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Kathakali preparations
Author: Smile^_^
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loving bond
oh maammaa.. devaki and sri krishna
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Kathakali: Krishna, Yasoda & Devaki
this is the story of sri krishna, devaki and yasoda.devaki is sri krishna’s mother and yasoda is his step mother.actually this story is not there in the purana. but improvised according to the artist’s imagination without contradicting the original story, at the same time trying to highlight the value of motherhood. it was a very […]
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little wonder
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sit erect, close your eyes
20 feb, hyderabad, bharata yatra 2010 ” now let us meditate for some time. sit erect. close your eyes.” if our beloved amma says this what will you do? of course even if we cannot follow her instructions fully, we pretend that we are doing it. but here in hyderabad people were different. they were […]
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opportunities to practice what is taught
12 feb 2010, talassery – bharata yatra whenever i travel, especially with amma, i am reminded of what amma said about yatra. she says that when the mind is on the ride, we are traveling. if not, then we are not, even if the body is moving. such a person’s mind is centered in the […]
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take me, i will be there
3 jan 2010, amritapuri more than 1300 westerners were there in the ashram for celebrating christmas and the new year with amma. the festivities are over and it is time to go back and resume work. usually, they take amma’s darshan before they leave. today, one devotee from europe came for darshan. she tried to […]
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i saw vaishno devi
21 sep 2009, amritapuri yesterday there was a padapuja by a lady and her mother who is in her 80s. they did the puja with great devotion. after the puja the lady talked to me. she introduced her mother. the old lady was planning to go to vaishno devi, the famous devi temple in jammu, […]
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Anantabhava shalini
(This is an attempt to capture the various bhavas of Amma, who is beyond all bhavas during the few hours I was lucky enough to be with her. Read the original article in malayalam ) As Amma’s 35th birthday was only few days away, many devotees had started pouring into the ashram. It was 09:30 […]