Amritapuri ashram

Author: Amrita

  • Dancing Party

    Tonight the stage was full of kids and it was evident from the beginning that they restless with energy. The little girls beside me kept nudging so I would give my attention to them for various things. I could barely close my when one of them would come up with something new. Amma kept turning

    Read more…


  • Amma’s Heart…

    Returning from the Calicut-Kodungallur tour, I was greeted by my 4-1/2 year old daughter Gaia Amrita who ran and jumped into my arms. The one-week tour was the longest time we had been separated, and when I first departed, she was in tears, begging me to stay. Upon our return, her mother later told me

    Read more…


  • Back from Kodungalloor

    Amma is back from Kodungalloor and Kozhikode. She looked so fresh and beautiful despite having just given darshan to over a hundred thousand people within the last few days. And her voice was strong and clear, which surprised me, since She must have been talking day and night to devotees, and there is so much

    Read more…


  • a little spark

    FriendsWe leave for Calicut and Kudungalore in about an hour. It is getting very quiet at the Ashram. The high season is ending and there are mixed feelings about. Some are going on tour with Amma. Others are heading home back to their jobs and their families. The 1000 or so westerners from all over

    Read more…


  • the Loudest

    Who can sing Ambe Jagadambe the Loudest? The last bhajan this evening was ‘Ambe Jagadambe’. Two young girls who were sitting behind Amma – Gayamrita from Italy, and Meena from Whales, both 4-years old – were singing along. Towards the end, as the chorus began repeating ‘Ambe Jagadambe’, and the speed increased, the girls began

    Read more…


  • The Mystery of Amma

    When Amma came for bhajans tonight I was struck once again by the grace and ease that She moves, almost like She is gliding slightly above the ground. Not that She is but it creates that impression. What it is it about Amma, that you never get tired of seeing Her, that there is always

    Read more…


  • what new year?

    new year eve was quite an eventful one. whole day i was busy. 14 baby feedings, 2 padapujas … i was on my feet to click-click-click. in between amma said ‘no photos’ to me. so some one else was taking photos of the function. there were few stage performances and then amma’s bhajans followed by

    Read more…


  • Radiant and Sweet

    Tonights bhajans were really nice. Albhuta charitre is for some reason one of my favorites. It was especially impressive tonight. At one point tonight as I started to announce one bhajan, something was holding my voice back and only a croak came out of the soundsystem. Amma turned towards me laughing and then made some

    Read more…


  • Young and Elderly

    Most of the Brahmacharies from Engineering college faculty as well as other divisions), including me, were busy from morning onwards preparing for the stage-play that we were thinking of enacting in front of our Beloved Amma, on New Year eve. A day before, I was told that I will be performing the role of a

    Read more…