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Shivaratri Bhajans
When Amma came for bhajans, students from Amrita Vidyalayam were standing in line with lamps and flowers in their hands, all the way to the stage. Tonight is Shivaratri. Amma sang with immense force and Her voice was really powerful. Tonights bhajans were: Krishna Govinda GopalaOmkara SwararupiniPelava KaiviralOm Shakti Om ShaktiMano BuddhyahankaraGange Ginta PavitraluOm Namah
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Manasa Vachana
Hari Bol Hari Bol (Shyamavarna Sundaranga) Prapanchamengum Pati Pukazhtuvan Mangu Me Tujhse Manasa Vacha Karmana Om Namah Shivaya New Song Durge Durge Amma shed some tears during Manasa Vacha tonight. She caught the tears as soon as they fell from the corner of Her eye. It’s just one of those songs that transports Amma somewhere
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Spotless beach
During my walk through the crowd, the grounds of the yajna shala was covered with paper and plastic. This made me sad, but as the sun was rising, to my surprise, I heard that Amma had called all her devotees to help clean the trash. About 30 people rushed to help, and in about 15
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Devotion in Calicut
We arrived at Amma’s school in Calicut at night and the next afternoon, the bus took us to the stadium for the programme. The fully filled stadium, the music, and the atmosphere around the stadium reminded us of the Amritavarsham in Cochin in 2003. We were crying with emotion and joyous to experience again so
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New Bhajans
There were a couple of new songs tonight. In between a few songs there was some commotion as Amma wanted the wireless mikes to be changed. Some laughter followed from the audience as She took down one of the mikes while making a face at the mixer and handed it to Karthik, the sound guy.
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Amma soap
‘Amma soap’ Today, Gaia Amrita, went to Amma for darshan. Then she went to her mother and said, “Having darshan is like taking a shower, because afterward, you smell so good. We need a soap that smells like Amma so we can always smell like her and pretend to be her.”— – – — —
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The birds of Kanyakumari?
The Kanyakumari programme was held in a large field just north of the city. It was bounded on two sides by groves of trees. Sitting on stage, I heard what I thought were the calls of many different birds. The sounds were clear, distinct, varied, and came from both sides of the stage. It was
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Attracted to the Light
In Madurai, the public programme was held just near the center of the city, on the grounds of a Medical Society. Thousands of people came from all around to receive Amma’s darshan, attracted to the light of her radiant smile, her warm embrace. Their egos burning in the flame of her infinite love. Amma’s light
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On the Beach
As the South Indian Tour progressed through Tamil Nadu towards KanyaKumari, finally ending up in Trivandrum, two questions many people on tour asked were ‘Where are our accommodations?’ and ‘Where is the programme site?’ For Brahmastanam Festivals, the programme would always be at the Ashram, and we would stay at Amma’s school. For Public Programmes,
