Tag: Puja

  • Navaratri celebrations: Honoring the Divine Feminine with devotion and music

    Navaratri celebrations: Honoring the Divine Feminine with devotion and music

    Amma’s Navaratri celebrations included pujas, Vidyarambham, and a grand musical offering, honoring the Divine Feminine.

  • What is the principle behind Puja?

    What is the principle behind Puja?

    The law of karma says that the sorrows of life are the results of our own sins, committed in the past, in this life or in previous lives. There are certain periods in life when we have to suffer from the results of our sins, when, whatever we do, we may not meet with success.…

  • Nagano Retreat

    20 Oct 2008, Nagano, Japan Location of the 1998 Winter Olympics, Nagano is a mountainous area that receives large amounts (over 3m!) of snow each winter. This idyllic rural location became the backdrop for this year’s Japan retreat, with Swami Purnamritananda held at the Beech Meadows in the Nabekura Highlands. Despite the remoteness of the…

  • Sw. Ramakrishna visits Brazil and Chile

    26th September – 2nd October 2008 Brazil and Chile Swami Ramakrishnananda ended his tour of South America by visiting 5 cities between the two countries in less than a week’s time. Beginning in one of the biggest cities in the world, Swami held two programs in different parts of Sao Paolo. Both were well attended…

  • Sw. Ramakrishna in Buenos Aires

    20 – 21  Sep 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina Swami Ramakrishnananda Puri conducted programs in Buenos Aires, Argentina on the 20th and 21st of September 2008. The first program on the 20th  evening was held in the heart of the city and was attended by an enthusiastic crowd of more than 600.  On the 21st evening…

  • Desharaksha puja in Azhikkal

    Desharaksha puja in Azhikkal

    16 February 2005 — Azhikkal Village, Alappad Panchayat, Kerala After giving darshan in tsunami relief camps in Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu, Amma travelled all night to reach the Ashram at around 8:00 in the morning on February 15. This morning—less than 24 hours later—She left for Sri Lanka, where She is to visit more tsunami-wrecked…