Abhinandan - To Dr. Venugopal - Vice Chancellor Bangalore University

As part of the Book Abhinandan this poem was written by me towards felicitation to Mr. Venugopal The Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University.  
   
In an era where technology is ruling over knowledge
There indeed was a need to transform the old college
It was to give students & faculty a useful learning edge
Was what Vice Chancellor Venugopal's novel pledge.

With the Bangalore University poised to split into three
New courses too were to become part of this learning tree
Saving careers & students lives due to Covid's spree
Venugopal & his team put all in place creating History

From his bundled achievements he did rise to a gracious fame
Battled unfavourable situations & those who tried to stain his name
With patience & passion, strife & clear vision he won each game
As an individual he entered & a wonderful personality he became.

These lines I've written to you with a deep sense of gratitude
As you've played a role in building us & our attitude
Help students to inculcate good values of greater magnitude
Perform our tasks educating students with humble servitude.


With a heartfelt thanks to you Venugopal Sir for your valued contribution in transforming Bangalore University & putting in on the futuristic pathway. Wishing you a great life ahead.
by:- Dr. Avinash Salgar,

On Raama Navami

 2 Yugas ago on Chaitra Shukla Navami
Was born a pious one among so many
With a voice so polite & sweet as honey
He enchanted all with his form so tiny

With child's toggle when he would walk
In a cutest way he would gurgle & talk
as he grew behind asuras he'd stalk
Protected all refuged behind his back

When 16 he slayed asuras in dozens
Stood guard to Rishis & forest citizens
Was a god of death to all the demons
Revered for his feats by all the heavens

Breaking Shiva's bow he married the divine beauty
Received a grand welcome & blessings in bounty 
Embraced forest life unquestioningly as his duty
Though a prince he lived with resource so scanty

His wife's abduction made him teary
The search for her made him weary
Redeemed the cursed ate tasted berry 
With a large army to Lanka he did ferry

The war with his wife's abductor's army he had started
Midway his fatally injured brother lay of life depleated
With divine herb his brother & all lives got repleated
With a new vigor the perpetrators army he defeated

After 14years of exile to his kingdom when he returned
The people of khosala to receive him  they stormed
Amidst celebration on the throne as King he adorned
11000 years of a golden age he gave people & governed

Not once he has faltered in all aspects of living by Darma
Never missing on performing his nitya & rajya karma
Practical real life truths he lived & not a fictional drama 
Unmatched he only is Puroshottama Raghu Raama

On this day of his birth let us pause our lives & reflect on his qualities, acts, deeds & achievements and see how much we can inculcate those in us to atleast emulate living the pious & worthy life that is Dharmic & Karmic in nature. 

*!! Jai Shri Raam !!

written today on the Rama Navami Day of 2022

Ugaadi - The most awaited Hindu New Year

Here arrives a day that's so dear
awaited by kids adults & the seer
It marks the beginning of a new year
celebrated by all from far & near.

It is a day when Lord Brahma was well seated
On this very day this beautiful world he created
Embedded resources to never get depleated
& take care of it to Lord Vishnu he solicited.

It is from here tithi, vaasara, paksha & maasa mathematically emerged
Combining with the stellar positions in a Yuga they all submerged
For humans to adapt & live in harmony in each of seasons it urged
Unknown fear, inadequacy, sorrow, sickness & all negativity it purged.

Beginning the day with an oil bath makes skin healthy not greasy
Stay in the sun get vitamin D & licking tamarind is best & so easy
Tangy mango pachadi balances your heart to not go risky
Protect from diseases eating mixture of neem flowers, ghee, salt & jaggery

How would the year be get revealed as you read the almanac
How good, bad, problem or without is the year bright or dark
Gifts you ways & wisdom to overcome, stay or change the track
However it ushers in to say UGAADI - meaning a new age is back.

The first day is very auspicious to start anything anew
Enjoy delicacies & chit chat with elders that was long due
With prayers & blessings next year end you'll find fortunes grew
With health, happiness, peace & all may it be your life's radiant hue.

Wishing you and your family a happy & prosperous new year. May this year bring great cheer, without a tear, absolute no fear, a vision clear, make people dear, good news to hear, a healthy winner, problems don't leer, progress on the steer, blessings of your seer & with god being near. 
*"Happy Ugaadi"* 


Ugaadi - The First Day a New Year as per Hindu Almanac

 Here arrives a day that's so dear
awaited by kids adults & the seer
It marks the beginning of a new year
celebrated by all from far & near.

It is a day when Lord Brahma was well seated
On this very day this beautiful world he created
Embedded resources to never get depleted
& take care of it to Lord Vishnu he solicited.

It is from here tithi, vaasara, paksha & maasa mathematically emerged
Combining with the stellar positions in a Yuga they all submerged
For humans to adapt & live in harmony in each of seasons it urged
Unknown fear, inadequacy, sorrow, sickness & all negativity it purged.

Beginning the day with an oil bath makes skin healthy not greasy
Stay in the sun get vitamin D & licking tamarind is best & so easy
Tangy mango pachadi balances your heart to not go risky
Protect from diseases eating mixture of neem flowers, ghee, salt & jaggery

How would the year be get revealed as you read the almanac
How good, bad, problem or without is the year bright or dark
Gifts you ways & wisdom to overcome, stay or change the track
However it ushers in to say UGAADI - meaning a new age is back.

The first day is very auspicious to start anything anew
Enjoy delicacies & chit chat with elders that was long due
With prayers & blessings next year end you'll find fortunes grew
With health, happiness, peace & all may it be your life's radiant hue.

Wishing you and your family a happy & prosperous new year. 
May this year bring great cheer, without a tear, absolute no fear, a vision clear, make people dear, good news to hear, a healthy winner, problems don't leer, progress on the steer, blessings of your seer & with god being near. 
*"Happy Ugaadi"*