M'lore: Amma’s Visit to City Brings Solace to Large Number of Devotees
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (MM/RD)
Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
Mangalore Feb 17: The visit of Shri Mata Amruthanandamayi, popularly known as ‘Amma,’ to the city has created sensation among the people, on Sunday February 17 evening.
Thousands of devotees rushed to Boloor to have glimpse of ‘Amma’ on Sunday. Besides, hundreds of westerners were also present at the venue to listen to Amma. The district police had assigned four hundred additional policemen, in order to maintain the traffic, law and order situation in the vicinity of Boloor.
Amma, addressing the devotees, said that, it’s not worthwhile to go through unnecessary tensions in life which leads to several diseases. Moreover, the tensions and worries can be kept in check, if we honestly attempt to find practical solutions for the cause which triggered the tension. Further, the tensions can be overcome, if we learn to surrender our trials and tribulations to the God, she emphasized.
Expressing concern on farmers’ death across the country, she stated that about Rs 200 crores worth of projects are implemented by Shri Mata Amruthananda Math in Karnatataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Maharastra states. Around 30 thousand children come from peasant families are availing stipends under the project, she added.
Meanwhile, she distributed scholarships to 30 students in the same occasion.
Declaring a special project for women, she said that about 50 thousand Self-Help Groups will be formed consisting of 25 members each in the above stated four states. Math will provide vocational training to begin self employment ventures, she added.
Amma will be unveiling newly built ‘Brahmastana’ near Amrutha Vidyalaya at Boloor on Monday, February 18.