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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 towards the stage, Amma looked out at all her children and waived ‘hello’, a huge smile on her face. Everyone smiled and waived back. i am sure that it might have been a warm welcome after a 11-hour journey. Dhyanamrita21 Jan 07
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praying for happy journey
Around 3 p.m, Amma left Amritapuri for the 3 week visit to Tamil Nadu. It’s a 7 hour journey by road. Nine buses and six cars with about 500 children of Amma, four trucks with luggage, sound system, bookstall, and kitchen items are there with Amma on the tour. Really , it’s the Ashram on wheels. Tamil is the native language of Tamil Nadu – the neighbor state of Kerala. Amma has a long connection with Tamil Nadu. Even before she started her mission, Amma had been to the temples of Madhurai and Rameshwaram with her parents. In the early…
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tamil nadu yatra
Ashramites and Westerners (about 500) are leaving Amritapuri today for a three week tour of Tamil Nadu with Amma. Blog postings of stories from the South Indian Yatra can be found at http://withamma.blogspot.com/
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Last Bhajans before Tour
Tonight’s bhajans were the last before Amma departs for Her South-Indian tour tomorrow. Amma was practicing and recording some Tamil songs in Her room today for the delight of Her Devotees in Tamil Nadu. She really feels strongly that people should hear devotional Songs in their mother tongue. It has a very profound effect when the language goes deep into the psyche and the message gets engrained in the heart. Personally however I enjoy most listening to Amma sing in Her native Malayalam, which is such a beautiful language. Especially Her old songs are simply the best thing one can…
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Mata Rani Teri Kripa
Darshan continued throughout the duration of the bhajan today. Itcontinued on after the bhajans finished also. Hundreds of people werethere. Chandramohan, a little boy from Kozhikode who is mentallychallenged, was next to Amma’s chair. Amma asked him to hug and kiss thecheeks of the devotees who came for darshan. Seeing a Sardarji sitting beside Amma, Amma told him, “I have a newbhajan in Punjabi. Have you heard that?” “Yes,” he said. Amma then called all harmonium and tabla musicians to come and startedsinging “Mata Rani Teri Kripa Barasai” [The Mother Queen Is ShoweringHer Grace Upon Us.] It’s melody and rhythm…
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Tears of Devotion
Tonight Amma sang the following bhajans: Mridula Neela KalebaraAmma Nin RupamRote Jag MenVilical Vili KelkanJanani Tava PadamOm Namah ShivayaOm Hari Om HariJinki Karuna Hai Apar The song Janani Tava Padam (lyrics below) was simply fantastic tonight. Amma sang with such force and feeling that I noticed that even the little boy sitting next to me had the hair on his skin standing on end. It is not rare that I have noticed a few tear drops falling from one of the children’s eyes during bhajans. Have you ever noticed that tear drops of devotion fall from the outer corner of…
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Dancing Party
Tonight the stage was full of kids and it was evident from the beginning that they restless with energy. The little girls beside me kept nudging so I would give my attention to them for various things. I could barely close my when one of them would come up with something new. Amma kept turning around to them every now and then, and would also glance at me with a mischievous smile probably as I was looking a bit lost with what to do with all these children that were getting wilder and wilder. Having come to live a spiritual…
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Dirty Dhoti
During darshan, Amma often tells people to sit on the stage in her presence for a while. The first night in Kodungallur, near the end of darshan, she invited a feeble little old man with inquisitive grey eyes onto the stage. Two of us devotees who were on stage lifted the man from the ramp below without difficulty. He wore a sleeveless t-shirt and a stained dhoti that was pulled up to his knees in the manner of someone who had been doing physical labor, or just had been sitting around his home. In short, I saw him as a…
