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The New Year to begin with Amrita TV
14th April 2005 Amrita TV—an initiative of Amma’s devotees—hit the air today with an audiovisual extravaganza in Trivandrum that brought together some of the brightest stars in the Indian arts. Amrita TV is dedicated to promoting value-oriented, responsible and socially conscious programmes, without compromising on the tastes and preferences of audiences. As one can see…
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Blessings on the way home
12 April 2005 – en route to Amritapuri from Trissur Amma finished giving darshan around 6:00 in the morning, thereby concluding Her first ever Brahmasthanam Festival in Trissur. On Her way back to Amritapuri, Amma made several stops at places She was invited to during the festival. In Trissur itself, Amma visited the Brahmasvam Matham,…
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The place where speech ends
12 April 2005 – en route to Amritapuri from Trissur In this land of caste rivalries,Where caste is worshipped and the worshippers reap the thorns of sorrow,Even today when people revel in the thorns reaped from castes,My Amma is that love which transcends all these boundaries. ജാതിക്കുശുമ്പിന്റെ നാടാണു ജാതിയെ പൂജിച്ചു പൂജിച്ചു മുള്ളുവാരിഇന്നുമാമുള്ളില് മദിക്കുന്ന ജാതിയെ വെല്ലുന്ന…
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First tsunami houses built by Ashram are ready
11 April 2005 — Mayabazar in Edavanakkad, Ernakulam District, Kerala The first 18 tsunami-relief houses built by the Ashram were finished today. Complete with red-oxide cement floors, electricity, plumbing and painted walls, the houses stand 100-percent ready for inhabitation. Tsunami houses ready at ernakulam, kochi The houses are located in Mayabazar in Edavanakkad of Ernakulam…
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Installing god in the temple & in the heart
10 April 2005 — Trissur, Kerala In the pre-dawn morning, admist the chanting of the devotees, the explosions of fireworks, and the joyous hue and cry of the panchavadyam, Amma installed her 18th Brahmasthanam murti—this one in Trissur, Kerala. Watch video: The murthi is being brought to the temple Amma installing the murthi
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Amma is a role model for the world
9 April 2005 — Trissur Ashram Tomorrow Amma will install and consecrate the murti for Her 18th Brahmasthanam Temple. But tonight She handed house keys over to 10 of the Trissur District’s poor. The keys are representative of 100 houses the Ashram is constructing here as part of its Amrita Kuteeram project to build 100,000…
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Houses are ready in Ernakulam
6 April 2005 Concreating, plastering, wiring & painting of 18 homes are almost finished. Construction of the rest of the 32 houses are underway in Edavanakkad, Ernakulam District, Kerala Construction materials for 150 homes is being transported to Arattupuzha, Alappuzha District, Kerala. Materials for construction in Alappad Panchayat, Kollam District, Kerala are being procured. Received…
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Healing through song: Music therapy for Tsunami survivors
2 April 2005 — Srayikkad Tsunami Relief Camp, Alappad Panchayat, Kollam District, Kerala On April 2nd a small group of Amma’s devotees from the West and counselors visited the Ashram tsunami-refugee camp in Srayikkad. Dr. Sharada Sreedevi, a clinical psychologist and stress-management expert, led the group. Dr. Sharada’s group, which is organized by AIMS Hospital,…
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Providing hope to mourning mothers
30 March 2005, Amritapuri In the midst of such loss and tragedy, it is hard to say who has suffered the most. Out of all those affected by the tsunami, everyone’s heart goes out to the mothers that lost their children. Many of the mothers who lost their children had previously undergone tubectomy to prevent…
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Tsunami alert at Amritapuri
29 March 2005, 12.30 a.m. — Amritapuri At 10:30 p.m. on 28 March, the Ashram received the news that there had been another earthquake off the coast of Indonesia, registering 8.2 on the Richter scale. Amma immediately called the Ashram to alert and sent word to the villagers to evacuate the Alappad Panchayat peninsula, to…