Category: New Year

  • A Teaching in Tears

    When Amma was delivering her New Year’s Talk, she suddenly began telling everyone about a family who had come for darshan the day before:

  • Photos of various events in Amritapuri 2007

    Photos of various events in Amritapuri 2007

    Photos of the following 3 events in Amritapuri Oct – Dec 2007 -Amma arriving in Amritapuri after her 2007 Europe & USA tour -60 Devotees from Pune dancing & singing -Amrita TV’s Raga Ratnam program winner is singing for Amma  

  • “Imagine the sun rising in your heart”: 2006 begins in celebration

    “Imagine the sun rising in your heart”: 2006 begins in celebration

    Midnight, 1 January 2006 —Amritapuri When the clock struck midnight, Amma had been giving darshan for more than 13 hours. The New Year’s Eve dances and other cultural performances had taken place at Amma’s side. Darshan finished almost exactly with the beginning of 2006. The thousands of devotees  from all over the world who had…

  • Another New Year with Amma

    Another New Year with Amma

    1 January, 2004 Om Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu. This is the prayer that is chanted in Amritapuri, and by Amma’s devotees around the world, as the clock strikes midnight each New Year’s Day. The collective effect of many thousands one-pointedly chanting this powerful prayer for the peace and happiness of all beings everywhere serves to…

  • Vishu celebrations

    April the 14th, 2000 was new year’s day in the Hindu calendar. Amma was away on Her tour of North India and the residents used this time to completely restore the old Kalari (temple), where Amma first started Krishna Bhava in 1975. The roof was replaced and internal renovations were carried out. Flowers, harvest fruit…