Month: March 2017
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Cultivating Devotion with Yearning, Dispassion and Discrimination
22 Feb, Kozhikode – Bharata Yatra 2017 The tour group stopped in Kozhikode at the house of Chandrahasan, a devotee who had known Amma for over thirty years {news}. It was lunch time and Amma had just passed out prasad. She asked the devotees gathered there whether anyone had a question. A devotee raised their hand…
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Beauty Within and Without: Amma’s Visit to Mananthavady
March 2-3 Mananthavady, Kerala – Bharata Yatra 2017 Amma’s camper pulled into Mananthavady just after dark. The small dirt road leading up to Amrita Vidayalam was lined with bright neon banners and cheering devotees. Reaching the newly constructed ashram, Amma’s camper came to a halt. The local devotees were playing drums loudly and singing at…
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Compassion Never Rests: Amma’s Visit to Talassery,
27-28 Feb Talassery, Kerala – 2017 Bharata Yatra Darshan was nearing its end in the late morning hours in Udupi. Amma had been up all night giving her blessings to the swaths of devotees that had arrived to share in the bliss of her company. Birds fluttered about and the devotees scrambled in anticipation of the…
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Past & Present overlap with memories at a house in Kozhikode
22 Feb, Kozhikode – Bharata Yatra 2017 By the time we reached Kozhikode it was 2pm, nine hours into our twenty hour journey. The hot air was rushing in through the bus windows, and our only reprise from the sweltering humidity of the South Indian sun was the occasional moment of sleep. Our stomachs were…