Category: Around Amma

  • It is the message of peace, equality and unity

    It is the message of peace, equality and unity

    October 6-8, Barcelona, Spain – Europe Yatra 2015 On all the three days huge crowds lined up around the block for their chance to meet Amma. Many were coming to meet Amma for the first time but others, like the Mayor, the Honorable Josep Mayoral, have been coming yearly to welcome Amma. Granollers, Spain, has…

  • Surgeries & transplants, Boats and Saris for the poor

    Surgeries & transplants, Boats and Saris for the poor

    27 Sep 2015 Amritapuri – Amritavarsham 62, Amma’s Birthday Celebrations During the past 20 years, the Amrita Institute of Medical Science in Kochi and the other healthcare institutions of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math have provided 100 percent free care to more than 30 lakh [three million] patients at a value of more than Rs. 400…

  • Amritavarsham62 – celebrations will continue

    Amritavarsham62 – celebrations will continue

    27-28 Sep 2015 Amritapuri – Amritavarsham 62 , Amma’s Birthday Celebrations After all the charitable announcements and official stage functions wrapped up Amma began to embrace each and every person that came to the program. Afternoon stretched into evening, evening into night and then night into morning and still the people kept coming. All throughout,…

  • Free marriages at Amritavarsham

    Free marriages at Amritavarsham

    27 Sep 2015 Amritapuri – Amritavarsham 62 , Amma’s Birthday Celebrations Each year on Amma’s birthday, the Mata Amritanandamayi Math helps couples having financial difficulty to have a traditional Indian wedding by providing all the requisite clothing, gold jewellery and feast, etc. Sri. Ashok Singhalji, former president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, and Sri. Vellapalli…

  • 130 houses and 2 intermediate colleges

    130 houses and 2 intermediate colleges

    27 Sep 2015 Amritapuri – Amritavarsham 62 , Amma’s Birthday Celebrations Over the past two decades, the Mata Amritanandamayi Math has built more than 45,000 homes for the homeless in more than 75 locations throughout India. Today, the Math extended this program by presenting keys to 130 homes and two inter-colleges in various locations throughout…

  • External success is impermanent, we need inner victory

    External success is impermanent, we need inner victory

    27 Sep 2015, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham, Amma’s 62nd Birthday celebrations Early this morning the stage was filled with traditional Kerala dancers in full regalia as well as ladies dressed up in the traditional costumes from all 29 states of India to welcome Amma. The loud, Panchari Melam, traditional music of Kerala created festive mood and…

  • 100 Crore commitment to sanitation in Kerala

    100 Crore commitment to sanitation in Kerala

    27 Sep 2015, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham 62 celebrations Amma added to her Rs. 100-crore donation to the Namami Gange campaign by making a pledge that MAM will dedicate a value of Rs. 100-crore in toilet construction and other sanitation efforts. A plaque commemorating the pledge was given by Amma to Sri. Ooomen Chandy, Honourable Chief…

  • It is the need of every Indian that Ganga remains clean

    It is the need of every Indian that Ganga remains clean

    In the wake of Amma’s 100-crore (US$15 million) donation to Namami Gange, the Indian Government’s Swachh Bharat & Ganga Cleaning Project, Amma has answered many questions about the donation, the project itself, and her views on the issue surrounding the project. From the press meet at Amritapuri Ashram on September 11, 2015.   We started…

  • Amma donates 100 Crore for ‘Namami Gange’ cleaning Ganga project

    Amma donates 100 Crore for ‘Namami Gange’ cleaning Ganga project

    $30 Million in Donations to Toilet-Building Project Across India 11 September 2015, Amritapuri – Amma today presented Sri. Arun Jaitley, India’s Hon. Minister of Finance, a cheque for Rs. 100 crore (US$15 million) for the construction of toilets in the poorest villages surrounding the Ganga River, as part of Prime Minister Sri. Narendra Modi’s Swachh…

  • Amritapuri has become Vrindavan on Sri Krishna Jayanthi

    Amritapuri has become Vrindavan on Sri Krishna Jayanthi

    5 September 2015 – Krishna’s Birthday Celebrations at Amritapuri On the heels of a wonderful Onam celebration, just a week later the ashram was again in a festive mood for Krishna Jayanti. The day’s celebrations started at 7.30am with a cow procession from the kitchen area towards the front steps of the Kali Temple. A GoPuja…