Amma opens Brahmasthanam festival, blesses devotees

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      Amma opens Brahmasthanam festival, blesses devotees           

Pioneer News Service | Kochi   

The festival of the year at the Brahmasthanam Temple at Edappally here got to a great start on Friday with Mata Amritanandamayi lighting the traditional lamp on Friday.

   

    Much to the enchantment and delight of thousands of her devotees, the Mata arrived early morning at Brahmasthanam at Kunnumpuram on the occasion of the Mahotsavam, the second anniversary of the installation of the temple idol.

   

    This was her first public appearance after returning from New York where she received the Interfaith International Award 2006. She was earlier received at the Nedumbassery airport by the Amritanandamayi Mutt general secretary Swami Poornamirthananda Puri.

   

    Mata Amrithanandamayi addressed her devotees late Friday evening at the venue where more than 25,000 people were seated.

   

    The Mata said that more than 90 per cent of those who came to her were in some or other kind of depression. "Everybody worries about future. This condition is like sleeping in front of a cobra's hole. I don't ask you not to think of the future. Make plans but don't lose yourselves worrying about it," she said.

   

    "Whenever you reach your destination safe and sound, remember that you have been blessed and saved from many mishaps and accidents. This divine blessing comes only from humility," she told her devotees.

   

    Earlier, Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) chairperson Antony Isaac, in his welcome address, said that the Mata had succeeded in bringing the light of hope to the lives of millions around the world.

   

    Thousands of devotees joined in for the devotional songs session and meditation led by her after which she personally blessed her devotees who queued up on the basis of a token system. Special arrangements were made for darshan to the sick, physically challenged and elderly people.

            Bhajan

 

5 May 2006, Ernakulam Brahmasthanam, Kerala            Darshan

 

5 May 2006, Ernakulam Brahmasthanam, Kerala            Dance by the students of Amrita Vidyalayam, Ernakulam.

 

5 May 2006, Ernakulam Brahmasthanam, Kerala            Dance by the students of Amrita Vidyalayam, Ernakulam.

 

5 May 2006, Ernakulam Brahmasthanam, Kerala  

  

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  Lucknow 23 March 2006

  

  New Delhi -- 16 March 2006

  

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  Indore -- 11 March 2006

  

  Amdavad -- 9 March 2006

  

  Surat -- 7 March 2006

  

  Mumbai --- 2 -5 March 2006

  

  Pune -- 26 - 27 Feb 2006

  

  Nagpur -- 23 Feb 2006

  

  Hyderabad -- 20-21 Feb 2006

  

  Davanegere, Karnataka -- 17 Feb 2006

  

  Karwar, Karnataka -- 15 Feb 2006

  

  Mangalore, Karnataka 13 Feb 2006

  

  Bangalore, Karnataka -- 09-11 Feb 2006

  

  Kannur, Kerala - - 07 Feb 2006

  

  Talassery, Kerala - - 04 - 05 Feb 2006

  

  Kozhikode, Kerala -- 08 - 10 Jan 2006

  

  Kotttakkal, Kerala-- 06 Jan 2006

 

                       

 

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