Balavihar at Madhuvan
Note: All Balavihar classes will be conducted online due to COVID-19 pandemic.
On Sundays at Chinmaya Madhuvan
9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Language classes |
10:30 AM | 11:00 AM |
Invocation Swamiji leads the invocation chanting for all families together. (Guru Stotram, Invocation, Bhajans, Gita Chanting, Birthday Song |
11:10 AM | 12:10 PM | Study Class on Bhagavad Gita chapter 2 for all parents by Swamiji |
11:10 AM | 11:40 AM | Bala Vihar Classes for 1st to 3rd Grades |
11:10 AM | 12:10 PM | Bala Vihar Classes for 4th to 12th Grades |
Notes
- All the teachers will do the pledge at at the end of the class
- We request our parents to do aarti in the evening as a family in their own homes.
The greatest boon given by Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda to the younger generation is Balavihar. Balavihar provides a spiritual and cultural orientation to children of the modern age. The rationale of the Balavihars as elucidated by Pujya Gurudev in the "March of the future" talk is summarized below:
- To train the children and inculcate in them a reverence for our ancient culture, and inspire them to live up to it with correct understanding.
- To create self-confidence to serve and act cheerfully.
- To generate a true affection in all contacts, inculcate personal discipline and a true spirit of leadership.
- To mould their capacity to express and assert their individuality. To bring out their dormant faculties and detect defects; cultivate and improve their creative abilities.
- To help children to develop a healthy resistance against temptations in the atmosphere in which they grow.
- To provide an atmosphere to grow with noble ideals, healthy emotions and physical discipline.
Need for Balavihar
From The Children's Point Of View The character-building of a nation must start from us, children. We are the trend-setters for future generations. It is we who will help establish a world of peace and harmony. In the absence of the Gurukula system and joint families, we are exposed to minimum of our valued culture. Add to that, our fast paced lives. We have no time for all this! Our elders seem to have lesser time for us.
Bal Vihar is the solution where loving sevakas / sevikas teach us what we ought to know, with the love of a parent, the doting of a grand-parent and the discipline of a teacher.
And best of all - we have fun together !
How Balavihar Works?
Bal Vihar is a group of children, meeting once a week, at a set venue, for 90 minutes, for the sole purpose of learning our precious culture, spiritual wisdom, and related values through books, stories, and games
Bal Vihar inculcates the values of Sanatana Dharma, as taught in our scriptures--Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta, Upanishads, Epics and Puranas-helping us to grow into responsible citizens of tomorrow. Balavihar classes for various age groups are conducted by trained sevaks and sevikas. These voluntary dedicated workers impart to children, the glory of our rich culture, aiming at character formation and reverence for our ancient heritage.
The high ideals and values from our great scriptures are taught in the form of stories, games, quizzes, crafts, bhajans, hymns, shlokas, skits, dances, etc. The current syllabus includes: Bala Ramayana, Bala Bhagavatam, Symbolism in Hinduism, Hanuman Chalisa, Why do We in Indian Culture and selected extracts from the Upanishads and the Bhagawad Geeta.
Balavihar Teacher Volunteers for year 2020-2021
Grade |
Syllabus |
Stotram |
Books |
Teachers |
Grade 1 |
Bala Ramayana |
Ram Stotram |
Bala Ramayana Tarangini 1 |
Vidya Rao/ Sasi Kumar |
Grade 2 |
Hanuman Chalisa |
Hanuman Chalisa |
Hanuman Chalisa Hanuman Chalisa WB Tarangini 2 |
JP Mishra / Kiran Shelat |
Grade 3 |
Bal Bhagavatam |
Dasavatara Stotram |
Incarnation of Lord Vishnu Tarangini 3 |
Chaaya Vasishta/ Divya Prasanna |
Grade 4 |
Krishna Krishna Everywhere |
Madhurashtakam and Gita Dhyanam |
Why do we? Tarangini 4 Best Friend Forevers |
Shilpi Kumar/Ram (Aruna) |
Grade 5 |
Art of God Symbolism |
Lingashtakam |
Tarangini 5 Art of Symbolism |
Ram(Latha)/ Parag Bhalerao |
Grade 6 |
Characters in Ramayana |
Nama Ramayana Stotram |
Characters in Ramayana Tarangini 6 |
Sonia Shah/Mihir Gandhi |
Grade 7 |
P. O. Box Mr. God |
Kritagyata |
P. O. Box Mr. God Tarangini 7 |
Jaya Kumar / Srilatha Ram |
Grade 8 |
Yato dharma tato jaya |
Guru Paduka Stotram |
Mahabharata Characters |
Nandu Kumar/ Prasad Ramnath |
Grade 9 |
Hindu Culture |
Margabandhu Stotram |
Hindu Culture |
Hari Suseendran/ Indu Janaradhan/ Upasana |
Grade 10 |
Geeta for Yuva |
Bhaja Govindam |
Geeta for Yuva |
Ravikumar Peri /Prasanna |
Grade 11 |
Art of Man Making |
Ganga Stotram |
Art of Manmaking |
Biraja Patnaik / Madhu Suseendran |
Grade 12 |
108 Upasanas / Pledge / Values |
Tapovan Shatkam |
We Stand as one family Conflicts and Confusions Guru Strotram |
Deeptha/Karthik/ Swamiji |
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