ONLINE SWADHYAYA ON HATHA YOGA PRADIPIKA IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER

 An online Swadhyaya class in Malayalam on Hatha yoga Pradipika by Acharya Kaithapram Vasudevan Namboothiri -Chairman of Patanjali Yoga research training centre, Ernakulum. 25  participants attended the class. MA.Lakshmi Didi welcomed the Acharya and Sri Sudhakarji introduced Acharya to the participants.

The wide knowledge of Acharya kept the participants spell bound.The Acharya began with the introduction of Hathayoga starting with 'Ha'-Hakara kirthita Suryaha and 'Tha' - Thakara chandra ucchate, again 'Ha' is prakriti and 'tha' is purusha  or 'Ha' is Ida and 'tha ' refers to  Pingala nadis  is Hathayoga.. Authored by Yogi Swatmarama who was the disciple of Gorakshanath. 

Patiently explaining each and every sloka from Sanskrit to Malayalam during the month of December. From the 1st versr of prarthana sloka to 16 th verse deals with the disciplines required to become a Hatha yogiFrom the 17th and 18th verse deals with the introduction to asana and 19th  to the 30th verse which deals with asanas namely swastikasana, Gomukhasana,Veerasana,Koormasana, Kukkutasana,Uttanakoormasana,Dhanurasana, Matsyendrasana, Pascimattanasanaand Mayurasana and the method of performing with benefits of . some of the asanas.

SAMARTHA BHARATA PARVA AND VIVEKANANDA JAYANTI CELEBRATION

    Samartha Bharat Parva started with state level online Gita chanting competitions for students from Classes I to VI. The 12th chapter of Bhagavad Gita was chosen for the competition. 80 students from 12 schools from all over Kerala participated. The concluding function was on Gita Jayanthi day on the 25th December with an hour long online programme.

Online Bhajan Sandhya was conducted on 30th December. 29 families took part. Mainly the youth of Kodungallur, who are either the relatives or those who are in samparka with the regular yoga varga karyakartas, participated in the hour long online Bhajan Sandhya held from 6.30 pm to 7.30pm. Matru puja was conducted on 3rd of January. 6 senior children actually performed the puja at Anandadham. The rest of the children mainly tiny tots of Sishuvihar and Samskarvarga children performed it online through Zoom meet. 14 families were present.

Online state level Solo patriotic songs was also conducted in  two categories.70 students from 10 schools  all over Kerala  registered and 46 of them participated. Each participant had to send the video of their song based on which the judges gave their remarks. 4 local yoga practitioners from Kodungallur and nearby areas, accompanied by the fulltime workers of VKVVF attended the Yoga Sastra Sangamam to enrich themselves in the yoga way of life. 

Swamiji Jayanti

The Yoga Varga members of the morning batch were addressed by Ma. Lakshmi Didi who explained to them mentioning about the life and message of Swami Vivekananda about the need of the hour. Along with one's own mental, physical and spiritual health, one has to be aware about  the health of the society too. Then only one can call oneself as 'men with capital 'M'.  An online one and a half hour programme was arranged from 11 a.m. to 12.30. 50 people, including students who participated in the patriotic song competitions, along with and their family members, other local karyakartas and well-wishers were present.

        The programme started with invocation by local karyakartas Smt Anumol and Kum Lakshmi. Kum Drishya our Samskarvarga sikshak and her two little sisters sang a melodious song on Swami Vivekananda. Sri Sudhakarji welcomed all who were attending the programme, introduced Ma. Lakshmi Didi. The winners of the patriotic song competitions beautifully presented their songs. Ma. Didi in simple but powerful words introduced Swamiji and His message, his expectations from the students and youth of India. Smt Mridula Manoharan a very close well-wisher gave away the vote of thanks after the announcement of the prize winners. The first prize winner of category I (class V to VII) was Kum Purnima K Manoj of Bhavan's Vidya Mandir Elamkkara. Prize winners would receive their prizes through post and E- certificates would be sent to all the students who participated. Programme ended with shanti mantra.

A SANKALPA FULFILLED

 

During the Shatabhisheka celebration of Mananeeya Lakshmi Didi, out of the donations which were received, the committee had decided to build two houses for two really deserving ladies. One of them who was Smt Padmini from Edavilangu had a plot of ground, and  on 10th July, Saturday, work started for the demolition of the dilapidated structure and foundation was laid by Ma. Didi to start building anew. The house was complete in the last week of December. But for the selfless work by the  Seva Bharati workers who didnot charge anything for constructing the beautiful house     in a short period of 5 months.

'Grihapravesham ceremony' of  Smt Padmini's was done on 5th January 2021 on the auspicious occasion of the Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi's 168th birth tithi. Along with the committe members namely Sri Anilji, Sri P.N Joshiji and Sri Premnathji , Ma.Lakshmi Didi, Sri Sudhakarji and Sri Raghuji of Vedic Vision foundation, others were Sri Padmanabhanji-Jilla Sangha chalak of RSS , Dr Muralidharanji -Director of All India Hindi Prachar Sabha , Sri Sashinderanji -Grama Seva Pramukh of Kodungallur under R.S.S and ward Panchayat member Smt Ashaji who were also present to grace the occasion.Ma Didi handed over the keys of the house to Smt Padmini amma. It was an emotional moment for both the receiver and the giver. Ma. Didi thanked all especially the Seva Bharati workers for their selfless service!

Vishwabhanu Oct'20 - Nov'20

Vishwabhanu Oct'20 - Nov'20

MATRU PUJA

 Every year,on the occasion of  Holy Mother Sri Saradadevi's birthday, 'Matrupuja' is organised by Sandeepani Sishuvihar for the tiny tots as well as the samskar varga children, in the Campus of VKVVF Anandadham. 

This year 3rd of January morning 11a.m, was marked for the function. 6 children performed it offline at Anandadham ,whereas the rest 14 of them performed the puja online . Ma. Lakshmi Didi  conducted the puja. Overall anchoring was by Smt Mridula Chechi. Kumari Drishya one of the samskarvarga sikshaks and her cousin Sri Ram sang beautiful songs on Sri Ma and Devi before and after the puja. Sri Ram involved his parents and grandmother too in his kirtan on Devi. Though virtual, the whole programme was very encouragimg.