Onam celebrations – pookkalam, sadya, tug of war and cutural programs
4 Sep 2017, Onam celebrations, Amritapuri Ashram
For the last ten days, as per the tradition of the Onam harvest festival, the entire state of Kerala has been ordained with lush, beautiful flower mandalas.
After the satsang, Amma led all the assembled devotees in blissful dance to the tune of ti thi tara th thi tai…
Then she began serving the traditional OnaSadya feast to one and all. Finally, she fed Lakshmi, the ashram elephant.
The ashramites played tug-of-war to the amusement of all. First with two groups of brahmacharis battling each other, then Amma called on the “Aachans” (elderly male devotees) to do the same and finally the brahmacharinis. Amma enjoyed the show along with all those assembled.
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