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

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Early life

Anasuya Devi was an Indian guru from Jillellamudi (now partially known as Arkapuri),

Guntur District Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the List of urban agglom ...

, in the state of

. Anasuya Devi was born in a small village in Andhra Pradesh, on March 28, 1923. Her parents were Seethapathi Rao, the village officer of Mannava, and his wife Rangamma. Five of their children had died before Anasuya's birth."50 Spiritual Appetizers: Principles of Good Governance By Vinod Dhawan", , p.43''Mother of All: A Revelation of the Motherwood of God in the Life and Teachings of the Mother'', , Section 20 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

At Jillellamudi, 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

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

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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