Category: Around Amma 2013

  • Amma integrates her spiritual message and her love with real action

    21-23 Oct, London – Europe Yatra 2013 Amma was accorded a grand traditional welcome on Her arrival in the famous Alexandra Palace. People from all over the United Kingdom had gathered to welcome Amma for the twenty-sixth time.   Lord Andrew Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath, and member of the House of Lords, welcomed Amma…

  • Serving my children is my vacation

    Oct 17-19 – Paris, France — Europe Yatra 2013 Paris has always been one of the most crowded of Amma’s programs in Europe and keeps growing with every year. The venue ‘Hall Saint-Martin’ at Cergy Pontoise remained full throughout the three days this year as well; Parisians were ready to wait for hours and hours…

  • Amma in Munich

    Oct 12-15 – Munich, Germany — Europe Yatra 2013 Zenith Halle, the venue of Amma’s program in Munich, was brimming with joy as Amma entered the hall for darshan on the first morning. As she walked to the stage through arches made of leaves held by devotees dressed in traditional Bavarian attire, the choir sang…

  • May you continue to transform more and more people

    08-10 Oct, Winterthur, Switzerland – 2013 Europe Yatra Amma was accorded a warm welcome by her Swiss children on arriving from Helsinki at the Zurich airport. The venue of the program was the same as the last few years at the Eulach Halle in Winterthur. As Amma arrived at the hall, she was given a…

  • Bari Barsi Khatan Gaya Si… Bhangra in Amritapuri

    Bari Barsi Khatan Gaya Si… Bhangra in Amritapuri

    28 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 Celebrations Amritapuri is where there are absolutely no differences of any kind – North co-exists with South, the East embraces the West and above all, Amma showers her compassionate hugs equally on one and all! Amritavarsham 60 (7:10 am 28th Sept morning) stood witness to this unity in diversity…

  • Amma, your legacy is for a lifetime: Shashi Tharoor

    Amma, your legacy is for a lifetime: Shashi Tharoor

    27 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 Celebrations Shashi Tharoor, the Hon. Minister of HRD, Government of India, gave an inspiring speech about Amma, her life spent in the service of humanity, and the wonderful occasion that her 60th Birthday brings. He was launching the Amrita RITE-Rural India Tablet Education for After-school Tutoring and Adult Literacy…

  • Not easy for a State Government to distribute so much as Amma does

    Not easy for a State Government to distribute so much as Amma does

    27 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 Celebrations Maharashtra Governor, His Excellency K Shankara Narayanan, delivered a wonderful speech detailing the uniqueness of Amma, and her contributions to the world. “Beloved Amma, who loves this vast world, transcending caste and religion. We are all born in this world; because of we have our mothers. But, the…

  • Amma is echoing the spirituality of India

    Amma is echoing the spirituality of India

    27 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 Celebrations S Gurumurthy, a noted journalist and proponent of the Swadeshi economic development project, delivered an inspiring speech. He shared his experience of being here in Amritapuri, and being here with Amma: “When I saw Amma for the first time, I could immediately see how people would have felt…

  • Amma is laying the foundation of Modern India: Narendra Modi

    Amma is laying the foundation of Modern India: Narendra Modi

    26 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 (Excerpts from the address of Hon. Chief Minister of Gujarat, Sri Narendra Modi. Original speech was mostly delivered in Hindi. The content below is the translated version of the same) Dear Sisters, Brothers and devotees – I offer my loving greetings to all of you. I am standing here…

  • Because of Amma, humans are human; values are still values: Mar Chrysostom

    Because of Amma, humans are human; values are still values: Mar Chrysostom

    26 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 Celebrations Mar Chrysostom Thrirumeni, one of the important religious figures in Kerala, is the current head of the Mar Thoma Church. The 95 year old veteran has been a Bishop for the last 60 years. He joined the bouquet of religious leaders to inaugurate the Amrita Center for Spiritual…