Sri.Hari Anna: March 2014

Friday, March 7, 2014

EVENTS OF THE MONTH- MARCH 2014

UTHSAVAM OF THIS MONTH

DATE: 8TH MARCH TO 16TH MARCH
UTHSAVAM: HOLI UTHSAVAM
PLACE: VRINDAVAN

SRI HARI ANNA'S PROGRAM- MARCH 2014

PROGRAM AT CHENNAI
DATE: MARCH 3RD TO 8TH
VENUE: PANDURANGA TEMPLE
TOPIC: SAPTHAHAM- SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM

U.S TOUR OF SRI HARIJI- MARCH/APRIL 2014

PROGRAM AT WASHINGTON

Date: March 28th

Time: 6.30 to 8.30

Topic: Rukmini Kalyanam

Venue:Damascus High School, Damascus, MD 20872

25921 Ridge Road, Damascus, MD 20872

PROGRAM AT PHILADELPHIA

Date: March 29th

Time: 5.30 to 7.30 p.m

Topic: Santh Ekanath charitram

Venue: Bharathiya Temple, Chalfont, PA

PROGRAM AT BUFFALO

Date: March 30th

Time: 6.30 to 8.30 p.m

Topic: Ajamilopakhyanam

Venue: Hindu Cultural Society, 1595, North French Road, Getzville

PROGRAM AT BLOOMINGTON

Date; April 5th and 6th

Time: 6.00 p.m to 8.00 p.m

Topic: Krishna leela

Venue: conference centre, 1413 Lesley Drive,

PROGRAM AT CHICAGO

Date: April 8th

Time: 6.00 to 8.00

Topic: Rama Jananam

Venue: Brahma Sabha, 2557 Stone Henge Drive, Aurora, IL

PROGRAM AT SAN DIEGO

Date: April 11th

Time: 7 P.M.

Venue: Chinmaya Mission San Diego,

12249 Ninth Street, Poway, CA 92064 - Google Maps

PROGRAM AT SAN JOSE

Topic: Guru Mahima / Sabari Moksham (Tamil)

Date/Time: 7:30 - 9:30 PM, Saturday, April 12^th 2014

Venue: Jain Temple, 722 South Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035

PROGRAM AT SAN JOSE

Prahlada Charithram (Tamil)

Date/Time : 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Sunday, April 13^th 2014

Venue: Chinmaya Mission, 1050 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126

SMT VISHAKHA HARI'S PROGRAM- MARCH 2014

PROGRAM AT BANGALORE
DATE: 8TH MARCH
VENUE: SAI SAMSKRITALAYA
TIME : 6.00 P.M
TOPIC: WOMEN OF WISDOM
ORGANISER: SCION MASTER MINDS

PROGRAM AT CHENNAI
DATE: 9TH MARCH
VENUE: PANDURANGAN TEMPLE
AREA: ADAMBAKKAM
TIME: 6.30 P.M
TOPIC: AKRURAAGAMANAM, KAMSA VADAM, RUKMINI KALYANAM

PROGRAM AT SHASTRA
DATE: 12TH MARCH
VENUE: SASTRA COLLEGE CAMPUS
TIME; 3.30 P.M
TOPIC: CHALLENGES OF MODERNITY- ENGLISH

PROGRAM AT LONDON
DATE; 22ND MARCH
VENUE: CANNONS HIGH SCHOOL
TIME: 5.00P.M
TOPIC: VEER HANUMAN- IN ENGLISH

PROGRAM AT LONDON
DATE: 23RD MARCH
VENUE: SIR ISAAC NEWTON ACADEMY
TIME; 5.00 P.M
TOPIC: SUBRAMANYA VAIBHAVAM- TAMIL

PROGRAM AT USA
DATE: MARCH 29TH
PLACE: LOS ANAGELES
VENUE: SIFAS, HOOVER AUDITORIUM

DATE: MARCH 30TH
PLACE: HOUSTON
VENUE: MEENAKSHI TEMPLE
TOPIC: MEENAKSHI KALYANAM

DATE: 4TH APRIL, 5TH APRIL
CITY: SEATTLE
PLACE: VEDA TEMPLE, SEATTLE
TOPIC: KRISHNA LEELA, SUNDARAKANDAM
TIME: 6.00 P.M

DATE: 6TH APRIL
PLACE: SANHOSE
VENUE: SIFAS, MILPITAS
TIME: 6.00P.M

DATE: 11TH APRIL
PLACE: BOSTON
VENUE: CHINMAYA AUDITORIUM
TOPIC: BHAKTHA MEERA
TIME: 6.00 P.M

DATE: 12TH APRIL
PLACE: WASHINGTON
VENUE: SRI BHAKTHA ANJANEYA TEMPLE, SBAT
TOPIC: HANUMATH PRABHAVA

DATE: 13TH APRIL
PLACE: NEW JERSEY
VENUE: GURUVAYUR TEMPLE

QUIZ ON SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM-

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- MARCH 2014

1) That Asura fell down like Tripura hit by the arrows of Lord Shiva. Which was that Asura?

2) Sri Suka says “ In a very short while Krishna learned to crawl”. Why did he say so?

3) “ Nirmamantha swayam dadhi”--- Yashoda churned the curd herself asking the other gopikas to do the rest of the jobs.

4) “ Aathmabhoothanam”--- “ The Lord was not attained by even the gnanis the way they were attained by the devotees. Here, whom does the the term gnanis refer to? Does it mean the wise or the aatmagnanis?

5) NandaGopa saw a person as the Lord Himself. Who was He?

QUESTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2014

1) “ Swayam Sthithaha”--- He got by Himself—Explain.

2) Who was bakasura’s brother?

3) “ Me Barthuhu”—Who was whose husband?

4) How did Brahma do padapooja to Krishna?

5) To realise the Brahmam we need eyes and light ( Surya). The Upanishads are like eyes. Who is the light?

Note: Owing to Hari Anna’s tour of the US April Questions are also posted.

ANSWERS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2014

1) Durga

2) The moon does not arise. So is the Lord never born. He gave his darshan before Devaki.

3) 12000 years

4) Vasudeva took Krishna to Gokula. At that time Durga incarnated.

5) Just as the logs in a river get separated and float individually so are people fond of each other separated.

WINNERS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2014

1) Lakshmi Kumar--------------------I-------------------10+10=20

2) Sethuraman-------------------------I-------------------100=10=110

3) Lalitha Narasimhan---------------I-------------------14+10=24

4) Srividya Krishnan-----------------I--------------------86+10=96

5) Sruthy Suryaprakash-------------II------------------86+8=94

6) Padma narayanan-----------------II-------------------90+8=98

7) N. Krishnan-------------------------II------------------96+8=104

8) Srinivasan Sujatha----------------II-------------------90+8=98

9) Vishnupriya------------------------III------------------6+6=12

10) Raja--------------------------------III------------------76+6=82

11) R.Krishnan-----------------------III-------------------8+6=14

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