Category: WithAmma
travelling with amma
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Sugar story
Nine buses were parked on the side of the road for a bathroom stop on the way from Nagapattanam to Madurai. We were about 300 people scattered along the roadside in the middle of nowhere. Open pastures, farmland and trees were around us. I was talking with a fellow devotee, recalling on how during the
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Bat and Advaita
In Trichy, during darshan, in the wee hours of the night, a special darshan was there. He had 4 legs, but he didn’t walk. He could fly because he had wings. He was a small black bat, very tiny, like the size of a small mouse. Somehow it ended up on the stage – on
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Stop. Rest With Amma
The other evening, on the way from Trichy to Chennai, our caravan stopped along the side of the road for dinner. Amma was still far behind us. It would be about two hours before Amma would arrive. The sun was setting. We were in the middle of nowhere. A small village lay about ½ km
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shubaratri again
oh! there is amma. she is by the road side in a field distributing dosa… all children had gathered around her. some others are making tea little further away. by not far from amma, there is group of ducks inside a net-fence. both had similarity. the scene, the contrast stuck me. here one is there
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good night
darshan in trichy went on till 8.30 am in the morning. people have so much faith in amma , so much love for amma. it was reflected in the words of mayor and the minister who spoke. you could see the police people in the uniform joining the line to give prasad to amma– usually
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Badaga Inspiration
I love watching the Badaga dance in Coimabatore. Two years back when Amma last was here, and again during Amma’s 53rd birthday celebrations in Amritapuri, they also enchanted the crowd – inspiring westerners, students, and Ashramites to join in . The same happened again this year. Young and old, men and women. Their rhythmic movements,
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amma in temple city
right after covai brahmasthanam, amma visited the amrita university campus in ettimadai. the sun has not yet risen in the horizon at that time. first amma blessed the new big swimming pool by touching the water. this is a newly constructed swimming pool of international standards situated under the shadow of the western ghats. she
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may be a second thought?
the marriage held at the end of darshan in covai was little funny. a young brahmin couple were getting married. they had lot of special rituals. boy was from Orissa and girl is form Maduari, Tamil Nadu. the girl was asking the boy to tie the ‘mangalya sutra’ around her neck during the ceremony. amma
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last night in covai
night time in covai its more cold. by the 3rd day the dust was coming more off the ground. all the 3 nights the Badugas rocked the house. at one point Amma expressed that she wanted to dance with them. after sani puja amma made an announcement in tamil over the microphone asking people to