Over the weekend Amma was giving darshan to devotees constantly. Yesterday Amma gave darshan until 12.30 in the night. She was in a playful mood and going very slowly in the end. At one point She was smearing Gurudas Swami with chandanam until his whole head was covered with stripes. She was also giving mantra initiations and counseling people throughout the darshan.

Swami Amritaswarupananda and Swami Amritatmanda both sang a set of bhajans.

Amma will soon be leaving for Her North-Indian tour. The season here is starting to come to an end. After Shivaratri the weather usually starts getting hotter and the number of foreign visitors decreases slowly.

Vishwanath

19 Feb 2007