{"id":923,"date":"2024-06-05T13:01:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T20:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/?p=923"},"modified":"2024-06-08T12:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T19:01:42","slug":"learnings-from-bala-vihar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/learnings-from-bala-vihar\/","title":{"rendered":"Learnings from Bala Vihar &#8211; Shruti Seshasayee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Shruti Seshasayee, 8th Grade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bala Vihar has taught me about my culture, respect, and hard work. Throughout my years attending Chinmaya Mission, I have also gained new experiences and opportunities, such as cooking for the homeless, volunteering, vedic chanting and more. As a strong community, Bala Vihar educates and supports students and families. I have learned about Ramayana, the Hanuman Chalisa, symbolism in our culture, history and geography of India, the Mahabharata and much more, through stories, lessons, videos, and talks.<br \/>\nEvery Sunday after class, I look forward to a delicious lunch prepared by volunteers. In addition, once a year each grade can also cook as a class, and offer a meal to the rest of our Bala Vihar community.<br \/>\nI also enjoy the festivals and celebrations organized by Chinmaya Mission, my favorites consisting of Holi and Diwali. Holi is celebrated at a park, and friends and family outside of Chinmaya mission are welcome to join in. There is delicious food, music, and colors making it such a fun experience. Diwali is enjoyed with a special meal followed by a variety of fireworks outside.<br \/>\nBala Vihar has taught me so much and inspired me as a person. Through festivals, events, and classes, our community comes together to enjoy and appreciate our culture. I am looking forward to continuing coming to Chinmaya Mission for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shruti Seshasayee, 8th Grade Bala Vihar has taught me about my culture, respect, and hard work. Throughout my years attending Chinmaya Mission, I have also gained new experiences and opportunities, such as cooking for the homeless, volunteering, vedic chanting and more. As a strong community, Bala Vihar educates and supports students and families. I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-balapatrika","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}