Category: Festivals
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Invitation of Amma’s 55th Birthday
Blessed Self, We are very happy to invite you to the 55th Birthday Celebrations of Her Holiness Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi—to be held at Amritapuri Ashram, on Saturday, the 27th of September. Fifty-five glorious years! Through her life of all-embracing love, compassion and selfless service, Amma is reaching out to millions all across the world,…
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Sri Krishna: complete in all ways
24 August 2008 — Amritapuri “Speaking about Sri Krishna is like introducing one to one’s self,” Amma told the thousands of people gathered in Amritapuri to celebrate Krishna Jayanti. The day had been filled with festivities—Go Puja1 in the morning, a procession of young gopis, gopas, Radhas and Krishnas in the afternoon, uriyadi2 until the…
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Guru Purnima celebrations in India 2008
18 July, 2008, Guru Purnima celebrations Amritapuri: Swami Turiyamritananda performs Guru Paduka Puja. Ashramites chanted Amma’s 108 names and Veda mantras as part of Guru Purnima celebrations in Amritapuri. The ashram resonated with devotion to the Guru. Chennai: At Chennai ashram, Guru Poornima was celebrated as a full day event starting with Guru Paduka Pooja,…
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Photos of various events in Amritapuri 2007
Photos of the following 3 events in Amritapuri Oct – Dec 2007 -Amma arriving in Amritapuri after her 2007 Europe & USA tour -60 Devotees from Pune dancing & singing -Amrita TV’s Raga Ratnam program winner is singing for Amma
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Durgapuja at Amritapuri
19 October 2007 Amritapuri Friday marked the beginning of the last three days of Navaratri during which Saraswati, the Embodiment of Knowledge, is worshipped. Village children began arriving at the Ashram in the late afternoon to place their school textbooks and musical instruments on the temporary altar that had been set up on the stage…
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Story of an Orphan Bride
27 September 2007 — Amritapuri It has become a birthday tradition – on Amma’s 54th birthday she once again performed the marriage ceremonies for 50 impoverished couples. The Ashram sponsored all the traditional wedding items—from brocade saris, to gold wedding necklaces and rings to post-wedding family feasts. This year, one of the brides was Jayashree,…
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I have got Everything Back
27 September 2007 — Amritapuri On Amma’s birthday, some 200 children benefitting from the Ashram’s Vidyamritam Program came to Amritapuri from Hyderabad in order to have Amma’s darshan. Vidyamritam is the Ashram’s new project aimed at fighting farmer suicide through the provision of scholarships to 30,000 children from poor agricultural families. Similar students also came…
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Her Deeds made Amma immortal
Sri. Vellappally Nateshan, Secretary, Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam speaking at Amma’s birthday celebrations. “Amma is a chiranjivi [one who lives on earth forever]. Amma’s deeds themselves have made Amma immortal. Amma will be here until the end of the world as a chiranjivi. “Each of Amma’s actions come from love alone. Through that, she…
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Speeches from Birthday
Let Amma live more than a century to lead us Sri. M.V. Rajasekhar, Honourable Union Minister of State for Planning, upon the inauguration of MAM’s Vidyamritam Program of 30,000 scholarships for children of poor farmers “This land has been known for centuries for spiritual advancement. This land is led by spiritualism and knowledge. This is…