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She hugs tens of thousands of strangers
Indian ‘hugging saint’ won’t leave till everyone in queue has been embraced By Hedy Khoo, The Electric Newspaper March 31, 2009 SHE waited 16 hours for a hug that lasted mere seconds. But for Filipina Evangeline Alivio, it was worth the long wait. The 36-year-old civil servant flew here from the Philippines with 20 friends just to see the ‘hugging saint’ and to be embraced by her. Said Madam Alivio: ‘I don’t mind the wait.’ Mata Amritanandamayi, the ‘hugging saint’ who is popularly known as Amma, which means mother in several Indian languages, is here to spread her message of…