Category: Darshan
meeting amma and experiences
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“It was special”
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to connect? To truly connect with someone, even if it’s someone we’ve just met? On my journey with fellow students from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham to volunteer for the inauguration of Amrita Hospital in Delhi, one person caught my attention. While we were all enjoying, making conversation, and singing our hearts out on a two-day train trip, he simply admired things, clicked pictures of moments and wandered alone like a reserved traveller. He seemed more engrossed in his own world of thoughts. What fascinated our eyes didn’t seem to interest him. There…
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We are not devotees but are Amma’s children
Age is never a barrier when you have strong faith and belief. This couple, Mr. and Mrs. Ramu, hailing from Kozhikode, Kerala, are in their mid-80’s. They recollected that the first time they met Amma was way back in 1986, when Amma came for bhajans at Azhakodi Devi Temple in Kozhikode. They have been coming here for all of Amma’s Birthday celebrations ever since. They say that, these 21 years, meeting Amma frequently, whenever she is in the ashram, and also every year on the occasion of Amritavarsham, had brought in more peace and calmness in their life. Mrs. Sarojini…
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Ram Rajya in the present times
“In 1989, while I was reading Sree Rama Krishna Vachanamritam, I always regretted to have not been born during the time of Lord Rama. Then I came to know about Amma through one of my friends and I thought I should meet her. I was then working in Oman. I came to meet Amma and then after that I never had to go in search for another Guru. Amma always says that “Picha nadakunnu makkal, Amma othu nadakunnu koode, Uthamarayulla makkale,ningalku nithyadha bodham kayvara” (When babies learn to walk, mother walks with them. My ideal kids – May you be blessed…
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Tak Tak – Peanut
Who doesn’t like those hot peanuts to pass time? Let’s meet Mr.Selvam, hailing from a village in Theni, Tamil Nadu. He has been coming for Amritavarsham for the past 4 years. He sets up his peanut cart near to the Engineering College every year. He talks about the first time he came to set up stall along with his brother-in-law. The atmosphere, he says, was unlike any other place he had seen earlier. He says that every year the number of people who arrive for the function kept on increasing and the coordination and planning has never seemed to fail.…
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Engineering handicrafts
“I still remember the first time I saw Her, that inexplicable calmness on Amma’s face.” –Charlie Mathi Charlie Mathi, a diploma holder in mechanical engineering, is a native of Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu. He has been putting up a handicraft stall for the past 7 years on the occasion of Amritavarsham. Being a diploma holder, why has he resorted to this handicraft selling? He says “I am a diploma holder, my villagers have always been discouraging me from making handicrafts. They mock me for not working in a field in accordance with my studies and such reactions from people make my parents…
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Behind those glittering bangles….
Bangle shops are very catchy and attractive aren’t they? And we see a lot of them during festive seasons. Mr.Abhilash (a bangle seller from Kottarakara, Kerala) shares with us, why he came to Amritavarsham’64. He first came for Amma’s darshan 6 years ago with his friend Ratheesh. Abhilash didn’t have any idea of why so many people were following Amma and neither did he find any relevance to it. He says “I saw the long queue waiting for Amma’s darshan, I kept looking at Amma when She spoke to each person and during every interaction, She remains pleasant and calm.…
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Two perspectives to life
Seven years in a row selling chickpeas at the same spot (in front of the Amrita School of Business parking space) on the occasion of Amritavarsham meet Mr.Nagaraj from Theni, Tamilnadu. He is a man who had to fight poverty and found it very difficult to have one square meal a day. It was then that he ventured to set up a stall at Amritapuri seven years ago on Amma’s 57th birthday (2010). He says it was a turning point in his life when he fortunately got an opportunity to have Amma’s darshan. It was a new revelation when he…
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I feel I am protected
Lakshmi from the village Palamedu, Madurai district of Tamil Nadu, shares with us her experience with Amma. She was overwhelmed when we asked her about Amma. She said “The first time I came here, we were really broke and had plenty of financial problems. My son had studied Electrical Engineering but he was jobless; we did not have any income to satisfy our hunger. I told Amma all my problems and she hugged me and said, everything would get better soon. A week later my son got a job and we were slowly coming out of our financial crisis. However things took…
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A guide who inspires me to make the right choices…
Hailing from Chennai, Mr. Venkateshwara Rao was working as a railway guard when he heard about Amma way back in 1985. On a friend’s suggestion he came for Amma’s darshan on her birthday in the year 1991. After coming back home from the darshan, his life was not the same anymore. He started cherishing his solitude with remembrance of Amma. Mr Rao says “After reaching home I started to hear Amma’s voice constantly ringing in my ears and every time I closed my eyes I could only see Amma”. He started coming frequently for Amma’s darshan. He wanted more people…