Category: Around Amma
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Rs. 200 crore project to curb farmer suicide
Amma deeply concerned about suicide among farmers 15 March 2007 — Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh held a high-level meeting with Amma at the Sahyadri government guest house here on Thursday on the issue of suicides by farmers of Vidarbha. After the meeting Amma announced that the Ashram will undertake an Rs.…
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Amma announces Rs. 200 crore project to Curb farmer suicide
Amma Deeply Concerned About Suicide Among Farmers 15 March 2007 — Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh held a high-level meeting with Amma at the Sahyadri government guest house here on Thursday on the issue of suicides by farmers of Vidarbha. After the meeting Amma announced that the Ashram will undertake an Rs.…
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Study Amma, advises scientist Bhatkar
11 March — Sakar Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra – Bharata Yatra 2007 Padmashri Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar, the eminent computer scientist and Chairman of ETH Ltd., was one of the dignitaries to welcome Amma to her program at Shinde High School Grounds in Sakar Nagar, Pune. In a short speech prior to Amma’s satsang, bhajans…
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Amma doing what the Government dare to undertake
9 March, Mahendra Hills, Hyderabad-Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh –Bharata Yatra 2007 On the second night of Amma’s Brahmasthanam Festival in her ashram in Secunderabad, Amma was welcomed by two AP cabinet ministers and one member of parliament, all of whom praised the charitable social-welfare projects of the Ashram. Sri. Raghuveera Reddy, the Honourable Minister of Agriculture…
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New songs, ancient teachings
Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi’s Bharata Yatra 2007 6 March — the dry bed of the Tungabhadra River, near NH-7, Andhra Pradesh This time of the year, many of India’s rivers have run dry. And until the rains come in June, they will remain that way—vast no man’s lands of sand and cracked earth, pointlessly winding towards…
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A sympathetic heart is a fountain showering contentment
Bharata Yatra 2007 4 March 2007 — Bangalore, Karnataka On the first night of Amma’s two days of programs at her ashram in Bangalore, Sri. Ashok Kumar, Honourable Minister of Health for Karnataka, helped Amma distribute checks to a dozen or so new enrolees in the Amrita Nidhi Pension Program, as well as distribute sewing…
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Amma celebrates Holi in Mysore
3 March 2007 — Bogadi, Mysore, Karnataka During Amma’s first night of programs in Mysore, Sri. B.S. Yediyurappa, the Honourable Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, inaugurated the new Amrita Kripa Hospital in Rupanagar. Located a few kilometres from Amma’s ashram in Bogadi, the Amrita Kripa Hospital has 50 beds and will offer free treatment to…
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Darshan in the hills
26 – 27 February 2007 — Manantavadi, Wayanad District, Kerala In order to get to Manantavadi, in Kerala’s Wayanad District, from Amritapuri, one must traverse some rather treacherous terrain. The small town is nestled in the range of hills that separate Kerala from Mysore. To reach there from the south, one must negotiate NH 212,…
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Amma won’t let you sleep
God is watching over you 365 days a year. Shivaratri is the one night wherein we are asked to sacrifice and watch over God, taking a vow of fasting and maintain vigil at night
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Darshan by the Sea
Bharata Yatra 2007 10 February 2007 — Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala The waves were breaking just 50 feet from where Amma was giving darshan. Fishermen were hauling in their catches during bhajans. And the salty ocean air blew across the 40,000 people assembled for Amma’s program in Trivandrum all night long. In fact it was Amma’s idea…