Month: March 2016
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Japanese student volunteers build 14 houses for families in need
After a week of heavy construction work in the Alappuzha District, the IVUSA volunteers have helped 14 poor families to have houses
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Joyous celebrations: Amma in Mumbai
26-27 March, Mumbai, Maharashtra – BharataYatra 2016 Amma came to Mumbai a few hours after celebrating Holi in Pune. Since its only a short drive from Pune to Mumbai and technically it was still Holi upon her arrival, Amma fulfilled the wishes of all the Mumbai devotees by playing Holi with them as well. After…
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Paint your body and mind with colours of Love
21-22 March, Pune – BharataYatra 2016 After a very long ride from Hyderabad, Amma was welcomed by devotees when she reached Pune at 5:30am in the early morning. Over the next two days, Amma held two days program at the Pune ashram where she was welcomed by Padmashree Vijay Bhatkar, who said, “To see how…
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Amma to visit Kenya, Mauritius and Singapore
Amma to visit Kenya Reunion Island, Mauritius and Singapore and hold programs – Satsang, Bhajan and Darshan. Kenya April 17-18 (11 am) Venue: Oshwal Centre, Ring Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya {map} Web: http://ammakenya.org/ Reunion Island April 20 – 7.30 pm April 21-23 (10 am and 7.30 pm) Mauritius April 25-26 (11 am) Singapore April 29 Friday 11:00…
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Amrita University illuminating rural India via renewable resources
Last September, in her birthday address, Amma pointed out that India is suffering from a split personality–success when it comes to technological advancement and failure in terms of poverty, illiteracy, health sanitation and crimes against women. “A split personality is never a sign of sound health,” Amma said. “If we want to see India become…
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Solar-charger for cell phones
In Amma’s Center in Switzerland, a Teen-Meeting took place with a very interesting topic: Save energy by making your own cell phone charger with solar power. Dr. Jayaprasad Arumughan, Scientist at ISC, gave an inspiring talk on the status of Photovoltaics. Afterwards the youngsters built their own solar panels and got a solar-charger for…
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Let our lives become an offering: Amma in Hyderabad
18-19 March, Hyderabad – BharataYatra 2016 After her programs in Bengaluru, Amma traveled east and held a two day Brahmasthanam festival in the scorching heat (topping 40-46 degrees daily) of Hyderabad, where she gave satsang, sang bhajans, led manasa puja and meditation instructing everyone in the local Telugu language. Addressing the gathering, Amma said,…
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This world is a priceless garden: Amma in Bengaluru
14-15 March, Bengaluru – BharataYatra 2016 After a long drive from Amritapuri, Amma arrived in the early morning to the Bengaluru ashram. Even though it was nearly 3am there was still a large group of enthusiastic devotees, cheering and welcoming Amma upon her arrival with chants of ‘Mata Rani Ki.’ Over the next two days…
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Amma at the Bhavani river 2016
12 March, Bhavani, Tamil Nadu – Bharata Yatra 2016 On the way to Bangaluru, Amma and the group stopped at the Bhavani river. Meditation, Satsang, Bhajans and the dinner were also served by Amma. Answering a question Amma reminded the need to preserve nature and environments and the necessary efforts to bring awareness among people. …
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Mantra given by a Satguru is always safe for us: Amma on Mantra japa
Amritapuri – 4 December 2015 During a question-and-answer session in Amritapuri, Amma was asked about the best way to chant one’s mantra. QUESTION: Amma, I like to chant my mantra aloud. I feel a lot of love and devotion and enthusiasm when I do that. But when I do the same by just moving my…