Category: Around Amma 2013
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Open your hearts and awaken the inner child
24 Dec 2013, Xmas celebrations, Amritapuri Christmas Eve was truly special this year. The main hall was filled with people from all over the world. Amma’s arrival to the hall started the festivities. Devotees from all over the world performed an original musical about the birth of Jesus Christ. The play told the story through…
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Enchanting Balinese Dance
18 Dec 2013, Amritapuri Amma’s children from Bali, Indonesia performed four beautiful classical dances during the darshan time. The dance from sacred Art Dharma Duta AGP lead by Indra Udayana, with the dancer Adi Suputra and Mila Rosinta of Bali, Indonesia. The classical Balinese dance and special dances performed were Tari Kawing – about women…
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Showering “kisses” in Detroit, Michigan
Amma and the group arrived in Detroit on Nov. 24th with the programs beginning the very next day. If it was rain in San Ramon, it was the first snow shower for the season in Detroit. Seemed like Mother Nature wanted to join Amma in showering love on Her children. The five-day visit to…
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Quenching the drought with Love in San Ramon, California
Amma and the group arrived in San Ramon ashram in the evening of Nov 17th after a long flight from Barcelona, Spain. It was a full day of darshan the very next day. The local county had declared a drought for the region, for it had not received rain for months. The very next day,…
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View the world from our heart, ugliness will disappear
13-15 Nov, Barcelona, Spain – Europe Yatra 2013 The Palau d’Esports in Granollers, the city situated in the outskirts of Barcelona, was the venue of Amma’s program in Spain held from November 13 to 15. Amma was accorded a grand welcome by hundreds of her Spanish children as she reached the venue, with the chanting…
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Love and patience are like two sides of the same coin
November 9–11, Milano, Italy – 2013 Europe Yatra Milan, one of the largest urban areas in Europe, celebrated its turn to host Amma’s programs this year. The crowds in the previous program of Toulon were certainly large, but in Milan the crowds never stopped. Every time Amma descended the staircase into the hall, there was…
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In order to grow we must become a child
Nov 04-06 – Toulon, France – Europe Yatra 2013 The coastal city of Toulon, France, was the ninth stop of the 6 week long 2013 Europe Tour. When Amma arrived at the Zenith Omega Hall after a ten-hour drive from Mannheim, Germany, it seemed as if the program had already begun, as hundreds of hard…
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Hugging Saint on All Saint’s Day in Mannheim
November 1-2, Mannheim, Germany – Europe Yatra 2013 Upon arriving at the Maimarkt Halle from Holland, Amma spent her ‘day off’ by serving a Prasad dinner to all the local devotees and tour staff that had spent the day hard at work preparing the hall for Amma’s program. After personally distributing food to everyone, Amma…
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Devotion and selfless service are two faces of the same coin
Amma in Holland Oct 28-30, Houten, Holland – Europe Yatra 2013 The Expo Houten, in the Netherlands, became the seventh stop of Amma’s 26th European Tour. As Amma arrived at the hall on the evening before the program was to begin, rows and rows of Dutch devotees waited at the entrance to welcome her. After…
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Amma reaches our hearts, embraces Berlin
Oct 25-26 – Berlin, Germany – Europe Yatra 2013 After a drive of over 1100 km from London, Amma arrived in Berlin in the wee hours of Friday, October 25th, the same day that her program there was to begin. Nevertheless, Amma was right on time for her first program at the Velodrom, which at…