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Amma’s smile is an inspiration

2, 3 April 2001, Kolkata – Bharata Yatra 2001

On the 1st program, held in Nazrul Manch on the 2nd of April, the huge auditorium was filled with thousands of devotees who had gathered to hear Amma’s satsang and bhajans and to have Her darshan.

In Her satsang, Amma said, “Our ego is the greatest obstacle on the path of God’s grace. One who is blinded by the ego is in total darkness. Only when we transcend the ego do we become an offering to the world.”

The next night, in Behala, Golsapur, Amma was accorded a hearty welcome by a mammoth gathering of devotees on Her arrival at the programme venue in Behala, Calcutta.

Addressing the devotees, Amma said, “Everybody today is aware of their rights, but they forget their responsibilities. One should always think as to what one can contribute for the happiness of others, and not what one can get from others. True happiness is in giving and not in possessing. Try to develop this selflessness. Make your heart expansive. In such a heart only can the Lord’s sublime presence be experienced.”

Welcoming Amma, Ajit Panja, former Union Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said “When I touched Her Lotus Feet, I came to know that I have reached my Mother. Amma’s smile is an inspiration to undertake new endeavors in life.”

Amma’s visit to Mumbai – 2001

17 & 18 March 2001, Mumbai

The evening public program on 17th March 2001 took place at the Siddhi Vinayak grounds in Prabhadevi, Mumbai. Chhagan Bhujbal, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharastra welcomed Amma.

On the next evening (18th March), the program took place in Goregaon. Traditional music performances welcomed Amma at the venue.

Amma’s visit to Pune – 2001

14-16 March 2001, Pune

AICT Inauguration

AICT Pune was inaugurated during Amma’s visit to Pune on 14th March, 2001 at 7:00 PM by Dr. Ashok Kolaskar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Pune in the Divine Presence of Amma.
The programme also hosted other dignitaries like Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar, Chairman, Dishnet Research Laboratory, Dr. S. K. Gupta, Director & CEO of Software Technology Park, Pune, Prof. Ram Takwale, Chairman, Committee on I. T. in Higher Education, Maharashtra, Sri. Vivek R. Sawant, Director, IIIT, Pune and Sri. Lakshman Pandurang Jagtap, P. C. M. C. Mayor.

Dr. Ashok Kolaskar said that he and the people of Pune are proud to have such an institution for the first time in Maharashtra which provides not only high-technology which has been the part and parcel of ones life but also love and faith which are now slowly vanishing from the world. In his speech he said that in a couple of years human clones, humanoids, might be a reality. But the quality of social interaction is going down and moral values are losing out to the market culture. He said that institutions like AICT will prove to be very crucial in fulfilling this need of society. Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar gave an example of how sage Vishwamitra had created a new world through his tapas. In the same manner computers are creating a new Digital Reality World altogether. But even though there are many languages like C, Cobol, Java etc. the language always found missing is the language of Love. This is what Amma pours into computers through Her computer institutes. AICT, indeed as Sri. Krishnan concluded in his thanksgiving speech will indeed prove to be the “Amrita Institute of Character Transformation.

On the last day of program, a devotee adorned Amma in Krishna costumes at the end of the day’s darshan. Amma/Krishna took butter from the pots offered to her, and drank buttermilk from the pot.

The bhavani tradition

24 January 2001, Bhavani river

Devi Bhava darshan at Chennai had ended well after sun-up, so it was a hot and dusty ride to the Bhavani River. After dark, Mother seated Herself on a small raised circle of cement and grass. The location was special, with a number of temples and shrines here and there. They rose like stone trapezoids pale against the darkening sky, their surfaces covered, in the traditional South Indian style, by carved forms of gods and goddesses, demigods and flowers, mythical beasts and geometric forms.

If you let your gaze glide upwards from Mother’s Face, you saw a blue-skinned flute-playing Krishna; he sat with one leg crossed over the other, actually some distance away and high on the temple face, but the juxtaposition of his form and Mother’s was a special delight. Again it was bhajan time, and Mother, accompanied by Swamiji’s harmonium, led the group in both old, familiar Malayalam bhajans and the newer Tamil ones. Suddenly there was a squeaking sound – Mother looked up to Her right, and all eyes followed: a pair of white owls sat on an electrical wire, adding their voices to the bhajans, fluttering now here, now there, always together.

A bit later in the evening, Mother called out to one of the brahmacharis to dance while She sang, and there, on the circle of concrete, he did so, amidst cheers and laughter as his movements grew wilder and more exuberant. Next She called on one of the western women to dance, “Sing and dance,” She directed, and that’s just what the woman did. More laughter and applause, and admiration at the simple innocence of these two who would do anything – even perhaps look foolish – to delight Mother.

The group stayed at the Bhavani that night, leaving for Trissur only late the next morning, having shared the traditional breakfast for that location: Bhavani Kanni. The story goes that one year when the group stopped at the river, there was enough rice for kanni, but not enough of one kind of lentils for the curry. Two different lentils were mixed, and a new dish created. Since then, not only at the Bhavani itself but often also on the day of departure for a tour, this special dish is served. A family tradition, one could almost say.

Travel with Amma is like that: a mixture of traditions and novelty; the familiar and the unexpected. Perhaps that is why, despite the rigours, Mother’s tour groups keep on growing bigger, year after year.

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