15 Jan 2008, Amritapuri
Pongal was celebrated in the Ashram. Amma distributed payasam to all the residents in the afternoon.
The day on which the sun begins to move northwards is called ‘Makar Shankranti’. In Tamil Nadu this festival is called the Pongal.
Pongal ushers in the New Year in Tamil Nadu. Newly-harvested grains are cooked for the […]
19 October 2007 Amritapuri
Friday marked the beginning of the last three days of Navaratri during which Saraswati, the Embodiment of Knowledge, is worshipped. Village children began arriving at the Ashram in the late afternoon to place their school textbooks and musical instruments on the temporary altar that had been set up on the stage in […]
The Story of an Orphan Bride
27 September 2007 — Amritapuri
It has become a birthday tradition - on Amma’s 54th birthday she once again performed the marriage ceremonies for 50 impoverished couples. The Ashram sponsored all the traditional wedding items—from brocade saris, to gold wedding necklaces and rings to post-wedding family feasts. This year, one of […]
“I Feel As If I’ve got Everything Back”
27 September 2007 — Amritapuri
On Amma’s birthday, some 200 children benefitting from the Ashram’s Vidyamritam Program came to Amritapuri from Hyderabad in order to have Amma’s darshan. Vidyamritam is the Ashram’s new project aimed at fighting farmer suicide through the provision of scholarships to 30,000 children from poor […]
Amma’s Birthday Address
Birthday Report
Speeches by Guests on Amma’s Birthday
Her Deeds made Amma immortal
Birthday Wishes from Dignitaries Around the World
Vidyamritam – Scholarships given children as a part of Amma’s project to prevent suicides by farmers.
Amrita Keerti – Sreedharan Tantri is Selected to Receive the Amrita Keerti Award.
I have got Everything Back
Story of an Orphan Bride
Celebration Schedule
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Sri. Vellappally Nateshan, Secretary, Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam speaking at Amma’s birthday celebrations.
“Amma is a chiranjivi [one who lives on earth forever]. Amma’s deeds themselves have made Amma immortal. Amma will be here until the end of the world as a chiranjivi.
“Each of Amma’s actions come from love alone. Through that, she is doing […]
Let Amma live more than a century to lead us
Sri. M.V. Rajasekhar, Honourable Union Minister of State for Planning, upon the inauguration of MAM’s Vidyamritam Program of 30,000 scholarships for children of poor farmers
“This land has been known for centuries for spiritual advancement. This land is led by spiritualism and knowledge. This is the […]
Some celebrities and leaders who wished Amma ‘happy birthday’
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Her Excellency Pratibha Patil, the President of India
Former US President Bill Clinton
His Excellency Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway. Jens Stoltenberg became Prime Minister of Norway for the second time on 17 October 2005.
Amartya Sen is an Indian economist, philosopher, and a winner of the […]
Amma’s 54th Birthday Celebrations in Amritapuri
27 September 2007 — Amritapuri
The celebrations on the day of Amma’s 54th birthday began at 5:00 a.m., with the performance of Maha-Ganapati Homa at the celebration grounds on the Amritapuri campus of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, just across the backwaters from the Ashram. The puja was conducted by renowned pujari Brahmasri […]
Amma’s 54th Birthday Celebrations
27 September 2007, Amrita Vishwa Vidhya Peetham, Amritapuri Campus
5:00 a.m. Maha-Ganapati Homa by Brahmasri Surya Kaladi Jaya Suryan Bhatathiripad
7:45 a.m. Satsang by Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri, Vice-Chairman, MAM
Amma arrives on the stage
9:00 a.m. Sri Guru Padapuja
9:45 a.m. Amma’s Birthday Address
Special Guests on the occsassion
Former UN Under-Secretary General Sri. Olara Ottunu; […]