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A remarkable journey of 7.5yrs completed today. Son became the first kramaanta adhyayee after gap of god knows how many generations in my family ! The entire family and extended family focused only on this for the last 7.5yrs. A result of many sacrifices
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Regarded as one of the toughest veda exam in the country, the Rajamundhry veda exam is a nightmare to veda adhyayees in terms of the strictness of the exam. By swamis grace Guhan cleared Samhita/brahmanam/pada/kramam in a single attempt successfully to receive the patta
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My sons veda aacharya. He taught him for 7.5yrs without a break and with no expectation. This is what our ancient education is all about. Only guru-shishya relation and no expectation of money for education
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Son's annual veda pariksha ended yesterday. He secured 98% in the exam. few things on what veda pariksha are about. Typically adhyayana of the taitireeya shaakha of krishna yajur veda (to complete till krama) can take anywhere from 7 to 9 yrs +
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At my son's age I knew Wren & Martin from front to back. He knows taitireeya shaakha from front to back
Which is better ? I know the answer though !
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Guhan cleared the VRNT yajur veda kramaanta exam with a brilliant 97.35%. A dream totally fulfilled now as we had waited for this moment
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A sample of how the Rajamundhry exam was. Video taken by the examiner himself during the exam. His examiners were Br Shri Hari Veerabhadra ghanapati garu from Mysore and Br Shri sadashiva somayaji from Vijayawada
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Spent 4 days with lots of veda vidyarthis..I always ask them from which place they come and what their parents do. One of the boy's father is a mechanic,other ones parents run a flour mill, one another is a cook, other was a poojari in a temple..Most from very economically
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Yet another milestone completed as Guhan came first in the kramaanta bhaaga of Krishna yajur veda in the yearly veda pariksha conducted by the Bilaspur matham. One more to go next week at Kanchipuram
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While I sat in Rajamaundry watching many students appear for the exam especially from Andhra, the thought that filled me was, "What is it that makes them take this path ?" There is no real quality of life during the study and even after it, not much to gain financially,marriage
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Final moments of parayanam. Goose bump movement as all the children put their remaining energies in this chant. The Vedic sound is something unreal for me and needs to be experienced live
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Thanks to
@ramapriya1989
we had a blissful darshanam at Melukote and delectable Prasadam. Both mind and tummy filled with joy ! Son chanting portions from Krishna Yajur Veda during the visit
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Been a happy 10 days from Twitter as I was in Mysore for the veda pariksha of my son. It was a moolanta pariksha of krishna yajur veda (taitireeya shaakha). Exam went well and passed in first class. More importantly the examiners were very happy and conveyed their blessings
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I was in Rajamundhry for the last 4 days and was housed in a total strangers house (Went there through a known contact). The couple were aged 79 and 75. The lady took care of us as if we were her family..Delicious andhra food and tiffin in the night. I never had andhra food
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Even with such humiliation,the braahmanas have managed to preserve veda and agamaa in TN. No amount of praise is enough for this sacrifice. Liberals go gaga when a foreigner holds a mike and sings "upnishat"but the real preserver of dharma is about to be pelted with stones here
Dravidian goons asking Brahmins to chant Mantra in Tamil if not they will pelt stones.
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We completed the unimaginable. Son completed his moolaadhyayanam of taitireeya shaakha. Its has been a roller coaster ride for 5yrs but worth every moment. They say at least two are required for adhyayanam but he completed it being single ably supported by me for his aavrtis
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Veda Rakshana Nidhi Trust Navaratri poorthi veda pariksha got started with the svasti. Wishing all students success in the exams for the next 4 days
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The only knowledge corpus that’s preserved in many forms. This is the pada paatha form from the taitireeya samhitaa
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Woke up to the wonderful news that my friend decided to do upanayanam for his son at the right age and put him in to full time sama veda adhyayanam under a competent shroutigal. years of probing yielded result today !
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These exams have been going on for many many years and many students/teachers prepare diligently for it. Given the zero support from the society or the govt, these efforts are laudable as it is only aimed at proficiency of veda without expecting anything in return
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Met a boy today who used to come to my house for learning sandhyavandanam before Covid times. he said he is still doing twice a day sandhyavandanam. Felt happy hearing that
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may or may not happen, even then the dedication to maintain the sva-dharma keep them at it. My eyes welled with tears at that thought
I hope one day the society realises this sacrifice
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Guhan successfully cleared the kramaanta pariksha at Mysore Datta peetham in prathama shreni (first class). It was a very tough exam with many students asked to appear next year due to inadequate preparation. By gurus grace Guhan came through unscathed
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Old agraharam house is up for sale in "Tirucherai" near nachiyaar kovil in TN. Interested folks can let me know. Large area (>6K sq ft)
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deprived background..Felt a tinge of sorrow for them as they have been sent to the patashaala to study veda so that they get some food which otherwise may not be available if they stayed at home. Thats the condition of most poor brahman families in the country
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Guhan had the opportunity to start the veda pariksha at Datta peetham Mysore amidst many Vedic scholars. It’s a practice at Datta peetham to start the veda exam in the presence of the acharyas and the continue it further
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On March 22nd I am planning to do aadinam vishnu sahasranama paarayanam What about you ?
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We do believe that veda is apaurusheya. We do believe veda is aNaadi (no chronology of rg veda first). We do believe that Aryan Invasion therory was fabricated. We do believe that veda recitation is to be preserved by a group who follow the rules required for it. yes "we" exist
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I am appalled and flabbergasted at the response of many hindus on the BHU case..90% whom I met support the appointment ..They quote "RSS supports it" Have a hole in my forehead after slapping it so many times now
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I was at Orikkai Kanchipuram for our village bhikshavandanam. Was pleasantly surprised two people recognised my son based on the tweet about his passing the Rajamundhry veda exam. Sometimes SM is also useful !
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Out of 40 odd applicants only 6 or 7 passed the exam successfully. The exam was gruelling 3hr session for my son with not even a water break in between. A total of 180 questions. The "patta" carries immense value in Andhra and other places due to the severity of the exam
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Its very much possible. 10 yrs back I did not know samskrtam. Now I can speak faster than my mother tongue and even compose padyams in difficult meters. While I am not a vidwan of any sort, most comfortable to speak in samskrtam.
Dedicated to all those noble Hindutva folks who advocate for Sanskrit revival but somehow can't find time but only 100 reasons as to why they can't.
विदाङ्कुरु संस्कृम् अचिरात्
Learn Sanskrit soon
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During these years the student gives a veda pariksha on the completed portion every year. Exam is to test how well the student has memorized the portions. Well, its not blind memorization as there are many finer aspects to keep in mind while doing it +
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@zeneraalstuff
Well..I am proof for that..When I went for getting my new car, the sales manager who had never met me, asked after looking at me "The poojari has come before the customer takes the delivery"..It took a while for him to convice himself that am both the poojari and the customer !
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Once the student completes the adhyayana, he is supposed to give a poorti pariksha which involves everything he has learnt from day 1 to the final day. This is drastically different from the modern education exam where we are tested based on that final class syllabus
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There will be many lines that repeat and the student has to be aware of what he is saying and pick the correct next line. The examiner will say a complete line in case of the brahmana pariksha and few starting padas in the case of samhitaa parisksha. Student has to finish +
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Only those who hold the "patta" are allowed to participate in the various veda sadas held across different places in Andhra
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the rest of it without making svara/ucchhaarana or getting deflected to a different part of the text. Marks are awarded based on that. It requires alertness on the part of the student as he is expected to start immediately after the question is posed
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The icing was that he was the youngest of the applicants at 14yrs. We did not know what we applied for till we went there and realized how severe it is (both conditions and the exam)
@yajurveda_hari
Congratulations to your son!! Prayers and best wishes to him.
I've heard of the Rajahmundry exam, and it is a feat to clear it. Very happy for you and your family.
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A fulfilling journey of course with ups and downs came to a conclusion yesterday. Guhan received the certificate from the divine hands of Shri Bala periyava. It was announced that the examiners declared Guhan as आदर्शविद्यार्थी ( role model student). A humbling moment indeed
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With swami's anugraham I had organized a veda parayanam (Rg/shukla/krishna/saama/atharva) for our agrahaara temple kumbhabhishekham. It spanned over 6 days and moola paarayanam of the above shaakhas happened. It was an exhausting experience for me coordinating between
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Guhan cleared the Om charitable trust krama exam scoring 93%
@JayanthV_CS
pleased to have met the ever energetic Shri Jayanth !
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You can see in the video how we have to be quick in answering and at the same time maintain clear diction
A sample of how the Rajamundhry exam was. Video taken by the examiner himself during the exam. His examiners were Br Shri Hari Veerabhadra ghanapati garu from Mysore and Br Shri sadashiva somayaji from Vijayawada
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Hello friends , Any existing materials which can be used for veda patashala students to teach about Indian king history ? Language can be english/hindi/tamizh/samskrtam (wishful thinking)
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Today I had gone to create a bank account for my son who does veda adhyayana. Bank asked for "study certificate" from school. I said "He studies in a veda patashala". They said Ok. Please give study certificate ! Iasked what does the certificate give ?
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The rajamundhry veda pariksha was started in the year 1937 by the Hota family (street is named after them in Rajamundhry called Hota Vari street). Shri Mahaperiyava had done chaaturmaasyam in that house where the exams were held for a long time. Now its held in datta kshetram
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Determining the east-west direction according to kaatyaayana shulba sutram. As we know the sun rises in the east is not really true except for two days in a year. The shulba sutra gives a simple method to determine it. Method is simple/inexpensive and can be done anywhere +
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Sometimes things fall in place exactly as we wish. I experienced this at Orikkai. We were waiting for periyava to commence the pooja and there was a parayanam of Rg veda by 4 boys followed by stotra parayanam of students from Vedal. I had asked Guhan to chant आब्रह्मन् in krama
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The VRNT pariksha and parayanam concludes today. Guhans exam went well. Now need to wait for the results. Spent 4 days amongst different patashala vidyarthis. I also become one among them and have a good time with them. Next week onwards usual grind starts
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What I really like about her, she retains her originality wherever she accompanies the children. Always traditional look and did not change just because her children are superstars. Really liked the way she said, she will go to temple as her answer..Salutation to her...
Nagalakshmi, the mother of
@rpraggnachess
and
@chessvaishali
speaks after Team India won two Gold medals in the Chess Olympiad!
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before this but her cooking was out of the world..She treated my son as her own grandson..She spoke only telugu and I dont know a word of telugu, yet we communicated through single words and action
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While her diction in Telugu is superb, goes to show how knowing samskrtam can make it easy to understand most languages. i survived like that in Rajamundhry last month. In the below speech, words like "chitree-karanam" are the purest form of samskrtam padams you can get !
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Experience of getting a 2 wheeler license with no middle man. It was an astonishing experience that we could get it done with meeting none and paying nothing more than the regular fees. is the website. We first applied online for learner's license
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Starting sahasra gayatri japa from tomorrow for the next 15 days for helping the world come out of the corona impact. Who are with me ?
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The beautiful anuvaaka from mahanaarayana upanishad. All the boys come from different parts of the country and have studied under different gurus but belong to same taitireeya shaakha of krshna yajur veda. You can see how the chant is synchronous which is so difficult to get
Final moments of parayanam. Goose bump movement as all the children put their remaining energies in this chant. The Vedic sound is something unreal for me and needs to be experienced live
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Any good options for MA Sanskrit without going to physical classes (Online exam preferred). Suggest anything else apart from MIT vedic sciences
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Today had taken two veda vidyarthis for their yearly veda pariksha. Just wanted to give a flavor of how the exam is. The boys had studied about 1000 panchaadi (which roughly 10K < x < 15K) sentences. the exam tests their memorization. They had 32 questions for each person
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Finished 11th year of sarpa bali homam on the night of the shravana paurnami. Exclusive homa in the grhya sutra for snakes. Astonishing to see we can do this anushthaana even now with almost all the ingredients mentioned as it was stipulated by aapastamba
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Visited a palasha vanam on the way to tindivanam today..About 7K palasha trees planted in a layout. The samit is sent for patashala students. I also got 5 saplings for my personal use
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I had started aupasanam 13yrs back..At that time I had to figure out where we get rice/wheat husk/how to keep the smoke out/where gomaya khanda is available. I had roamed in streets in bangalore in search of these. To make it easy for new comers to aupasanam, had started
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Massive 70+ yr old mango tree brought down in just 30 minutes near my house..Lesson for all..It takes years to grow your roots but few hours for someone to uproot it. The tree was home to so many birds and used to have many many mangoes.
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Kane Williamson deserves all the credit. A low profile nice captain. No sledging others, no thumping fists and has the respect of his players. Of course does not give tips for Diwali too ! I hope they beat England as its payback time
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Still pada/kramam left. We have crossed the tougher part and hoping next two years are kinder to us ! Along with this we completed 1 kaandam of amarakosha (second ongoing)/3 adhyayas in ashtaadhyaayi/doing the sandhi prakaranam in laghu kaumudi/english/maths/samskrtam
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Those 10 days were non stop chanting of vedas and small mock exams to counter fear during exams. All in all it was a huge moment for us as a family as we started this journey 5yrs back. Now he is proceeding to pada/krama with more exams to follow for moolanta portion
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yesterday was attending skanda shashti. One shrotreeya yajna patni clad in the traditional 9yards sang songs from tirupugazh..Totally enthralling experience when tradition is mixed with bhakti. Real gems are not on SM. Depends on us whether we want american diamond or kohinoor
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Two days of absolute bliss in my village. Annual radha kalyanam organized in the agrahara vishnu temple along with veda parayanam. Entire village in festive mood with Paramacharyal's aaradhanaa coinciding as well today. Feel totally charged up now after these two days
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@SudhaRamenIFS
I recently constructed a house in my village..I made an arrangement for a large container at the entrance which is filled with water for cows/goats which pass by
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This incident happened some years back. Son was 1yr in to his adhyayanam. Typically sleeps by 9pm..Due to cold conditions sleeps with shirt and yajnopaveetam in niveeta position. gets a phone call by 930pm/person online wanted to ask him to some veda related questions
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would not be heard. As soon as he commenced, VS parayanam stopped and there was pin drop silence in the hall and only his voice was heard. Periyava searched for who was saying it and saw us and smiled and continued the panchashat with Guhan !
@Gopalee67
@ArunBytes
@anuradhasabha
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Some common misconceptions about upaakarma. Its always called aavani avittam. Not really. Upakarma is the right word. It can come in the month of aadi also. Its based on chandramaana month of shraavana. On the morning of upakarma one has to have "idli". Totally wrong again !
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son removes shirt and puts yajnopaveetam as upaveetam and takes the call. he could have stayed in shirt as no one would have noticed (simple audio call) but the samskaara does not allow him to do. Just saying when people say its ok to sing tirupugazh well but can be in any dress
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Visited the mahalinga swamy temple in Tiruvidaimarudur today. It was a sight to behold with moola sthaanam all lit up with earthen lamps
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I was cross with myself few months back to switch to Samsung phone from Oneplus..But now I will never ever do that..I might even sink my earnings and go for Apple but never ever that country's phone..never..
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Many asked me about what is nitya shraadham. Typically after the demise of one's mother or father, some are habituated to doing the 13 day ceremonies followed by the monthly maasikam/oona maasikam. Typically sodhakumbham is done the previous day of the maasikam. This sodhakumbham
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@Nidhi
Yes. While you were busy googling the differences between Mig 21 and F16 and how on earth did the F16 lose
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There were total of 84 questions (oral exam) and he answered all of them without any errors. Spent the rest of the days with other patashala students by taking them out for sight seeing. Preparation for this pariksha was quite intense (close to 10 days of preparation)
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Arun Yogiraj is a good example of how good inherited vidya can be compared to acquired vidya. Dont think we can train a layman with a diploma course in sculpting to create what he did
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Today my vaadhyar under whom son is doing adhyayanam was recollecting his adhyayana days when he completed entire 5th kaandam of samhita in 40 days..While his sahapaathee
@Gopalee67
was slogging it out :-)
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Numerous ghanapaatis sacrificing life for adhyayana of KY.Some twitter rishis cancelling KY saying its a-shuddha.These people cant even pronounce "uvaacha"/know which la-kaara it is but cancel bhagavat-paada saying crypto buddha.i need to bang my head against great wall of china
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Imagine our media and people if Ashwin had done sandhyavandanam on the ground and Sunil G applauding it on TV ?
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Today being prathama, the routine of the veda students in our gurukulam is a little less. On these days we use it for chanting shlokas of adi shankara and also a small class on dharma shaastram. We have covered till upanayanam so far
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Today is pratipath (comes once in 15 days)..Those who do aupaasanam will do sthaalipaaka and who do agnihotram do ishti..There are discussions on how they differ with each sutra etc.Even after so many invasions and brain washing these exists albeit with a smaller set +
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Some people questioned why its a big deal to finish the taitireeya shaakha in 5 yrs. Well here are the details, if the intent is to just see book and chant (which is also not easy BTW,) you can complete it even in one year. The TN patashaala system has produced many vidwans who +
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Carnatic music enthusiasts, whats the right age for children to start learning traditional carnatic music. I belong to a family which produced one of the best carnatic musicians but the next generations lost touch. Want to at least train the next generation in it
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Today was an interesting day. Came across a live session on eclipses in youtube and joined it. I answered most of the questions they had in that session. At the end there was a statement "Dont be superstitious..Its ok to eat before and during an eclipse"
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Just heard a heart wrenching story. One person sells tulasi outside a temple. Person is mentally not 100% and so he has been roaming outside the temple lamenting why no one is visiting the temple ! There are such persons and those who want 80G for donation 🤦♂️
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Friends, please watch this small clip on bhagavad geeta chanting by my son and also click the "like" symbol
It will help him
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Why I want Modi as PM ? Simple, he does not sacrifice the nations interests. I dont expect him to support Hindu causes explicitly. I as a Hindu is first responsible for it and will be happy if the govt does not interfere. Thats all.
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Just finished the evening veda aavrtti with son. It was pada paaTha from 4th kaanda last prashna. So many padams, remembering rules for ingyam etc. It was a downpour of padams in 45mins. Yes it can be learnt easily from ved.pdf
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We have always eaten during eclipses and nothing happened to us ! Well..My point was that they take so much effort to look down upon tradition but they never quote that same tradition predicts eclipses with great accuracy as well..It was a session well spent for me !
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I gave up eating out many many years back. Even with IT job, it is very much doable ! Even yesterday, someone offered me tea at an establishment which I politely refused saying I dont have food with footwear !
@Sai_swaroopa
I now understand why pandits, orthodox, spiritual seekers who adhere to strict Madi are particular about how and where their food is prepared.They go hungry but refuse to eat outdoors.
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Visited the shivan temple in Tiruneelakudi (near aaduthurai) today. Such a nice sthalam in a quiet place. We usually chant the sadyojaataadi mantras in all shiva temples. One person was quietly singing the thevaram
@GhorAngirasa
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Good to see this. I always had high regards for all the cricketers from KA playing for India on and off the field. Kumble/prasad/srinath and Dravid !
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@Sidbakaria
@VertigoWarrior
@ErikSolheim
@amritabhinder
@narendramodi
@CharuPragya
@tarunchughbjp
@AnupamPKher
Do you also give kitchen facilities to those who want to cook their own food ?
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The two external pundits mentioned here are young boys with difficult family situation who have managed to excel in vedam by completing till ghanam. The greatness of vedam is that it provides a common ground for competing irrespective of age and family background
Annual Skandasashti Veda parayanam started in my house but in small scale with only 2 external pundits invited participating in it.
@yajurveda_hari
& his son are with me for 2days.
20th Nov is Sashti. 6days Parayanam. Will be on leave for office.Normally we conduct it for 10days
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@shrikanth_krish
The tenali exam is for shaastram like nyaaya/meemaamsa etc. This is for vedic recitation
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The effort put in by the students is long sessions of parayana followed by memorization. Even a small error will earn them nothing. Glad that both did very well today under their guidcance of their aacharya
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One of my friends asked me to do a punyaavaachanam and keep the jalam ready for him to collect ! At this rate one day like tender coconut water available in sachet, we might see "punyaavaachana jalam" in sachet ..
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So how do we deal with this ? Should n't there be a system for children who dont go to school. Can they be sensitive to such children as well ?
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That was the "baasha" moment for me (you remember the scene where rajni sees his injured sister and gives a punch ?) I gave a punch "Its ok to respect tradition and not to eat". You should see how they got triggered after that. The person unmuted and told me
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