Spirituality can come in unusual human forms. The real-life subject of the documentary “Darshan, The Embrace” is a plump, smiling, simply dressed 50ish woman named Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, known ...

A first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. “Amma is not a religion. She is a spiritual teacher, and she says that her religion is love. She shares her blessing through a ...

Last Sunday, the renowned humanitarian and spiritual leader AMMA was at Everett’s Xfinity Arena giving hugs and “darshan.” Her real name is Mata Amritanandamayi, and she is known as the Hugging Saint.

Before last weekend’s event in New York, Amma, the Indian “hugging saint,” had embraced at least 34 million people around the world. It would be two more after my wife and I waited the twelve hours to ...

KOLLAM: After 26 hours of uninterrupted darshan to thousands of devotees who had come from all over the world to join the Amritavarsham-63, the birth anniversary festivities of Mata Amritanandamayi, ...

Ranchi, Feb. 22: The state capital is all set to be under the protracted spell of spiritualism with Mata Amritanandamayi, or Amma, set to visit the city on March 25, a month after Baba Ramdev?s yoga ...

PALAKKAD: Thousands of people converged at the Mata Amritanandamayi Math at Puthur, Palakkad, to have darshan of Amma who is on a two-day visit to the ashram as part of the anniversary celebra ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Following the scare created by the spread of COVID-19, daily darshan stands suspended at the Amritanandamayi Math in Kerala 's Kollam, sources said. The spiritual leader, known to ...

They came in droves from every nook and cranny of the state to meet their party leader and air their grievances. "Puratchi Thalivar (MGR) and Puratchi Thalaivi (Jayalalithaa) are like our two eyes. We ...