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Vidyamritam: Educational Scholarship
In recent years, suicide has spread like an epidemic among farmers in India suffering from financial debt, rising costs of cultivation, and crop failure. In 2007, 45 farmers committed suicide in India every day. In response to this burgeoning epidemic, that same year MAM launched Vidyamritam—a program to provide scholarships to children of farmers living…
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Shodasha Samskaras : 16 Rites of Passage
1. Garbhadana Samskara – is performed by a married couple when conceiving a child. This important Samskara raises the act of conception to a sacred occasion, and is powerfully purifying and uplifting for the unborn child. 2. Pumsavana Samskara – is usually performed between the second and fourth month of pregnancy. Its purpose is: to…
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Amrita SREE – Women Empowerment
Women Empowerment Program The Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 not only destroyed thousands of lives and homes, it also made a serious impact upon the fishing industry. In southern India, thousands upon thousands of fishing nets and boats were destroyed, putting fishermen out of work. Furthermore, India’s aquatic ecosystems were seriously disturbed. For the fishermen…
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inDeed Campaign for Nature Harmony
Help to restore the lost balance between humanity and nature through 6 easy commitments. InDeed Campaign for Nature is all about action. It’s about putting Amma’s practical suggestions — about the way we might use the earth’s remaining resources, and the way we interact with the natural world — into practice in our own lives…
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eServices of Amritapuri
We try to help you to get connected with Amma in many ways.Please make use of these services. We welcome your innovative ideas. Visit AmritapuriIf you are planning a visit to Amritapuri, then let us know ahead. International visitors and Indian Visitors are kindly requested to register online here. You can book a pickup taxi too. Write to AmmaOffer…
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Centers Around the World
India / Africa / America / Asia & Middle East / Australia / Europe India AMRITAPURI Mata Amritanandamayi Math(International Headquarters) Amritapuri P.O, Kollam,Kerala – 690 546, India.Phone: +91 – 476 – 2897578, 2896378, 2896399 Accommodation for Indian Visitors:Phone: +91 -7034024286 Accommodation for International Visitors:www.amritapuri.org/visit Fax: +91 – 476 – 2897678 {map}Email: inform{at}amritapuri.org ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS MAM Andaman…
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AYUDH
Amrita Yuva Dharma Dhara – the International Youth Movement AYUDH, the International youth movement of Mata Amritanandamayi Math, is active in Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, Africa and India. AYUDH seeks to empower young people to integrate universal values into their daily lives. Starting with themselves, AYUDH wants to help establish a future of hope,…
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Amala Bharatam Campaign (ABC)
It is a campaign aimed at cleaning India’s public places and national highways. Through this cleanliness drive, MAM hopes to raise social awareness of humanity’s debt to our beautiful earth and nature. Amma launched this project on her 57th Birthday celebrations on 27th Sep 2010. Amma said that the MAM is ready to take up the…
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Women Priests
Women Priests – Reviving an Ancient Tradition Until recently, women were not allowed to worship in the inner sanctum of a temple; nor could women consecrate a temple or perform Vedic rituals. Women didn’t even have the freedom to chant Vedic mantras. But Amma is encouraging and appointing women to do these things. And it…
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Mother and the Moon at Bhavani river
Amma began singing. Softly the voices of Her children joined in; Mother would sing a line, and the children around Her would repeat it.