To Keval on the Amrita Express

[Guest guest]

Keval wrote:

 

> In Kerala you can ride a train that was actually named

> for Amma - the Amrita Express between Palghat Town and

> Trivandrum! if any of our Indian members have traveled

> on this train please tell me about your journey on

> what is quite literally "Amma's train".

 

 

Dear Keval ~ someone had previously posted this to the digest, and I was so

taken by it, which is why I included "Amrita, Amrita" as the Train's name in

the chorus. : )

Jai Ma ~ Linda

 

P.S. Is there anyway to get to India besides flying? Can you take a boat? I

am terrified to fly, yet feel more and more drawn to visiting Amrituapuri at

some point.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

>

> Dear Keval ~ someone had previously posted this to

> the digest, and I was so

> taken by it, which is why I included "Amrita,

> Amrita" as the Train's name in

> the chorus. : )

> Jai Ma ~ Linda

 

It was me! An Indian railfan (not an Amma devotee)

told me that the Amrita Express is not exactly the

fastest way to travel to and from Trivandrum, as it

makes every milk-run whistle stop along the Kerala

coast. But many of India's "Express" trains are

hardly that - average speed is less than 100 km/h (60

mph).

 

>

> P.S. Is there anyway to get to India besides flying?

> Can you take a boat? I

> am terrified to fly, yet feel more and more drawn to

> visiting Amrituapuri at

> some point.

>

Once you get near Amritapuri, uou can take a boat for

the last couple of miles across the backwaters to

reach Amma's ashram. But if you're going to do India,

you will have to overcome your fear of flying!! It

used to be possible - even as late as the 1960s - to

travel to India overland from Europe, but the road and

rail links through Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan are no

longer an option (gee, I wonder why??)

 

Keval