Category: Around Amma
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Compassionate Advice on India’s Republic Day
25-26 January, Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala – Bharata Yatra 2017 Amma held a two-day Brahmasthanam Festival at her Ashram in Kaimanam. As Amma arrived, people lined the road leading to the ashram, standing with flowers and lit oil lamps to welcome Amma. As her car pass through, they garlanded Amma and received her blessings. At the ashram,…
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Amma dedicated Bharat Mata Temple to the Nation
28 Jan, Kanya Kumari, Tamil Nadu – Bharata Yatra 2017 Amma dedicated the Ramayanam Darshanam (exhibition on Valmiki Ramayana) and the Bharatamata Sadanam (Bharata Mata Temple) to the nation at the Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari. Entering the ground floor of the temple, Amma was given a tour of the Ramayana gallery, then performed a puja to…
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Amma at the beach
As a young girl, Amma would sit alone at this beach absorbed in meditation and prayer. Now, every Monday and Friday evening, Amma guides all the ashram residents and visitors in a sunset meditation on the beach. In addition to countless visitors from all over India, more than 12,000 people make the trip from every…
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Mattu Pongal: Amma worships cow and calf
15 Jan 2017 , Amritapuri Today is Mattu Pongal, the third day of the Tamil New Year. On this day, cows are worshiped as a visible form of God. They are celebrated for all the many ways that they help farmers and humanity as a whole. Today, as per tradition, Amma performed worship to one…
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Convert every obstacle into a stepping stone
25 December 2016, Amritapuri Ashram – Excerpts from Amma’s 2016 Christmas message When most people talk about Christmas, they talk about the great time they had with their family, the delicious dishes and sweets they prepared, and the gifts they received. Hardly anyone speaks about the prayers they offered, the spiritual practices they did, or…
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Disseminate technology without losing the village culture
20 Dec 2016, Amritapuri Shri. P.P. Chaudhary, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and also Law and Justice visited Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus for the valedictory function of RAHA 2016 – Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications. The Hon’ble Minister was the perfect person for this function as his only prayer…
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Amma in San Jose
25 – 29 Nov, San Jose, California – America Yatra 2016 Amma arrived to the San Jose Fairmont in California for the first time Friday after the Thanksgiving Holiday to a winter wonderland – an ice skating rink and a Downtown Christmas extravaganza with twinkling lights outside and a hall packed with newcomers to experience…
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Thanksgiving in Detroit with Amma
20-23 Nov, Detroit, Michigan – America Yatra 2016 Amma visited Detroit, USA for four days of programs including a three day retreat and Devi Bhava. The programs were held at the Marriott Hotel in the iconic Renaissance Center complex along the Detroit River bordering the US and Canada. The public programs on the first day…
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Amma arrived back in Amritapuri
After her Europe-America Yatra 2016, Amma is back to Amritapuri by 2.00 am on the 3rd Dec. Smiling as as always, Amma waded though the Ashram residents to her room. Darshan will start at the ashram from 7th Dec onwards.
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First melt in love and then be molded by knowledge: Amma in Munich
15 – 17 Nov, Munich, Germany – Europe Yatra 2016 Despite freezing temperatures, hundreds of Amma’s volunteers awaited Amma’s arrival at the Zenith Halle in Munich on the evening of 14 November, at what would be the final program of her 2016 European Tour. Amma served the assembled volunteers a prasad dinner and spoke on…