ashwinikumaras said “ He is inaccessible to those who fall into maya, faithless, those who have fallen from the path of yoga. Each of them gave their own suggestion and they came to a conclusion that the Lord who come only if they worshipped Him with true Love.

Immediately the Lord manifested His Magnificient form with His divine conch and shell. He said “ You all have attained Swarga. You have nectar. Still you are not free from troubles.. The Devas said “ Oh Lord We have realised that your Darshan alone can free us from all miseries. We want to see you always. If we, even Devas are full of worry what about the ordinary mortals. Hence we request you to to stay here in this kshetra and give your Darshan to all men and DEvas.

Hence the kshetra came to be called ThiruDevanarthogai. Those who worship here will be freed from material desires.

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