Amma reached the Coimbatore Brahmastanam around 11pm. We were caught in the traffic and came few minutes later. Two hours later, Amma’s children arrived by bus. As they walked across the Ashram towards their accommodations, Amma was standing on the stage, surveying the surroundings, making sure everything is ready for tomorrow’s programmes. As they walked […]
Around 3 p.m, Amma left Amritapuri for the 3 week visit to Tamil Nadu. It’s a 7 hour journey by road. Nine buses and six cars with about 500 children of Amma, four trucks with luggage, sound system, bookstall, and kitchen items are there with Amma on the tour. Really , it’s the Ashram on […]
Tamil Nadu yatra of Amma begins today. people are getting ready for the tour.
Ashramites and Westerners (about 500) are leaving Amritapuri today for a three week tour of Tamil Nadu with Amma. Blog postings of stories from the South Indian Yatra can be found at http://withamma.blogspot.com/
Tonight’s bhajans were the last before Amma departs for Her South-Indian tour tomorrow. Amma was practicing and recording some Tamil songs in Her room today for the delight of Her Devotees in Tamil Nadu. She really feels strongly that people should hear devotional Songs in their mother tongue. It has a very profound effect when […]
Darshan continued throughout the duration of the bhajan today. Itcontinued on after the bhajans finished also. Hundreds of people werethere. Chandramohan, a little boy from Kozhikode who is mentallychallenged, was next to Amma’s chair. Amma asked him to hug and kiss thecheeks of the devotees who came for darshan. Seeing a Sardarji sitting beside Amma, […]
Tonight Amma sang the following bhajans: Mridula Neela KalebaraAmma Nin RupamRote Jag MenVilical Vili KelkanJanani Tava PadamOm Namah ShivayaOm Hari Om HariJinki Karuna Hai Apar The song Janani Tava Padam (lyrics below) was simply fantastic tonight. Amma sang with such force and feeling that I noticed that even the little boy sitting next to me […]
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 […]
During darshan, Amma often tells people to sit on the stage in her presence for a while. The first night in Kodungallur, near the end of darshan, she invited a feeble little old man with inquisitive grey eyes onto the stage. Two of us devotees who were on stage lifted the man from the ramp […]