Event Highlights for Saturday, September 27th 2003
05:00-06:30 Meditation & Yoga
06:30-08:00 Bhajans by Jagjit Singh & Party
08:00-08:30 Talk on Amma
By Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri
09:00-10:30 Amma’s Pada Puja & Amma’s Address
11:15 onwards
Presentation of Amritakeerthi National Award for Outstanding Contributions to Indian Culture and Vedic Tradition
By His Excellency Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Vice-President of India
Release of the Amritavarsham Postal Cover and Cancellation
By Shri. S.Thirunavukkarasar, Honorable Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology
Inauguration of Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s Future Social Services and Charitable projects
- Amrita Kripa Neeti Pratishtan – All-India free legal cell comprising of 1,008 lawyers dedicated to serving the needy .
- Handing over the keys of the free houses to beneficiaries of the project undertaken as a joint venture between the Greater Cochin Development Authority and M.A. Math (This is a part of the M.A. Math’s Amritakuteeram to build 100,000 free houses for the destitute and homeless throughout India ).
- Dedication of a new charitable hospital for tribals
- 108 free marriages in the presence of our most beloved Amma
- 25,000 admirers and devotees of Amma give the gift of sight
- New Book Releases
- Distribution of clothes to the poor and destitute
Cultural Presentations
- Sitar Recital
by Padma Bhushan Pandit Debu Chaudhari - Devotional Songs
By P. Jayachandran and Radhika Tilak - “Tal-kin-jeri” from Australia
Aboriginal Traditional Dance Performance - “AMRITA Natananjali” (Amma’s Childhood Biography)
Bharatanatyam performance by Smt. Nandini Rangan