new year eve was quite an eventful one. whole day i was busy. 14 baby feedings, 2 padapujas … i was on my feet to click-click-click. in between amma said ‘no photos’ to me. so some one else was taking photos of the function. there were few stage performances and then amma’s bhajans followed by […]
1 jan 2007, amritapuri a kathakali performance was staged at the ashram in amritapuri to honor sugunanandan, the biological father of amma, sri mata amritanandamayi devi, when he turned 80. he used to perform kathakali in his youth. krishna was his favorite character. this kathakali story was of sri krishna, devaki and yasoda about the […]
It was Akhilesh who stole the whole show last night. For more than 90 minutes he was talking to Amma non-stop! That too while Amma was giving darshan. Akhilesh is from Pune. He is four years old. He speaks only Marati. He was telling Amma so many things that no one could understand. First of […]
One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder […]
This is one of the most beautiful Karnatic classicals. If you understand the meaning while you listen, it’s awesome. This kriti is supposed to have been spontaneously composed by saint Thyagaraja when he saw great people (Mahatmas, his guru-like souls) assembled in a hall as he entered. This is one of the Pancharatna kriti. This […]
talirin tumbil kulirin cimizhu atinullilum undarivin niravuatutaanallayo naam tedendatuatutaanallayo naam nedendatu… തളിരിൻ തുന്പിൽ കുളിരിൻ ചിമിഴ്അതിനുള്ളിലും ഉണ്ടറവിൻനിറവ്അതുതാനല്ലയോ നാം തേടേണ്ടതുംഅതുതാനല്ലയോ നാം നേടേണ്ടതും pearl drop glistens on a leaf blade’s tip— there is fullness of wisdom even in that drop. isn’t that drop all we need isn’t it all we should get — vipin chandran
Discovery and rebirth of Vedic River Sarasvati with the creation of a National Water Grid
A very interesting eight-minute movie is based on a series of Sarasvati Darshan Exhibition posters documenting scientific evidence of the Sarasvati River from a number of disciplines including geologists, hydrologists and ground water specialists. The posters also show artifacts and archaeological evidence from the area.
Shankaracharya which glorifies the life of a Sannyasi – The man with just the loincloth is indeed the lucky one.
It is a loin cloth passed between the legs and held by a string at the waist, just enough to cover the private parts. The remainder of the cloth acts as a curtain. Kaupina is a distinctly Indian form of clothing from ancient times. Even today (2006) one can come across priests, fishermen, craftsmen, laborers, […]