Category: Onam
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Amritapuri celebrates Onam with devotion, music and traditional festivities
Amma’s Onam message highlighted gratitude, contentment, cooperation and finding joy in what we have.
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Onam arrives at Amritapuri with flowers, creativity, and devotion
16 – 25 Aug 2026 Onam has arrived at Amritapuri! From today onwards, different mandala designs will decorate the area in front of Amma’s house, created with colourful flowers and leaves. Amma’s children from the Ashram, University, and other groups will take turns creating these beautiful designs in batches. Each day brings a new display…
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Onam: Awakening the innocent heart
Just as trees and plants bloom during Onam season to present to the world, let us also awaken the goodness within us.
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We can create happiness even in the midst of sorrow
Oṇam celebrates the harmony between all beings in the universe—sentient and insentient. It symbolises the healthy relationship between humans and nature
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Increase our circle of compassion
We have learned to fly like a bird and swim like a fish but have forgotten to walk and live like humans. Only when we realise this will our life become joyful.
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Let us make our entire lives an Onam
11September 2019 — Amritapuri AshramExcerpts from Amma’s Onam message: Amma’s children have all come together here to celebrate Onam with Amma. For Amma, my children are the very pookkalams* and flowers of Onam. The unity of my children and their love-filled hearts are what make these pookkalams so beautiful to Amma. The thought of Onam…
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Onam celebrations – pookkalam, sadya, tug of war and cutural programs
4 Sep 2017, Onam celebrations, Amritapuri Ashram For the last ten days, as per the tradition of the Onam harvest festival, the entire state of Kerala has been ordained with lush, beautiful flower mandalas. At Amritapuri, each day the floral decoration in front of Amma’s room was unique. Each day, the beautiful arrangement depicted a…
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In search of “the modern,” dont forget the “old” truths
4 Sept 2017 — Amritapuri Ashram Amma’s Message on Thiruvonam Amma bows down to everyone, who are embodiments of divine love and supreme consciousness. The festival of Onam brings with it a sweet sankalpa—an ideal whose sweetness and novelty never fade with time. Amma is happy when her children come together here on the occasion…
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Onam celebrations at Amritapuri
4-14 Sep 2016, Onam celebrations, Amritapuri For each of the 10 days of the annual Onam festival, ashram residents as well as students took turns making beautiful big pookkalams (floral designs) at the foot of the steps to Amma’s room. Each day when Amma came out for darshan, she would stand there for some time,…
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Try to make our circle of compassion larger and more expansive
14 September 2016 — Onam Celebrations at Amritapuri Ashram (Amma’s message on the occasion of Onam festival) Amma is extremely happy to see all of you have gathered here to celebrate Thiruvonam with Amma. It shows the bond you have with Amma. May this bond and love be always there between all of you as…