From: Parsuram Ganpathy (parsuram@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Oct 01 2002 - 08:44:19 PDT
From: "Parsuram Ganpathy" <parsuram@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Amma's b'day in Amritapuri Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 15:44:19 +0000 Message-ID: <F58x4vvsGOkevWWGxeg0000020e@hotmail.com>
Hi Bala the fortunate one,
Can you find out the birthday of MOTHER i 2003. What date it is?
Thak you for this information. I have forwarded your report to Sacramento
group.
Parsuram
>From: "Balakrishnan Shankar" <balakrishnan_sh@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: amma-l@hindunet.org
>To: amma-l@hindunet.org
>Subject: Amma's b'day in Amritapuri
>Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 07:00:04 -0400
>
>Hi everyone,
>
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> This is bala- i was able to attend Amma's bday here in Amritapuri last
>week by Amma's grace.. just a small note:
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>there were about 25 THOUSAND people for Devi Bhava ALONE!!! And in the
>morning , after pada puja, there were about 5000 people - so overall, Amma
>saw about 30000 people last thursday!
>
>The Paada Puja was ... divine... I went in at about 5 am to sit in the
>crowd that waited till 9.00 am for Amma to arrive... At 5 am we had about
>10000 people there- all chanting the Sahasranama..
>
>you can imagine the atmosphere there! 10000 people chanting 'Om
>Parashaktyai namaha' can be quite a 'mantric nuclear explosion'...
>
>followd by Swamiji's Satsang .. and the the Panchavadya started . This is
>the traditional kerala style of welcoming kings etc .. or before the temple
>doors are opened- drums and cynbals majestically resound heralding a divine
>event..
>
>and then when it reached a crescendo, under a twirling umbrella , Amma came
>..
>
>i wonder why i just didnt explode then and there .. there was so much
>energy there ...
>
>The Paadapuja started- we saw it on closed circuit TV .. the crowd was
>huge .. and so devoted.. thousands were in tears chanting 'Om
>Amritheshwaryai namaha' as Swamiji showered Amma's feet in lotus petals..
>
>after the Puja , Amma gave a long satsang .. details later ...
>and then Swamiji announced that next year's b'day, the 50th bday, is to be
>an international festival- with delegates from 125 countries!!!! and One
>Hundred thousand youths from india alone... and also Amma is going to build
>One Hundred Thousand more houses for the poor over the next ten years ..
>
>the huge crowd burst into thunderous applause at these announcements.
>
>and then darshan started...
>
> I tried going back to my room, to take a breather before coming back for
>the evening Devi Bhava - well it was quite a task going towards the room
>when you have 25000 people walking in the opposite direction!!!
>
>there were people everywhere .... even when the morning darshan was going
>on, there was quite a crowd lining up for darshan tokens for the evening
>devi bhava-
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>Before Devi Bhava , there was ecstatic bhajans.. Amma finished morning
>darshan at around 6 pm... then came back after a short break to start
>bhajans and then a marathon Devi Bhava - thecrowd for Devi Bhava alone was
>around 25000!!!!! Darshan went on till 9. 30 am... Amma met approx 1500
>people per hour!!
>
>At the end of the darshan Amma had sat for the entire 24 hours .. with
>break of about an hour in between!!!
>
>I got darshan at around 6.30 am .... i was wonderstruck at Her shining
>face and bubbling energy after having hugged 20000 people!!!
>
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>more details later ....
>
>bala
>
>ps: By the way Ethan... have been reading your 'liberation' posts- I
>disagre with your statement when you sat Amma is one of the few liberated
>beings... Amma is not a Liberated Being- On the other hand,She is the Being
>that Grants Liberation!!
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