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Amme Sharanam,

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http://www.amritapuri.org/amma/2004/402miracle.htm

 

Miracle in Mangalore

 

Bharata Yatra 2004

 

Wednesday 18 February – Mangalore, Karnataka

 

Twenty-two hours sitting; 50,000 tokens issued—the numbers speak for

themselves.

 

"One more hour. She will finish it up in another hour." Everywhere

you turned, this is what you heard—in the bookstall, in the

accommodation, on the stage itself. One first started hearing such

speculations around 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, a point in time where

Amma had already been on stage for more than14 hours straight, a

point in time when more than 30,000 people had already received

Amma's darshan. But then it was 10 a.m. and you still heard it—11

a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. …. Amma finished at 4:30.

 

For Amma's sake, some hoped that the programme looming in Bangalore

the next day would cause things to end a little early. But then the

rumour started spreading from the stage, "Amma says She will finish

everyone, even if She has to sit through the next night."

 

 

Typically, from Amma's point of view, the sacrifice was all Her

children's. "They were waiting for so long without sleep—in the sun—

just for two seconds with me," Amma said later.

 

The sun—usually it's not so much of a problem at Amma's non-

Brahmasthanam programmes, as Amma typically starts darshan at sunset

and finishes the next morning. But in Mangalore—as the sun was only a

few hours from setting for the second time when Amma finally finished—

the devotees in the darshan queue really had to bare its full glare.

Some had been waiting for more than 20 hours to receive Amma's

blessing. However, Amma was on top of the situation and ordered some

of Her brahmacharis to erect tarpaulins in order to create some form

of shelter.

 

There was also the issue of food. With the crowd so much more massive

than expected, supplies ran out by midnight, but still people waited

patiently and peacefully, most of who had never met Amma

before. "There were no problems with the crowd, " said a senior

police official.

 

"In India, sometimes political rallies will get this kind of a

crowd," said one of Amma's senior brahmacharis, "but that is for one

or two hours. Amritavarsham was something—no doubt—but then people

were coming from all over India, from all over the world. This was

from one district!"

 

In fact, the people just kept coming and coming—literally, nearly

100,000 people came to the stadium at one point or another to see

Amma. They were even coming the next day, prompted by newspaper and

cable-TV reports that Amma was still giving darshan. Wanting to make

sure these latecomers also received a form of Her love, Amma blessed

several boxes of prasad and had ashramites distribute it among the

thousands who'd arrived during the final hours of darshan.

 

When the darshan finally concluded, Amma simply stood up, raised Her

hands over Her head in pranam to Her children and walked down the

stairs to the car. The next programme was waiting 360 kilometres away

in Bangalore.

 

People who don't know Amma often say: "Yes, but does She do any

miracles?" If the change Amma has wrought in the hearts of millions

during the past 50 years is too subtle a wonder for such doubters,

perhaps they can at least recognize the superhuman in what took place

in Mangalore—embracing 50,000 people,speaking words of comfort to

50,000 people. Those who have eyes to see, let them see it.

 

—Sakshi

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