12 Feb 2010, Talassery. Amma singing ‘Hari Om Namah Sivaya’ at the end of darshan. It was the beginning of Sivaratri day.

When Amma sends her emissary, it is as though a very special messenger had come directly from her heart.  You sense her presence, her purpose, her commitment to her work,but most of all, you sense her love. A year and a half ago in August of 2008, Br. Shantamrita Chaitanya came to Manila to teach […]

15 Jan 2010 Barely a week after the New Year celebration with Amma at Amritapuri, I was blessed to spend some more time with Amma at the Brahmasthanam, Nallapalayam, Kovai. My day started with the Lalita Sahasranam archana along with sixty more students from my college, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore. As we had been […]

Solar eclipse seen at the Amritapuri Ashram

I was in Amritapuri for New year’s even and had wonderful Darshan with my parents and my brother’s family. The oldest member of our family my Dad and the youngest, my 2 year old niece both had their first Darshan. Amma was radiating grace as always. Her talk at midnight and the international cultural festival […]

3 jan 2010, amritapuri more than 1300 westerners were there in the ashram for celebrating christmas and the new year with amma. the festivities are over and it is time to go back and resume work. usually, they take amma’s darshan before they leave. today, one devotee from europe came for darshan. she tried to […]

In Sydney New Years Eve is traditionally spent at parties and watching the fire works. This year Shantamrita’s visit in Sydney was on new years eve and new years day. We wondered if many people would attend as there was short notice for the tour, many people already had plans in place to be watching […]

a video from 2010 New Year celebration

Amma leading the chant for world peace 2010 New Year celebration