A Day of Gratitude: Celebrating 108 Traditional Siddha Practitioners at Narayani Peedam
Om Namo Narayani
Sri Narayani Peedam came alive on Sunday, 2nd August 2026, with a celebration honoring 108 Traditional Siddha Practitioners, held as part of Sri Sakthi Amma’s 50th Jayanthi celebrations. Here is the fuller story of a day devoted entirely to gratitude.
An Occasion of Deep Respect
The gathering drew an especially distinguished audience. Hon'ble Justice Shri Aravind Kumar of the Supreme Court of India and Hon'ble Justice Shri Senthil Kumar of the Madras High Court both graced the occasion in person, joined by Dr. M. Suresh Babu, Director & Trustee of Sripuram and Sri Narayani Peedam, Prof. N. Balaji, Director & Trustee of SNHRC, and a warm crowd of officials and devotees. Amma opened Her address by thanking Justice Aravind Kumar specially, noting that his presence at such a gathering was itself a beautiful expression of the love and respect this ancient healing tradition still commands at the highest levels.
This honor, Amma shared, was something Amma had wished to offer for a long time. Amma spoke of deep appreciation for these healers, many carrying knowledge passed down through generations, dedicating their lives to helping others without ever seeking praise or reward. When Amma mentioned this wish to Dr. Sundarameenal, a list of 108 names arrived within just three days, as if the intention itself had set the celebration in motion.
The Rare Grace of a Siddha Healer
The heart of Amma's discourse was a loving tribute to what makes this path so special. Anyone with enough effort, Amma said, can become an engineer or a scientist, desire and discipline, paired with the right degree, will get them there. But becoming a true Siddha Vaidhyar takes something more: the merit of good karma carried across lifetimes, and the Grace of the Divine. It is, in Her words, a rare and beautiful qualification that cannot be earned through study alone.
Amma shared a striking reflection on just how remarkable this inherited wisdom truly is. Modern science, with all its laboratories and instruments, can take three to five months to fully map the properties of a single herb. Yet the Siddhars, working thousands of years ago with none of these tools, lovingly documented the healing properties of countless herbs and left this knowledge behind not for themselves, but as a gift for every generation to come. Amma explained that this was possible because the Siddhars had gone beyond identifying with the body alone and realised themselves as the Ānmā, the soul — and in that state of deep inner connection, a plant's nature and gifts would reveal themselves directly.
Mantra as Nourishment for the Soul
Amma then offered a teaching many in the audience will treasure for years to come — the beautiful difference between an ordinary word and a mantra. A word carries sound; a mantra carries something more, a living Shakti alongside the sound. Just as food nourishes and grows the body, Amma explained, chanting a mantra with love nourishes and grows the Ānmā, the soul. As the soul grows stronger, wisdom — true, lived Gnyānam rather than bookish knowledge — begins to blossom naturally.
This, Amma said, is why the ancient Siddha texts open not with remedies but with teachings on Yoga, Vāsi, Dhyānam, and Mantra: a healer's own inner light shapes the power of the medicine they offer. When a Siddha practitioner prepares a remedy from a place of spiritual strength, their own Ātma Shakti travels along with it to bless the person receiving it. Amma illustrated this with a simple, heartwarming example: the kumkum received in a temple is cherished more than the same kumkum bought from a shop, not because the herb is different, but because of the devotion infused within it.
Amma also spoke with visible delight about the playful, poetic language the Siddhars used to protect the deepest layers of their knowledge, such as Muppu and Rasavātham, riddles and coded verses crafted not out of secrecy, but out of loving care, so that such potent wisdom would find its way only to those ready to hold it with the right heart.
Amma's Blessing
Amma closed the discourse with warmth and encouragement, gently reminding the practitioners to always celebrate one another. "You may praise your own achievements as much as you like," Amma said with a smile, "but let us lift each other up rather than find fault." When healers celebrate one another's gifts instead of comparing them, Amma said, this sacred science only grows stronger and more beautiful.
As 108 healers — each carrying a lifetime of quiet, loving service — stood together before two of India's most respected judges and a hall full of devotees, the moment felt like a long-cherished wish finally coming true: a heartfelt thank-you, at last spoken aloud, for a gift these practitioners have carried and shared so generously.
Amma blessed all present, and all beings everywhere, to live in bliss and happiness with Amma’s Grace.
Om Namo Narayani