Archive for March, 2002

Out of the Slums in Hyderabad

(14 Mar '02)

Guddimalkapur
In 1999, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Sri Chandra Babu Naidu visited Amma during Her programme in Hyderabad and asked Her if the M.A.M would undertake seva projects in Hyderabad. She readily agreed. The District Collector identified two large housing projects in slum colonies.
The largest one was at Guddimalkapur. After a fire in their [...]

Category : Free Housing

Amma Blesses the three Villages

(11 Mar '02)

Sunday 10 March, 2002 , Gujarat
It was a hard time for Gujarat. A year after the devastating earthquake, the region was falling victim to communal riots. Amma was in Mumbai. She was scheduled to leave for the earthquake-struck region of Bhuj, in Western Gujarat, where She was to inaugurate the three villages that the M.A. [...]

Category : Disaster Relief

Rebuilding the villages in Gujarat Earthquake

(11 Mar '02)

The villages Amma adopted—Modsar, Mokhana and Dagara—were located far away from the highways, about 40 km from the Pakistan border. The Math not only rebuilt 1200 houses, but also schools, community halls, water tanks, medical clinics, and roads, as well as provided electricity and sewage systems.
The construction began in August 2001. Rebuilding the villages was [...]

Category : Disaster Relief

Return of Krishna Bhava

(1 Mar '02)

1 March 2002, Pune
For all of Amma’s devotees who are sad that they never got to witness Krishna Bhava (which Amma discontinued in 1985), there still is hope. In Pune, the bhava is briefly reborn.
For the past four or five years, each time Amma comes to Pune, one man – who believes Amma and Krishna [...]

Category : Around Amma