25 Sep 2009 Activity is going on round the clock in preparation for Amma’s 56th Birthday Celebrations and devotees are arriving from all over to participate in the festivities.

21 September 2009 — Amritapuri Approximately 10,000 children—ages nine to 16, from all over Kerala—will begin converging on Amritapuri in the evening of 24th September. They are coming to participate in a grand finale of cultural events that have been organized for the beneficiaries of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s (MAM) Vidyamritam scholarship program. MAM started [Read more... click the article link above]

21 September 2009 – Amritapuri On 26 September 2009, the Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM) will provide another 2,000 scholarships to impoverished children. The scholarships are part of the Vidyamritam program {news}, through which 30,000 children throughout India are already receiving such aid. Vidyamritam was launched by MAM in September 2007 in order to help fight [Read more... click the article link above]

18 September 2009 — Amritapuri During Amma’s 56th birthday celebrations, Professor K.V. Dev will be awarded the Amrita Keerti Puraskar {news} for his meritorious contributions and perpetuation to Vedic knowledge. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs. 123,456, an idol of Saraswati Devi crafted by the artist Nambootiri and a Certificate of Commendation from [Read more... click the article link above]

11 Sep 2009, Amritapuri Krishna Jayanti was celebrated in Amritapuri will a full day of festivities. Beginning early in the morning, special pujas were performed, including the go puja, in which all the ashram cows were worshipped as embodiments of the divine. A few hours later—led by dozens of Krishnas, Radhas and gopis of all [Read more... click the article link above]

Blessed Self, For the past 56 years now, the world has been blessed with the loving, compassionate touch of our beloved Amma.The number of hearts Amma has touched is impossible to say. Her tender embrace has literally consoled millions upon millions. Each September 27 , the anniversary of Amma’s birth, the world over resounds with [Read more... click the article link above]

9 September 2009 — Panmana, Kollam At the invitation of the authorities of Panmana Ashram, Amma visited the samadhi site of Sri Chattambi Swami. The program was part of the 156th birthday celebrations of Sri Chattambi Swami, an influential and important spiritual master who took maha-samadhi in Panmana on 5 May 1924. Amma was received [Read more... click the article link above]