[GHHF] Round up of our activities October 11-20, 2023.
"Keep the name of Rama always in your mind, remembering it with love. It will feed you when you're alone. bless you when you feel cursed and protect you when you're abandoned. To the crippled it's another limb. To the blind it's another eye. To the orphaned it's a loving parent. Whenever I remember Rama's name, the desert of my heart blooms lush and green." Tulasi Das
1. Bala Samskar Students – Learned about the Swan-Turtle story with a moral that one should speak only at the right time. (10/1123)
Swan-Turtle Story: Once upon a time in a pond there lived a turtle named "Kambugrivam" and two swans named Vikatamu and Sankatamu were very friendly. Summer is near. The swans said to the turtle, "Friend! This pool is slowly drying up. So we will move on into another lake." Tortoise was sad and said, "This is unfair. Is it right for you to leave me alone after being friends with you for so many years? Can I live even one day without seeing you! Anyway, take me along with you."
2. Three-Day Tirumala Yatra Completed – 29 Converted Hindus and 4 Bhaja Mandal members walked to the Hill, Performed Bhajans and had a darshan of Lord Venkateshwara. (10/12/2023)
A three-day program from 6-10-2023 to 8-10-2023 Tirumala Yatra 18 families who were previously invited from Christianity to our Hindu Dharma in the Garwaapasi program were taken to Tirumala for the darshan of Sri Venkateswara Swami.
On the 6th day, at the railway station, everyone including everyone was given the name of Lord Venkateswara. Until reaching Tirupati by the train, the bhajan program started by singing bhajan songs in the train and making the passengers happy. The passengers in our coach were also very happy. Passengers also participated in Bhajan Singing.
3. Visiting Gaushala in Memphis; attending Sri Swamiji Sukhabodhananda lectures and work shop.(10/13/2023)
At this time, S3 Foundation invited Sri Swami Sukhabodhananda to give lectures and conduct worship for the benefit of the people. We had the great opportunity to meet Sri Swamiji in 2007 and since the we are fortunate to continue our association. Yesterday we had a good discussion on various topics and visited Gaushala. Sri Swamiji appreciated the service of Purushotham and Sarita and their dedication to preserve Sanatana Dharma. You can see Swamiji enjoyed visiting Gaushala and was happy feting the cows.
4. Basertal Village Team organized Vishwakarma Puja and honored 30 shilpis, laborers skilled workers and craftsmen expressing our gratitude for their contribution. (10/14/2023)
GHHF Basertal Village unit organized Viswakarma Puja. Lord Vishvakarma is considered a craftsman deity and the divine architect of the devas in Hinduism. So on this auspicious occasion GHHF Assam decided to felicitate 30 laborers, workers, crafts men from SC Valimiki Community for their contribution in nation building.
5. [GHHF] Bala Samskar Kendras – Students learned about Durga Devi, freedom fighter who was called “Agni of India.” (10/15/2023)
Durgawati Devi or Durga Bhabhi, also known as the 'The Agni of India', is remembered to this day as a threat to the British police. She had tremendous influence on revolutionaries such as Bhagat Singh, Ashafaqullah and Chandra Shekhar Azad. She also wielded a strong influence on the members of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). She was a Bengali, married at the age of 11 years to Professor BhagwatiCharan Vohra (a member of HSRA, who had planned to bomb the jail in order to free Bhagat Singh but sadly died while testing the bomb on the banks of Ravi near Lahore).
6. Bala Samskar Kendras – Students learned about Swan and Tortoise story with a moral to speak at the right time (10/16/2023)
Turtle and Swans: There was a turtle living in a pond. There were two swans who were good friends of the turtle. The swans always told him about the distant lands and mountains where they used to travel. They also shared about the beautiful landscape which was visible from high in the sky.
7. Where is the outrage? Bharat Mata in Danger (10/18/2023)
What happened in Manipur on May 4 or what is taking place in that Northeastern state is something beyond the pale and simply horrifying. The outrageous parading of two naked women who were then raped in an open field by hoodlums and thugs is numbing, immoral, stunning, and shameful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od3CgZAc7Sc
https://www.savetemples.org/post/where-is-the-outrage-bharat-mata-indanger/1759
8. Bala Samskar Kendras – Students learned about Swami Rama Tirtha, his life, his travels, and achievements. (10/19/2023)
Swami Rama Tirtha pronunciation (22 October 1873 – 17 October 1906, also known as Ram Soami, was an Indian teacher of the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. He was among the first notable teachers of Hinduism to lecture in the United States, travelling there in 1902, preceded by Swami Vivekananda in 1893 and followed by Paramahamsa Yogananda in 1920. During his American tours Swami Rama Tirtha spoke frequently on the concept of 'practical Vedanta' and education of Indian youth. He proposed bringing young Indians to American universities and helped establish scholarships for Indian students.
9. Assam Chapter distributed new clothes to 70 Adibasi brothers as a way celebrating Navratri Festival (10/20/2023)
Vastradanam is as important as other service activities. Over the last one-year GHHF has donated hundreds of Sarees, children’s clothes in India. Many of our friends have been collecting clothes fere in USA to distribute to the needy in India. The Upanishads further say, "Give with faith. Do not give without faith. Give in plenty with modesty. Give with fear knowing that not giving to charity is a sin. Give with sympathy.”
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