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Amma is the person who has touched my life the most
18-20 Oct, Paris – Europe Yatra 2015 The fourth stop on Amma’s 2015 European Yatra was in Cergy-Pontoise (near Paris, France). Every year on this tour some of the biggest crowds turn out in this city and this year was no different. Massive crowds came every day and filled the large hall awaiting their chance…
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Vijaya Raksha: A movement for Respecting women on Navaratri
Students of Amrita University are using this year’s Navaratri festival to launch an initiative designed to make respect for women and girls both cool and a matter of personal pride. Named as Vijaya Raksha, started with the blessings of Amma, the campaign aims to bring a social change through a religious festival. It is initiated…
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Amma in Munich
10-12 October, Munich, Germany – Europe Yatra 2015 The second stop on Amma’s European Yatra was Munich, Germany. Immediately after the end of the final program in Barcelona, Amma and the group travelled more than 1300km across Europe from the Iberian peninsula to the heart of Bavaria. Even though Amma arrived and the group arrived…
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Planting Trees in the Desert: Meditation and Service at the prison in Barcelona
Inspired by Amma’s example, our volunteers working out of Barcelona, Spain have been running an outreach program with the nearby Quatre Camins prison for the past three years. The outreach is led by social worker Amparo Saavedra, who says that she wanted to find ways to incorporate everything she has learned from Amma about peace…
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Turning into smiling ones, reflecting the joy of the moment
4 October 2015, Amritapuri The day Amma would leave for the Europe tour, she came to the Kali Temple around 11 am and the for the next 3 hours, meditated, answered questions, gave advice, cracked jokes, gave a couple thousand people Prasad lunch, gave a quick darshan and finished off by singing and dancing her…
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It is the message of peace, equality and unity
October 6-8, Barcelona, Spain – Europe Yatra 2015 On all the three days huge crowds lined up around the block for their chance to meet Amma. Many were coming to meet Amma for the first time but others, like the Mayor, the Honorable Josep Mayoral, have been coming yearly to welcome Amma. Granollers, Spain, has…
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Amrita Water Distribution System: Water Management in Rural India
Oct 2015Under our Amrita SeRVe initiative–101 village adoption program–the people of the villages of Harirampur of Rajasthan; Guptapada, Odisha; and Komalikudi of Kerala are now able to receive water through an underground pipeline system in front of their houses. In all these villages, pipelines were laid, overhead water tanks were built, pump sets were installed,…
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Surgeries & transplants, Boats and Saris for the poor
27 Sep 2015 Amritapuri – Amritavarsham 62, Amma’s Birthday Celebrations During the past 20 years, the Amrita Institute of Medical Science in Kochi and the other healthcare institutions of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math have provided 100 percent free care to more than 30 lakh [three million] patients at a value of more than Rs. 400…
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Hearts dancing, minds overwhelming… Europe Yatra begins
6 Oct 2015, Barcelona, Spain – Europe Yatra 2015 Amma is here at Granollers for the first tour stop in her Europe Yatra 2015. A few hours ago, several devotees had gathered at the airport and were looking for Amma ever since they knew her flight had landed. Suddenly among the crowd, a spotless white…
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Amma’s America Yatra 2015 Winter
Amma will be visiting the United States from Nov 14-24, 2015. San Ramon, California: Nov 14th and 15th: Public Programs Nov. 16-18th: Retreat Detroit, Michigan: Nov. 20th: Public Program (Evening only, Tentative) Nov. 21st: Public Program, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm Nov. 22nd – 24th: Retreat