Category: Around Amma
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Amma in Holland
Holland, 09 Nov – Europe Yatra 2008 The number of people coming to receive Amma’s embrace in Netherlands had grown once again. Many foreigners from neighbouring countries and thousands of devotees from major Dutch cities like Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam came to see Amma in the sport hall ‘Maaspoort’.
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Amma in Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland – 05 Nov 2008 Helsinki, the capital of Finland is the farthest North European country of Amma’s Europe tour. The program was held in the famous ‘Kaapeli’ complex. The Indian Ambassador for Finland came to meet Amma and welcome her to Finland on behalf of the citizens. The program marked Amma’s 10th visit…
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Amma in Munich
Munich, Germany – 02 Nov 2008, Europe Yatra Amma has come to Munich again this year to share the joys and the sorrows of the people. Thousands of devotees stood outside the spilled over hall for hours on end to get a glimpse of Amma. The people were thrilled to see Amma and applauded each…
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Amma was given Mahavir Award
London, 27 Oct 2008 British Member of Parliament, Lynne Featherstone, came to meet Amma. She said: “Amma has dedicated her life in helping others, Amma is living proof that equality and the belief that people should not be discriminated against due to their gender, race or cast is a universal one. Amma shows that a…
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Celebration with Amma in Paris
Paris, France – 25 Oct 2008 With the humongous crowds Amma’s Paris programs this year were a literal celebration for the French devotees. Amma hit the headlines of almost all the media giants of the country such as “France 3”, “Cap 24”, “LCI” “Canal+,” “Le Parisien”, “Direct Matin”, “20 Minutes”, “RTL Radio” and “France Inter”.…
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Amma in Switzerland
News Winterthur, Switzerland, 21 Oct 2008 The City of Winterthur in Switzerland is the beautiful setting for Amma’s program for the 4th year in a row. For this joyful yearly occasion people from neighbouring countries like Germany, Italy and France took the opportunity to be in Amma’s presence also amongst the thousands of Swiss devotees.…
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Amma in Toulon
News Toulon, France – 17 Oct 2008 The 3-day program took place in Toulon, France in the large concert venue ‘Omega Zenith’ which is a national monument and like every year large number of people came to meet Amma and stood in line for hours to receive Her darshan. This year’s program in Toulon marked…
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Amma at Karlsruhe, Germany
9 Oct, Germany – Europe Yatra 2008 The German Ashram, about one hour from the Frankfurt Airport. Amma went around the ashram which is surrounded by beautiful hills, apple trees and has several horses. Amma went to the stables to feed and softly caress all the horses there. Amma gave prasad to devotees who were…
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Love is the Centre-Point of Life: Amma
27 September 2008 — Amritapuri Amma began her 55th Birthday Address by saying that the point of religious and cultural festivals was to help human beings gain peace of mind. Amma lamented that in general this wasn’t happening. The culprit Amma said was man’s obsessive focus on money. “While meditating on money and luxuries, we…
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Onam: A Symbol of Happiness & Contentment
12 September 2008 — Amritapuri With the coming of Tiru Onam, thousands of people came to Amritapuri in order to celebrate. The bhajan hall was filled with smiling people dressed in new clothes. The feeling of celebration was in the air. Amma came to the dais to the sounds of panchavadyam around 11:00 am. After…