.....posts from 'Tsunami'
(26 Dec '08)
24 December 2008 — Amritapuri
After the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004, several women from the villages surrounding Amritapuri came to Amma telling of a peculiar and tragic plight. Not only had they lost their children in the disaster, they were also unable to have more, as they had long back opted to undergo tubal ligation [Read more... click the article link above]
(12 Apr '08)
Port Blair, Andaman — 24 March 2008
When the tsunami hit the Andaman-Nicobar Islands, nearly 10,000 houses were destroyed. On March 24, Amma flew the 1255 kilometers from Kolkata in order to bless the people there with her darshan and to distribute the keys to 50 tsunami-relief homes constructed by the Ashram. The program was [Read more... click the article link above]
(13 Jan '08)
13 January 2007 — Amritapuri
Another one of the tsunami victims who underwent fallopian-tubal-ligation reversal is pregnant with twins. Sarita, 30, came to Amritapuri for Amma’s darshan this morning and informed Amma of her condition. She has just completed her first trimester. Sarita will be the fifth such woman to deliver, bringing the total of “tsunami [Read more... click the article link above]
(20 Dec '05)
20 December 2005 — Samanthampettai, Nagore, Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu
“When difficult circumstances arise in life, there are two ways to respond. We can either run away in fear or kindle the love within and try to overcome,” Amma said. She was talking to the 60,000 people or so who’d come to have her darshan in [Read more... click the article link above]
President of India visits Amritapuri
18 December 2005 , Amritapuri
His Excellency the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, paid a visit to Amritapuri today. In the divine presence of Amma, His Excellency officially handed over 500 tsunami-relief houses constructed by the Ashram to the Honourable Minister of Revenue of Kerala, Sri. K.M. Mani.
In his speech, [Read more... click the article link above]
(14 Dec '05)
14 December 2005 — Amritapuri
This Sunday, the 18th of December, His Excellency the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, will come to Amritapuri Ashram in order to hand over 500 tsunami-relief houses to local government authorities in the presence of Amma.
When the President hands over the keys to the tsunami houses during his visit [Read more... click the article link above]
(18 Jul '05)
“I don’t know how to thank Amma for her offer of unconditional aid and the plethora of services she has rendered,” said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy during the inaugural address. “The government has not been able to keep its promise of rehabilitating all the victims before the monsoon. The relief work done by Amma and [Read more... click the article link above]