Amritapuri ashram
  • 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

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  • first day covai

    this is the first time in this year i am seeing so many mosquitos. at night in the room i had to put on odomos – an ointment — to drive away all the mosquitos. it worked well. the weather in covai is very nice and cool. usually when we come in the month of

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  • Reached Coimbatore

    Amma reached the Coimbatore Brahmastanam around 11pm. We were caught in the traffic and came few minutes later. Two hours later, Amma’s children arrived by bus. As they walked across the Ashram towards their accommodations, Amma was standing on the stage, surveying the surroundings, making sure everything is ready for tomorrow’s programmes. As they walked

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