29 Dec 2009, Amritapuri Many changes have taken place at the Ashram over the past two years. The pond next to Amma’s house has been filled in, and there is now an open field leading to the beach. To the south, a new two-story building houses the new full color printing press. The Juice Stall [Read more... click the article link above]

3 December 2006, Amritapuri Amma returned to Amritapuri this afternoon at 4:47pm after her two month tour of Europe and the US. Hundreds of eager Ashramites, visitors and students lined the Ashram grounds, hoping to get a glimpse of Amma as her car made its way to her accommodations. Some had not seen Amma in [Read more... click the article link above]

4 October 2006, 4:45 am, Amritapuri 3:30 a.m.: The bell rings for archana, a little earlier than usual. Some ashram residents haven’t slept, as they have been helping out with last-minute packing for the tour. The other sleepyheads were keeping awake in anticipation of Amma’s early-morning departure. 4:45 a.m.: The bell rings thrice, a clear [Read more... click the article link above]

24 May 2006 — Amritapuri First it was the brahmacharinis… then the brahmacharis… then the Western ladies… then more brahmacharis… more brahmacharinis… then the householder ashramites… the Western men… and finally the sannyasins. During the past two weeks Amma has given private “room darshans” to all of the 3,000 residents of Amritapuri. It is a [Read more... click the article link above]

25 December 2005 — Amritapuri Never is Amritapuri filled with more of Amma’s devotees from the West than during Christmas. Each year people from America, Europe, Australia and other parts of the Western world come all the way across the globe to spend their winter holidays with Amma. Many of them only get 10 days [Read more... click the article link above]

The Ashram is bustling with activity as residents prepare for Amma’s arrival. Ashram residents are busy cleaning and sprucing up the premises to welcome Amma back after Her two-month Japan-North America Tour. Residents can be seen painting flower pots, changing curtains, and lovingly painting flowers on the steps the Amma climbs daily. All the different [Read more... click the article link above]

18 & 23 November 2004 — Amritapuri Acchan’s Satsang to Ashram Residents As Amma often laments, the elderly are not valued in today’s world. In fact, they are most often pushed away as a nuisance. In truth, their wealth is in their years, the vast amount of knowledge they have acquired during their long lives—knowledge [Read more... click the article link above]