9 Aug 2009

Spending his pocket money on pictures of Gods

On the different occasions that I visited Swami Vishwananda in Mauritius, I would leave with new fond memories. When I was eleven years old and I returned to Mauritius after a longer period, I found that Swami Vishwananda had changed quite a bit. He was no longer known as Papou and was called Visham. He had also grown a lot taller. Along with the exterior changes, Swami had also changed his interests. Generally teenagers of his age had posters of football players or movie stars on their walls. However, Swami’s bedroom walls were completely covered in pictures of different Hindu deities. I found that when we went to the shops together, he would spend all his pocket money on pictures of Gods.(by Ravi)