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Mata Rani Teri Kripa
Darshan continued throughout the duration of the bhajan today. Itcontinued on after the bhajans finished also. Hundreds of people werethere. Chandramohan, a little boy from Kozhikode who is mentallychallenged, was next to Amma’s chair. Amma asked him to hug and kiss the cheeks of the devotees who came for darshan. Seeing a Sardarji sitting beside…
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get married again
amma stayed in the school building in kodungallur. after the morning darshan she stayed in the ashram building which is at the program site. the ashram building has only 3 small rooms. kodungalllur is the first brahmasthanam temple established by Amma. kodungallur is also home to the first amrita vidyalayam. it was nice to see…
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Amma’s Vrindavan
it was amazing to see the devotion of the kozhikode devotees. the crowd in kozhikode program was sooooooo huge. darshan began in the evening and continued till 3pm next day. in the morning people were still standing in line for amma’s darshan. most of them with families… mother, father, children, husband, wife… at night they…
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what new year?
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…
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krishna and his mothers
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…
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Stealing the Show
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…
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Say it now
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…
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Entharo Mahanu Bhavulu
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…
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morning poetry
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
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Sarasvati Nadi Darshan
Discovery and rebirth of Vedic River Sarasvati with the creation of a National Water Grid