THIS IS AMMA'S AGE

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OM AMRITESWARYAI NAMAH

 

This is Amma's age

 

Bangalore Brahmasthanam Festival Kicks Off

Bharata Yatra 2004

 

Thursday, 19 February 2004 – Bangalore, Karnataka

 

The first of three days and nights that Amma is giving bhajan,

satsang and darshan at Her Bangalore Ashram were brought to a start

on Thursday in the presence of the Honourable former Chief Justice of

India, Padma Vibhushan Shri. M.N. Venkatachalaiah; the Honourable

Standing Justice Shri. S.R. Nayak; Karnataka's Honourable Minister

for Revenue, Shri. H.C. Srikantaiah; the Honourable Venezuelan

Ambassador to India Shri. Walter Marques; and the Vice-Chancellor of

Bangalore University, Shri. M.S. Thimmappa.

 

The evening began with all the dignitaries garlanding Amma,

addressing the assembled thousands and inaugurating various new

charitable activities of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math.

 

Twenty-six certificates to free homes in the Hirisave Village of

Karnataka's Hassan District were given to destitute homeless couples

as part of the Math's Amritakuteeram Project, the Math's programme of

giving away 100,000 homes across India within 10 years. The

certificates were distributed by Minister Srikantaiah, who then said

of Amma: "The world is blessed by Her presence. Let Her have the

strength and power to continue with Her work."

 

The Math also inaugurated two new health centres in Karnataka: one in

Kasavanahalli and one in Ullal. These centres of free and subsidised

healthcare were given auspicious beginnings when Amma handed over

their inaugural medical kits to centre doctor Nanjundeshwara. The

centres were inaugurated by former Chief Justice Venkatachalaiah. In

his address, the former chief justice said, "Wherever Amma goes, She

explains the truth and the hidden love of each religion."

 

Justice Nayak announced the participation of various Karnataka

advocates in the Math's recently inaugurated free legal cell of 1008

lawyers, Amritakripa Neeti Pratishtan.

 

After Vice-Chancellor Thimmappa received the first copy of this

year's Bangalore Brahmasthanam Festival Souvenir from Amma, he

proclaimed, "A great person is born in each age to solve the troubles

of mankind. This is Amma's age."

 

Amma then gave satsang and sang bhajans, including several in the

local language of Kannada. She gave darshan upto 5 a.m. the next

morning.

 

 

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