on/about Amma, Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
24 feb, bharata yatra 2008washim, vidharbha, maharashtra. during arati, at the end of the programme in washim, a girl jumped from the stage and joined the arati line, did the arati courageously pushing a lady who is supposed to do it. after waving it few times, she jumped back on to the stage. amma was […]
16 feb, bharata yatra 2008, mangalore we reached mangalore. i know there is a lot missing in between. i have nice stories to tell you. what to do? the dust and the cold disturbing me. but still i try to cover the events. if i wait, then you will miss the celebration of tomorrow. so […]
16 feb, bharata yatra 2008,enroute bangalore to mangalore the yatra from bangalore to mangalore was beautiful and tiresome. about 30 kilometers, the road was very bad, but afterwards, the road became smooth and nice. on either side of the road were coffee plantations, beetel-nut and pepper crops. i never knew karnataka has so much coffee […]
12 feb, bharata yatra 2008, kannur to bangalore after kannur, we all stayed in talassery for another 2 days. the brahmasthanam ground is so small to hold the crowd thats coming for amma’s program. one could see many old faces coming for amma’s darshan. they have been coming to amma for the last two decades. […]
9 feb, kannur, bharata yatra 2008 prasad giving is a big process in itself. the volunteers will be placing 2 or 3 prasad packets at a time to amma which she gives to the devotees while giving darshan. the sevaks train the volunteers for this one minute that they get to sit with amma. how […]
7 feb 2008, amritapuri to kannur we were already 6 days in amritapuri? and the yatra continues… amma left amritapuri at 12.30 for kannur which is a the northern district of kerala. now for the next two months amma will be traveling across this sacred land on india.
27 jan 2008, kumbhakonam we reached kumbhakonam well past one’o clock in the morning. the accommodation was arranged in the guest house of a devotee. that was 21 km away from the town. we drove through the village. it was so remote even mobile connection was not possible. (now in india every village has mobile […]
29 Jan,bharata yatra 2008 enroute kumbhakonam to tiruvananthapuram — the drive from kumbhakonam to tirunelveli was nice. kumbhakonam is not only home to hundreds of famous temples, but also for its rice production. either side of the road was filled with rice fields, spread across far beyond your eyes can catch. or you see sugarcane […]
19 feb, bharata yatra 2008, bhavani, tamil nadu on the way to pondicherry we stopped at bhavani river. bhavani opens a floop-gate of fond memories. bhavani is a fascinating place. this is where amma started swimming with the children who travel with her during indian tours. during the yatras ‘bhavani stop’ was an unavoidable one. […]
18 jan, bharata yatra 2008, covai In the evening when amma was talking there were lots of noises. sounds of people talking and talking. she finished her talk started meditation. amma asked every one to keep silence. because they were all trying to jump into the darshan queue. but it would take another one hour […]