Hari Om Dear Families,
Here's this week's update.
Week 9: 23rd Nov, 2025 / 9:15am
Shlokas- We all chanted 'OM' 3 times followed by Shlokas 'Om Saha Navavatu' (pg 8 in My prayer book), 'Vakratunda Mahakaya' (pg 27), 'Saraswati Namastubhyam' (pg 12), 'Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu'.
We started the session with Yoga time - Each child suggested a Yoga pose which everyone in the class followed so everyone got to do their favorite Asana.
After recapping previous sessions' Ramayana story Chapter 9 and 10 were completed.
The lessons from Ramayana continued with King Dashratha realizing that he is getting old and the kingdom of Ayodhya needed a new king to take over the kingdom so that he could retire to the forest for penance. After consulting with the ministers of the Assembly a decision was made that Rama will be crowned the next king. Rama was informed and he graciously accepted the role.
The entire Kingdom was overjoyed and preparations were made for the Coronation ceremony with a lot of pomp and splendor.
When Manthara, queen Kaikeyi's maid, hears about this, she gets upset and informs the queen but the queen is very happy to hear the news. Manthara tries to poison queen Kaikeyi's mind by telling her that if her son Bharata does not become king then Queen Kaikeyi and Bharata will not be of any importance in the kingdom. This got Kaikeyi thinking about it and slowly changed her mind.
So Kaikeyi reminded King Dasharatha of the two boons he had promised her in the past because she had saved his life. Queen Kaikeyi asked for the first boon to be that Bharata becomes King instead of Rama and second that Rama should be sent to the forest for 14 years!
King Dasharatha was astonished and could not bear to hear these words and asked her to change her mind but she would not budge. King Dasharatha finally gave in and asked Rama to go to the forest for 14 years and told him that Bharata would be king. Rama accepted the decision graciously and right away started for the forest after changing into ascetic garb.
Everyone was very upset with the change in the decision, Lakshmana and Sita chose to accompany Rama and live with him for 14 years in the forest.
Entire city of Ayodhya wanted to go with Rama and not live in the kingdom where Rama would not rule.
We will continue the Chapter and the story in the next class.
Coloring and Likhita japa - Children did some coloring time in their Ramayan Coloring books and Likhita japa where they wrote 'Ram' and chanted it as they wrote.
Gita chanting - We all chanted the next verses of Chapter 15 of the Bhagwat Gita along with the video.
We all then attended the Arati and pledge.
Next BalaVihar class is Dec 14, 2025.
1. Drop the kids off in class directly.
Please note - no food items or beverages are allowed in class.
Have the kids visit the bathroom before they come to class.
Please make sure the kids have atleast some breakfast and water before class.
Do reach out to us with any questions or concerns you may have.
Hari Om
Rameshwari Kale and Neha Wagh
Chinmaya Vrindavan
