I was in Sapporo, near the Russian side of Japan. During winter the temperature goes below zero. There was a programme on the Mountain side of Sapporo. Within few days everything will be  covered by snow. The snow wipes out the colours and shapes. Everything becomes white. Everything gets a round shape because of the […]

Little Govinda, less than 2 years old, son of Ramanand and Mahita from Amritapuri, like  Sri Krishna enjoying to be a cowherd in Switzerland.

Europe Yatra 2009

London, Europe Yatra 2009

Interview with  Ms. Shruti Menon “Selfless service, truthfulness, peace and grace – all combined together is ‘Amma’, according to me.  I came to know of Amma after joining Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham for my BSc course.  I was very greatly inspired by Amma’s words of wisdom which motivated me to join as a volunteer for doing […]

Amma says , ‘we are not individual islands but a “shrinkhala”,which means we are a chain linked to one another where we all need help and must strive to help each other”. The devotees of Hyderabad had the opportunity to participate in seva for the poor at Gudimalkapur, Hyderabad. The residents, almost all of them […]

Recently I had been to Madurai to give a class to 6th grade students in a well-known school there. The orientation camp was at our branch ashram in Madurai. The heat was excruciating and for a person who comes from outside the state, it is really difficult to adjust to this weather. All the same, […]

If someone asks me what’s your experience with children, having gone to many schools and interacting with them, I will reply, “ They are so sweet, always living in the present, bubbling with energy, spontaneous, not at all calculative, and of course innocent. And because of all that, one just loves to be with them.” […]

Khol darwaza sheranwaliye ni maharaniye ni de darshan jwala karde pagat pukar japan tere naam di mala khol darwaza sheranwaliye …. Open the door, thou the rider of Lions! the Empress! – give thou darshan Oh Jwala! (Jwala ji is one of the Shakti Peethas in North India) We devotees are calling thee, and doing […]