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26 -28 Sep 2019, Amritavarsham 66 Watch the photo updats of #Amritavarsham66 Amma’s birthday celebration

Let us make our entire lives an Onam

11September 2019 — Amritapuri AshramExcerpts from Amma’s Onam message: Amma’s children have all come together here to celebrate Onam with Amma. For Amma, my children are the very pookkalams* and flowers of Onam. The unity of my children and their love-filled hearts are what make these pookkalams so beautiful to Amma. The thought of Onam […]

Gaja puja on Ganesh Chaturthi

2 Sep 2019, Amritapuri On Ganesh Chaturthi day special Ganapati Homa was performed at Kalari and the worship of Ganesh in the form of elephant was performed in the main hall. These pujas marked the beginning of the week-long Ganesha Festival at Amritapuri. A huge Ganesha idol was installed at the Kalari and every day […]

Amma presented Vidya Jyoti in Nagercoil

Aug 25, 2019 in Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu Amma was invited to visit Nagarcoil by Swami Chaitanayananda of Vellimalai Hindu Dharma Vidyapeetam. The program was held on the grounds of the Amrita Insitution in Nagercoil, which is surrounded by beautiful western ghats (mountains). Amma delivered Vidya Jyothi certificates to the students who had completed the Scriptural […]

When the impurities are removed, our Bhakti will become mature

23 August 2019 — Amritapuri AshramSreeKrishna Jayanthi Celebrations – excerpts from Amma’s message Today is the sacred day when the Lord Krishna took avatara on this earth as the embodiment of strength and beauty. He gave this world the message of courageous action and pure love in all its fullness. The Sanskrit word avatara has […]

GoPuja and Chanting of Divine names

23 Aug 2019, Amritapuri As part of Janmashtami celebrations (Sri Krishna’s birthday), devotees participated in GoPuja (worship of cows) and Nagara Sankeertanam (Chanting of the Divine name) at Amritapuri Ashram this morning. Later in the afternoon, there was Uriyadi (a traditional game where a pot filled with curd and butter is broken). As Amma came […]

Knowledge is within; Education must transform you

Interview by Shalini Saksena of ‘The Pioneer’, the English Daily, on why spiritual organisations must run schools and universities to educate young generations. What is the connection between spirituality and Education? ǟʍʍǟ: True Education takes place only when it goes hand in hand with spiritual knowledge. Otherwise, education will be reduced to a mere collecting […]

Independence day celebration and Raksha Bandhan with Amma

15 Aug 2019, Amritapuri Amma hoisted India’s National flag at the Ashram grounds today. As she walked to the stage through the line of devotees standing with small tricolour flags, the police and Military gave a ceremonial salute to the flag against the backdrop of National anthem. Amma then offered her pranams to the flag […]

Kids tying rakhi to soldiers, get inspired to follow Dharma

15 Aug 2019, Amritapuri A small function was arranged at the ashram to honour the soldiers on the day of Rakhi. As a mark of respect love and gratitude, the kids of the ashram kids tied rakhi on their hands, applied tilak on their forehead, waved arati, and fed them with sweets. Inspector J Jonah […]

Celebrating Diversity – AYUDH Europe’s 15th European Youth Summit

12-21 July 2019, M.A. Center Germany300 young people from all over Europe participated in the 15th annual European Youth Summit Celebrating Diversity. An inspiring, fun and wisdom filled program included talks from guest speakers, educational workshops, youth-led skill labs, sharing groups, sports events and a Human Library. Several subthemes were explored throughout the week including […]