Tag: Kozhikode
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Amma in Kozhikode
3 – 4 Jan, Kozhikode, Bharata Yatra 2011 For Amma her first and major program site has always been Kozhikode. This year too Amma flagged off her yearly marathon Indian tour, by travelling to Kozhikode. It was her 18th consecutive visit to the Brahmasthanam Temple of Kozhikode. Amma reached the ashram, to the tumultuous welcome…
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Amma Receives Peace Award
14 February 2009, Kozhikode Amma was presented with Junior ChamberInternational’s highest honor, the ‘Shanti Swaroop’ peace award. Amma was presented the award by Vallabh Das, Chairman of the Junior Chamber International Peace Award Foundation. The citation was read aloud by the president of JCI Calicut Chapter,Jaygopal Chandrasekharan. In his speech, Jaygopal Chandrasekharan said that Amma…
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Amma in Kozhikode
Amma held two days programme in Kozhikode Brahmasthanam temple from 14 Feb to 15 Feb. Watch photos here.
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Feb program schedule of Amma
Amma’s 2nd leg of Bharata Yatra 2009 14 – 15 Feb – Kozhikode Brahmasthanam (MAM, Amritamayi Nagar, Vellimadukunnu, Kozhikode, Kerala – 673 012) 18 -19 Feb – Mangalore Brahmasthanam (MAM, Sultan Bathery Road, Boloor, Mangalore-575003, Karnataka) 21 Feb – Tanur (Amrita Vidyalayam, Karad Road, Tanur, Malappuram. Kerala – 676 30) 7 Mar – Tiruvalla, Kerala…
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Where the government has stepped back Amma has stepped in
6 Jan — Kozhikode, Kerala – Bharata Yatra 2007 Amma’s first visit to Kozhikode was at a devotee’s house back in 1984. Since then, Amma’s public programmes have drawn huge crowds. In 1993, the Brahmasthanam Temple was inaugurated and successive programmes have been held there. Kozhikode is Amma’s Vrindavan {news} – home to thousands of…
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A pilgrimage across the land revelling in light
4 January 2007 — Amritapuri It began a few days ago, but today it is fully on. The brahmacharis who work in the bookstall are loading up all of their wares—pictures of Amma in all sizes, books… Loudspeaker after loudspeaker is being pulled out of the Sound System supply room… thousands of metal plates are…
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Transcending time and space through love
8 – 10 January, Kozhikode, Kerala — Bharata Yatra 2006 They begin queuing up the day before Amma is to give darshan, and they spend the whole night there, entire families sleeping on the hard ground under the open sky. Most of them have been waiting all year for these three days—Amma’s annual visit to…
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They saw God and wanted to touch Her
16 December 2004–Kozhikode, Kerala When Amma arrived at Her ashram in Kozhikode, thousands of devotees were waiting with the hopes of catching just a glimpse of Her. And when Amma stepped out from the back seat of Her car, they could not help themselves–they surged forward, all of them. Can you blame them? They saw…
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Kozhikode is Amma’s Brindavan
20 December 2003, Kozhikode, Kerala Like a mini-Amritavarsham50, the crowds, as many anticipated, were indeed the biggest today, turning out in full force for Amma’s final Kozhikode darshan program. Over 12,000 men’s darshan tokens were distributed for the evening program alone, and over 18,000 were given for the women, with lines winding all the way…
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Kozhikode Chronicles
19 December 2003, KozhikodeOver the past three days the atmosphere at the Kozhikode ashram has become as if super-charged. The five daily archanas, the special pujas in the brahmasthanam temple and the general devotional enthusiasm of the crowds has generated a palpable spiritual energy. This day saw the biggest crowd so far for this program.…