Dharma 5 - The Puranas

Class Information -

This class covers: Devoted to teaching about the 10 Avataras of Lord Vishnu and the major episodes from the Shiva Purana (including the deities Ganesha and Karttikeya). Teach simple Mantras connected to different deities such as “Om namah shivaaya”; “Om namo bhagavate vaasudevaaya” Simple stotras like Dashavatara Stotra and Lingashtakam can also be taught.

Ages: 8-9 / Grade: 3-4

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Classroom: Gopuram Room

Teachers -

Teachers:

• Shyamala Ganesh

• Mamta Kakkad

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Teenage Volunteers:

• Aayush Gupta

• Anagha Manoj

• Abhiraj Singh

Class & Homework-

May 12

Over this year, the kids have learned about the ten avatars of Vishnu. They have also heard lots of short stories. They learned many shlokas, some of which they will recite for the annual day presentation. (We are doing: Mooshika Vahana, Karaagre Vasate Lakshmi, Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra, and Shiva Manasa Puja)

Remember to be at the auditorium by 10:30 next week.

It was really fun having your kid in class this year!

May 5

We learned 2 stories of Birbal

1. Birbal goes to Heaven and comes back

2. Birbal counts all the birds in the kingdom

We reviewed the shlokas and Shiva Manasa Puja.

Homework: none

April 7

We learned the story of Kumbakarna.

We also learned the story of Jaya and Vijaya.

We did a quiz about Vishnu, mainly the Dashavataras.

Homework:

None

March 24

We reviewed all the slokas.

We learned the story of the Amrit.

We went to the temple to see the Navagrahas and Saraswati.

Homework:

Think of an answer to the question "Why do we need knowledge?".

February 17

We learned a story of Vikram and Betal.

We practiced Shiva Manasa Puja for the presentation on March 24th.

Homework:

None

January 6

We had mediation class.

We learned the benefits of meditation- like less stress and more happiness.

We learned a rhyme: "whatever you do will come back to you".

Homework: None

November 18

We learned 3 stories:

Kalidasa

Vikramaditya and Bethal

Kannagi

We also practiced Mooshika Vahana and Karaagre Vasate Lakshmi.

Thanksgiving Reminder: Remember to give thanks to an important person or thing in your life.

Homework:

None

October 7

We learned about the 2 guards of Vishnu.

- The sons of Brahma wanted to be let in.

- The guards said no, because Vishnu was busy.

- The sons of Brahma cursed them.

- They could either have 3 bad lives, then go to Vishnu or

Have 7 good lives, then go to Vishnu.

-They chose the 3 bad lives so they could reach Vishnu faster.

This leads to the Dhashavatars. We learned about Vahara (the boar), Prahlad and Narasimha, and Mahabali.

Homework: None

September 23

We started the story of Kartikeya.

We learned the story of Vashista and Nandini,

In which we learned to pray to become a better person, and not to pray for wants, such as toys, passing test, etc.

Homework: None

September 16

Materials covered in class:

• We learned the Mooshika Vahana sloka.

• We learned the stories of Ganesha-

• How Ganesha got his Elephant Head

• Ganesha and the Mango

• We pray to Ganesha first, to remove all obstacles.

No homework.

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