23 mar, bharata yatra 2009, sriranga pattinam, karnataka en route to bangalore from mysore, we stopped at sriranga-pattinam for lunch. it was sangama of kaveri river. its a beautiful place; the river flowing around the tip of the land, big banyan trees shading the banks, serene atmosphere of the temple, chanting of the mantras by […]
17 mar, chavakkad – bharata yatra 2009 its always a surprise with amma. on the way to mananthavadi, amma stopped at the chavakkad amrita vidyalayam for lunch. the rest of the caravan was yet to come. imagine what happened there? the school was in session. it was the teachers who came out to amma first. […]
It was Amma’s first visit to the city of Tanur, and one could discern the accumulated longing and the enthusiasm of the waiting devotees pouring out on that auspicious occasion. As I was coming out, bleary eyed, early in the morning for my cup of tea, I could barely believe my eyes when I saw […]
18 Jan, Coimbatore, Bharata yatra 2009 During Coimbatore program, I happened to stand near Amma. I was watching Amma giving Darshan to the thousands of devotees. Suddenly, Amma asked a man who came for Darshan, about his health. Amma asked him whether he was suffering from diabetes. He said, Yes. Amma was very much worried […]
Kanyakumari, 28 Jan, Bharata Yatra 2009 At Kanyakumari, Amma had public program for the first time in the land bought by the ashram. As a chief guest to the evening program, Swami Shankaranada from Sri Ramkrishna Tapovan was invited as the chief guest. The Swami looked like small child in front of Amma. Before he […]
The tamarind grove behind the Amrita kuteerams in Panakudi dreamt dream this amavas- new moon night. Darkness was becoming insufferable; there was even a solar eclipse the previous day. Still there had been glorious sunrises in many parts of tamilnadu these days… The sun had risen directly in front of Amma who was giving light […]
18 jan, bhavani, bharata yatra 2009 bhavani is always fascinating. i had written about it before {click here to read}. this time it was all different. amma reached after the tour group. the water in the river was full. amma sat on the banks and straight away took the mike and asked her children to […]
23 jan, chennai – bharata yatra 2009 it was always a problem of space in chennai. too many people come to see amma in tooo little space. but there is space for everyone in amma. lot of politicians, film actors, musicians came to see amma apart from the general public. the musicians not only had […]
19 jan, neyveli, tamil nadu – bharata yatra 2009 the industrial city of neyveli welcomed amma. this was amma’s first visit to the city. the crowds have been very quiet. even though it was big, they sat through the satsangs and bhajans and waited patiently for darshan. this rarely happened in amma’s programmes in tamil […]