Shri rAma navami, Ekadashi,Shri Hanumadh Jayanthi & Bala Mukunda 2nd Anniversary

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** Shriman mUla rAmO vijayathe **** Shree kavIndra thiirtha gurubhyO namaha **Shree Raghavendra thiirtha gurubhyO namaha **** Shri guru rAjO vijaythe **Dear Sri Vishnu Bhaktas,Please note these important dates and events:Times and Dates as per PDTApril 12th SaturdayAstami Sri Sathya DhyAnara AradhaneVidya gurugalu to Shri Shri VidyAmAnya Thiirtharu. This great saint's VrundAvana is in PandarApuaraApril 13th SundaySri rAma Navami.Sri Maha Vishnu appeared in 24th chatur yuga as Sri rAma on this day.Shri KavIndra Thiirthara ArAdhane. This great saint's vrundAvana is inHampi, Nava vrundAvana kxetra. Sri rAyara matha pravarthakaru.Picture of Shri KavIndra Thiirtharu : http://picasaweb.google.com/akshara.bala.18/ShriNavaVrundAvana#5169742152869365138 Pushya Naxatra and Sunday 04/13/2008All USA time zones.We have a golden opportunity this Sunday to please ShriShri Raghavendra Swamigalu. As the saying goes "make hay while sunshines", this Sunday, there is Pushya naxatra and Sri rAyaru will beextremely pleased with jnAna kAryas. Sriamdh AppanAcharya in SrirAyara sthora says:"sOma sUryO parAghEcha PushyArkAdhi samagame" which means if pushya naxatra and Sunday inetrsects, doing performing Sri rAyara stothra,asthothara, jnAna kAryas etc .. will extremely please our Sri rAyaru.We can get the blessings of Sri rAyaru by doing (yetha shakthi)pArAyana / Punascharana of Sri rAyara Sthotra, reciting Sri rAyaraAstOthara and doing the pArAyana of Sri rAyara granthas.April 14th MondayDashamiApril 15th TuesdayEKADASHIApril 16th WednesdaydwAdashiApril 19th SaturdayChitra PournamiSri Hanumadh Jayanti.It was on this day our mula Gurugalu Sri Mukhya PrAna appeared asSri Hanumantha in Sri VenkatAdri hills to Sri AnjanA devi and SriKesari. Very Auspicious day, chanting with devotion Sri Sundara kAndarAmAyana and Sri Hari vAyu stuthi will fetch utmost benefits.Start of VaishAka snAna.Bala Mukunda Second Anniversary April 19th 2008We are truly blessed to have Shri Shri 1008 Shri SuvidyEndraThiirtharu

in our Bala Mukunda second anniversary celebrations over the phone.

Our heartful congratulations to all the kids and special thanks to all

the parents for their efforts teaching kids. It's so nice and awesome

to see kids from ages 3 to 11 recite many stothras (including Shri

Venkatesha stothra, Shri Hayagreeva stothra, Shri yantrOdhAra stothra

etc..), Shrimadh Harikatha Amrutha sAra (Shri MangalAcharaNa, Shri

AnukramaNika and Shri Vigneshwara sandhis) and many dasara padas (like

vandipe ninage GananAtha, rAya bAro, hari sarvothamma etc..)Please click Bala Mukunda Link to explore what kids have learnt so far: http://bala-mukunda.blogspot.com More details to be announced next week.In the Seva of Sri Hari, vAyu and Gurugalu,Bala Krishna