on/about Amma, Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
21 march, bharata yatra 2008, kolkata the loooooong bharata yatra is coming to an end. we were on the road for days and nights, of many weeks; in different states, languages, food, climates, travel, programes, bhajans, satsangs and jokes, prasad from amma… it’s all getting over. all that has happened is becoming beautiful memories.. the […]
18-20 March, Bharata Yatra 2008, Kolkata Brahmasthana Pratishta the brahmasthanam, 2oth of its kind, is being installed by amma here. i was there for the first one when amma installed in kodungallur. during the time of abhishekam, there is something in amma’s face, that you simply cannot miss. it has been the same for the […]
17 march, bharata yatra 2008, to kolkata we stayed overnight at dhanbad, in the state of jharkhand. the next day, we proceeded to kolkata, the last leg of the great bharata yatra 2008. what will be the next surprise that lies with amma? who knows? on the roadside, it was a series of factories and […]
16 march, bharata yatra 2008, varanasi to kolkata after the stay at varanasi, we started off to kolkata. a few kilometers later, we entered the states of bihar, and then jharkhand. if it was cultivation in bihar, it was mines in jharkhand, on either side of the road. most of them were coal mines. you […]
15 march, itava, uttar pradhesh, bharata yatra 2008 the four-lane road to calcutta is beautiful. on either side of the road was spread the fields of cultivation. rice, wheat, mustard.. now its time for the potatoes. big, really big fields of potatoes. the machine ploughs the ground and farmers pickup the potatoes and clean the […]
13 march, bharata yatra 2008, delhi one little girl about 12 years old asked amma for mantra. last year also she has asked for mantra. but only this time amma gave it. the next day when i saw her she said the mantra has changed her so much. i asked her what was the change. […]
13 march, bharata yatra 2008, delhi after the programs in delhi, the next day some devotees and volunteers were waiting for amma outside. in the evening, amma came out and spent a few minutes with them. their joy was unbounded, and different people started calling ‘jay jay kar.’ one person shouted, ‘mata rani ki jai!’ […]
28 feb, bharata yatra 2008, pune pune was dusty. it was very cold at night. at about 2 am. the temp suddenly dropped below 14 degrees. the small wind that blew across the ground made it worse. still people withstood the climate for darshan. the warmth of amma’s love was covering them. after sunrise, when […]
25 jan,bharata yatra 2008chennai to kumbhakonam, two days program in chennai is over. all of us started off to kumbhakonam in the afternoon. for a long time we were travelling by the smooth seashore road. the beauty of the vast blue ocean was intercepted by the isolated palm trees. on the right side fields were […]
24 feb, bharata yatra 2008washim, vidharbha, maharashtra. from hyderabad, at 3 am we reached washim. washim is in the vidharbha area, in the state of maharashtra. children and people with their families wide awake, were waiting for amma. the whole street was lit with small oil lamps. people decorated the street in front of their […]