Category: Yatra

  • Amma fills us with new inspiration: Narendra Modi

    Amma fills us with new inspiration: Narendra Modi

    “Amma’s spiritual consciousness enfolds all of humanity,the entire world is her field of action” 21 March — Ahmedabad, Gujarat – Bharata Yatra 2007 Amma was welcomed to her program at Gujarat Education Society Grounds in Ahmedabad by Sri. Narendra Modi, the Honourable Chief Minister of Gujarat. Modi praised Amma for her service to mankind and for…

  • Come to Amma, go back with self-confidence

    Come to Amma, go back with self-confidence

    15 March — Shivaji Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra – Bharata Yatra 2007 Amma’s programs in Shivaji Park came right after the Ashram’s announcement of Amma’s spontaneous pledge of Rs. 200 crores [$45.4 million U.S] to curb suicide among farmers in Maharashtra, Kerala and other parts of India {news}. During the formal part of the program, one…

  • Study Amma, advises scientist Bhatkar

      11 March — Sakar Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra – Bharata Yatra 2007 Padmashri Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar, the eminent computer scientist and Chairman of ETH Ltd., was one of the dignitaries to welcome Amma to her program at Shinde High School Grounds in Sakar Nagar, Pune. In a short speech prior to Amma’s satsang, bhajans…

  • Amma doing what the Government dare to undertake

    9 March, Mahendra Hills, Hyderabad-Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh –Bharata Yatra 2007 On the second night of Amma’s Brahmasthanam Festival in her ashram in Secunderabad, Amma was welcomed by two AP cabinet ministers and one member of parliament, all of whom praised the charitable social-welfare projects of the Ashram. Sri. Raghuveera Reddy, the Honourable Minister of Agriculture…

  • Education & heart surgeries for Hyderabad’s street kids

    8 March — Mahendra Hills,  Hyderabad-Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh — Bharata Yatra 2007 Just before Amma’s first evening program in her Secunderabad ashram, she gave audience to the area’s district collector and magistrate, R.V. Chandravadan. During that meeting, Chandravadan put forth several requests to Amma on behalf of the Hyderabad District Administration—all of to which Amma…

  • New songs, ancient teachings

    Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi’s Bharata Yatra 2007 6 March — the dry bed of the Tungabhadra River, near NH-7, Andhra Pradesh This time of the year, many of India’s rivers have run dry. And until the rains come in June, they will remain that way—vast no man’s lands of sand and cracked earth, pointlessly winding towards…

  • A sympathetic heart is a fountain showering contentment

    Bharata Yatra 2007 4 March 2007 — Bangalore, Karnataka On the first night of Amma’s two days of programs at her ashram in Bangalore, Sri. Ashok Kumar, Honourable Minister of Health for Karnataka, helped Amma distribute checks to a dozen or so new enrolees in the Amrita Nidhi Pension Program, as well as distribute sewing…

  • Amma celebrates Holi in Mysore

    3 March 2007 — Bogadi, Mysore, Karnataka During Amma’s first night of programs in Mysore, Sri. B.S. Yediyurappa, the Honourable Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, inaugurated the new Amrita Kripa Hospital in Rupanagar. Located a few kilometres from Amma’s ashram in Bogadi, the Amrita Kripa Hospital has 50 beds and will offer free treatment to…

  • Darshan in the hills

    Darshan in the hills

    26 – 27 February 2007 — Manantavadi, Wayanad District, Kerala In order to get to Manantavadi, in Kerala’s Wayanad District, from Amritapuri, one must traverse some rather treacherous terrain. The small town is nestled in the range of hills that separate Kerala from Mysore. To reach there from the south, one must negotiate NH 212,…

  • Darshan by the Sea

    Darshan by the Sea

    Bharata Yatra 2007 10 February 2007 — Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala The waves were breaking just 50 feet from where Amma was giving darshan. Fishermen were hauling in their catches during bhajans. And the salty ocean air blew across the 40,000 people assembled for Amma’s program in Trivandrum all night long. In fact it was Amma’s idea…