Online with Amma

Category: Festivals

  • Ganesh Chaturthi 2004

    Ganesh Chaturthi was celebrated in Amritapuri on 22 August 2004.

  • Onam 2004

    Onam celebrations were held in Amritapuri in August of 2004. Students from Amrita University made a pookkalam (flower-petal design)everyday for ten days in front of Amma her house.

  • Guru Purnima in New Mexico

    28 -29 June 2004 Santa Fe “This is the highpoint of Amma’s tour. It’s all down hill from here,” joked one of Amma’s devotees from Santa Fe. He was referring to the fact that, at 7,000 feet above sea level, Amma’s programmes at Her New Mexico ashram are the most physically elevated of Her U.S.…

  • Kartika puja for the New Year

    3 January 2004 — Amritapuri After bhajans ended this evening and Amma returned to Her room, many made their way to the kalari for the monthly Karthika Puja. In addition to the annual birthday observed in the West, which is based on the sun’s position, a monthly birthday is also traditionally observed in India that…

  • Another New Year with Amma

    Another New Year with Amma

    1 January, 2004 Om Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu. This is the prayer that is chanted in Amritapuri, and by Amma’s devotees around the world, as the clock strikes midnight each New Year’s Day. The collective effect of many thousands one-pointedly chanting this powerful prayer for the peace and happiness of all beings everywhere serves to…

  • 23 Hours of Darshan

    After 23 Hours… Darshan Ends Amma leaves after 23 hours on stage – end of AmritaVarsham50 Amma joined Her children in the Amritavarsham50 stadium on 27 September at 9:30 a.m. After an award ceremony, some speeches and cultural programmes, She began giving darshan. It wasn’t until 8:00 a.m. the next morning that Amma left the…

  • Dr. Saleha Mahmood Abedin

    Dr. Saleha Mahmood Abedin, Sociologist, Muslim Scholar and Director of Institute for Muslim Minority Affairs, London “We want complimentality, we want to be recognized as women, we want to be different.” —Dr. Saleha Mahmood Abedin “Men and Women as ‘Two Wings of a Bird’” “I begin in the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful. “Distinguished…

  • Shri. Joseph Pulikkunnel

    Shri. Joseph Pulikkunnel, Director, Indian Institute of Christian Studies, Christian reformer “It is commonly believed that in Semitic religions, the male dominance is a divine dictate. This is not the case.” —Joseph Pulikkunnel “Adopting Universal Motherhood: An Opportunity for Men” “Pranams to Amma, who has transformed Herself into the amrita [nectar] of love and compassion for the…

  • Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan

    Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Founder and Former Academic Director, Indira Gandhi National Centre of the Arts, New Delhi, India “We want the principle of complimentality and not of competition. The principle of being different, the principle of being one-not-complete-without-the-other and the principle of the mother.” – Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan “Reverence or Exploitation: Portrayals of Women in Classical Art…

  • Smt. Mridula Sinha

    Smt. Mridula Sinha, Chairperson, Central Social Welfare Board, India “When Brahma created the world, he was worried who would look after the world. Then he created a mother. So we have to treat them as special.” -Mridula Sinha “Old Abuses, New Solutions” “My pranam to our Amma and all sisters and brothers who have come to…