Category: Around Amma 2015
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Amma meets PM Narendra Modi, offers to help in Namami Gange project
28 Mar, 2015 – New Delhi Amma today called on the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at his residence and blessed him. Sri Mata Amritanandamayi showed keen interest in Namami Gange. The Prime Minister expressed his gratitude to her for her great contribution to the Swachha Bharat Abhiyan and requested her to initiate a toilet construction…
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Garba dance at the school garden
24 March, Amdavad, Gujarat- Bharata Yatra 2015 As soon as Amma finished giving darshan at 5.40 in the morning of 24th in Mumbai, Amma and the tour group immediately started to drive towards Amdavad for her next program. Upon reaching the Amrita Vidyalayam, Amdavad at 10.20 pm, Amma sat in the beautiful grassy courtyard of…
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Amma in Mumbai
22-23 March, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashta – Bharata Yatra 2015 For two days Amma held the Brahmastanam festival in Mumbai. As Amma reached her Nerul ashram on the evening of March 21st, she was welcomed by the local devotees with tears of joy in their eyes. As it has become a tradition on this tour,…
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Be the master of gadgets
19-20 March, Pune, Maharashtra – Bharata Yatra 2015 It had been two years since Amma visited the city last, so the devotees were eagerly awaiting Ammas arrival at Pune for a Brahmastanam Festival. Earlier, on the way from Hyderabad to Pune, Amma stopped at a the Umarga Dattatreya temple, to serve dinner and sing bhajans…
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God is nothing more than the embodiment of all noble qualities
Heading out from Bengaluru, Amma and the tour group continued traveling north to Hyderabad, once part of Andhra Pradesh, and now part of the new state of Telangana. This will be Amma’s first visit to the new state. On the way to Hyderabad, Amma stopped with the tour group on the grounds of a factory…
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Amma in Bangalore
11-12 March, 2015 – Bangalore, Karnataka Amma arrived to Bangalore by mid-night, after a stop at Sri Rangapattinam, in the evening to the warm welcome of hundreds of devotees, including many students of Amrita University. The following evening, Amma served prasad to a hall full of devotees and students. Amma sang for all gathered. Everyone…
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A Hug from Amma I will never forget it
7-8 March, Mysore, Karnataka – Bharata Yatra 2015 From the Tanur programme, Amma drove straight to Mysore in Karnataka. A big crowd, mostly students of Amrita University, Mysore, welcomed Amma. Amma led a meditation, sang bhajans and served prasad to the crowd of students and devotees. Amma was given Holi colors and she continued playing…
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A Holi in Tanur
5 March, Tanur, Kerala – Bharata Yatra 2015 Amma drove directly to the Tanur ashram from Kozhikode program. The ashram is situated in an idyllic spot in the countryside where cows are raised. The devotees enthusiastically joined in to serve the prasad with Amma. Amma sang bhajans with them, one of which has a traditional…
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Only our bodies are staying here, our hearts are always with you
2-3 March, Kozhikode, Kerala – Bharata Yatra 2015 Hundreds of the Kozhikode devotees were lined up holding brass trays of flowers and puja lamps when the tour group arrived at the ashram at 5:30 in the evening. Amma was not expected to arrive until 7:30 pm. The Kozhikode devotees who were lined up five or…
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Amma in Kodungalloor
27-28 Feb, Kodungalloor, Kerala – Bharata Yatra 2015 Amma held the first program of her 2015 North Indian Tour in the ancient town of Kodungalloor. Here the first Bramasthanam Temple was consecrated, as well as the first Amrita Vidyalayam, Amma’s primary and secondary school. The design of the Bramasthanam temple here is unique as it…