Sri Anandamayi Ma –

‘Pranipath at the lotus feet of  Ma’

“Her smile is infectious”

Vishuddhadi describes her childhood days spent in Kanyapeeth, Varanasi, where girls were brought up with discipline, simplicity, and practice of meditation.  She narrated an interesting incident that happened during Basanti Puja, it is a celebration of Goddess Durga in the spring season, it is celebrated with great pomp in Kolkata.  During this auspicious occasion of Basanthi Puja, Ma serve the meals to the girls in Kanyapeeth, I could envision Goddess Annapoornni in her,  who is the mother of living beings, serves meal to the entire Universe, Ma gracefully served the meal to all the girls who were made to sit in a particular order, Didi who used to feed Ma on regular basis would hold the bucket of the meal, Ma enchantingly move around the girls serving meals with the ladle, all those girls assembled  were sung in praise of her loudly ‘Jai Ma Jai Ma’ and consumed the offerings, suddenly Ma applied those offerings on her body and hurried through the steps of river Ganga, she was so young and vibrant, she flew through a large number of steps like a jet and leaped into the waters of Ganga.  Ma beautifully narrates human are born with a purpose; we are born to experience the unison with supreme consciousness, which is the permanent cure for miseries and sorrows of worldly existence, attending the requirements of soul and  physical body are important, unfortunately, we  are still attached to the needs of our physical body.