The daily routine at the ashram starts in the early
morning at around five with the devotional chanting of 'Lalitha sahasranama'
accompanied by the tabla and harmonium followed by Scripture classes,
meditation, bhajans till the evening, with breaks in between. When
Amma is in the ashram and not giving darshan, she is leading the ashramites
in meditation, instructing them in their spiritual practices and edifying
them with her immortal wisdom. She leads the bhajans in the evenings or
devotional chanting, with infectious passion and abandon flinging her
arms in the air as she cries out rapturously, the names of god and goddesses. The
devotees also gets into the Bhakti mood sharing her passion. There are
also classes in yoga, Sanskrit, Vedanta and meditation.
All visitors are required to sign up for daily 'karma yoga' (selfless
service) which means simply work, including cleaning, food preparation
etc. in the ashram. When Amma is at the ashram, the place buzzes with
activity with the large volume of devotees and the frequent singing of
bhajans.
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is generally out of the country from mid May until mid August as well
as from early November until early December.
The ashram, now the headquarters of Amma's world wide mission, runs a
number of charitable, medical and educational programs, including an orphanage,
a free housing program for poor widows, and a hostel for tribal children,
a hospice for cancer patients, a five hundred bed hospital, an ayurvedic
clinic, a computer technology institute and a technical school at the
premises as well as ashrams or centres throughout India and abroad. Through
its branch ashrams, the math conducts regular medical camps, programmes
for feeding the poor, distributes pensions to impoverished women, and
builds free homes for the poor. The branches also assist in the collection
and distribution of free clothes and school books, and some arrange scholarships
for deserving children who would otherwise not be able to attend school.
The math has centres in 28 countries including USA, UK, UAE, Australia,
Canada, France, Germany, Japan etc.
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