Matrusri Anasuya Devi (born 28 March 1923 – 1985), better known simply as Amma Mother" was an Indian spiritual

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

Early life

Anasuya Devi was an Indian guru from Jillellamudi (now partially known as Arkapuri), Guntur District, in the state of

. Anasuya Devi was born in a small village in Andhra Pradesh, on March 28, 1923. to a couple late Seethapathi Rao, the village officer of Mannava and his wife Rangamma. Seethapathi and Rangamma after their loss of as many as five children. Rangamma conceived a child."50 Spiritual Appetizers: Principles of Good Governance By Vinod Dhawan", , p.43 and gave birth to Anasuya.''Mother of All: A Revelation of the Motherwood of God in the Life and Teachings of the Mother'', , Section 20Bollée, Willem. "Physical Aspects of Some Mahāpuruṣas Descent, Foetality, Birth." Wiener Zeitschrift für Die Kunde Südasiens / Vienna Journal of South Asian Studies, vol. 49, 2005, pp. 5–34.p9 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24007652. On 5 May 1936, Amma's wedding took place at Bapatla with Brahmandam Nageswara Rao who became later the village officer of Jillellamudi.
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Charitable career

Jillellamudi Jillellamudi is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Bapatla mandal in Tenali revenue division. Jillellamudi became popular because of spiritual leader Anasuya Devī also known as Jillellamudi A ...

, as a young housewife, Amma looked after the needs of her family which came to include two sons and a daughter. In addition to performing her household duties, Amma devised and organized a grain bank to help the poor and needy. Amma used to give food to every visitor to the village. She founded the common dining hall Annapurnalayam on 15 August 1958. This place serves simple vegetarian food day and night to all who came. In 1960, the "House of All" was founded to provide lodging to the residents and visitors. Amma established a Sanskrit school in 1966 (now the Matrusri Oriental College and High School) and within a relatively short time, one could hear the inmates speaking

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fluently. Amma saw only good in people and had no concept of "sin", treating all alike irrespective of faith and religion.

Death

Amma died on 12 June 1985. A temple Anasuyeswaralayam was built, in which a life size statue of Amma was installed in 1987.

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