Bhakti Shakha Sankranti Utsav

This is a celebration of Sankranti Utsav by Bhakti shakha at regular meeting place on January 16th

2011 from 5 pm to 7 pm followed by snacks. All family memebers and friends are invited.

Activities for Oct 2010

October is another interesting month with the Dusshera celebration in place.
Bhakthi Shakha will be performing on 23 Oct in the Vijayadasami Utsav and will be participating in Vyam Yoga, Padvinyas and Sloka (Aigiri Nandini -first 3 paragraphs).

Activities for Sep 2010

After the Summer Break the Shakha activities started in full swing.
The first utsav done in September was the Ganesh Pooja and you can view the photos in
Clicking the link here.

Sloka for June 2010

Rama Skanda hanumantam vaikadeyam vrukodaram
Sayane sa smaren nityam dus-swapnam tasya nashyati

Shakha Details May 13 2010

Slokha, Subhashitam & Amritvachan check out this link for details.
Tarun Gana discussion - In Indian Culture why do we? Light a lamp.
Stories - Dhruv and Nachiketan।

Sanskrit word of the week
Gaja - Elephant
गज

Slokha, Subhashitam & Amrutvachan for May 2010

SHLOKA- Shree Rama Rama Rameti Rame Rame Manorame Sahastra naamatatulyam Ramanaama Varaanane Chanting the name of Shriram constantly enjoys me. The holy name of Shriram is equal to one thousand holy names of Shri Vishnu. (Lord Shiva uttered above lines to Goddess Parvati in praise of Shri Ram)

SUBHASHITAM- Ashwasya Bhooshanam Vego Mattam syaad Gajabhooshanam Chaturyam Bhooshanam Naarya Udyogo Nara Bhooshanam Speed is the glory of Horse.The majestic walk is the glory of elephant(Gaja).Being wise (Chatur) is an asset to women(Naari) and always being engaged in some work(Udyoga) suits the man.

Amrutvachan ”The earth is enjoyed by heroes” – this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear”. Swami Vivekananda

Shakha details 6th May 2010

This week we had our shakha in Roosevelt Park.

It was so much fun and we had the discussion topic for Tarun Gana

“In Indian culture – Why do we?”.

Since this is a vast subject we thought to pick one topic every week and

This week’s topic – why do we do Namaste , prostrate before parents and elders. Next week we will be discussing on the significance of lighting a lamp.

Stories of the week
Jijabhai, Pana Dai and Rani Jhansi.

Sanskrit Word of the week

We decided to learn one sanskrit word every week either from the Slokha or Subhashitam and

this week’s word is

Ashwa (Horse)

अश्वा