Category: Birthday
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Mesmerizing Nava Rasas of Odissi
26 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham 60 Amritapuri on Amritavarsham 60 is fortunate to experience the traditional dance forms of Odisha, the day witnessed yet another splendid performance by an established Odissi dancer Aruna Mohanty and her group. The divine mood set by the Bhajans (by Amma) was continued with this spectacular performance. The graceful…
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Because of Amma, humans are human; values are still values: Mar Chrysostom
26 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 Celebrations Mar Chrysostom Thrirumeni, one of the important religious figures in Kerala, is the current head of the Mar Thoma Church. The 95 year old veteran has been a Bishop for the last 60 years. He joined the bouquet of religious leaders to inaugurate the Amrita Center for Spiritual…
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African Gift of Love from Eric Wainaina
26 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 Cultural programs on Day Two began with a spectacular performance by Africa’s top musician, singer and song writer, Mr. Eric Wainaina who is also a UN Ambassador for Peace. He created a new contemporary sound for Kenyan music – blending Benga rhythms from the 60s and 70s with western…
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Amma is the very spiritual embodiment of Bharat
26 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 Celebrations P Parameshwarji, The Director of Bharateeya Vichara Kendra, gave a rich, rousing and historically significant speech, as he connected the past, present and future in one thread and highlighted the importance of Amma’s 60th birthday. He was one of the cultural leaders who joined to inaugurate the Spiritual…
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Gotipua, an innocent Yogic offering, the surprise from Odisha
27 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 Celebrations After the soothing performances by Amrita Vidyalayams, Guru Bijaya Kumar Shaoo and his team of 7 to 15 year old boys of Naxatra Gurukul, Odisha thrilled the audience with their Gotipua dance, an Odissi dance form. They have performed earlier this year in January, at Amma’s public program…
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Amrita to introduce low cost cutting-edge technologies
On the occasion of Amritavarsham 60 several cutting-edge technologies developed by various R&D departments at Amrita University will be introduced. Personal Safety Device for Women An inconspicuous, wearable device that empowers women to stealthily contact family and police when in distress—was developed by Amrita University’s Centre for Cybersecurity. “This prototype was in response to Amma’s…
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Amrita Personal Safety System (APSS)
Safety for women, Security for mentally challenged Many women are afraid to be alone in public places due to fear of being harmed. This fear has been caused by repeated cases of violence towards women. In order to combat this fear Amrita University is to introduce a new device that helps empower women to have…
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Amrita Spandanam: a real-time monitoring of cardiac patients
In order to help people with cardiac conditions avail of real-time, ECG-monitoring without hospitalization, Amrita WNA has designed a prototype for a low-cost, low-power, wearable ECG-monitoring device called Amrita Spandanam. Amrita Spandanam will allow postoperative cardiac patients as well as people with cardiac conditions to avoid hospitalization for the sake of continuous vital-parameter monitoring. Amrita…
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Panchari Melam – another Pooram at Amritapuri
26 Sep 2013, The vibrations at Amritapuri got enhanced by the Panchari Melam performed by Kizhakkoot Aniyan Marar aka Narayanan Marar. A jewel in the Kerala ‘tala’ tradition of rhythm, which has a heritage of over 1000 years, he enthralled us all here, with a high tempo, fast paced performance. Even after the late night…
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Samarpan through Sitar of Pandit Nayan Ghosh
26 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 After the rocking performance of Eric Wainaina with Kenyan Music, air was once again filled with sparkling melodies, this time through the talent of Pandit Nayan Ghosh, the esteemed Sitar player. Pandit Ghosh, with his enchanting performance on Sitar, as a musical offering to Amma, added the charm to…