18 Oct, Mannheim, Germany – 2009 Europe yatra
Yesterday was Deepavali, the festival of lights. At home, Deepavali is celebrated as “the awareness of the inner light” and in bliss of the Divine Mother’s victory, whose grace can remove the darkness of ignorance.
Yesterday was special indeed in the mind of many. Through a little chat [...]

Birthday function photos
Amma conducting mass marriages
Cultural program by the students
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27 September 2009 — Amritapuri
Amma’s 56th birthday celebrations took place in Amritapuri on 27 September 2009. Devotees had been arriving at Amritapuri for the past week in order to celebrate the auspicious occasion in Amma’s presence. The programs took place in a tent erected just across the backwaters at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
The morning began with [...]

25 Sep 2009
Activity is going on round the clock in preparation for Amma’s 56th Birthday Celebrations and devotees are arriving from all over to participate in the festivities.

18 September 2009 — Amritapuri
During Amma’s 56th birthday celebrations, Professor K.V. Dev will be awarded the Amrita Keerti Puraskar {news} for his meritorious contributions and perpetuation to Vedic knowledge.
The award comprises a cash prize of Rs. 123,456, an idol of Saraswati Devi crafted by the artist Nambootiri and a Certificate of Commendation from the Mata [...]

Blessed Self,
For the past 56 years now, the world has been blessed with the loving, compassionate touch of our beloved Amma.The number of hearts Amma has touched is impossible to say. Her tender embrace has literally consoled millions upon millions.
Each September 27 , the anniversary of Amma’s birth, the world over resounds with prayers of [...]

2 September 2009 – Amritapuri
“We all need to become one—this is the message Onam gives us,” Amma said in her annual Onam satsang. “It is from ‘one’ that we have all come, and it is back into that ‘one’ that we all must merge. This is the supreme goal of all of our lives. However, [...]

Ganesh Chaturthi, Gaja Puja  and Ganesh Visarjan photos from the celebration at Amritapuri in the month of Aug 2009.
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11 Mar 2009, Amritapuri

At the end of darshan, one devotee came to Amma with a tray full of colours to celebrate Holi.The devotee dabbed Amma’s cheek with a little red.  A few others  joined too, smearing Amma’s face with different colours.  Amma was beaming with joy with a mischievous smile.
Amma started smearing the faces of [...]

Amma said in her New Year message “Everything in the world is changing—with one exception: our negative mental state! We should develop a mind devoid of egoism—a mind that doesn’t fall apart in failure, a mind that finds joy in giving and accepts adversity with love. Such a mind will never experience sorrow.”