Dear members/friends of the Tiruvenkatam Group, In this last posting in this series, I share with you some experiences/impressions of mine during a short visit made to Sri Sarada Ashram (Sri Ramakrishna Order) on July 25th towards the very end of my vacation this year in Chennai. The visit was virtually thrust upon me by our good member-friend Sri GK Ramakrishnan "GKR" (who as we in Kuwait all know is an ardent student-disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Mutt). He happened to be in Chennai during the time, and it was at his insistence and behest that I paid an overnight visit to the Ashram at Ulludurpet. "I insist you should go there", said GKR to me, "and get a first-hand idea and feel of the nature and extent of work being done there by the Ashram for the rural population in one of the driest, most backward and impoverished districts of T'Nadu. It will also give you a first-hand idea of the future plans/projects that the Ashram is currently working upon", he said. Having known Sri GKR in Kuwait all these years fairly well, I knew that on this matter he really wasn't going to take a "NO" from me. So in spite of the extreme paucity of time left for me before my return to Kuwait (I had not even re-confirmed my return flight-ticket!!), I said 'alright' to Sri GKR. Within an hour a telephone call came from the Ashram telling me that, at the behest, of Sri GKR they were sending me a car to pick me up the following afternoon to take me to Ullundurpet for an overnight stay in the Ashram premises. All arrangements for my stay would be made. The President of the Ashram, the reverend "matAji", Yatiswari Ramakrishnapriya Amba, would be pleased to welcome me to the Ashram. "I am proceeding now to Pune on a pilgrimage to Pandharpur and Dehu (birthplace of Saint Tukaram)", said Sri GKR to me, "I wish you a good visit to the Sarada Ashram. When we meet again in Kuwait, I would like to know from you your impressions and experiences of the visit. Then perhaps, we can discuss, as God might have it, the purpose of your visit". "Purpose? What purpose?", I thought to myself as I bid farewell to Sri GKR. On that rather strangely suspenseful and quizzical note, I travelled the next day to Sri Sarada Ashram, Ulludurpet. In the following 2 postings, it will be my purpose to unravel that "suspense" for all of you. Regards, dAsan, Sudarshan __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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