Birthday Celebrations: Amma in the Kitchen

3:00 a.m., 27 September 2006 —In the wee hours of Amma's birthday, Amma paid a visit to the kitchen, where hundreds of devotees had been busy for hours, preparing the rice, sambar and curries needed for the next day's meals. Amma first stopped among the men who were cooking rice, inquiring about the work and their families. It was a beautiful surprise and break for the devotees. Next Amma walked up the steps to the kitchen's second floor where the ladies were busy chopping vegetables. It has become something of a tradition for Amma to help with the vegetable-chopping seva on the eve of her birthday. As such, the ladies had already prepared a table, chair, chopping board and knife for Amma.

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