Victims in Mumbai
29 August 2005 — Mumbai, Maharashtra

The Ashram has completed its relief work in Mumbai, where it has spent the past three weeks providing food, essential supplies and medical aid to victims of the monsoon-spawned flooding.
Dr. Chandrasekhar, a brahmachari based at the Amrita Kripa Charitable Hospital in [Read more... click the article link above]

It was supposed to be the monsoon. But it seemed more like the deluge. Four days of continuous rains that began on July 26th, 2005, flooded the state of Maharashtra. Mumbai, its capital city, was most badly affected.
94.4 cm of rain fell in Mumbai on a single day, the highest rainfall recorded not only in [Read more... click the article link above]

The Amrita Kripa Charitable Hospital for Tribal
Kalpetta, Kerala

Kalpetta, the capital of the Wayanad District in north Kerala, is reached by following steep roads that wind through densely forested mountains. The region has been inhabited for at least 12,000 years. The indigenous people who still inhabit this area are the adivasis : meaning,the first inhabitants, also [Read more... click the article link above]

26 Aug 2005 Amritapuri

Just before midnight–the time of Sri Krishna’s birth–Amma went to the stage. A puja was performed as the “Srimad Bhagavatam” in Malayalam was read describing the birth of Sri Krishna.

Amma sang “Agatanayi Agatanayi Krishna Devan,” “Radhe Govinda Gopi Gopala” and “Govinda Gopala.” She then gave a satsang about the life of Sri [Read more... click the article link above]

26 August 2005, Amritapuri
Amma’s love flows forth to all beings—not just humans. And if one watches the birds that live in and around Amritapuri, one can easily observe that they love her too. Ducks, eagles, owls, crows, pigeons—all have their unique relationship with Amma.
For years there was a beautiful and unusual duck that camped out [Read more... click the article link above]

26 August 2005, Amritapuri
On Krishna Jayanti, Amritapuri is full of little Krishnas, Radhas, and various gopikas. Many of them, in fact, are from the West. They participate in the uriyadi, the pot-breaking game; walk in the Krishna procession with all the Ashram cows; put on small dramas about Krishna’s life; do dances and sing songs. [Read more... click the article link above]

23 August 2005 , Amritapuri

As always on Tuesdays, this week all the ashramites gathered for a day of meditation, followed by an opportunity to ask Amma questions and to receive a plate of prasad directly from her hands.
When everyone had received prasad, a devotee approached Amma, telling her that she had just scolded another lady [Read more... click the article link above]