vishwa bhanu aug-september 2014

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The magnificent Puppet Show

The whole world is nothing but a magnificent Puppet Show. So says Keralas great poet of satire andoriginator of famous Ottanthullal. According to him,the director of the cosmic show goes on pulling thethreads that make us move our head, hands and feet,that is, dance to his tune. When he pulls out the threads,lo, we fall down dead.

Isnt the whole world then a BOMMAKOLU where crores andcrores of dolls or puppets human beings, animals, birds and count-

less other organisms are made to play their part in a mega cosmic dra-ma. Each man and woman thinks that he /she is the best actor andhis/her acting is the best. Little do we realize we are all puppets andthe one who pulls the threads remains invisible. We have to dance tohis tune and when he pulls the thread, off we fall down dead.

This being a fact, why cant we behave more responsibly, more pleasingly and dance more rhythmically and live more purposefully. Each doll in the bommakolu is a reflection of ourselves as is every cre-ation in the universe. In Sri Sankaras words Viswam dharpanamananagari the world is a mirror. Let us, looking at the dolls in thebommakolu, learn to expand our understanding to include everythingand remain happily attuned to all the creations in the universe.Vasudhaiva kutumbakam is the message that the bommakolu gives.

Meditate on the great truth that we are nothing but puppets inthe Lords hands.

AUGUST 15TH AND RAMAYANA

PARAYANAM SAMAPANAM PRO-

GRAMME

GANESH CHARTURTHI AND ONAM

CELEBRATION

SRI KRISHNA JAYANTHI

U.B.DAY CELEBRATION

NAVARATHRI AND VIDYARAM-

BHAM

REGULAR ACTIVITIES


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Independence Day and Ramayana monthsconclusion were celebrated on 15TH August. Flag hoistingwas at 9.50 a.m. by Lakshmi Didi, in the presence ofSandeepani Sishuvihar children and their parents. Chil-dren sang patriotic songs and sweets were distributed.From 10 a.m. the Ramayana Programme started. Makinguse of the canvas painting of Ramayana, Lakshmi Didi nar-rated to the children the entire Ramayana story. Then fol-lowed the parayanam (reading) by devotees, each choosingtheir own favourite piece from the Ramayana book. Ten ofthem participated. The pride of the place went to Sri Sanjay

Raj, noted music student who in his early days was a fre-quent participant in our programmes.

Then two quiz competitions on Ramayanafollowed in which both young children and elders tookpart. Shri Viswam from Gurupadam was the main speakerfor the day. In a very simple and effective way he con-veyed the message of Ramayana for the house holders. Allthe participants were given token of appreciation.Smt.Baby, Kum Bindus companion for home visits washonoured by Lakshmi Didi. Shri P.S.S.Kaimal, Smt.Sumatiteacher and Mrs.Jisha Sateesh were the judges

GANESH CHATURTHI ANDINAUGURATION OF

ONAM CELEBRATION

Ganapathi Homam marked the celebration ofGanesh Chaturthi in Anandadham. Sri Sivan of Dr Vi- jayans Vedic School performed the Homam. Inmates ofAnandadham and a few well-wishers attended.

That day was also Atham, the first day of Onam.


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ONAM GIFTS TO THE POOR AND NEEDY

With the Thiru Onam celebration justknocking at the door, here at Anandadham, couponsworth Rs 250/- were gifted to the needy and deserv-

ing families in and around of Ananda dham so thatthey could also celebrate Onam with joy during thefestival. They could buy things of their choice worthRs 250/- from a particular consumer shop, so thatthe gift will not be misused. Mananeeya LakshmiDidi gave away those coupons to the deservingwomen and children. Vedic Vision has been organ-ising this for the last so many years, coinciding it

Atham marks the beginning of celebrations of the ten dayfestivity of Onam in Kerala. This day is believed to be theday when the legendary King Bali starts his preparation tovisit his Kingdom. The tiny tots of Sandeepani Sishuvihar

celebrated Atham by helping their mothers and teachers toput up a beautiful Athapoo Kolam with flowers and leaves.From morning 10 a.m. to 12 noon many of the tiny tots wereapt busy with their mothers. One of them was dressed asMahabali, another as Vamana avataram, two were dressedas tigers. They had great fun posing in front of the cameraand at last sipping the Prasad of payasam


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Sri Krishna Jayanthi was celebratedat Anandadham in a grand way, this year.Twenty three children participated. Out ofthem twenty one were dressed up as Krish-nas and two of them as Radhas. From a fewmonths old babies to six year old childrenall took part. From the morning there was a

big crowd in the campus.All the parents and guardians of

Sandeepani Sishuvihar had come to dressup their own wards. All were made to sit onthe stage so that the judges could find outthe best among Krishnas. The best amongthe little Krishnas was little Ananthakrish-nan, one and a half years old. Programmecontinued with songs on Krishna, sung bythe older children and ladies. All receivedprasadam after Uriadi programme whichwas the most interesting part enjoyed by allthe children.

with Ma.Eknathji Jayanthis Celebrations. Uniqueness of this project is that the entireprogramme is sponsored by well wishers and friends.

Side by side there was a Matru Sammelan (of all the Sandeepani Sishuvihar chil-dren) at Dakshina Hall, where they were made aware of the entire year long programmes of theSandeepani and how they could become part of these activities. Almost all the mothers of the

Sandeepani children attended.


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From 17th September to 19th September a seriesrecitation, speech and drawing of competitions forschool and college students were held. A total of twohundred and three students participated. On 17th Sep-tember, morning, Art competitions for both junior andsenior class students were held. Seventy students fromten different schools participated. Master Gohul Menonof class VI of Bharat Vidya Mandir, Valapad was the firstprize winner from the juniors and Anumol Shaji ofS.N.Vidyabhavan, Chentrapinni from the seniors. On18th September morning there was Narration competi-tion of incidents from the life of Swami Vivekananda, inEnglish and Malayalam. Kumari Sana C.S. of S.N.Vidyabhavan, Chentrapinni in English and Kumari Hri-dya Biju of H.D.P.Y.School in Malayalam were the firstprize winners. On 18th noon, there was Elocution contestboth in English and Malayalam. Kum. Amritavarshini ofAmrita Vidyalayam in English and Kum. SanjanaSajeevan of Shantiniketan International School in Mala-yalam, Kodungallur were the winners.

About 85 students participated. On 19th morningthere was a quiz competition. Topic was Our nationalepics-Ramayana and Mahabharata. Amrita Vidyalayamgroup were the winners out of the three groups of schoolviz. Panangad H.S.School and Baharat Vidya Mandir,Valapad.

On the same day at noon, there was speech com-

petition in English and Malayalam kept for college stu-dents. The topic was- Rebuild India,need of the hour .Two colleges namely S N M College, Maliankara and DrPalpu MemoriaL B.Ed College participated.Kum.Aiswarya Krishna of SNM College Maliankara whospoke in Malayalamwas the winner.


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Like every Navarathri celebration , this yeartoo there was a Bommam Kolu covering the en-tire stage of Dakshina Hall . On all the ten days ofNavarathri, there were bhajan sessions for an hourduring the evening from 5 pm to 6 p.m. Many chil-dren from the neighbourhood joined the inmatesfor prayer.

On the Asthami day the children broughttheir book packets to be laid in front of the MotherSaraswathi, to receive Her blessings .

On Dashami day, early in the morning,three toddlers were brought to Didi for vidyaram-bham. Slightly bigger children were helped bytheir parents to write Hari Sri on rice. Elder chil-dren wrote on their own and then were given theirbundle of books . Payasam distribution followedfor all the devotees.


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LAKSHMI DIDIS PROGRAMMES IN THE MONTHS

OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER

10th Inauguration of spiritual class in NSS Karyayogam12th &13th _ Chaumasik Baithak at Kanya kummari

17th August Satsangh at Thiruvallur Siva Temple, Kodungallur

24th August Satsangh at Sai Womens Group, Palaghat

12th Sept _ Talk at Velmurugan Service Organisation, Kdr

15th Sept Sri Krishna Jayanthi at Anandadham

18th and19th Seminar on Swami Vivekananda and National

Integration S.N.M.College, Maliankara

28th Sept Universal Brotherhood Day

SRI GIRISH KUMARJIS CLASS

On the 30 th and 31 st August and 27th and 28th September,thelast Satrurday and Sunday Sri Girishkumarji conducted his regular

classes on Lalitha Sahasra naama. About 50 people were present for theclasses.

GANESH CHATURTHEE AND MONTHLY POURNAMI POOJAS

Ganesh charthurthi and Ganapathi Homam and Sri Chakrapoojas during pournami in the month of August and September wereconducted by Shivanji of Karumatra centre.


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YOGA SATRA FOR MENAND WOMEN

Thirty five ladies were trained atthree places, namely, at Anandadham( 11women), Palli nada (10 women) and DrPalpu College for B.Ed students (13 ladiesand 1 gent) all at Kodungallur, weretrained during August and September.Classes for ladies from Pallinada andB.Ed college started at the end of Septem-ber and will continue till November.

Yoga Varga for ladies continued

with 6 ladies attending regularly.10 men were trained in the yoga

satra whereas 12 of them regularly attendthe varga in the morning.

SAMSKAR VARGA

Ten children attended the Sunday classes, wherechildren were taught both asanas and were

helped in their studies too.


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The easiest way to make ourselves healthy is to see thatothers are healthy and the easiest way to make ourselves happy is tosee that others are happy. The tapas and other hard yagas that were

practised in other Yugas do not work now. What is needed in this Yu- ga is giving, helping others. This is one of our greatest duties and you

will find that the more you work, to help others, the more you helpyourselves. But I will tell you in plain language that you work bestwhen you work for others. The best work you ever did for yourselveswas when you worked for others.

Swami Vivekananda

This was the Yagna spirit translated into practical life. Thiswas the Dharma of the Hindu way of life. It is this spirit of sacrifice that

was corroded by centuries of abuse and misuse with the result that we, as aNation came to be labelled as a nation of lazy, self-centered egoists with thenational idiosyncrasy of personal moksha or liberation.

To see ones own Self as the Self everywhere and out of that awareness de-velop a willingness and capacity to work for others, to put their needs before

Dr. M. Lakshmikumari


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gna of the olden days would the rich come forward to make service astatus symbol?

From childhood we start hypnotizing the children that they

should become this, that and so on, not for acquiring the intrinsicwork of human excellence but to acquire more wealth, to live in big-ger and bigger mansions, to surround them with all the parapherna-lia of wealth and affluence, to maintain their position amidst the rat-race of competition, to rise higher and higher to the dizzy heights ofmaterialism.

A change is a must and urgent too. Each home should of-

fer at least one child to serve the society, may be for not all the years,at least for a part of his productive career, be he a doctor, engineer,or anybody. Any home should be proud of this child. In hundredsand thousands, young men and women should come out of theirhomes to serve the poor and the downtrodden. Let them choose anyof the service organizations to work with or on their own individualmerit. That is immaterial. What is needed urgently is service in thetrue spirit of the term. Service in small and big ways should domi-nate our lives and out of it will necessarily flow all the other humanvalues which we have lost during our journey down the countlesscenturies. To re-discover the glory of this Yagna spirit in our smalllives through renunciation and service is the need of the hour.

( This was the first editorial that Didi wrote for Yuva Bharati after joining Kendrain 1982, which had the approval and blessings of Mananiya Eknathji ).


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