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The 56th Birthday Celebrations of Amma
27 September 2009 — Amritapuri Amma’s 56th birthday celebrations took place in Amritapuri on 27 September 2009. Devotees had been arriving at Amritapuri for the past week in order to celebrate the auspicious occasion in Amma’s presence. The programs took place in a tent erected just across the backwaters at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. The morning…
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Vidyamritam: Bagging prizes, Winning hearts
The series of competitions organized for Vidyamritam beneficiaries across Kerala culminated in the finals of the elocution competitions in the junior and senior category, held at the Pandal erected in the Engineering College grounds of Amritapuri campus.
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Vidyamrita Sangamam 2009
As part of Amma’s 56th Birthday Celebrations, 10,000 Vidyamritam scholarship recipients have come from all over Kerala.
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56th Birthday Preparations
Activity is going on round the clock in preparation for Amma’s 56th Birthday Celebrations and devotees are arriving from all over to participate in the festivities.
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Art Competition for Vidyamritam Recipients
Approximately 10,000 children—ages nine to 16, from all over Kerala—will begin converging on Amritapuri in the evening of 24th September. They are coming to participate in a grand finale of cultural events that have been organized for the beneficiaries of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s (MAM) Vidyamritam scholarship program.
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Vidyamritam Extended to Include HIV/AIDS Orphans
On 26 September 2009, the Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM) will provide another 2,000 scholarships to impoverished children. The scholarships are part of the Vidyamritam program {news}, through which 30,000 children throughout India are already receiving such aid.
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Sri Krishna Jayanti Celebration
Krishna Jayanti was celebrated in Amritapuri will a full day of festivities. Beginning early in the morning, special pujas were performed, including the go puja, in which all the ashram cows were worshipped as embodiments of the divine. A few hours later—led by dozens of Krishnas, Radhas and gopis of all ages—there was a grand…
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Amma’s 56th Birthday Celebrations
Each September 27 , the anniversary of Amma’s birth, the world over resounds with prayers of gratitude. We would like to extend to you a heartfelt invitation to participate in this year’s celebrations, which will be taking place on Saturday the 26 and Sunday the 27 of September in Amritapuri, Kollam District, Kerala.
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Amma Blesses Panmana Ashram
At the invitation of the authorities of Panmana Ashram, Amma visited the samadhi site of Sri Chattambi Swami. The program was part of the 156th birthday celebrations of Sri Chattambi Swami, an influential and important spiritual master who took maha-samadhi in Panmana on 5 May 1924.