[t'vengadam] Birthday cakes, candles and "tirunakshatram"

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Dear Bhagavatas:

Dear Bhagavatas:

It is like a whiff of fresh air to hear the way Sri Rajagopalan Raghunathan

celebrated his son's Tirunakshatram. I wish that every parent everywhere in

the world takes note of this pointer and emulates his example. I am sure

this may be one of the first steps but definitely a giant leap in reclaiming

the hoary glory of our Vedic religion and inculcating the same in the minds

of the impressionable youth. "Catch them young" is equally applicable to

this kind of effort, if we are to catch up with and rediscover the spirit

behind it.

All the best to Sri Rajagopalan and family for this trend-setting event.

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy

 

 

>sampath kumar <sampathkumar_2000

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>[t'vengadam] Birthday cakes, candles and "tirunakshatram"

>Sat, 4 May 2002 01:32:00 -0700 (PDT)

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>Dear friends,

>

>Our good friend and 'tiruvengadam' member in Kuwait, SrImAn

>Rajagopalan Raghunathan recently celebrated his son's birthday on

>Thursday, 2 May. The boy Chi.Sriram, is now 4 years old and it was an

>occasion that his parents, like parents of all children in the world,

>were truly proud and pleased to observe and celebrate.

>

>It was heartening to note that Sri.Raghunathan chose an

>extraordinarily different way to mark the occasion. He invited the

>students of SriIVK Chary's 'upanishad adhyAyana' class over and had

>them chant the entire 'taittiriyam' for well over an hour! After the

>'pArAyaNam', the students were duly honoured with 'sambhAvana' in the

>traditional style. The amateur "vEda-pArAyAna-gOshti" was delighted

>and so were all the guests who had gathered on the occasion.

>

>Adiyane is sure that the little boy, Chi.Sriram, could not have asked

>for a better 'birthday party'. There were no candles to blow, cakes

>to cut or "happy birthday" song to chorus... Instead it was the

>sonorous chanting of Veda 'mantra' that filled the air and brought

>down blessings of a rare and divine order upon the little child!

>

>Adiyane sincerely wishes that more NRIs in Kuwait and elsewhere in

>the world would emulate the example of Sri.Raghunathan. Instead of

>spending money on party bashes, on cakes, candles, baloons,

>invitation cards, gifts and festoons, I wish we Indians everywhere in

>the world went back to celebrating our children's "tirunakshatram" in

>a more Indian and less ostentatious way. If the practice of inviting

>Vedic chanteurs to grace all children's birthdays were to be

>mandatorily followed by all Indian families all over the world

>(including India), imagine how the Vedas would flourish! And how it

>would also ensure a decent livelihood for Vedaviths everywhere!

>

>The modern manner of celebrating children's birthdays with cutting of

>cakes and blowing of candles is utterly alien to Indian or Vedic

>ethos. It is a hangover of our anglicised and colonial past. It is

>being practised these days by Indian families (especially NRIs) more

>to 'keep up with the Joneses' than for any other purpose. Let us

>resolve to shed this slavish mentality. By doing so let us be assured

>that we will not in any way be depriving our children of joy. Instead

>by celebrating their "tirunakshatram" in the solemn and traditional

>way (as Sri.Raghunathan has done) we will be instilling in our

>children a far greater joy --- the joy of taking pride in the Indian

>heritage and of showing due reverence to the Vedic way of life.

>

>Thanks and regards,

>dAsan,

>Sudarshan

>

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