Category: Festivals

Colours of Compassion: 125 Paintings Inspired by Amma & Her Life of Love, Compassion and Selfless Service On 15 May, 2003, renowned Kerala painter Sri. Punchithaya formally started off Colours of Compassion, an Ashram project to collect paintings inspired by Amma’s life, mission and teachings from artists throughout India and the world. The idea was…

24 September 2003 Sri Durgaswami, from Vellore, Tamil Nadu, was one of more than 150 sannyasins honoured in Amritavarsham50‘s Acharya Vandanam Puja on 24 September. “There are flowers for incense, flowers for puja and flowers for medicine… but this flower is chosen by God.” —Sri Durgaswami What is Amma to you? “Amma is the smile,…

Ganapati Homa – Opening-Day Puja to Remove Obstacles 24 September 2003 The Ashram’s pujaris perform the Ganapati Homa In India it is customary for important events to start with a prayer to Shri Ganesha, as the elephant-faced god is considered the remover of obstacles. At the beginning of Amritavarsham50, the Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s pujaris performed…

Participating Artists Colours of Compassion featured more than 125 paintings, including 52 by Indian State Award winners and 20 by Indian National Award winners. There were also works by renowned artists from Japan, Bahrain, Austria, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Italy and the United States. Anil N.S. Pattar Shalima Sajitha A Peter Lewis Ravi Shanker Nandan U.…

Divinity in Form & Colour: India’s Artistic Tradition In ancient India, science and art were twins, both in search of the Godhead in human beings. One was the way of the intellect, the other, of the heart. The first was guided by logic, the latter by intuition. Shri. Jaya Palapanicker’s “Colours of Compassion” painting Of…

10,000 Perform Archana to Open Amritavarsham50 24 September 2003 Chanting the Lalita Sahasranama At 5:00 a.m. on 24 September, Amritavarsham50 opened in the main pavilion, Amriteswari Hall. More than 10,000 devotees were in attendance to take part in the morning prayers. The Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s Swami Amritageetananda performed the traditional arati, waving a burning camphor…

24 September 2003 A single white lotus in the midst of a garland of tender rosebuds—that was Amma sitting in the centre of a group of children that gathered around Her as soon as She sat down to witness the evening’s cultural programmes. In a preamble to an enchanting night of darshan, Amma called more…

Amma Arrives at Amritavarsham50 Stadium 23 September 2003 Amma arrived at the Amritavarsham50 stadium to the cheers of thousands of devotees Months of preparation, thousands of hours offered selflessly by thousands of self-sacrificing people, and a contagious spirit of celebration from the very instant the idea arose—all of it was for this one moment. The…