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Tying rakhi to Guru
Today is RakshaBandhan – a day when brothers and sisters and celebrate and honor their bond between each other by tying the traditional rakhi bracelet around each others’ wrists. In this way, the sister expresses her love for her brother, and her brother pledges to look after her in all circumstances. But the tying of…
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Create an empire of happiness
Onam is a Time of Joy, Love, Kinship & Devotion August 28th 2015 — Amritapuri Ashram The following has been extracted from Amma’s Onam message. Onam is a festival of unity and sharing. A festival takes place when our heart overflows. Onam is a time when joy, love, kinship and devotion overflow. The breeze of…
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Ganesh Visarjan at Amritapuri
27 Aug 2015, AmritapuriAfter being kept in the puja for the past 10-days, the Ganesha statue was taken in a procession. From Kalari, around the Kali Temple towards the main hall Ganesha was carried with fervent bhajans and Panchavadyam, while Amma is giving darshan. Ashram elephant Lakshi also followed. Then it was carried to the sea…
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Organic Vegetables for Onam
27 Aug 2015, Amritapuri For many years now, Amma has been encouraging all her followers around the world to grow their own organic vegetables, both for personal health and for a healthy planet. Today, Brahmacharis and Brahmacharinis and other residents of Amritapuri presented Amma organic vegetables they have lovingly cultivated by hand for use in…
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Aerial footage of Amritapuri Ashram 2015
Amritapuri Ashram, Birthplace of Amma, International Headquarters of Mata Amritanandamayi Math Aerial footage of Amritapuri Ashram, taken in August 2015
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Amrita hospital brings open fetal surgery to India, fourth country in the world
26 Aug 2015, Kochi Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre has unveiled a Centre of Excellence in Fetal Care for open fetal surgery – the first in Asia for treating complex and rare fetal conditions. With this, India becomes the fourth country in world after USA, France and Spain to offer open surgery…
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Ganesh Chaturthi celebration at Amritapuri
18 Aug 2015, Amritapuri Ganesh Chaturthi festival was celebrated in the Ashram with much devotion and enthusiasm. After the Ganapati Homa in the Kalari, a special puja was held to worship the Lord in the form of an Elephant, in this case the Ashram elephant Lakshmi. An idol of Ganesh has been kept in front of…
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India’s Independence Day celebrations by AYUDH
15 August 2015 AYUDH Amritapuri performed the play ‘Bharat Mata Puja 2015’ in the main hall, while Amma was giving darshan. This night play was in connection with India’s Independent day celebrations. The play was based on the un-sung heroes of the freedom struggle. After the 40 minutes of play, the hall reverberated with the…
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Homage to the ancestors – more than a thanks giving
14 August 2015, Amritapuri A mass ceremony was conducted at Amritapuri this morning. Vavu Bali, as it is locally known, is a traditional ritual where oblations are offered to departed ancestors. The ceremony is performed on Amavasi (new moon) in the Hindu month of Karkidaka. About 1500 devotees personally participated in this special Yagna, joined…
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‘RespAct’ Project against Cyber Bullying
One of the main projects launched by AYUDH Europe during their 11th Youth Summit was the ‘RespAct’ project against (cyber) mobbing in schools. To ‘kick-start’ the initiative, on Monday 13th July, all 250 AYUDH members visited the Theodor Litt Schule, a middle school with 500 students in the town of Michelstadt in Germany. The school…