Tag: Gujarat

  • Amma, please visit us every year: Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel

    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…

  • We want to bring glory to our village: Dagara girls

    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…

  • Garba dance at the school garden

    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…

  • Narendra Modi asks Amma to establish headquarters in Gujarat

    Narendra Modi asks Amma to establish headquarters in Gujarat

    4 March 2008 — Ahmadabad, Gujarat Sri. Narendra Modi, the chief minister of Gujarat, was the chief dignitary at Amma’s program in Ahmadabad. In his address, he requested Amma to establish the second headquarters of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math in Gujarat, invoking Sri Adi Sankaracarya’s establishment of ashrams in the four corners of India as…

  • A dance for devi, a dance for Krishna: Surat welcomes Amma

    A dance for devi, a dance for Krishna: Surat welcomes Amma

    7 March, 2006 – Surat, Gujarat When Amma came to Pandit Dindayal Upadhaya Indoor Stadium in Surat, she was greeted by eight young women performing garbhi, Gujarat’s traditional dance for the Divine Mother. The dance was not limited to Amma’s immediate arrival, the women danced alongside Amma as she walked into the stadium. Traditionally performed…

  • “We can change the face of this earth”

    “We can change the face of this earth”

    Tuesday, 9 March — en route to Ahmedabad, Gujarat — Bharata Yatra 2004 When many people from affluent Western countries visit India for the first time, they are overwhelmed by the immensity of its poverty and the extent to which some of its people are suffering. They simply haven’t seen “villages” of families attempting to…

  • World Mother, village Mother

    World Mother, village Mother

    10Mar 2002,Gujarat Mother is a marvellous blend of the planned and the unpredictable. How could She travel the globe giving programs that need their times and places publicised if She lived only spontaneously? But how could all the surprises that so enrich our experience of Her occur if She lived only by schedules? Like in…

  • Will Mother visit our homes?

    15 May, 2001, Amritapuri The leaders of the villages Mother is adopting in Gujarat made the long train journey to southern Kerala just in time to see their new Mother before Her departure for the US Tour. They were on a mission: Representing the people of the villages where Mother is helping reconstruct homes, schools,…