Divali in Spring:
The Devotion of the Farmers of Vidarbha
24 February 2008 — Washim, Vidarbha, Maharashtra
There is an old Marathi saying: sadhu sant yeti ghara toci divali dasara—When sadhus and saints visit your house, it is the real Divali and Vijaya Dasami. When Amma came to give darshan in Washim, the villagers there proved their faith […]

12 April 2008 — Gold Coast, Australia
During the Gold Coast Retreat, Amma held a question-and-answer session with all of the devotees. Towards the end of the session, many people were still raising their hands. For the last question, Amma pointed to a man standing way in the back of the crowd. When he took the […]

Melbourne, Australia — 7 April 2008
During the Melbourne Retreat, as the first morning program drew to an end, Amma announced that she would like to dance with all her children. After the last person received their hug, Amma stood up, and asked everyone to move back and form a large circle around her. She held […]

“If We Take One Page of Amma’s Book of Life, We Can Be Better People.”
6 April 2008 — Melbourne, Australia
On the first night of Amma’s programmes in Melbourne, Di Kerr, an elder from Australia’s Wunrundjeri Aborigini Tribe, welcomed Amma. “Amma, you are an inspiration to a lot of people, and if we all took one […]

Amma Gives Away Tsunami Houses in Andaman
 
Port Blair,  Andaman — 24 March 2008
When the tsunami hit the Andaman-Nicobar Islands, nearly 10,000 houses were destroyed. On March 24, Amma flew the 1255 kilometers from Kolkata in order to bless the people there with her darshan and to distribute the keys to 50 tsunami-relief homes constructed by […]

26 - 29 March 2008, Singapore
Amma held four days of programmes at the huge Singapore Expo complex near Changi Airport.
Holding true to Amma’s teachings of selfless service, the Amriteshwarii Society of Singapore has been active in community service throughout the year. Twelve impoverished, elderly, and disadvantaged citizens were on hand to receive provisions […]

21 March 2008, Kolkata, West Bengal
Bharata yatra 2008
On the morning of March 19 in Kolkata, Amma consecrated a Brahmasthanam Temple, performing both stupika pratishtha and prana pratishtha consecutively. The Kolkata Brahmasthanam is the Ashram’s first temple in West Bengal and its 20th such temple altogether.
Kolkata is already home to a number of famous Kali temples, […]

18 – 21 March 2008 — Kolkata, West Bengal
Sri Durga Ma—clothed in red, each of her eight hands clutching a weapon—bore witness to Amma’s first Brahmasthanam Festival in her Calcutta ashram. For all three days of the program, the large Durga murti graced the dais where Amma sang bhajans, gave satsang, led meditation and manasa […]

8 March 2008 — Jaipur, Rajasthan
Amma’s annual visit to Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, was marked by the Ashram giving away keys to 79 houses it constructed for the homeless in Janapur. The Minister of Education of Rajasthan, Sri. Ghanashyam Tiwari, helped distribute the keys to these houses during Amma’s program at Suraj Maiden in […]

8 March 2008 — Jaipur, Rajasthan
Amma addressed a gathering of women religious and spiritual leaders at a summit in Jaipur today: “Making Way for the Feminine for the Benefit of the World Community.” The event was organized by the Global Peace Initiative of Women and held at Clarks Amer Hotel.
In her address, “The Infinite Potential […]