Family nostalgia: A moment with DK Pattammal and her rare interview-narrative on receiving Sri Ramana Maharishi’s blessings The legendary D.K. Pattammal (my mom’s first cousin) sat beside Amma — Pattammal Periamma in a deep green saree, Amma (Mom) in a vibrant red saree.
She is watching her brother, the great D.K. Jayaraman, sing at the wedding reception. 
In a rare video interview, DKP recalls how her father told stories of Sri Ramana Maharshi’s openness — welcoming 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 (he would make Sri Ramana famous in the west), a Westerner, as a devotee, with everyone eating together.
She shared how, as a 3-month-old, she was placed at Sri Ramana’s feet. He asked for honey, applied it to her tongue with his own hands, and seeing her click her tongue in delight, smiled: “Was the honey tasty?” Her father would say, “That blessing is why you were able to sing.” 
In the most unexpected way, this connects back to the 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐚 “𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠” 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫 I first shared on Guru Purnima. (More to come!) What better example of true lifetime charging than D.K. Pattammal herself — recalling how 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 setting her on the path of music for life.
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