Year: 2010

  • Amma in London

    15th – 17th November, London, UK – Europe Yatra 2010 Amma travelled to London passing under the English Channel by using the Channel Tunnel, a 50.5-kilometre undersea rail line linking continental Europe with the United Kingdom. The final two days of the European tour were held in the historic Alexandra Palace, on a hill looking…

  • Amma in Mannheim

    12th – 14th November, Mannheim, Germany — Europe Yatra 2010 Before the Mannheim programs, Amma spent some time at Hof Herenberg, the German ashram, located in the beautiful countryside about an hour from the city of Mannheim. Amma distributed prasad and sang bhajans with local devotees and the ashram residents. During the Mannheim programs, the…

  • Diwali with Amma in Barcelona

    7 – 9 November, Barcelona, Spain – Europe Yatra 2010 Amma was warmly welcomed by the local devotees at the Spanish MA Center . The Center is located in the outskirts Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain, very close to the holy mountains of Montserrat, which is a famous pilgrimage site for the Virgin…

  • Akshara Puja by Lovers of Sanskrit

    15 Oct 2010, Amritapuri In connection with the Navaratri celebrations, a Bharati Puja program was arranged for Sanskrit students and Sanskrit lovers, in the ashram. The map of India was drawn with rice powder, denoting 51 shakti peethas, each represented by a lamp and an alphabet. With the offering of flame and flowers, Devi was…

  • First IAM course in Slovenia

    After Br. Shubhamrita’s first visit in Slovenia in June this year the organizers felt inspired to have also an I AM course. Dayalu an Ashram resident from Amritapuri conducted the course, which was held on the 23 – 24 October at a Yoga-center near Ljubljana. The course went very smooth and left the participants very…

  • Minimally invasive cardiac surgery at Amrita Hospital from January

    Kochi, 10 Nov 2010 Minimally invasive method, the most modern technique in cardiac surgery will become fully operational at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences by January next Year. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery has a lot of advantages over conventional heart surgeries. While conventional surgery demands a twenty centi meter long incision cutting the sternum, minimally…

  • Amma in Toulon

    2- 4 November, Toulon, France – Europe Yatra 2010 The devotees from the south of France gave Amma a hearty welcome as Amma reached there from Munich, Germany. Throughout the three days of program several different cultural performances were presented, from classical Indian dances to a big performance from the children of the south of…

  • Amma in Munich

    28th – 30th October, Munich, Germany — Europe Yatra 2010 For more than 20 years, Amma has been visiting Munich, the capital city of Bavaria, and the third largest city in Germany. Its native name, München, is derived from the Old High German ‘Munichen,’ meaning ‘By the monks’ place.’ Long before the program started, devotees…

  • Seed Bank in Paris

    24 – 26 October, Paris, France – Europe Yatra 2010 From the Netherlands Amma’s European Yatra moved on to the capital of France, Paris for the next 3 days of programs. Green Friends France and AYUDH presented seeds for vegetables and flowers to Amma, which they had cultivated during “The Experience Week,” a summer workshop…

  • Cleanliness drive to usher in Kerala s 54th Birth Anniversary

    Amritapuri, October 25th, 2010 MAM is to launch a cleanliness drive throughout Kerala on November 1, to create social awareness about humanity’s debt to earth and nature. Polluting earth is equal to injecting poison into one’s blood. The lullaby that we sing to Mother Earth—our foster mother, to whom we are as indebted as to…