Category Archives: Charities

Eye Donations: Giving the Gift of Sight Two million people in India suffer from blindness due to damaged or diseased corneas. The cornea is the transparent diaphragm that overlays the iris, and being at the very front of the eyeball … Continue reading →

Mata Amritanandamayi Math Opens New Care Home for the Elderly 25 September 2003 The Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s second Care Home for the elderly was inaugurated during the Amritavarsham50 Celebration by Smt. K.R. Gouri, Kerala’s Honourable Minister of Agriculture. Located in … Continue reading →

The location seems inhospitable: a steep, muddy hill at a 60-degree incline, a few miles away from Cochin’s oil refinery. But as with the other places Amma has sanctified, miracles seem to be underway here. Under Amma’s guidance, Brahmachari Premamrita … Continue reading →

Mata Amritanandamayi Math to Build Free Houses for Poor on Land Donated By Kerala Government 27 September 2003 On the last day of Amritavarsham50, a joint venture between the Government of Kerala and the Mata Amritanandamayi Math was inaugurated by … Continue reading →

Mata Amritanandamayi Math Starts Free All-India Legal Cell 27 September 2003 Amma’s 50th birthday is a red-letter date in the history of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s charitable activities, for it marks the beginning of Amrita Neeti Pratishtan: an all-India legal … Continue reading →

Amma Marries More Than 150 Impoverished Couples 27 September 2003 In India, the cost of marriage is often heightened by dowry, a sum of money or a piece of property that the bride’s family pays to the groom’s. This has … Continue reading →