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Opportunity to serve is like winning a lottery
1 Sep 2015, Amritapuri Chair Cleaning Seva Normally when Amma arrives on the stage for bhajans, she immediately starts singing. But today she made the following announcement before she started, “A lot of the chairs in the hall need to be cleaned. Everyone should try to clean two chairs.” So all throughout bhajans everyone
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Pookkalam, floral decorations for Onam
29 Aug 2015, Amritapuri For the past ten days of Onam, portico in front of Amma’s house were daily decorated with different floral designs. Ashram residents, devotees and students did the Pookkalam.
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Amma’s Europe Yatra 2015
Amma to visit Europe from 6 Oct to 11 Nov holding programs – Satsang, Bhajan and Darshan – in 10 cities. October 6 – 8, Barcelona, Spain Address: Palau d’Esports, Avinguda Francesc Macià, 160, E-08401 Granollers, Barcelona. Ph: +34 948236729 / +34 687747719 Website: www.amma-spain.org October 10 – 12, Munich, Germany Address: Kulturhalle Zenith, Lilienthalallee
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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