Category: Festivals
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Ganesh festival photos
Ganesh Chaturthi, Gaja Puja and Ganesh Visarjan photos from the celebration at Amritapuri in the month of Aug 2009. Read related posts on Ganesh festival
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Dancing our way into the New Year
01 Jan 2009 The calendar year might have been about to change, but thankfully, Amma wasn’t. She was still doing what she has been doing Her entire life – giving darshan, pouring compassion and raining Love- as the new year approached. Everyday is a celebration with Amma, but there are some days that are more…
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Xmas celebration photos
Christmas eve 2008, Amritapuri Photos of Xmas celebration with Amma at the ashram.
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Vidyarambham at Amritapuri
09 Oct 2008, Amritapuri Navaratri – the nine days of festival of Devi concluded today with Vidyarambham this morning of Vijayadasami. Swami Turiyamritananda and Swami Amrita Geetananda led the prayers during Vidyarambham. There were hundreds of people who came to initiate their children on to the world of alphabets. Swami Turiyamritananda initiated them, first writing…
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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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The 55th Birthday Celebrations of Amma
27 September 2008 — Amritapuri The 55th Birthday Celebrations of Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi took place today at the Amritapuri Campus of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. The celebrations attracted more than 100,000 devotees and well-wishers from all around the country and the world. The Celebrations included Amma’s pada puja and birthday satsang, as well the extension…
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R Vasudevan Potti received Amrita Keerti Puraskar
24 September 2008 — Amritapuri During Amma’s 55th birthday celebrations, Professor R. Vasudevan Potti was awarded the Amrita Keerti Puraskar {news} for his meritorious contributions and perpetuation to Vedic knowledge. M.P. Veerendra Kummar presented Amritakeerti Puraskar to Prof. R. Vasudevan Potti in Amma’s presence. Prof. R. Vasudevan Potti was born in 1929 in Karnataka. For 21…
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Ammas Padapuja photos
27 Sep 2008, Amritpauri At 9.00 a.m. Amma reached the stage and padapuja was performed followed by Amma’s address.