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 [...]

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 [...]

Press conference after Devi Bhava
4:30 a.m, Monday August 22nd, 2005
As Amma gave darshan, the leading press agencies from around the world descended on Amritapuri to find out what had really happened earlier in the night. {news} Since the news was already appearing in the media, devotees from around the world began calling the ashram to [...]

Arun, from Thiruvalla, always comes to help control the crowds when Amma gives darshan.  Little did he know that on this day he would have to control some one in the crowd who was carrying a knife {news}.
Arun was one of the first ones on the scene when the attacker was forced from the stage [...]

Amma is safe & giving darshan now
21st August 2005, Amritapuri 10.30 p.m.
The large hall was full as Amma began the program for the first Devi Bhava darshan after the US tour. Over 15,000 tokens were distributed for darshan.
After Amma’s satsang, during the 3rd song of the evening bhajans at around 6.15 pm, a man wearing [...]

17 August 2005 — Alappad Panchayat, Kollam District, Kerala
As the sun set on the beach in Cheriya Azhikkal–a village in Alappad Panchayat, five kilometres from Amritapuri–villagers gathered to plant hundreds of small casuarina saplings (Australian pine). The saplings are being planted with the aim of curbing erosion caused by high tides and to protect the [...]

16 August 2005 – Amritapuri
“It is impossible to say exactly when Vedic culture began,” Amma told the devotees and disciples gathered for Tuesday’s meditation and question-and-answer session. “The Vedas are anadi [without beginning]; they were there even before the beginning of the human race. The Vedas are said to be isvara nisvasam–the exhalation of [...]

15 August 2005 — Independence Day at Amritapuri

Celebrating the freedom of India is not cheap sabre-rattling nationalism. As India and Sanatana Dharma cannot be separated, India’s Independence Day is in fact a celebration of the nation’s cultural heritage—a celebration of the countless mahatmas that have taken birth on its soil, of dharma, compassion and the [...]

15 August 2005 — Amritapuri
From Children to Parents
Today, the father of a child enrolled in Amrita vidyalayam —Mangalore came forward for Amma’s darshan; his eyes were filled with tears. It was difficult for him to hold back his emotions. And as soon as he fell into Amma’s arms, he began to tell her his story.
One [...]

4 August 2005, Amritapuri
This evening, when Amma reached Her room after bhajans, Ram and Lakshmi, the ashram’s two young elephants, were waiting eagerly for Her. It had been more than two months since they last got prasad from Amma.
Both were chained. Previously, only Ram used to be chained. But now, Lakshmi, who used to [...]