24 Sep 2013, Amritapuri Today happens to be the Kartika day of Kerala’s Kanni month, Amma’s birth-day. For Amma this is yet another day of serving Her world. Tuesday is ashram’s meditation day, but Amma wanted to meet Her children come for seva. Amma also wanted to serve them all food. So yet another Onam! […]
22 Sep 2013, Amritapuri Another special birthday event happened around 8pm, while Amma was still giving darshan. A procession arrive d from Kollam (about 30 km) with 4 chariots, the first with a big photo of Amma with garlands, then the classical scene of Krishna and Arjuna in the chariot with the horses, the meaning […]
Amritavarsham 60 preparations – The Undefeatable Power of Togetherness Acres of land to be leveled, 164.9mm rainfall in Kerala over the last one week (highest rainfall in India, Indian Meteorological Department data), unstable soil, inability to deploy heavy equipment, time is ticking, just a few days for the commencement of the massive event – Amritavarsham’60. […]
21 Sep, Amritavarsham 60 Walking towards the University, with the moon lighting our way, nature was singing in tune with volunteer’s cheerful mood. Across the bridge, under the hall, a ballet was dancing, two by two, hundreds of us, bound by heavy sand baskets , the beehive was getting busy filling the soil, full of […]
Saturday 21 Sep, Amritapuri Darshan starts to be big. Amma is organizing everything from her chair while she receives the people. She can give full attention to so many things at the same time! Around 6pm, as the flow was going on nicely, an old little woman, with some present for Amma was in the […]
Just at the end of arati came the announcement that everyone was asked to join in doing seva across the backwater river over at the birthday program site after dinner. Within 30 minutes the first group began crossing over the Amrita Setu bridge over the river under the full moon. We couldn’t help remembering the […]
Rain was kind enough today to stop, so that the Friday meditation could be at the beach. Since 10 days, it has being raining a lot, and everyday, making it on one side cool but on the other side difficult to accomplish the preparation work for the birthday. So Amma came a little after 5 […]
Today Friday 11am was a special meeting for the ‘foreigners’, for Amma’s birthday celebrations. At least 400 attended. We were given all information about the coming days… As many more of Amma’s children from abroad are expected (something like nearly 2000) the international office was asking for the help of everyone to solve the question […]
This afternoon, to the rhythmic ceremonial drumming of the Parippally Panchavatyam ensemble, and accompanied by the ashram elephant, Laxshmi, our beloved Ganesh murti rolled out the ashram gate to the sea. Before that he was offered one more round of rousing bhajans and arati at the kalari and then a big procession took him to […]