• A revolution in Rameshwaram

    A revolution in Rameshwaram

    16 January 2004 – Rameshwaram It happened totally unexpectedly. Darshan had only ended a few minutes earlier at 9 in the morning and Amma’s caravan had just left the site of Rameshwaram’s Amritakuteeram site, adjacent to the darshan hall, only minutes later. Some of us chose to walk back to our accommodations, and a lucky…

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  • They threw flowers

    They threw flowers

    Thursday, 15 January, 2004 Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu The 108 families living in Amrita Kuteeram, Rameshwaram were very excited. Amma was coming to give a programme just in their neighbourhood. Only a year before they had been living in leaky huts thatched with coconut leaves, but–thanks to Amma–they now had simple but strong houses in an…

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  • Pongal’s Sweetest Payasam

    Pongal’s Sweetest Payasam

    In Pongal festival different aspects of the Nature is worshiped, the Creation is recognized as the miraculous Divine.

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  • Rooftop satsang

    Rooftop satsang

    14 January, 2004, Madurai “What is the cause of the modern day’s cultural degeneration?” As they gathered on the rooftop of Amma’s Madurai ashram, those traveling on the Dakshina Bharata Yatra were all asked this question by Amma, thus beginning this evening’s unplanned Satsang. As Amma sat, Her easy smile lightened everyone’s spirit as always.…

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  • Amma in Kanya Kumari, giving boons

    Amma in Kanya Kumari, giving boons

    11 January, 2004 – Kanya Kumari The stone idol of the Virgin Goddess Kanya Kumari Devi in Her temple at the southernmost tip of the blessed land of Bharata is standing in meditation, facing north and longing for oneness with Lord Shiva in Mount Kailash. This longing of the Goddess for spiritual union is expressed…

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  • Proclaim to All

    Proclaim to All

    11 January, 2004 – Kanya Kumari Just a few hours after Amma hugged Her last Thiruvananthapuram child, the first fully loaded bus set out for the next stop on the 2004 Dakshina Bharata Yatra — the holy city of Kanya Kumari. This famous pilgrimage centre is located at the southernmost tip of the Indian sub-continent,…

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  • Selflessness transforms

    Selflessness transforms

    10-11 January, 2004 – Thiruvananthapuram The three days of Thiruvananthapuram programs were attended by huge crowds, as always, and enjoyed the standard Brahmasthanam Festival fare — dawn to dusk archanas, planetary pujas each day to Mars, Rahu and Saturn respectively, and of course Amma’s divine satsang, bhajans and darshan. Thiruvananthapuram is the capital city of…

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  • Flower shower-Pushpa varsham

    Flower shower-Pushpa varsham

    Wall to wall with outstretched arms, the room undulated with a single upward prayer

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  • An Eagle’s Alert

    An Eagle’s Alert

    7 January, 2004 — Amritapuri There they were, as always. Whether it’s a Devi Bhava or festival day, a Brahmasthanam Temple installation or, as in this case, simply Amma preparing to leave for the South India Tour, if Amma is out and about you can bet they are too: three eagles, circling directly above. Known…

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  • First Devi Bhava of the New Year

    4 January 2004 — Amritapuri As the large wooden doors rolled open and the sacred verses chanted, the many thousands present received a dense blast of the scent of flowers and camphor. As always this was mixed with another mysterious, divine fragrance that penetrates deeper, beyond the senses… Before us appeared the heart-bursting vision of…

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