Month: January 2008

  • Amrita HIS unveiled at BARC

    16 January 2008 — Mumbai Amrita University has unveiled a version of its state-of-the-art Amrita Healthcare Informatics Suite Software (Amrita HIS) crafted specifically for BARC (Babha Atomic Research Centre) Hospital in Mumbai. AMRITA HIS manages all the patient details right from patient registration, admission to discharge. “It is one integrated, seamless solution conforming to latest…

  • Amma arrives at Covai

    Amma arrives at Covai

    17 Jan 2008, Coimbatore Bharata Yatra 2008 Amma arrived at 8:00 p.m. at the Amrita Vidyalayam in Coimbatore, as a start to her Tamil Nadu tour. As Amma entered, she was garlanded by a devotee, and offered a ‘purna kumbha,’ which is an auspicious pot used to welcome a holy person. Before entering her room,…

  • Pongal at the Ashram

    Pongal at the Ashram

    15 Jan 2008, Amritapuri Pongal was celebrated in the Ashram. Amma distributed payasam to all the residents in the afternoon. The day on which the sun begins to move northwards is called ‘Makar Shankranti’.  In Tamil Nadu this festival is called the Pongal. Pongal ushers in the New Year in Tamil Nadu. Newly-harvested grains are…

  • Two More ‘Tsunami Babies’ on the Way

    13 January 2007 — Amritapuri Another one of the tsunami victims who underwent fallopian-tubal-ligation reversal is pregnant with twins. Sarita, 30, came to Amritapuri for Amma’s darshan this morning and informed Amma of her condition. She has just completed her first trimester. Sarita will be the fifth such woman to deliver, bringing the total of…

  • A Miracle in Surgery

    A Miracle in Surgery

    9 January 2007 – Amritapuri On August 18, 2007, a group of children from a remote tribal village near Janakpuri in Chattisgarh went to graze the village goats in a field in the forest. It was there that three bears-a mother and two cubs-came upon them. All the children ran, but one 12-year-old girl named…

  • Fill Your Hearts with Love and Gratitude

    Fill Your Hearts with Love and Gratitude

    Excerpted from Amma’s 2008 New Year’s Talk Midnight, 1 January 2008 — Amritapuri We are all very happy that another New Year is upon us,” Amma said. “Happiness is good for the health of the body and the mind. Our goal is to always be happy. Everyone should always be happy and rejoicing—just like a…

  • A Teaching in Tears

    1 January 2008 — Amritapuri When Amma was delivering her New Year’s Talk, she suddenly began telling everyone about a family who had come for darshan the day before: “A family of four came for darshan. The husband, who was an auto-rickshaw driver, had recently been paralysed by a stroke. He could no longer look…