Amrita is a Hindu movement named after

Mata Amritanandamayi Mātā Amritānandamayī Devī (born Sudhamani Idamannel; 27 September 1953), often known as Amma ("Mother"), is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, guru and humanitarian, who is revered as 'the hugging saint' by her followers. In 2018, she w ...

Founder

Mata Amritanandamayi is often described as the ''hugging saint''. She has hugged countless people. A hug from her is said to have brought peace to the devotees. Ammachi, as she is popularly called, advocates the Advaitic principle of seeing everybody as oneself.

Year & place of founding

Amritapuri, Kollam,

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, India.

Monastic / Non-monastic

Monastic

General philosophical outlook

Advaita philosophy is followed. The movement is non-sectarian.

Spiritual disciplines generally advocated

Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique
Service of fellow human-beings.

Administrative set-up

Provision for joining

Present chief of the movement

Mata Amritanandamayi

Activities

Religion & spirituality

Brahmasthanams are the temples built by Amritanandamayi. Here pooja is offered to reduce the negative effect of planets on devotees.

Social field

* Mother's kitchen for feeding the poor, Building the houses for poor, Orphanages, monthly pension scheme for old age people, Old care homes, legal assistance to poor and needy ar
some
of the services described on the organization's website.
Amrita Institute of Medical sciences
is a medical college with facility for 800 beds. Medical treatment is rendered to the poor at free or at subsidised price. * Amrita Kripasagar is a hospice for terminally ill people with accommodation facility for up to 50 people. * Amritakripa hospital at Amritapuri for the poor and needy

Mobile centres for giving medical assistance.

Education field

* Amrita School of Engineering * Amrita School of Business * Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences * Schools for software training, Industrial training, Pharmaceutical etc. * Several primary and secondar

throughout India

Cultural field

Relief activities

* Rendered service during the

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earthquakes * Tsunami disaster relief operation *Relief Services provided after Bihar floods in Bihar, India. *Haiti Relief in 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Province of its influence

Chiefly

n and Malayali communities all over the globe. But has devotees and admirers throughout

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Major publications

* ''Amma - Healing the Heart of the World'' * ''Awaken Children'' - Vol 1 to 9 * ''Racing along the Razor's edge'' * ''Lead us to light'' - compiled by Swami Jnanamritananda Puri * ''From Amma's heart'' * ''Amrita'' e-newsletter

External links

Mata Amritanandamayi Official Site

Ammachi
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