Category: MediaReports
what media writes about Amma around the world
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Hugging bliss
Sunday March 30, 2008 True comfort is being in the loving arms of Amma. SUNDAY WITH T.SELVA I WRITE his week’s column with deep enthusiasm because the world’s renowned mother of love and compassion will be in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow offering her healing hugs to people. Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, better known as Amma (mother), has embraced over 28 million people worldwide over the past three decades and many who have been held by her returned feeling relieved, cured, happy and peaceful. All embracing: Amma does not preach any religion but thousands of strangers are at ease in her presence. The…
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Amma in CBS network
Amma to be featured in CBS Network’s ” In God’s Name” IN GOD’S NAME, a CBS primetime special will explore the complex questions of our time through the intimate thoughts and beliefs of 12 of the world’s most influential spiritual leaders. The two-hour special will be broadcast Sunday, Dec. 23 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network (USA). “We chose these 12 leaders because of the vast number of believers . more than four billion . that their faiths represent,” said Gedeon Naudet. “We also wanted to explore the diversity of spirituality in our world today” said filmmakers Jules…
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A hug from Amma
Thursday, 6 December 2007 A hug from Amma Hugging all over the world: Amma in New York, Santiago, Zurich, Rio By Mario Cacciottolo BBC News When it comes to being tactile, the British are notoriously, well, hands-off. So what leads hundreds of people to travel to a giant hall in London all for a hug? “Yes,” replies the bus driver, somewhat wearily, for the third time, “this does go to Alexandra Palace”. Amma, the “Hugging Saint”, is in town. And this procession of slightly disoriented passengers are among the crowds making their way to be embraced by her at the…
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This is Mother Love
If this is Mother Love, we all need a lot more of it Rosita Sweetman is well and truly Amma’d after meeting the ‘hugging saint’ Sunday November 18 2007 She’s tiny and a great deal earthier than they make her out to be in the brochures, with huge, lively eyes, a wonderful smile, and so far, in her 54 years on this earth, she’s estimated to have hugged somewhere around 28 million people worldwide. She’s Amma, the ‘hugging saint’ from India, who recently made her fourth trip to Ireland, dispensing ‘darshan’ in the National Show Centre in north Dublin, which…
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Motherly hug is the best medicine
When a motherly hug is the best medicine By Niamh Hooper Monday November 12 2007 With four hugs a day prescribed for survival, eight a day for emotional strength and 12 for growth, what would scientific research make of Amma? Known fondly as The Hugging Saint, she is said to have hugged more than 26 million people from all races, religions and walks of life all over the planet. This week she’s in Ireland for a two-day hugathon. Over the past few years, thousands of Irish people have made pilgrimages to see the visiting bones of St Anthony and the…
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Amrita Institute
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi is renowned for offering sophisticated and compassionate care in a serene and beautiful ambience. The hospital was created in 1998 on the wishes of spiritual guru Mata Amritanandamayi (popularly known as Amma) to provide outstanding and affordable medical care in a spirit of compassion to all, regardless of ability to pay. Most patients receive free or subsidised care. The 1,300-bed Hospital comprises six medical speciality institutes, more than 30 departments and 10 specialist laboratories. “From 1998 to 2005, AIMS and all the healthcare institutions run by Amma’s…
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Amma on 20/20
The Power of a Hug An Indian Woman Draws Hundreds of Thousands of Devotees — All for Her Hugs By VIVIAN HERNANDEZ ORTIZ and SARAH HODD May 9, 2007 — In the south of India lives a woman who has dedicated her life to helping others through the simplest of gestures — an embrace. She is said to have blessed and consoled more than 26 million people throughout the world. In Malayalam, Amma’s native language, the name Amma means “mother” — an apt name for the woman revered as a holy being. Amma, known to many as the hugging…
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Amma on French National TV
The programme on Amma from the French National TV Channel 6 with English subtitles.