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Monthly Newsletter of Guruvayoor Devotees Forum Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya. Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya. \h\oXw \h\oXw \h\oXw \h\oXw \h\oXw \h\oXw \h\oXw \h\oXw മിഥനം മിഥനം മിഥനം മിഥനം ĭ ĭ ĭ ĭ 1184 1184 1184 1184 / JUNE / JUNE / JUNE / JUNE 2009 2009 2009 2009 http://group.yahoo.com/groups/guruvayur \h\oXw Page- 1

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Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya.Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya.

\h\oXw\h\oXw\h\oXw\h\oXw\h\oXw\h\oXw\h\oXw\h\oXwമിഥനം മിഥനം മിഥനം മിഥനം ���� 1184118411841184 / JUNE/ JUNE/ JUNE/ JUNE 2009 2009 2009 2009

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Om Namo Narayanaya:Om Namo Narayanaya:

Submitted at the lotus feet of Submitted at the lotus feet of Submitted at the lotus feet of Submitted at the lotus feet of Sri Guruvayoorappan by the devotees.Sri Guruvayoorappan by the devotees.Sri Guruvayoorappan by the devotees.Sri Guruvayoorappan by the devotees.Hare Rama Hare Krishna! Hare Rama Hare Krishna! Hare Rama Hare Krishna! Hare Rama Hare Krishna!

Editorial.

Om Namo Narayanaya:

Dear GuruDevs,ear GuruDevs,ear GuruDevs,ear GuruDevs,Our Member of the month is none other than Shri. KV Gopalakrishna-ji. Please see the

profile of our dear Gurunathan Shri KVG. He is a long time & active member of our group and

he has been guiding us by answering our spiritual questions and guiding us through the rightpath of pure bhakthi. Thank you Guruji! Pranam.

As everyone of you know, our world is passing through a testing time – lots of illnesses,war, droughts, natural calamities, human created calamities like a huge economic downturn

with high unemployment rates and more poverty around the world ... We all need help from

Shri Guruvayoorappan to pass through this testing phase and HIS blessings to have betterdays and a better world ahead. Let there be more peace in this world.

ॐ पूण�मदः पूण�िमदम् पूणा�त् पूण�मुद�यते ॐ पूण�मदः पूण�िमदम् पूणा�त् पूण�मुद�यते ॐ पूण�मदः पूण�िमदम् पूणा�त् पूण�मुद�यते ॐ पूण�मदः पूण�िमदम् पूणा�त् पूण�मुद�यते |पूण��य पूण�मादाय पूण�मेवाविश�यते पूण��य पूण�मादाय पूण�मेवाविश�यते पूण��य पूण�मादाय पूण�मेवाविश�यते पूण��य पूण�मादाय पूण�मेवाविश�यते ||

ॐ शाि�तः शाि�तः शाि�तः ॐ शाि�तः शाि�तः शाि�तः ॐ शाि�तः शाि�तः शाि�तः ॐ शाि�तः शाि�तः शाि�तः ||Please pray for the well being of everyone and extend a helping hand to the needy as

much as you can. We all can make a small difference in each other's life by extending a

helping hand and support each other in need.

Samashta Loka sukhno Bhavanthu!! May everyone in the whole universe be happy!

Om Namo Narayanaya: Om Namo Narayanaya: Om Namo Narayanaya:

– Sunil Menon

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Travelogue – Char Dham Yathra

Rajee Ananda

OM NAMO NARAYANAYA

With Guruvayoorappan’s blessing my husband and I were able to take a modified version of “CharDham yatra”. I say modified, because we could not go to Yamunotri and Gangotri. Char Dham includesall the four places of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. Due to our time constraints wevisited only Rishikesh, Haridwar, Kedarnath and Badrinath.

The following is a short summary of our trip.

We left LA on June 2nd and reached Delhi on 3rdnight. We weregreeted by a representative and driver from our tour company andtook us to our hotel.

On the 4th morning we went by a car to Rishikesh. We stayed at theGanga Beach Resort Hotel on the banks of Ganga with a great view.That evening we went back to Haridwar and saw the Aarathi

ceremony in Haridwarat the Ganges. [had also poured Ganga water to our head].The crowd was unbelievable and there must have been afew hundred thousand people in Haridwar witnessing theaarathi. We were told that such a crowd is usual during thewhole month of June.

The next day on 5th we drove to Guptakashi and stayed atone of the Char Dham Camps with Swiss tents, andrelaxed. The drive was incredibly scary but the beauty of

the region is amazing with snow covered Himalyan peaks, lush green valleys and the beautiful Gangesflows through the valleys.

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During the ride we went through places such as Devprayag, Srinagar, Rudraprayag, Agatsyamuni andKartikswami. All these places there are a number of very old temples, however, because of our time

constraints we did not make attempts to visit these temples.

On 6th early morning, we drove to Phata, where we took thehelicopter to Kedarnath. We took a 'special Darsan ticket' toenable us to return back on the same day. While waiting forthe helicopter I recited Rudram, and Chamakam from thebook. While walking towards the Temple I was recitingVilwastakam [only the lines I could remember]. One Shastriwho accompanied us, wanted to do puja for us, actually gaveme a vilwa leaf from the Murthy. I did abhishekam by pouringmilk on the Jyothirlingam (Lord's Idol) by myself and prayed tothe Lord. The experience was incredible.

We returned after the Darsan of Kedaranatheswaran by helicopter to Phata and then drove toJoshimath by the road through Chopta, Mandal, Gopeshwar, Chamoli and Pipalkoti. We went throughsome of the most scenic regions in the Himalayas. There were thick forest with incredible variety ofherbal trees and the altitude was reaching over ten thousand feet. After reaching Joshimath the rest ofthe day we relaxed in another Char Dham Camp with Swiss tents. The tents were very comfortable anddinner and breakfast were delicious as well.

On the 7th of June we drove to Badrinath from Joshimath. Sincewe left Rishikesh the roads through the Himalayan mountains werevery treacherous and very scary looking down. During the wholetrip I was chanting Vishnu Sahasra nama, Narayaneeyam,Hanuman Chalisa, Devisthothrams and Bhajans I could remember.We reached Badrinath about noon time and after leaving our bagsin the hotel [Sarovor Portico] and walked to the temple.

Later in the evening we went inside the temple and to our surprisewe found out that no more puja tickets available until 9.30 p.m,however when my husband pleaded with the ticket issuing gentleman with his charm, and that we areonly 2 people, he gave us the tickets for Vishnu Sahasra Nama archana for 6.30 pm. We were able tosit inside, close to the Sreekovil and was able to chant the whole Vishnu Sahasra Nama and participatein the archana due to Lord's Kripa. I later found out that, the day was also Poornima day, and manydevotees plan to come on that day.

We found out that all the places were extremelycrowded because most people go to Kedarnath andBadrinath during May and June. These places are onlyopen during May, June, September and October. Therest of the months the places are closed and there isno access because of the road conditions.

After Darsan we stayed that night in Badrinath,and leftfor Rishikesh next day early morning. We were able tohave good view of the snow filled peak of Narayan andNaran mountains as well as Nilakanth. The view wasincredible. During our ride back, we saw Tapovan,

Vishnu Prayag, Govindghat, Nandaprayag, Karanprayag and Rudraprayag.

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We stopped at Rudraprayag both times for lunch at MonalResort.

During the entire journey we are able to see River Ganga, inmany names such as Mandakini, Bhagirathi, Alaknanda andthe sights were just gorgeous. Mandakini originates fromKedarnath and Alaknanda originates from Badrinath and theyjoin at Rudraprayagand further joins with

Bhagirathi at Devprayag and becomes Ganga.

On the 8th night we stayed again in Rishikesh at the GangaBeach Resrt Hotel. We went again to watch aarati ceremony inthe ghat across the Rama temple and also participated bylighting a lamp and floating it in the Ganga. Later that evening Ialso visited Swargasram in Rishikesh next to the Rama Temple.

On the 9th morning we left for Delhi and reached Delhiabout 4p.m. We stayed 9th night in Delhi and relaxed in thehotel on the 10th day time and in the night we left Delhi tocome back to LA..

The whole trip was enjoyable, adventurous, challenging andextremely memorable. With Lord's Kripa we did notencounter any difficulties. We have taken a number ofpictures. Some of the photos can be seen from the following

link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2029654&id=1235193770&l=54dfa39659

I am offering this at the lotus feet of GURUVAYOORAPPAN

Kayenavacha manasendriarva budhiyatmane vaprakrithe swabhavath

KaromiyathiyadsakalamparasmaiNarayanaythi samarppayame

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II Om Namo Bagavathe Vasudevaya II

ADDICTION TO LORD KRISHNA

Nandini Pravin (D/o Sri Pravin Balan )

We all know about addiction. But actually what is addiction? How do we know we areaddicted to something? This is what I am writing about. The addiction we know about isaddiction towards drinking, smoking, and drugs etc…which are mostly negative addiction.But there is a positive side of addiction that we are not much aware of.

Think if you were addicted to Lord Guruvayoorappan always thinking about him, singing hispraise. It means he/she feels His presence every where they go. Result of getting addictedand like-of course His blessings which is more than anything on earth a person would needfor his welfare. There is no other form of purer quality in a person than getting addicted toLord Krishna. Positive addiction and its outcome are for years with us while negative is justfor a short period of time

We find that youngsters are getting addicted towards electronic gadgets like MP3, iPods,Mobile phones etc. It starts slowly but gradually finds it difficult to stop using those. Whenyou’re addicted to something you always want it with you. This is similar to drug addicts,who want drugs and cannot survive without it. In modern times, people get addicted to

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romance, wherein the so called romantic couples cannot live without each other, which isalso an addiction.

All these happen in our day to day life. We are never late to get addicted to LordGuruvayoorappan which is purely a positive addiction but already very late by the time werealize about any negative addiction. Simply getting addicted to Lord Krishna is more thanwhat any other positive addiction can give. Negative addictions always results indisharmony. So note that getting to Lord Guruvayoorappan will always lead you to the rightpath. I thank HIM for all the strength and flow of words HE has given to me to write this shortessay.

This is my humble offering to the lotus feet of Sri Guruvayoorappan.

Sri Krishnarpanasthu

Nandini Pravin, D/o Sri Pravin Balan Grade 9, [email protected]

NB: Those who are interested in getting Hindu God Coloring pages, please check out atwww.sanatansociety.com, kids coloring section.

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Personal Experience of PRASAD KRISHNA

OM NAMO BHAGAVATHE VASUDEVAYA

Kannan’s Love (A true incident happened to me)

I am presently residing in Saudi Arabia where there is no Hindu temple tovisit and our pooja rooms only our temples.

I do not have words to express Kannan’s love towards me and my family.Recent incident I want to share with all of you.

Every Thursdays we used to make pal payasam (milk kheer) to Kannan inthe morning after taking bath. That day is very auspicious day for us sincewe will clean the place where Kannan is kept in the pooja room. Me andmy wife used to enjoy the sacred feeling while doing the cleaningactivities.

Last week we went to Baharain ( neighboring country) and we were invited by one of my closefriends who is staying there. We went on a Tuesday night (14 April 2009) and stayed there onWednesday (15 April 2009), Thursday (16 April 2009) and Friday (17 April 2009) morning cameback. On Thursday we were gloomy since we could not make Nivedyam for Kannan. It was adifferent kind of feeling to express.

As per the schedule of my friend who took us to SreeKrishna Temple (North Indian Style) there onThursday. (There are several temples in Bahrain ). We were visiting Bahrain for the first time andwe could visit Sree Krishna Temple there. At 10.30 AM we reached temple and saw that templewas closed after morning poojas. When we enquired, poojari told us to wait for another 30minutes so temple will be opened again.

At 11.00 AM Temple opened and we had a wonderfulDarshan. Poojari did Aarathi and we could participate inone or two bhajans there. While going out at the entrancesuddenly one guy started distributing prasadam. One ofthe prasadam was palpayasam (milk kheer). We were intears to enjoy Kannan’s love towards us. Every week weused to make payasam to Kannan. One week when wemissed it, Kannan gave us back payasam after reading ourminds.

Also, one guy staying there, gave me DVD forBhagavatham Recitation and Bhajans. When I asked himcan I pay anything for the DVD given. He told “ Do you mean money” I told “Yes Money”, he toldhumbly that money whatever required is being given by Kannan. I did not have words to answer.We were looking for so many days for this Bhagavatham recitation.

We left the place with heart completely filled love from Kannan.

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Personal Experience of A. Sasidharan

KANNAN’S LEELA WHICH I EXPERIENCED Being a native of Guruvayur in the childhood I got so many chances of hearing Bhakthi Prabhashanam.The orators used to tell “if we call Sri Guruvayurappan at the time of facing difficulties Bhagawan woulddefinitely come fast to solve the problem or send some devotee to help us”. But at that time I could notbelieve the same fully. Recently I visited Guruvayur and on that particular day there was heavy rush of devotees in the temple. Myfully gray hair helped me to go for darshan of Sri Guvurayuraappan in the Senior citizen’s queue. Afterdarshan I joined in the queue for purchasing tickets for prasadam for which also there was long queue. While on queue I noticed an old man was trying to surpass the queue and the duty person did not allowhim to do so. He came and stood behind me. He told me that he wants to purchase only one ticket forChoroon but that person in duty is not allowing me. The old man was little hurry. Standing in the queue he started praying to Guruvayrappan like this. “HareKrishna Guruvayurappa, you know my present situation, show me some way to get the ticket immediately.”He continued to chant narayana, narayana, narayana, narayana. Within two three minutes, anotherdevotee came to him and given the ticket for Annaprashanam. I believe that the idea to help the old man,generated in the mind of the devotee standing at the front of the queue is only the kannan’s leela. Whenthe old man’s face enlightened with a smile I witnessed the presence of Sri Guruvayurappan there. When that old man gone happily after paying for the ticket, wings stir up to my thinking and it started flying.At last it have a rest on the words of the orator, which stored in the bottom of my mind. I experiencedkannan’s leela at that time. Bhagwan sent a devotee to help that old man. Hare Krishna Guruvayurappa I am also having a request to you for which I am praying daily. Don’t departme kanna. Narayana. Narayana. Narayana. Narayana . Narayana . Narayana . Narayana.

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MOHAMUDHGARA-BAJAGOVINDAM OF SANKARA

DR. SAROJA RAMANUJAM, M.A., PH.D, SIROMANI IN SANSKRIT.

Dhinam api rajanee sayam praathaH SiSiravasanthou punaraayaathaHkaalaH kreedathi gacchathi aayuHthathdhapi na munchath aasaavaayuH

The day, night, evening and morning, the seasons like spring and winter keep returning. The time passesas in play and the life-span gets going. Even then the wind of desire des not leave.

It is not possible for all to renounce the world and follow mukthimarga even if they understand that theworldly joys are short-lived and always mixed with sorrow. But Sankara does not advise renunciation foreveryone. Unless one acquires discrimination and detachment, samatva, equanimity, necessary forentering Brahmapada will not arise in the mind. Before that one must cultivate patience, thithikshaconsidering the fact that both joy and sorrow are unavoidable as Krishna says in the 2nd chapter of theGita, ‘ maathraasparsaasthukountheya seethoshnasukhaduhkhadhaah aagammaapaayio anithyaahthaan thithikshasva bharatha.’(BG.2.14) Contacts of senses with the objects cause cold and heat, joyand sorrow. These are fleeting , as they come and go. Endure them’ So the advise of Sankara given in thiswork is essential even to lead normal life.

As and when we observe the beauty of the dawn and dusk and enjoy the seasons of spring and winter,weshould bear in mind that it signifies the passing of each day which brings the end of this life nearer andnearer. Days and nights, morning and evening pass by and so do the seasons, spring and winter, whichrecur every year. But, says Sankara, man does not give up his desires thinking that he is eternal, and notrealizing that, the time goes by and his life is getting shorter by each year. Even seeing this the desire doesnot leave a man till the end of life.

In ThirukkuRaL , Valluvar says,

naaLena onRupOl kaatti uyir eerumvaaLadhuNarvaar peRin

Those who know the fleeting nature of life, understand that the day which appears as the measuring rod oftime is really a sword cutting off one life-span.

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Geeta Dhyanam

Veena Nair

|| Om Namo Narayanaya ||

Vita-raaga bhaya krodha manmaya maam upaashritha Bahavo jyana tapasa putaa mad-bhaavam aagata ||4.10 ||

Freed from attachment, fear, and anger, absorbed in Me, purified by the Fire-of-Knowledge, many haveattained My Being.

Raagah is attachment (or the clinging/hankering after) to the results. Bhayah is fear, krodhah consists ofanger. Those who are free of raaga-bhaya-krodha are pure souls. Such pure souls whose minds are entirelyfixed on Him, who have taken refuge in Him with absolute love and devotion, such souls attain liberation.

Then the question is what happens to those who are not free from attachment, fear, and anger? Are thesesouls considered ‘impure’ and so will they not achieve liberation?Krishna says that is not the case. In whatever manner people approach Me, in that same manner do Ireward them.

Ye yatha maam prapadhyanthe taans-tathaiva bhajamyaham Mama vartamaanu-vartante manushya Paartha sarvashah || 4.11||

In whatever way Men approach M, I reward them. O son of Pruthaa, men follow my path in all ways.

Yatha – in whatever manner – with or without desire, prapadyante – approach me, aham bhajaami – I favorthem, tathaa eva – in that very manner. Swami Chinmayananda gives an example of the electric socket inthe house –energy can be tapped in different ways, depending on what we plug into the socket – if we plugan iron in we can iron clothes, or we can listen to music, or work on the computer, or light up a room. So thebenefits of having the socket depend on what we do with it; same is the case with worshipping the Lord. Wecould ask for clothes, money, and a new car, or wecould ask for health and peace, for ourselves and for the world, or we could ask for liberation – as theseeker seeks, so the giver gives. He cannot be accused of partiality. He is only giving us what we ask for.

Then the question is if Bhagwan is impartial, non-attached, gracious to all creatures, why do ordinary peoplenot seek the Lord and ask for the ultimate blessing of liberation?

Kaankshantah karmanaam siddhim yajanta iha devatahaKshipram hi maanushe loke siddhir bhavathi karmaja || 4.12||

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Those who long for satisfaction in this material world, make sacrifices to the Gods, because satisfaction isquickly obtained through action.

Swamiji says that for most people, the quickest way to achieve satisfaction in this world is to indulge oursenses. We spend much of our energy striving for material gains because these are tangible and quicklyattained – we have a goal X, we expend Y efforts and X is in our hands. X is for real, something we can feeland see and enjoy and therefore it’s easier to fight or struggle for X. The loftier ideal of liberation or unionwith God is intangible, one cannot see it; one is not even sure if one will recognize the experience when onehas it. And the path to it is long and arduous, requiring much patience and the efforts may not fructify evenafter a lifetime of efforts. Worldly success is easily gained and therefore seems worth striving for. And henceour prayers are always targeted towards X, that we can see and hold in our hands, even if it’s only for a littletime.

Chaaturvarnyam mayaa srushtam gunakarmavibhaagashahaTasya kartaram api maam viddhya-kartaaram-avyayam || 4.13 ||

The fourfold caste has been created me on the basis of gunas and karmas; know me to be the non-doerand immutable. Swami Chinmayananda says that on the basis of temperament mankind has been divided into four ‘castes’.The different castes or ‘units’ are not competitive but co-operative units’ (p. 25). This sloka emphasises that men have been divided on the basis of Gunas and Karmas i.e. the mentalquality and the physical action of the people. Not by mere birth is a person a Brahmin – noble thoughts andactions, knowledge of the scriptures and willingness to share this knowledge are all characteristics of a trueBrahmana – a vital fact being ignored by succeeding generations. A Brahmana’s every action is Sattwic.

(to be continued..)

“True and sincere surrender unto the Lord is the essence of Bhakti (God-love). ‘I am Thine, All is Thine. Thywill be done, my Lord’ – This is the best Sharanaagathi Mantra or prayer of self-surrender. Seek His will. DoHis will. Surrender to His will. You will become one with the Cosmic Will.” ...Swami Sivananda.|| Hari Om ||

*Swami Chinmayananda - Srimad Bhagavadgita – Chapter IV, Chinmaya Trust, Mumbai.

For excellent resources on the Geeta, visit http://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/http://sanskrit.safire.com/Sanskrit.htmlhttp://www.vaisnava.cz/clanek_en.php3?no=24

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Navaneetham Member of the month

Shri. K.V. Gopalakrishna (KVG)

Dear devotees of the Lord,

Radhe Krishna!

My dandavat Pranams to all devotees (Gurudevs) of the Lord first and then to the Lord himself. Whymy pranams are first to the devotees, is because the devotees are greater than the Lord who hasdeclared Himself as "Bhakta-paraadheenah", in other words, "subservient to his Bhaktas". So theeasiest way to approach the Lord is through his dearest Bhaktas!

When I got the email telling me that I am the man of the month, and I must write my biodata I waswondering what to write, as I had no achievements to write about, and at the same, cannot disobeythe request.

Now, if I MUST tell about myself, I am neither a scholar nor having any basic spiritual education, andall I can do is scribble some of my humble experiences, which I doubt, may not make any interestingreading. For this, I seek pardon from my Gurudev friends.

I was born in 1931 as the only son of a school teacher, late Brahmasri K.G. Vancheswara Sastry, in aplace called Mavelikara in central Travancore. My father was Sanskrit Pandit in the Mavelikara

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Government High School. The nostalgic memories of my birth-place and the boyhood days Ienjoyed there prompt me to share my experiences with the group. It is said that my parents whowere already having a daughter, prayed for a son and during one of their daily visits to the Krishnatemple at Mavelikara, prayed for the same, and also promised to "thank the Lord in return" bymaking me tie a bell in front of the sanctum sanatorium. Luckily for me, they did not specify thedate, so I could wait till I got employed and got married.

The net result was my bondage to this body I am still carrying on with, and as though to make meremind of the bell I had to tie at the Krishna temple, my parents were addressing me with the petname of "Mani", and my father, trying to be more specific regarding the bell, and to keep remindingme about the Krishna temple and the "Mani", connected both, and was addressing me as "Krishna-mani!". In the family circles, I am known as "Mani Anna" or "Mani Mama"

I feel highly blessed when I think that I am born as the son of a Sanskrit scholar well-versed inNyaya-Vedanta and an authority on Sanskrit grammar and whose students used to score the highestin all public exams. He used to be invited by Sanskrit schools in the Travancore state todemonstrate teaching of Sanskrit by providing model lessons to the teachers there, and he used totake me always along with him and make me sit with other students there. When the teachers usedto ask questions in grammar to the students, and when they were not able to answer correctly,father used to ask me to give the answer, and I used to give it correctly. In one of the schools, theheadmaster remarked, "Thavalakkunjine neendan padippikkano?" meaning that the young one of afrog need not be taught to swim. Although such a remark might have hurt the ego of other students,it was a great morale boost to me. These are all nostalgic memories. Incidentally, my father was arecipient of "Veera-sringhala" from Sri Moolam Tirunal Maharajah of Travancore.

I had Sanskrit as second language in my university level also. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance tointeract with my father and learn more from him after school days, as he was summoned by theLord within a few months after I settled in a job at Bombay. After spending almost 40 years (from1950 to 1989) in industry--- 4 years in Standard Batteries, Bombay and 35 years in the PetroleumIndustry in Esso Bombay Refinery and MRL (Madras Refineries Ltd., Chennai), I retired as a SeniorManager from MRL in 1989. The last lap of five years in my service, was the most interesting andenjoyable period, giving training to Engineers from all refineries in India.

Many things happened during these years, like my marriage, birth of 3 sons and their education, andmy beloved wife's demise in 1988 after suffering from Thyroid cancer for a short time, etc. My wife'sdemise came as a turning point in my life, when one of my friends, in his condolence letter, advisedme to turn my mind towards the Lord, converting the adversity into opportunity, and that, that wasthe only remedy to reduce my sadness and depression. In the most miserable state of mind I was atthat time, I was not able to appreciate the wisdom of his words. I realised the truth of this when Iaccidentally chanced to read his condolence letter after an year's time. He also met me later andinitiated me into the parayanam of Bhagavatam and Narayaneeyam. I took his advice, and from then,I stopped reading all other books except the holy ones of our religion, and also decided that I wouldstop all mundane pursuits. I started participating in Bhagavata Sapthahams Moola-parayanammainly, and discourses whenever I could, and I used to be in the front row with my father's oldBhagavatam book in almost every Bhagavata sapthaham in Chennai. In 2000 May, I took part in theMoola-parayanam in the Bhagavata Sapthaha Satakrathu conducted by His Holiness, MuralidharaSwamigal at Guruvayoor, as one of the 108 Bhagavatas and I felt a very high sense of satisfactionwhen a most unforeseen incident happened:

After completion of the Moola-parayanam of Bhagavatam on the seventh day, at 12.30 P.M. on 13thMay 2000, Swamiji asked us, the participants to go and have the "APABHRTHA-SNANAM" in theRudra-theertham (the temple tank at Guruvayoor) and join back for lunch. But by the time we all

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went to the room and picked up things for the bath, suddenly we found that the sky was overcastwith black clouds, with heavy lightning and thunderstorm. And it rained in torrents for half an hour.(Note the date,13th May, the peak of summer and we were sweltering under the heat!) And it neverrained again till the real monsoons set in in the month of June!

Swamiji explained the unexpected rain as the symbol of the Lord's acceptance of our SapthahaYajnam. We all thanked Lord Guruvayoorappan for His kindness.

The fact that my father had co-authored a commentary on Narayaneeyam in the 1920s, even before Iwas born, was known to me, but I could not lay my hands on the book till retirement, as no copywas available at home. And it came to me as a Godsend through the hands of Shri T.P.Sivasubramani, whom none of us had known till then. I was actually wanting to reprint themalayalam books myself, but refrained from doing so, as somebody else, also a student of myfather, claimed to be having the copyright for it and insisted on publishing it himself.

Although the work had earned laurels from great scholars like Ulloor Parameswara Iyer, KottarathilSankunni, Tharavathu Ammalu Amma and others, I knew the limitations of the work, as thereadership was restricted to the Malayalam reading section of the devotees only. And even there,many of the younger generation who were spread all over the world and were out of touch withMalayalam, would be benefited by making an English version which can be easily understood by all.

So I mooted the idea to my bosom boyhood friend, Mr. G. Sankaran, also a pet student of my father,and his wife, Parvathy Sankaran, who both readily agreed to participate in making an Englishversion. But we found the task very difficult, as even the Malayalam language in which it waswritten was highly sanskritised, and we had to refer to the dictionary for almost every word! But westarted with a great amount of determination. As though a Godsend, Shri Sivasubramani alsoreadily joined the venture, making a team of four dedicated like-minded people, all equally agreeableon making it a Nishkama-karma and an offering to Lord Guruvayoorappan, without any thought ofmaking any personal gains. As none of us were scholarly and knowledgeable in the Vedanticaspects which Narayaneeyam is full of, we sought help from our Shri. S.N. Sastriji, retired Income-tax Commissioner, an erudite scholar, well-versed in the vedantic philosophy, and who was well-known to the Sankaran family. When Sastriji readily and happily agreed to help us by editing thesame, our joy knew no bounds, and we took it as a divine intervention for the successful completionof the project. I would be failing in my duties if I dont acknowledge the fact that respected Sastriji ismy primary Guru in all Vedantic matters, and but for the patience and great encouragement he gaveus, the book would not have seen the light of day. Although situated in different places, all of us hadour children's computers at our disposal. and we hastily learnt the tricks of the trade through ourchildren, and exchanged all write-ups for perusal, opinions and corrections through e-mails withattachments, and giving the final ones to Sastriji for editing and corrections. I am proud to say thatthe entire work of translating, script-typing, page-setting, etc., were all done with our own hands, onour home p.cs, without any external help, one of the greatest measures in cost reduction.

Then the question of publication, copyright, etc., had to be tackled. As no publisher was comingforward to publish such a voluminous book, and the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan who had initiallypromised to publish also backed out, we were again facing a blank wall. Finally the Lord showed theway. See the Leela of the Lord! It so happened that with a vow of vengeance, I told our team that ifnobody comes forward to publish it, I would even go to the extent of selling my house andpublishing it! Was it not the prompting of the Lord? And the Lord saw to it that the devotee's wordscame true. He created a situation that self and children were forced to move to Bangalore, sellingour house at Chennai! So He gave me the money to publish it, and made me form a charitable Trust,prompting me to name it as "The Bhaktaranjini Trust", with the only motive of publishing the bookand using any accrued profits for philanthropy. All the participants, the four of us and Sastriji took

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one copy each as complimentary copy, and paid for all extra copies they wanted. It took us six yearsfor completing the work, with self undergoing three major surgeries during the period.

When the manuscript was complete in all respects, I made a spiral-bound copy of the same andpresented it to Swami Dayanandaji at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Anakkatty, Coimbatore, seeking hisblessings and requesting him to write a Foreword for the book. He agreed readily, but said that hewould have to read it fully before writing the Foreword. He did read every word of it and then wrotethe Foreword. Swamiji was also kind enough to release the book at Bangalore.

The book review by "The Hindu" was published on 14th June 2005. The first buyer on reading thereview was Justice Paripoornan, Retd Judge of the Supreme Court, an ardent devotee ofGuruvayoorappan, and who was full of appreciation for the work, later buying six copies from mefor his friends.

My life ambition was fulfilled and each one of our team felt like one, as described by Bhattatiri as"Pramada-bhara-sindhou nipathithah". In what way can I thank the Lord, except by shedding mytears of joy, like "Vyasinchathyapi seetha-bashpa-visareih ananda-moorchhodbhaveih!" I felt liketaking a drum and running around the world beating it, announcing it to the world of Bhaktas, likewhat Jambavan did when Mahabali requested Vamana to place His foot on his head ! And I was bornat Mavelikara, the place from where Maveli or Mahabali ruled! Was I luckier than Mahabali ?

Whatever be the mental and physical aspects of undertaking this project, I am immensely happythat it gave me a chance to make an in-depth study of Narayaneeyam, become a Bhagavatam addict,and made me study quite a number of Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita, which I would not haveprobably done, otherwise. It was also highly gratifying, as the divine legacy handed over to me bymy father, was delivered to posterity in a better form.

I have nothing more to write, except that the Lord should permit me to continue serving Him in abetter manner, and shower His benign grace on all His devotees, especially those of our group, foreternity.

Again with humble pranams to my darling devotee friends of the Guruvayoor group,

K.V. Gopalakrishna (Sarma.)

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Authentic items for Vishu Kani (and for Sri Bhagavati in general)

SRK Sharma, Sringeri. Director,CSRD.

Ashta-mangala-dravya Materials:

1)Vaalkindi(with water) and 2) Vaal kannadi (kept in it). (kindi vaal towards north).

3)Chandana kinnam :containing sandal paste.

4)Kumkuma cheppu : containing manjal-kumkumam.

5)Cheriya uruli : containing convenient offering(dry fruits).

6)Nilavilakku : ghee/naivilakku

7)Granthakkettu : olachuvadu/palm leaves.

8)Nirapara: filled with paddy.

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Sree Hanumath Jayanthi is celebrated on May 19th, 2009. Sree Hanumath Jayanthi is celebrated on May 19th, 2009. Sree Hanumath Jayanthi is celebrated on May 19th, 2009. Sree Hanumath Jayanthi is celebrated on May 19th, 2009.

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രേണ ഭീഷേണ േമഘനാദാതി നാേദരേണ ഭീഷേണ േമഘനാദാതി നാേദരേണ ഭീഷേണ േമഘനാദാതി നാേദരേണ ഭീഷേണ േമഘനാദാതി നാേദസേരാഷം സമാവാപC സൗമി�മാംേസസേരാഷം സമാവാപC സൗമി�മാംേസസേരാഷം സമാവാപC സൗമി�മാംേസസേരാഷം സമാവാപC സൗമി�മാംേസഖഗാനാം ഘനാനാം സരാണാം ച മാGേഗഖഗാനാം ഘനാനാം സരാണാം ച മാGേഗഖഗാനാം ഘനാനാം സരാണാം ച മാGേഗഖഗാനാം ഘനാനാം സരാണാം ച മാGേഗ���� ÀÀ ÀÀനട0ം നമ0ം ഹ�മ0മീേഡ നട0ം നമ0ം ഹ�മ0മീേഡ നട0ം നമ0ം ഹ�മ0മീേഡ നട0ം നമ0ം ഹ�മ0മീേഡ 7777

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മഹാേയാഗിേനാ ÁÂ+�ാദേയാ വാമഹാേയാഗിേനാ ÁÂ+�ാദേയാ വാമഹാേയാഗിേനാ ÁÂ+�ാദേയാ വാമഹാേയാഗിേനാ ÁÂ+�ാദേയാ വാന ജാന0ി തത ം നിജം രാഘവശCന ജാന0ി തത ം നിജം രാഘവശCന ജാന0ി തത ം നിജം രാഘവശCന ജാന0ി തത ം നിജം രാഘവശC~~~~കഥം �ായേത മാ�ൈശG KിതCേമവകഥം �ായേത മാ�ൈശG KിതCേമവകഥം �ായേത മാ�ൈശG KിതCേമവകഥം �ായേത മാ�ൈശG KിതCേമവ�സീദ �േഭാ മാ+േത േത നമസേത �സീദ �േഭാ മാ+േത േത നമസേത �സീദ �േഭാ മാ+േത േത നമസേത �സീദ �േഭാ മാ+േത േത നമസേത ്് ്് 12121212

നമസേത മഹാസത വാഹായ IഭCംനമസേത മഹാസത വാഹായ IഭCംനമസേത മഹാസത വാഹായ IഭCംനമസേത മഹാസത വാഹായ IഭCം്്്് ~~~~നമസേത മഹാവ¿േരഖായ IഭCംനമസേത മഹാവ¿േരഖായ IഭCംനമസേത മഹാവ¿േരഖായ IഭCംനമസേത മഹാവ¿േരഖായ IഭCം്്്്നമസേത മഹാകാലകാലായ IഭCംനമസേത മഹാകാലകാലായ IഭCംനമസേത മഹാകാലകാലായ IഭCംനമസേത മഹാകാലകാലായ IഭCം്്്്നമസേത മഹാദീGഘവാലായ IഭCം നമസേത മഹാദീGഘവാലായ IഭCം നമസേത മഹാദീGഘവാലായ IഭCം നമസേത മഹാദീGഘവാലായ IഭCം ്് ്് 13131313

നമസേത സദാ ÁÂചരCായ IഭCംനമസേത സദാ ÁÂചരCായ IഭCംനമസേത സദാ ÁÂചരCായ IഭCംനമസേത സദാ ÁÂചരCായ IഭCം്്്്നമസേത സദാ വായപ�ായ IഭCംനമസേത സദാ വായപ�ായ IഭCംനമസേത സദാ വായപ�ായ IഭCംനമസേത സദാ വായപ�ായ IഭCം്്്് �� �� �� ��നമസേത സദാ പിംഗളാ<ായ IഭCംനമസേത സദാ പിംഗളാ<ായ IഭCംനമസേത സദാ പിംഗളാ<ായ IഭCംനമസേത സദാ പിംഗളാ<ായ IഭCം്്്്നമസേത സദാ രാമഭmായ IഭCം നമസേത സദാ രാമഭmായ IഭCം നമസേത സദാ രാമഭmായ IഭCം നമസേത സദാ രാമഭmായ IഭCം ്് ്് 14141414

ഹ�മ�ജംഗ�യാതം �ഭാേതഹ�മ�ജംഗ�യാതം �ഭാേതഹ�മ�ജംഗ�യാതം �ഭാേതഹ�മ�ജംഗ�യാതം �ഭാേത�േദാേഷ ദിവ ചാG {രാേ�പി മG6C�േദാേഷ ദിവ ചാG {രാേ�പി മG6C�േദാേഷ ദിവ ചാG {രാേ�പി മG6C�േദാേഷ ദിവ ചാG {രാേ�പി മG6C::::പഠ; ഭmിയmപഠ; ഭmിയmപഠ; ഭmിയmപഠ; ഭmിയm���� : : : : �മmാഘജാല�മmാഘജാല�മmാഘജാല�മmാഘജാല���� ::::നരാ നരാ നരാ നരാ : : : : സG[ദാ രാമഭmിം �യാ0ിസG[ദാ രാമഭmിം �യാ0ിസG[ദാ രാമഭmിം �യാ0ിസG[ദാ രാമഭmിം �യാ0ി. . . . 15151515

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Rock cave temple of Kerala - Thrikkur Mahadeva Temple, Thrissur.

Aruna R.

THRIKKUR MAHADEVA TEMPLE, THRISSUR..

This is one of the few cave temples in Kerala. the temple is located on the top

of a hillock. 30ft long and 12ft broad cave in the rocky top is natural. the huge

Shivalingam is in southern end of the cave. Above this, on the top rock there

is a waterhole which never dries up even in the hottest summer. The temple is

constructed without harming any of the natural setup. One of the Achans of

Paliam constructed the outer wall and other protective structures and a

gopuram fully protecting the environment. The blessing of the deity is

considered a sure cure for asthma the annual festival falls in the Malayalam

month of Makaram (jan-feb)

Follow the link for more photos of the temple :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/arunar/2707121666/

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Mookambika Temple Mookambika Temple Mookambika Temple Mookambika Temple

Ashok Menon ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashok_menon )

Navaneetham Cover Photo credit - Ashok A Menon

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Om Namo Narayanaya: WQxVeL YOâvLpPqÕL! Om Namo Narayanaya:

Navaneetham (freshly churned butter) is a humble attempt by Guruvayur Devotees Forum to create a monthly news

letter for our group. Please send your comments, suggestions and any materials that you wish to publish to

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OOOOm Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya! m Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya! m Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya! m Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya! WQxVeL YOâvLpPqÕL!WQxVeL YOâvLpPqÕL!WQxVeL YOâvLpPqÕL!WQxVeL YOâvLpPqÕL! Om Namo Narayanaya: Om Namo Narayanaya: Om Namo Narayanaya: Om Namo Narayanaya:

May God Bless you all.

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