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Amrita hospital launches first cosmetic heart surgery for kids in India
For the first time in India, Amrita Hospital in Kochi, Kerala has introduced cosmetic heart surgery for children – a procedure that has gained popularity in Europe in the last decade. Cosmetic heart surgery means cardiac surgery with an alternative approach through minimally invasive procedure. “The advantage of this advanced surgical procedure is that, the…
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Organic farming of rice, harvest more than once
Farmers in the village of Sadivayil in the Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu live in a rain fed area, and have cultivated just one crop a year for many years now. This year, with the support of AmritaSeRVe volunteers, things are different. AmritaSeRVe decided to focus on organising the farmers to work collaboratively and to…
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Amma at the beach
As a young girl, Amma would sit alone at this beach absorbed in meditation and prayer. Now, every Monday and Friday evening, Amma guides all the ashram residents and visitors in a sunset meditation on the beach. In addition to countless visitors from all over India, more than 12,000 people make the trip from every…
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Mattu Pongal: Amma worships cow and calf
15 Jan 2017 , Amritapuri Today is Mattu Pongal, the third day of the Tamil New Year. On this day, cows are worshiped as a visible form of God. They are celebrated for all the many ways that they help farmers and humanity as a whole. Today, as per tradition, Amma performed worship to one…
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To be happy, accept both the ups and downs of life
01 Jan 2017, Amritapuri – New Year Message Walking along our path of experiences, we have left the year 2016 behind. Now, here, is another new year to look forward to, filled with new hope and expectations. Every new year is like a fresh page in the book of our life. What we choose to…
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Convert every obstacle into a stepping stone
25 December 2016, Amritapuri Ashram – Excerpts from Amma’s 2016 Christmas message When most people talk about Christmas, they talk about the great time they had with their family, the delicious dishes and sweets they prepared, and the gifts they received. Hardly anyone speaks about the prayers they offered, the spiritual practices they did, or…
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Disseminate technology without losing the village culture
20 Dec 2016, Amritapuri Shri. P.P. Chaudhary, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and also Law and Justice visited Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus for the valedictory function of RAHA 2016 – Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications. The Hon’ble Minister was the perfect person for this function as his only prayer…
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Scientific and Industrial Research will bring better economic returns to AmritaServe farmers
13 December 2016, Amritapuri The Director of CSIR-CIMAP was in Amritapuri to sign an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Amrita SeRVe project of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math. The MoU was signed in Amma’s presence by Dr. Anil Tripathi, the Director and Swami Jnanamritananda Puri. Farmers in the Amrita SeRVe villages will now receive guidance from…
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Amma’s words on Bhagavad Gita
My Dear Children, Bhagavad Gita is the essence of all the Vedas and its message is the for the entire humanity. It is the Lord’s message to the whole world, given to Arjuna as a proxy, who in the midst of adverse circumstances was completely unnerved being at a loss to discern his Dharma. In…
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Amma in San Jose
25 – 29 Nov, San Jose, California – America Yatra 2016 Amma arrived to the San Jose Fairmont in California for the first time Friday after the Thanksgiving Holiday to a winter wonderland – an ice skating rink and a Downtown Christmas extravaganza with twinkling lights outside and a hall packed with newcomers to experience…