Category: Festivals
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Journey with Bansuri
25 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 celebrations The bansuri, most famously known as the instrument of Lord Krishna, filled the air here at Amritapuri, as Amritavarsham 60, Amma’s 60th Birthday Celebrations was off to a flying start. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, the maestro of the bansuri, began the night’s performances. The Bansuri is a flute made…
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Ghungroo Beats – The Odissi Pranaam…!!!
25 Sep 2013, Amritapuri The devotees at the first day of Amma’s 60th Birthday celebrations were thrilled at the sight of the world famous couple – Sri Ratikant Mohapatra and Smt. Sujata Mohapatra – two most prominent personalities in the world of Odissi dance. The saying goes, “The real dance must convey the feeling of…
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Shrutilaya of Karaikudi Mani
25 Sep 2013, Amritapuri The sun has set and the people have started to go to their beds, but not in Amritapuri. Here Amma is awake and so are her children. Though the day has been a long and tiring one for most of them Sri Karaikudi R Mani made the atmosphere a vibrant one.…
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Thousands accommodated comfortably, pure drinking water a priority at centres
Crowd poured in for Amritavarsham 60, and the Ashram was all set to accommodate the thousands of devotees who came to meet Amma during the three days of birthday celebrations. Though the turnout was thrice more than expected, a dedicated team of 100 brahmacharis and 300 student volunteers worked day and night to find new…
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Rath Yatra proclaiming Amritavarsham60
As part of Amritavarsham60 Celebrations, there were procession held in different parts of the country. Some of them drove all the way to Amritapuri with lots of decorations and making announcements about the program. One even came from Mumbai! Pics from those processions when they reached Amritapuri on 24th Sep.
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We enjoy helping others
Amrita University students clean-up Hundreds of students from Amrita University have joined in the Amritavarsham60 celebrations by rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty. Managing the logistics of food service, waste management and crowd safety is a big job at an event with visitors numbering in the hundreds of thousands, but the Amrita…
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Dignitaries Participating in the Two-Day Summit
Two-Day Summit “Our Villages, Our World: What Can We Offer?” Dignitaries Participating • Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India • Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Father of India’s Green Movement • Sri. T.K.A, Nair, Adviser to the Prime Minister • Dr. Leland H. Hartwell, Nobel Laureate in Physics / Medicine • Sri. S.V. Raghavan, Scientific…
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Free Cardiac Surgeries, Kidney Transplants & Cancer Treatment at Amrita Hospital
In celebration of the 60th birthday of spiritual leader and humanitarian Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma), the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (also known as AIMS or Amrita Hospital) in Kochi, Kerala, will provide 50-crore worth of totally free kidney transplants*, cardiac surgeries and cancer treatments to poor people throughout India. People living beneath the…
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60 years, 60 deeds, a thousand smiles – The joy of Giving
For Ammas sixtieth birthday, Her children in Idukki have decided to embark upon sixty deeds that would express Amma’s teachings of Love and Compassion – from distributing clothes, toys and books, planting trees, cleaning hospitals, feeding the poor, repairing homes, paying medical bills, or even pledging to be willing cadaver organ donors – Ammas children…
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Amma lights the lamp of Chandika Maha Yaga
22 Sep 2013, Amritapuri The celebration of Amritavarsham 60 begins! With the age old traditional ritual called Maha Yaga or the great Fire Ceremony! Amma, blessed the occasion by Her presence in the yaga shala this morning. Amma lighted the auspicious lamp which is symbolic of world peace and knowledge. Amma went about the yagashala,…