Month: March 2015
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Amma in Delhi
29-30 March, Brahmasthanam, New Delhi , Bharata Yatra 2015 Amma reached New Delhi, the last stop of the 2nd leg of Bharata Yatra 2015, at 4.19am on March 28. It had been a two day trip from Ahmedabad, with an overnight stay in the holy city of Pushkar. Later that day, Amma was invited to…
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Amma, please visit us every year: Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel
26 Mar, Amdavad, Gujarat – Bharata Yatra 2015 Upon arrival in Amdavad on March 25, Amma spent a joyful evening with her children on the school grounds of Amrita Vidyalayam – singing and dancing to Gujarati bhajans. The following day, Smt. Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister of Gujarat, visited Amma in the school premises to seek…
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We want to bring glory to our village: Dagara girls
25 Mar, Amdavad, Gujarat – Bharata Yatra 2015 During the public programme in Amdavad, in Amma’s presence, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Smt. Anandiben Patel, handed over certificates of encouragement to eight young women, acknowledging their completion of the 10th standard exams conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). The recognition is notable since…
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Amma meets PM Narendra Modi, offers to help in Namami Gange project
28 Mar, 2015 – New Delhi Amma today called on the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at his residence and blessed him. Sri Mata Amritanandamayi showed keen interest in Namami Gange. The Prime Minister expressed his gratitude to her for her great contribution to the Swachha Bharat Abhiyan and requested her to initiate a toilet construction…
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Garba dance at the school garden
24 March, Amdavad, Gujarat- Bharata Yatra 2015 As soon as Amma finished giving darshan at 5.40 in the morning of 24th in Mumbai, Amma and the tour group immediately started to drive towards Amdavad for her next program. Upon reaching the Amrita Vidyalayam, Amdavad at 10.20 pm, Amma sat in the beautiful grassy courtyard of…
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Amma in Mumbai
22-23 March, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashta – Bharata Yatra 2015 For two days Amma held the Brahmastanam festival in Mumbai. As Amma reached her Nerul ashram on the evening of March 21st, she was welcomed by the local devotees with tears of joy in their eyes. As it has become a tradition on this tour,…
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Be the master of gadgets
19-20 March, Pune, Maharashtra – Bharata Yatra 2015 It had been two years since Amma visited the city last, so the devotees were eagerly awaiting Ammas arrival at Pune for a Brahmastanam Festival. Earlier, on the way from Hyderabad to Pune, Amma stopped at a the Umarga Dattatreya temple, to serve dinner and sing bhajans…
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God is nothing more than the embodiment of all noble qualities
Heading out from Bengaluru, Amma and the tour group continued traveling north to Hyderabad, once part of Andhra Pradesh, and now part of the new state of Telangana. This will be Amma’s first visit to the new state. On the way to Hyderabad, Amma stopped with the tour group on the grounds of a factory…
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Amma in Bangalore
11-12 March, 2015 – Bangalore, Karnataka Amma arrived to Bangalore by mid-night, after a stop at Sri Rangapattinam, in the evening to the warm welcome of hundreds of devotees, including many students of Amrita University. The following evening, Amma served prasad to a hall full of devotees and students. Amma sang for all gathered. Everyone…
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A Hug from Amma I will never forget it
7-8 March, Mysore, Karnataka – Bharata Yatra 2015 From the Tanur programme, Amma drove straight to Mysore in Karnataka. A big crowd, mostly students of Amrita University, Mysore, welcomed Amma. Amma led a meditation, sang bhajans and served prasad to the crowd of students and devotees. Amma was given Holi colors and she continued playing…