Dear Friends,
We had a small kids party at home on 25th as it was Shrawan's birthday. I had to run to the kid's school in the morning, again have to go and pick Shrawan in the afternoon, and as it was P&T day for my daughter I have to go that too. After working like a clock right from morning 5.30, I felt a bit tired and just relaxed for a while. Just when I was relaxing my mom asked me whether I have finished preparing the juice, etc etc., I Drowning, said amma pls let me relax for just 15 mins, then I will resume. Infact she was also helping me a lot and I have made her take rest as she had a swollen feet on that day. Moreover I feel that she is doing all the work all alone at home, even though the work is for just my mom and dad. So whenever she comes to visit us, I make sure that she relaxes a lot. She was like, Oh I am relaxing and you have to do all the work, and you are not allowing me to do anything and you have lots to finish off before the kids come. I just have to cool her down and resumed the work after relaxing. (Yes I didnt get up before 15 mins:hide:)

Just at that time, my mom said, like all moms, you just need to be even more fast, and should relax after finishing all the work. If you relax in the middle you will not be able to relax effectively. You just have to remember the Pudutha Ezhunthukatha Marumagal.

Let me tell you that story. My father used to tell this story very often.

There was a very rich man in a village who had a son and a daughter. When they both came to the marriageable age, he started looking for prospects for both of them. The only condition he had for the bride was, she should not get up once she lies down; for the groom was, he should not get up once he sits.

All those who came up with prospects were confused and they just didnot bring any. Atlast, the marriage was also performed, and the rich man was beaming at his DIL and SIL. When one of the relatives enquired whether they match his conditions he said yes. And he also gave an explanation to his condition.

He wanted a DIL who will not get up after she lies down for sleep, when that will happen, only when she have finished all her work.

He wanted a SIL who will not get up once he sits, when will that happen? In general it is considered sitting on the floor is of a great respect. If a man is sitting on the floor, and even if someone respectable comes, he neednot get up to wish or greet them. Instead he could do it with sitting on the floor.

And this is how the rich man have got his DIL and SIL.

I thought, for a moment, OMG, in today's world, and the amount of work we have, is it possible to be like that. Friends, share your views and ideas.

Idi Idikuthu, we use these words quite very often at so many places. Not just when the actual thunderstorm is overhead, but also when two people are having a (real fight), heated arguments or when someone is bombarding other.

It was really very nice to hear the song I hear thunder in Tamil when my DD and DS were singing it together today.

It goes like this,
"Enakku idi kekkuthu
enakku idi kekkuthu
unakku kekkutha
unakku kekkutha
chinna chinna mazhaithuli
chinna chinna mazhaithuli
naan nanaijitten naan nanaijitten:

It was very interesting to hear the translation of the original. I personally felt this is better.

Have you ever heard any other translation rhymes like this. Pls share yours here. There is a translation of Bits of paper, but I dont remember it now. Let me learn it from my Bil's daughter and post it here.

I had always wondered about this particular topic; one of my friends had lots of fan following, especially boys, she is not a beauty queen, but she is very presentable and is admired by all for the way she carried herself. I had personally learnt so many things from her right from dressing sense. She was not a class topper, but one could discuss anything with her and if she didnot know the answer, she will learn it and pass on the answer to us.

But this particular lady, fell into a dilemma......:crazy yes she really went crazy, by thinking, thinking and rethinking about one particular thing. Even before she finished her post graduation, she got proposals from one of her(our) friends. And to most of our amazement, she was secretly admiring one of another friend for a very long time. But that friend have such ideas about her. But when he refused, she was so shocked and she wanted to make sure that he accepts her love. But he was also so strong in his ideas, as he wants to go abroad for further studies and ....... But this other person who proposed, didnot stop there, (he was a bit senior to us and was already earning a 5 digit salary, I am talking about 10 years back), asked his parents to talk to my friend's parents and they too liked each other.

She had to decide upon whether to proceed with the person who loves her or whom she loves. But atlast she have to accept the love of the person who loved her. She is now happily married and doesnot think of the past,(lucky her her DH also not talk about the past), blessed happily with two kids.

But still I keep pondering, whether everyone is married to the person who have loved them or who they have loved. On personal instropection, (ours is an arranged marriage) we learnt to love each other and we have learnt to accept each other as we are. But I still see many people fret over the fact that they should have married that person whom they have loved and not the person who they are living with.

I wanted to write about this topic, as we both met each other after a very long time and we both discussed about the title Love or being Loved and she agreed that it is better to marry the person who loves you than to marry the person whom you love.

My father-in-laws family are also Ambal Upasakas and my FIL have been given Bala Mantro Upadesam.

This is about the Kula Deivam or say Grama Deivam of my family, ie my inlaws family. For many years and here too for almost 4 generations, people have moved out of their ancestral village of Poovanur, near Mannargudi. The Pushpavananathar temple in that village is known to be Vaithyar for diseases, just the same way, the Vaithyanatha Swamy of Vaitheeshwaran Koil. Our Kuladeivam temple have been Vaitheeshwaran Koil and we have been going there to do all special pujas before and after marriages and after childbirth etc etc.

Again it have been found out from horoscope that there is a Grama Deivam for us and it had been a long time since anything have been done to that Deivam. It have been found out that there is a Muneeswaran temple in our village, and we were wondering as to the whereabouts. To our surprise, the next week in Kumudam Jothidam/ Bakthi Vikatan, I am not sure, there was an article about Jada Muneeswarar Sannithi in the Kothanda Ramar Temple in Poovanur. Again we had a confusion as to whether this is the Poovanur of our forefathers as I have heard my FIL telling that the village is near Poompuhar and this Poovanur is no where near Poompuhar.

But after reading this we felt this could be the place and DH asked his friend there to enquire and the enquiry turned out to be very fruitful. But I dont know how far you people will beleive me, but after finding out the place, the head lady of the family who is living in the apartment below ours have been visualizing of a man very tall and huge with white and white dress and with a big Kumkuma Pottu. She was wondering what is the significance of that as they have their own Kula Deivam and have been doing regular pujas. When she was talking about this to few other people in our apartments, people have told her that there is someone who is planning to visit his temple and he is showing that they are right. When I told them that we are going to this temple, they all were taken by surprise and they gave me the details. It was a surprising exprience.

When we atlast visited that temple, it is a temple taken care of and run by HRNC and the person who comes to do the Puja have to come from Tanjaur and the temple is open from morning 11 to 3 only. The Muneeswarar is Jata Muneeswarar and the sannidhi is situated in the Kothanda Ramar Temple where there are two more other Sannidhis of Navaneetha Krishnan and Varadaraja Perumal Sannidhis. Though this temple is a Perumal Koil, Vibuthi is the main prasadam.

The air near the tree where Jata Muneeswarar Sannidhi is located, is very much. The air blows with great vigour, but inspite of that the camphor (how big be it), does not go off and it burns out completely. But once you step out of range, there is absolutely no air. The padayal that they put is Paalalayam. It seems that once upon a time, a particular family in that village have been doing 10 days of SriRamaNavami Utsavam for KothandaRamar. Knowingly or unknowingly, my FIL have had an habit of writing SriRamaJayam everyday without fail, and whenever there is something troubling, he asks us too to write it and it have proved helpful.

All these expreiences are very unique and I wanted to share them with you.

Off late, it is time for us to keep going to Kula Deivam temples of both sides. My parent's side and also inlaws side. For a very long time, say for around, 4 generations, my father and his forefathers have been ignorant of their kuladeivam, and as the general saying goes, "Tirunelveli kaaralukku kuladeivam theriyalaina, Tirupathi Venkatachalapathy thaan Kuladeivam" i.e. if Tirunelveli people dont know their Kuladeivam, they keep Tirupati Perumal as theirs and moreover as my great grandmother have become adherant devotee of Baghawan Ramana Maharishi, Venkatachalapathy and VenkataRamanan (Ramanar) have become one and the same and people have started going there. For a very long time, my parent's have been doing pooja to Srichakram and for 4 generations, we have been blessed with SriVidhya Mantra Upasana. Infact me and my brother are also blessed to get that mantra Upadesam.

But as Paramacharyal have been saying in all his discourses that, you might have your ishta deivam, but you should also do all pujas and preethi's for your kula deivam which will definitely give a support to your family.

Recently from my parent's horoscope it have been found that their Kula Deivam is Bala Murugan and there is a temple in the radius of 50 kms from their ancestral village. So they just traced out their ancestral village of Mettilpatti, near Ottapidaram in Thuthukudi district and found out the Putru Murugan Temple there. We all visited that place this weekend and one of the wonder things of that place is neem tree have twined itself around the Vilva tree. It is a very unique thing about neem tree. Kula Deivam definitely have powers and especially if that Kula Deivam happens to be Grama Devathai too then the power that they bestow upon the families that worship them is something really great.

The main reason I am writing this is is there anyone who also belong to Mettil Patti or in and around that area. So that we could trace out more of our cousins and relatives.

PLEASE READ THIS!! DO NOT IGNORE!! YOUR CHILD COULD DIE FROM
THIS! DON'T IGNORE THIS BECAUSE ITS A LONG ARTICLE PLEASE!! PLEASE READ!!
McDonalds, Burger king, Time Zone... All places with ball pits in the children's play area.
One of my sons lost his watch, and was very upset. We dug and dug in those balls, trying to find his watch.
Instead, we found vomit, food, faeces, and other stuff I do not want to discuss.

I went to the manager and raised hell. Come to find out, the ball pit is only cleaned out once a month. I have doubts that it is even done that often.
My kids will never play in another ball pit.

Some of you might not be parents, but you may have nieces, nephews, grandchildren, or friends with children.

This will pertain to you too. As I read the following, my heart sank.

I urge each and every one of you to pass this on to as many people as you can. I cannot stress how important this is!

Hi. My name is Lauren Archer, my son Kevin and I lived in Melbourne, Australia.
On October 2nd, 1999 I took my only son to McDonald's for his 3rd birthday.

After he finished lunch, I allowed him to play in the ball pit. When he started whining later on, I asked him what was wrong, he pointed to the back of his pull-up and simply said "Mommy, it hurts." I couldn't find anything wrong with him at that time. I bathed him when we got home, and it was at that point when I found a welt on his left buttock.

Upon investigating, it seemed as if there was something like a splinter under
the welt. I made an appointment to see the doctor the next day, but soon he started vomiting and shaking, then his eyes rolled back into his head. From there, we went to the emergency room. He died later that night.

It turned out that the welt on his buttock was the tip of a hypodermic needle that had broken off inside.

The autopsy revealed that Kevin had died from a heroine overdose. The next week, the police removed the balls from the ball pit. There was rotten food, several hypodermic needles: some full, some used; knives, half-eaten candy, diapers, faeces, and the stench of urine.

Don't think it's just McDonald's either. A little boy had been playing in a ball pit @ a Burger King & started complaining of his legs hurting. He later died too. He was found to have snake bites all over his legs & buttocks. When they cleaned the ball pit they found that there was a snake's nest in the ball pit. He had suffered numerous bites from a very poisonous snake.

Repost this if it scares the crap out of you!! Repost this if you care about kids!! Please forward this to all loving mothers, fathers and anyone who loves and cares for children!! What has this world come to?? If a child is not safe in a child's play area then where??


Dear friends,
Though I have posted the same thing in forwarded messages in IL, I just wanted to post it in my blog too. Was too shocked to read this. Both my kids really love to play in the ball pit and I think I should not let them even talk about that. What horrible incidents.

Even kids play area is not safe for the kids to play???!!!??? Come on friends let us all raise our voices to do justice to our and other kids.

Recently I read this in Ramakrishna Vijayam and I want to share it with you all.

It was lunch time in Ashram, and people have assembled in for lunch. There was one woman sitting alone without joining the others for lunch. Ramana Maharishi saw this and he asked others what is happenning? Is she not feeling well? Why she is sitting alone?

For that some one answered, she cannot join us as she is having her periods. We shall serve her after everyone finishes their lunch. And as Baghwan knows that in the lunch time almost all the food will be evenly distributed he got so angry and he said, what ever she has is not in her control. It is something natural. When some one is sitting there with hunger, I too dont want any food. Let her also join us for lunch. If she cannot and if someone feels it is a sin, let them have food, I will have my food with her.

She was then allowed to have food with all.

I dont really know whether the topic that I have given is quite apt; but the thing I want to convey is only one thing;

" VITTU KODUPPADU"

My thought about this was revolving all around my mind after my brother(cousin) and his wife left after their dinner at our home. My brother's elder son is the same age as that of my daughter and his younger daughter is the same age as that of my son. The same age difference and almost the same type of thoughts.

Whenever my daughter is drawing or she is playing with something it will be my son who goes to her to take that thing out of her and she if she wants it, my husband's quick reply will be "AVAN KUZHANDAI NEE THAN VITTU KUDUKKANUM". Though I always distract him out of her or will give him some alternative. But it never goes with my husband. It so happened that yesterday, that my brother's son also complained the same thing to me. Athai appa always says, Ava kutti Kuzhandai nee thaan vittu kudukkanum, En naan Periya Kuzhandai illaya enakku mattum aasai irukkada? Ava enakku vittu kudukka koodatha. I have heard the same statement from my daughter so many times. Of course we should learn to teach them sharing and Vittu Kudukaradhu.... but still.

And here comes my personal complaint and my SIL's. You will find a lots of similarities. My husband is the youngest and so is my cousin. Though we are in Chennai now, when we were out of Chennai and whenever we come to Chennai, it will be we who will be visiting everyone and it makes them feel that we have not spent time with them. In fact my SIL too said the same thing.

When we are young we are taught to Vittu Kuduthufy for youngsters and when we grow up we have to Vittu Kuduthufy for the elders. Is my analysis right? Waiting for a discussion.

Dear all,

Padmininatarajan's blog, What are you? inspired me to write this. I had all these years been both a home maker and also a working woman, though my career lasted only a few. Most of these 10 years of marriage I had been a home maker.

Now that, I have started working, that too from home I think I could very well tell all those who ask oh a house wife how difficult it is to be a housewife.

All those who travel to work, get that travelling time to read a book of their choice or to listen to music. They get a chance to do their grocery shopping or vegetable shopping when they come back though they are tired.

But you know what have happened all these 1 and a half month till I stabilised my own self in the new role I have started playing? I have lost so many things infact even visiting IL. I had to juggle myself between taking care of son, doing household work, attending to phones, couriers, being the flat association secretary attending to all common problems and issues, do my work, attend to daughter when she comes back from school, attend to husband when he comes back from office, take care of my own self, whew though many times I do three or four jobs at the same time, still I had felt I could have more time to work as I was under stringent targets.

All the other work I was already doing and the only addition was my job, but as I have taken up a job after a very long time, it was making me a bit more tired.

But beleive me, all those who are out to work in an office donot have to attend home phones (which mostly turn out to be wrong calls), cell calls, couriers and other enquiries, even when they have booked gas they could tell their neighbours to collect it and even the gas man knows that they will not be in house so the cylinder need to be delivered to the neighbour.

I really appreciate the Brittania biscuits ad in which the lady says she is running a home office.

I dont intend to hurt all the office goers but just a thought that all those at home have much more in their hand to do and the expectaions from others are also much more. You are expected to keep stock of all the groceries and even the rasa podi and kulambu podi ready before they get over, because the people at home are not used to outside podis; keep track of all the bills (though I see in many families where woman also work the bill tracking is done by the men folk and that way the burden of the woman is reduced).

I know I will get contradicting thoughts; but still being a home maker I wanted to tell all those who say What you a housewife/homemaker? I will proudly say that yes I am home maker and I dont feel bad to say so.

We all have good command over English, especially written, but how many of us could easily converse in English.

Pls pls dont raise your eyebrows. what I am talking about is, when someone asks you a question in English or whenever starts their conversation in English, could you so easily reply to them without any hesitation?!?

I find so many of my acquaintences having that sort of initiation and in the due course of my career I had learnt the reason behind that; whenever we are to answer in any other language not just in English but in any other language too other than our mother tongue. That is because we first think of the answer in our mother tongue and then answer the question that is asked to us.

This is the case with many who have been conversing in their mother tongue most of the time and these are the people who dont get more chance to interact in English much. But if you are really keen on improving your communication skill in any language for that case, the main thing to be followed is practice.

I have seen there is no such problem with those people who have been abroad for quite some time and come back, (but then too some people due to thier shyness and lack of self confidence and due to high influence of the locality force change themselves).

Have you been wondering why this topic My English Teacher? Let me come to that. I have been offered this new responsibility in the company where I have started working just because of my English Communication and Conversational skill. I am really proud to say that all this credit goes to one of my primary school teacher. Ms. Saranya. She taught me when I was in my 2nd, 3rd and 4th standard. After she joined the school she had made it a point that all the students of the school should talk only in English (students from 1st to 5th as 5th was the highest). And those who are not talking will be fined .50p. All those who see anyone else not talking in English could go and complain to this teacher or to the class teacher.

Though you might say what an atrocity, but I am sure all those who studied when she was the teacher, will definitely accept what I am telling. I really :bowdown for that teacher of mine, who had been a great inspiration even when I was so young. Such teachers are so hard to find now a days.

Dear all,
It had been a loooooooong yes very long time since I got a chance even to open IL. I have been reading all those IL threads and blogs that which comes to my mail ID. That is because I have taken up a new job, (though I work from home), I had been forced to devote almost most of my time to it as it is a startup company and I have to take up so many responsibilities. By God's grace hope to do it with the full satisfaction of the management.

I know I have missed a lot many things. Now that I get atleast an hour or two to spare I think I could just step into IL and read and post.

On Friday when my daughter came back from school she looked like she wanted to ask me something but was bit hesitant too. After telling her its ok she asked me "Amma, you are working from home and I have a class mate whose mom is working as a teacher in our school; I just remembered the trouble between these two and how I had to apologise to that teacher and to my daughter's class teacher for no mistake of my daughter. Just because she is the daughter of a teacher whatever she does is okbonkbonkbonk. I felt trouble brewing and I asked her OMG she is hurt again and that too because of you. She immediatly said NO AMMA we are becoming good friends now - a - days. No trouble and all.

We were talking during our lunch time after lunch and she said I want to check what snacks my mom have kept; when she found out it was salad she said OH my mom keeps this everyday inspite of knowing that I dont like salads. My daughter said I asked her wont you tell your mom what is your preference, she said no we cannot say that and all. Morning is very tension time, my mom should cook, get us ready, get herself ready and come to school. I we ask something she wll shout; as she is a teacher here she wants to follow the rules of the school and she gives me only rice and rice for lunch; I want to eat vareity like you one day Idly, one day chappati, one day pulav. (Actually in my daughter's school you are not supposed to send any tiffin items but as I dont want her to bring back the lunch and go hungry I keep Idly and Chappati for two days and the remaining three days variety rice.) They insist on vegetables too. Though it is a healthy practice, I personally feel that kids cant eat that much in school in such a short duration. She asked me why do you tell your mom what you want? I told her yes and if it is possible she keeps it ready and I pack it and if it is not possible I pack 2 Marie Biscuits and some pori or popcorn. These are always available in our home. (She likes carrot salad, mixture of cucumber and carrot; sundals for snack).

Again she asked me what you pack your snacks? Why your mom wont do it? I said her no it is my duty everyday to pack my snack and she looked at me like Aiyo Paavam. En amma pack panninda thappa? Why mom if I pack my snack box is it wrong? I did not want to answer her immediatly but asked her to ask this friend one question on Monday. I asked my daughter to ask how will be the mornings in your house every day? And does she knows where her dresses are kept?

She came doubling up the stairs today evening and wanted to share but she had to wait as I was a bit busy with a guest at home. So when they left she told me with a great enthu and haste, Amma, she said mornings we cannot even talk with our mom, she will be very busy in cooking and getting us ready me and my sister; packing lunch bags and getting our school bags also ready. She asked me amma and I said that I will get my bags ready the previous day itself; I keep my inners uniform, ribbon, shoes and socks ready. In the morning bring the comb, oil and sindhoor to add with them so that my mom could help me get ready. She asked me is your mom not working? She works but from home onlyif not how can she get my lunch ready and how could she eat? Then again she asked me why are you packing your own snack box? Why are you keeping your things ready? Your mom is working from home only na? I told her that is right but still she have to start her work by 9.30 sharp and should also take care of my kid brother side by side so I should be helping her by doing my own chores. Also everyday morning she wakes me with a hug and a kiss and loving words, and no shouts or cries in the mornings except by my kid brother. My daughter asked me am I right amma. I was so....., speechless, the way my daughter understood things, and the way she was able to explain it too.

But again I started wondering Am I right or wrong? Is she so young to do her own chores. Have I taught her something good for her?

I think I have done what I should be doing. Learning to be independent will help in a long run. I assured her that I will help her whenever she needs me and she also assured me back that I will amma but I will definitely do what all I can do. If I learn it now when I grow up and go to the Anna's class (her cousin), I will be able to do much more better. And if I have to live in hostel and all like Chitti I need not take help from anyone.

Kids are great now - a - days. I felt like :bowdown.

This is a very famous song sung by Sivaji Ganesan and Saroja Devi (if I remember right). The song goes like this Naan Pesa Ninaipadellam nee pesa vendum; what does that mean?

In fact we used to tease our friends who have fallen into love with this song. But I have seen so many couples and at times it have happened personally to me too between me and my husband that when I want to comment on something or say my views about some thing I have heard the words that have formed in my mind coming from my husband's mouth. This has happened not only between us but also between me and my close friends. Me and my brother too.

I dont want it to categorize it as ESP or something like that. But this is something which relates to thoughts, ideas and wavelenghts. Only those with the same wavelength could get along well; the same wavelength comes between parents and children, siblings, friends and couples. But the most talked about wave length is that of the couples.

Even if there are some flaws in the wavelength between parents and children, siblings or friends it never becomes a big issue. They compromise, but when the wavelength doesnot match between couples then :omg:. God only knows what all will crop up. Sometimes the non-compatability even leads to separations which cannot be mended by anything. But I personally feel matching other's wave length at least your spouse or your love's could be and should be practised so that it will help in nurturing the relationship to a greater extent.

Let us all learn to talk our partner's mind - of course the good ones, and lead a very peaceful and happy life.

I had always loved the song Manaivi Amaivathellam Iraivan Kodutha Varam, I want to make a small change in that song Maid amaivathellam iraivan kudutha varam.

Yes, it is 10000% true. I know people abroad dont have maids and do their work all by themselves of course at times with hubby helping them in the chores. But I have also seen those hubbys stop even taking the coffee tumbler to the kitchen when they visit India.

If the visitors themselves are like that, think about the people who are here always. They have been bought up with an attitude that men need not do any work. Infact I read a joke about sharing house hold work by tthe husband and wife....

Husband says: I share the work with my wife
Friend: How?
Husband: I litter she vaccums, I soil she cleans, she cooks I eat.

This is the attitude of many. Though many husbands have started helping their wives in the household chores. And they do it with great enthu and interest too.

Ok let me come back to maid. Maids have become so scarce now-a-days. Main reason is that they get more than what they get in house work if they go for construction work or if they go to a garments factory. So maids have become scarce. But if you get a maid and if she had settled for you well, you could consider yourself to be the most luckiest person. In that case I consider my mom to be the most luckiest person, she is having a maid for the past 20 years and next comes my Co-sis. Her maid is with her for the past 10 years. But I am the most unluckiest person. Though I am in my current residence for the past 3 years, in these 3 years I have and am forced to change close to 5 maids. And the maid who is helping me is with me for just 1 and a half month.

Maids demands have also changed, they come with greater demand; for washing clothes in hand there is a rate; for cleaning vessels once is a rate and twice is another rate; for sweeping the floor daily, there is a special rate if the floor is to be mopped daily.

But the maids of my mother and my CoSis are two opposite extremes. My mom is giving her a very nominal pay but she gives her food twice a day and tea every morning. Apart from that all other extra works are paid separately. My mom used to tell about her that she will Kaila Irundhu Velaiya Pudungi Seiva (she will do all jobs voluntarily if something is to be done and if you are not feeling well). She had become an integral part of my mom's family.

But my Co-Sis's maid is paid well and she needs to take care of so many things in the house. She is paid according to the work she is doing and according to the soceity they live too. She is also a part of the family.

Friends what do you say, when I talk about these two maids am I not the unlucky one???!!!??? For being no mistake of mine, I have to forgo my maid. But I am praying hard and keeping my fingers crossed that this maid should be with me longer as she has traces of the maids of my mom's maid and my Co-Sis's maid.

Ramana Maharishi reached Tiruvannamalai at the age of 14 in the year 1896. He started from Madurai and took a train to Villupuram and from there walked all the way up to Tirukovilur and from there took another train and reached Tiruvannamalai.

Ramanashramam and Ramana Kendra - Madurai had arranged for Ramana Centenary Yatra in the year 1996. I am so proud to say that I was also a part of that yatra. We all travelled the path Ramana Travelled, travelled the way he travelled.

It was an wonderful experience and all along the travel we had chanted Arunachala Aksharamana Malai non-stop. Whenever I think of that I am getting goose pimples. I am the only person in the fourth generation of Smt. Lakshmi Ammal to be a part of the Ramana Centenary Yatra.