Why 21st?June 21st marks the transition of Sun from Uttarayana to Dakshinayana. This is the day Lord Shiva supposed to have first taught to his disciples according to Aagamas. Hence June 21st is the Birthday of Yoga. Lord Shiva taught 84.000 asanas to his consort Parvati, according to Hatha Yoga Pradeepika. What is yoga?Integration of […]
Classes taken on education for life.
30 jun 2013 am here in the amritavidyalyam, kanyakumari, came to interact with kids. it was a ‘free’ day. decided to go to suchindram temple. a very famous one. this holy place is only 13 km from Kanyakumari. its believed that indra got purified from here. hence the name – suchi – indra. he met […]
watching ’embracing the world’ video triggered some memories in me. it was sometime back in 1997 and i had been a part of amma’s free housing project – amrita kuteeram. amma had organized a team of volunteers which was to build 25 thousand free houses for the poor. as a forerunner, we visited every applicant’s […]