Category: Around Amma 2008
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Durga Blesses Kolkata
18 – 21 March 2008 — Kolkata, West Bengal Sri Durga Ma—clothed in red, each of her eight hands clutching a weapon—bore witness to Amma’s first Brahmasthanam Festival in her Calcutta ashram. For all three days of the program, the large Durga murti graced the dais where Amma sang bhajans, gave satsang, led meditation and…
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Making Way for the Feminine for the Benefit of the World
Amma addresses Jaipur International Women’s Summit 8 March 2008 — Jaipur, Rajasthan Amma addressed a gathering of women religious and spiritual leaders at a summit in Jaipur today: “Making Way for the Feminine for the Benefit of the World Community.” The event was organized by the Global Peace Initiative of Women and held at Clarks…
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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…
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Amma in Bengaluru for Brahmasthanam festival
13 Feb 2008, Bengaluru When Amma arrived at the ashram in Bangalore from Talassery at 2.a.m. At the request of her children she sang two lines of ‘Mata Rani’ from her balcony Amma conducted Brahmasthanam festival for two days with Satsang, bhajan, meditation and Darshan. During the course of the program, Amrita Vidyalayam children presented…
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Fulfilling Promises- Amma in Kumbakonam
Amma held her first public program in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. The program was held on a huge Banadurai Higher Secondary School grounds, capable of holding tens of 1,000’s of people.
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Tourstop in Cudallore with Amma 2008
In between Chennai & Kumbhakonam Amma stopped with the tour group in Cudallore for Meditation & Bhajans.
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Bhavani River Stop with Amma
On the way from Kovai, Amma and the group stopped at Bhavani river. This sacred spot is the convergence of two rivers, Kaveri and Bhavani, called Bhavani Sangama.
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Pongal at the Ashram
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.