Meet the hugging saint who has cuddled 20 million people (Amma in London)

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Meet the hugging saint who has cuddled 20 million people

 

 

By Ros Wynne-Jones 23/10/2009

 

By 10.30am, a long queue is stretching at Alexandra Palace. Families in robes,

men in suits, the elderly in wheelchairs and women with buggies are all waiting

for Amma, The Hugging Saint.

 

Born to a humble fishing family in Kerala, India, Her Holiness Sri Mata

Amritanandamayi Devi has been hugging people - sometimes thousands a day - for

41 of her 56 years. She cuddles in countries across the world, often into the

early hours of the morning, and is said to have hugged 20 million people.

 

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