Category: Ashram Life

  • Amma back

    Amma back

    Amma is back in Amritapuri after the Eruope-America Yatra 2015 She will be giving Darshan from 2Dec till BharataYatra starts early next year.

  • Turning into smiling ones, reflecting the joy of the moment

    Turning into smiling ones, reflecting the joy of the moment

    4 October 2015, Amritapuri The day Amma would leave for the Europe tour, she came to the Kali Temple around 11 am and the for the next 3 hours, meditated, answered questions, gave advice, cracked jokes, gave a couple thousand people Prasad lunch, gave a quick darshan and finished off by singing and dancing her…

  • Opportunity to serve is like winning a lottery

    Opportunity to serve is like winning a lottery

    1 Sep 2015, Amritapuri Chair Cleaning Seva Normally when Amma arrives on the stage for bhajans, she immediately starts singing. But today she made the following announcement before she started, “A lot of the chairs in the hall need to be cleaned. Everyone should try to clean two chairs.”   So all throughout bhajans everyone…

  • Sri Krishna Jayanthi at Amritapuri Ashram

    15 Sep 2014, Amritapuri The day started with an early morning Mahaganapathi human at the Kalari. It was followed by a GoPuja (cow worship) and procession. Cows of the ashram, adorned in colors were brought in a procession to the front of the Kali Temple. They were offered fruits by devotees and children dressed like…

  • Ganesh Visarjan

    7 Sep 2014, Amritapuri The Ganesh festival comes to an end with Ganesh Visarjan. The idol of Ganesha which was kept in front of Kalari on the day of Ganesh Chaturthy was taken in a procession to the sea this evening. Chanting bhajans and cheering “Ganapati Bapa Moriya” devotees carried the idol to the sea…

  • Guru Purnima in Amritapuri

    Guru Purnima in Amritapuri

    12 July 2014, AmritapuriIn Amritapuri Guru Purnima was celebrated. Under the leadership of Swami Turiyamritananda, Guru Paduka puja was conducted. Archana, Bhajans, Arati, and Satsang followed.

  • Swimming and the Dosa festival with Amma

    14 May 2013, Amritapuri These were the last two days before Amma’s Japan-America yatra. Amma came yesterday for Tuesday satsang and mentioned that she would come to the swimming pool in the evening, feed everyone Masala Dosas and mangoes. Blissfully beautiful Later that evening, as promised, Amma came to the pool soon after the bhajans.…

  • Swimming beyond

    18 May 2012, Amritapuri A few days ago, Amma had indicated that she would stay with her children at the swimming pool. The Darshan on Thursday finished late at 6:30 am after Amma having sat 21 hours, on Friday. So few assumed Amma would come to the pool. But just after Bhajans, around 8:30 pm,…

  • Bhagavad Gita on wheelchair

    Bhagavad Gita on wheelchair

    06 May 2012, Amritapuri Students of a differently-abled school came to Amritapuri and performed “Bhagavad Gita on wheelchair”. The students enacted the scene of Bhagavad Gita from Mahabharata. As the male participants whirled around by rolling the chairs, the girls with hearing disabilities danced to the tune, adding beautiful touch to the scene. Some of…

  • Ashram pictures from January

    Some photos of Amritapuri Ashram, Amma, Ashram life and surroundings from the month of January 2012.