Category: Yatra
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When It Rains, It Pours
7-9 May 2004 — Palakkad, Kerala The last Brahmasthanam Festival Amma held in Palakkad [April 2003] was brutally hot, with temperatures regularly hitting 43 degrees Celsius. The heat was so bad, it even prompted Amma to comment in Her satsang, “My children must be suffering — both from the heat outside and the heat inside.”…
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Love has no specific language
Tuesday, 4 May 2004 – Trissur, Kerala One of the most beautiful bhajans during Amma’s Trissur programme was silent. It was performed for Amma by students of Her “Amrita Speech and Hearing Improvement School” (ASHIS). As Amma’s voice in English played over the sound system, around 20 ASHIS students signed and lip-synched the lyrics along…
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They all had umbrellas
Tuesday, 4 May 2004 – Trissur, Kerala The famous Pooram grounds against the backdrop of the age old Shiva temple was where Amma’s Trissur programme was held this year. It is world famous for its elephant pageant, as part of the annual temple festival where deities of neighbouring temples, Lord Krishna and Devi are brought…
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Amma gives wheelchairs to Kerala’s poorest
4 May 2004 — Trissur, Kerala During Amma’s programme in Trissur, Amma gave wheelchairs—or rather, hand-propelled adult-sized tricycles—to 10 poor handicapped people. Wheelchairs are rarely seen in India’s streets—even though so many are handicapped due to polio or birth defects. Wheelchairs like these cost around 5,000 rupees [roughly $115 U.S.D.]. That might not seem like…
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300 Hours, 8,500 kilometres & 700,000 hugs
Since 7 January, Amma and Her children have travelled throughout India
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Amma in Kolkata
Bharata Yatra 2004 27 March 2004 — Kolkata, West Bengal Amma’s first program in Kolkata was held in the middle of Richie Park, Maddox Square under a magnificently constructed temporary structure. The backdrop to the dais was done up in ochre and white and covered with purple orchids. The two chief guests of the program…
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“Only My Mind is Different”
Friday, 26 March — Durgapur, West Bengal — Bharata Yatra 2004 The program in Durgapur ended not long after sunrise. Soon the buses were all loaded and everyone was ready to go on to Kolkata. Ever since darshan had ended, a group of about 100 devotees were waiting around Amma’s car, hoping to see Her…
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House visit in Durgapur
Friday, 26 March 2004 —Durgapur, West Bengal – Bharata Yatra Driving out of Durgapur, Amma made two “house calls”—a slow drive-by of the new Durgapur Amritakuteeram housing colony currently under construction, and a long walk through the first one, which has been home to 108 families for one year now. As Amma moved around the…
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Amma in Durgapur
Bharata Yatra 2004 25 March 2004 — Durgapur, West Bengal After a long drive from Varanasi, Amma and Her children reached Durgapur, West Bengal just after sunrise on the morning of March 25th. The program was held at the industrial city’s Amrita Vidyalayam School, which has been in operation for just under a year now.…
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I felt Kashi to be like Brahman itself
Wednesday, 24 March, Bharata Yatra 2004 — En route to Durgapur. In 2004, Amma gave Her first programme in Varanasi, a place considered by many to be the holiest city in all of India. Built on the banks of the Ganga, Varanasi or Kashi, as it is also known–is famous for its proximity to the…