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Cleaning is also a celebration
To keep India Clean and Green, Amma said in her Birthday Message that the MAM is ready to construct public toilets in schools and public places if state governments, school management committees and local people collaborate. This project will be initiated in Kerala. Thereafter, it will be implemented gradually in other states of India. {read} Amma always leads by example. The best possible example of ‘Cleaning Management’ was exhibited during Amma’s 57th Birthday Celebrations at Amritapuri. The ashram was visited by lakhs of people during 26th and 27th of September. Any congregation of such size always leaves behind unimaginable quantities…
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More than 24 hours…
Amritapuri, Monday 27th September 2010, 8:45am: Amma leaves her room heading to the stage where the programs celebrating her 57th Birthday are about to start… Amritapuri, Tuesday 28th September 2010, 9:05am: After more than 24 hours, including 19 hours of continuous darshan, Amma is back to her room… Celebrating her birthday? … or making others happy?
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Cooking for thousands
In this paradise, Amritapuri, the abode of Amma, we usually hear numerous wonderful experiences of various people from different walks of life. They throng here to catch a glimpse of Amma, eagerly waiting for that precious moment, perhaps a few seconds of their entire lifetime. We bring to you the experiences of a devotee, Mr. Baskaran, a native of Calicut, who was once working in the Middle East for about 30 years. When we met him this morning, he was busy cooking rice in the kitchen. (He usually cooks for all during days of Amma’s Indian Tour). Even during this…
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Video Clips – Amma s Birthday
Aum Five video clips of Amma’s Birthday Padapuja are now available on YouTube: Clip 1: Padapuja – close up on Amma Clip 2: Padapuja – Swamiji chants the 108 names of Amma Clip 3: Padapuja – end of chanting Clip 4: Padapuja – Swamiji putting sandal paste and Kumkum on Amma’s Feet and forehead Clip 5: Padapuja – Swamiji garlanding Visit also the following YouTube channel to view more videos of Amma: www.youtube.com/user/amma
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From a Sob to a Smile
“Love is God!!” This universal fact is vibrant in this very paradise of Amritapuri – The God’s own abode. Amma, the divine embodiment of love and compassion, fulfills the dreams of her kids, by transforming their miseries into happiness, sorrows to joy and anguish to satisfactions. To perform this prodigious task, Amma uses her weapon called “Universal Love”. The power of love and compassion is inestimable and makes people surrender. Here we present to you the story of Sulochana and her son Babu. Her catastrophes in life knew no bounds. She is a widow and her child is mute and…
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Only Amma s Birthday
Mr Babu was born and brought up in Vallikavu, near Amritapuri. He is from a poor background and now he is the owner of a small general store in Vallikavu. He claims “Though I might be poor in material possessions, I am rich in the blessings of Amma”. For him, Amma is a Goddess and because of Amma’s blessings his two children have a good education, one is doing Master degree and the other Fashion Designing. He says that he celebrates only one festival in the whole year which is not Vishu nor Onam nor Diwali the traditional festivals in Kerala,…
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No, you don’t have bronchitis
There are numerous instances where Amma’s children have enjoyed the incessant river of grace that flows from her heart. Her selfless love and compassion serves as a medicine for all the ordeals and torments of human life. This has been proved at numerous occasions. One such incident is Dr. D.M.Vasudevan’s, story. When meeting the now retired principal of Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, recently, he narrated his divine experience with Amma. It was way back in 1985, that Vasudevan had symptoms of throat infection, vomiting blood, etc. Unable to bare the afflictions, he consulted a specialist and was advised to…
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Sarasamma’s only prayer
Sarasamma, from Alapuzha, is one among the thousands in Kerala who receives ‘Amrita Nidhi’ pension, instituted by Amma for destitute women. She is from a very poor financial background and had lost her son and husband in an accident. Her only surviving daughter is married to a poor man. Though her daughter and son-in-law’s families would like to support her monetarily, being poor themselves, they are not able to do so. Sarasamma is unable to go for work due to a weak health and hence finds it difficult to earn her livelihood. Darkness loomed over her future and it was…
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Photos – Amma s Birthday Padapuja
Aum Amriteswrayai namah The padapuja was a great and beautiful event. Hope you enjoy the photos below. More photos and padapuja video clips soon to be available on the site! Love to all from Amritapuri!
