25 Sept 2003, Kochi
An AIDS Hospice was inaugurated  during the Amritavarsham50 Celebrations at Kochi by Mr.Murali Manohar Joshi, Hon. Union Minister for Human Resource Development. Sri T.N.Chathurvedi, His Excellency the Governor of Karnataka and Smt. K.R. Gouri, Minister of Agriculture, Govt. of Kerala, were also present.
In his inaugural speech, Dr. Joshi expressed Amma’s greatness by [...]

September 2003 — Cochin, Kerala
True art must necessarily be inspired art, and it is therefore with great anticipation that we await the ‘Colours of Compassion’ Exhibition, to be unveiled during the Amritavarsham 50- Embracing the World for Peace and Harmony celebrations in Kochi next month.
In response to the fount of inspiration that is Amma, has [...]

Amma has made Her way into yet another Finnish school textbook, this time for students in senior high school [pre-university in India].

The Ark of Finnish Religion features under a section entitled “Religious Diversity,” a photo of Amma giving darshan, is a short description of Amma’s visits to Finland since 1998, the year the Amma Center [...]

13 September 2003 — Cochin, Kerala
In one of the registration offices in Amma’s AIMS Hospital a few kilometres from the stadium big piles of papers are on the desks of the people filing the registration from devotees who are coming. The lists are endless. From Trivandrum 4,500 people are coming; from Kannur 6,253; from Palakkad [...]

13 September 2003 — Cochin, Kerala
For a moment you think are on a film set. Temple fronts are being erected, pillars and statues are caste out of plaster, and tents and halls are being built. Walking up the area of the International Stadium on the outskirts of Kochi, you can see huge posters for Amritavarsham50, [...]

September 2003
At lunchtime, everybody takes a short break and food is served under a thatched roof just outside the stadium—rice, curry, sambar and buttermilk. 35-year-old Savitri is a devotee from Allepey, 60 kilometres south of Kochi who has come to help.”When we heard Amma wanted people to help clean, we came with the whole [...]

Nehru stadium, Kochi, Kerala
Along the now still-empty “grand avenue,” arches are being built. On the left, temporary buildings are emerging for the Colours of Compassion Exhibition and several medical exhibitions. On the right, a huge darshan hall is decorated with artificial garlands and flower bouquets. The hall is more than 100,000 square feet, more than [...]

6 September 2003 — Amritapuri
Amidst the rousing melodies of a nadaswaram and takil, the Sri Ganesha Murthi which has received daily worship in the Kalari for over a week was brought to the base of the temple steps this evening. There the crowds gathered for this final ceremony of the Ganesha Chaturthi Festival to join [...]