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Category: Festivals

  • When compassion takes birth, Sri Krishna is born

     Sri Krishna’s Birthday Celebrations 21 August 2011, Amritapuri At 4.50 am, on the Krishna Janmashtami day, the bhajan hall was echoing with the mantras of Lalita Sahasranama. The adjacent Kalari, filled with white smoke from the Homa Kunda. The celebrations of Lord Krishna’s birth had begun in the charged atmosphere of Amritapuri ashram. To celebrate Krishna…

  • Love, light, compassion, fragrance and beauty fill your heart

    Amritapuri, New Year eve 2011 The dawn of 2011 was celebrated in grandeur with Amma here at Amritapuri. In addition to Indian devotees, more than 1500 visitors from abroad had flown in to be with Amma for the new year. The evening hall was packed and every corner had people from various regions and languages.…

  • Become the cake – Amma asks every one

    24 Dec 2010, Amritapuri Celebrating Christmas with Amma On Christmas eve around 1500 international visitors from all over the world and many thousands more from all parts of India were on hand for the festivities. Before the actual program began, Amma had come out in the late afternoon for meditation at the seashore and from…

  • Know yourself is the message of spirituality

    (Excerpts from Amma’s Christmas message, 24 Dec 2010, Amritapuri) “Whenever celebrations and holy days take place, Amma gives a message. However, in reality, these messages are not different; they are all one. Their essence is one. Although religions are many, spirituality has only one message. It is just that this message is presented in different…

  • Cleaning the surroundings, cleaning the mind

    3 Oct 2010, Tokyo, Japan Every year, Amma’s Japanese devotees in Tokyo celebrate Amma’s Birthday with great festivity and ceremony. This year, however, they decided to add a new twist – cleaning up a public park. Ironically coinciding with Amma’s birthday message {news} about cleaning one’s community. The cleanup took place in Toyama Park of…

  • Navaratri Celebration photos

    15 Oct 2010, Amritapuri Photos of Navaratri day celebrations at the Ashram

  • If Amma did not exist, society itself would disappear

    If Amma did not exist, society itself would disappear

    27 September 2010, Amritapuri, 57th Birthday celebrations of Amma Bishop Mar Chrysostem Tirumeni inaugurated the official Indian website of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math www.amrita.in. This new website will have pages in nine Indian languages—Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and Sanskrit. Speaking after the inauguration Bishop Mar Chrysostem commented that Amma has done…

  • 57th Birthday celebrations of Amma

    Amma’s birthday celebration began at five in the morning with Mahaganapati Homam performed by Surya Kaladi Jayasuryan Bhattatiripad. This was followed by the chanting of the Lalita Sahasranama for world peace. Tens of thousands of devotees participated in the archana. The birthday celebration was officially inaugurated at 7:30 a.m. with the lighting of a lamp…

  • A beautiful birthday eve

    26 Sep 2010, Amritapuri Hundreds and thousands of devotees congregated at Amritapuri ashram on the eve of Amma’s birthday. Amma gave darshan at the ashram hall which was fully decorated with lights of love. Amma also led a soul-stirring Bhajan session. The highlight of the the day’s celebrations was the starting of the cultural programs…

  • Vrindavan and Krishna: Celebrating Janmashtami at Amritapuri

    1 Aug 2010, Amritapuri This year’s Janmashtami was quintessential Amritapuri, alive with love, light and song. From early in the morning, bhajans could be heard throughout the ashram grounds. There were several processions with many of the youngest of the ashram residents dressed up as little Krishnas and Radhas, with special costumes and peacock feathers.…