Kalam hands over keys of houses to tsunami victims

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Kalam hands over keys of houses to tsunami victims

 

Kollam, Kerala: President A P J Abdul Kalam today

handed over the keys of the houses built by 'Matha

Amrithanadamayi Math' to tsunami victims at a function

here.

 

After handing over the keys of 500 houses, he

congratulated the devotees, planners, architects,

builders and service providers who had collectively

ensured the construction of these houses within a span

of less than a year.

 

''It is said, that whenever difficult times and

calamities occur, the leader will exactly be on the

spot of event. It is a divine blessing. When tsunami

occurred in Kollam region on December 24, 2004, I saw

Amma was in action, helping the people,'' he said.

 

Dr Kalam said it was not only in the Kollam region

that the help was rendered but it was extended to all

the areas in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andaman and

Nicobar Islands and Sri Lanka.

 

Similarly, when Katrina hit New Orleans, Amma came to

the rescue of the people there also and extended her

helping hand spontaneously, he added.

 

He said the incidents reminded him of the days when

the Space Research Station was established at Thumba.

Dr Homi Bhabha and Prof Vikram Sarabhai were looking

for a site in the equatorial region and Thumba was

selected but there was a church and a bishop's house

in that place.

 

Later, the bishop, Rev Father Peter bernard pereira'

of Thiruvananthapuram, handed over the church and his

house for a noble cause, he said and added it was

because of his magnanimous mind that the Space Centre

became a reality.

 

''When I think of that event, I can see how

enlightened spiritual and scientific leaders, all

converge towards giving reverence to the meaning of

human life,'' Dr Kalam said and quoted the Bhagwat

Gita which said ''see the flower, how generously it

distributes perfume and honey. It gives to all, gives

freely its love. When its work is done, it falls away

quietly. Try to be like the flower, unassuming despite

all its qualities.'' He also said that the ''Unity of

Minds is an important feature of the people of Kerala

and it is one of the greatest assets for the

development of the State.''

 

 

>From the Amritapuri site (includes some pix of El

Presidente and Amma):

http://www.amritapuri.org/news/12/12house500.php

http://www.amritapuri.org/teachings/message/500tsunami.php

 

Keval