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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Mata Amritanandamayi Devi</title>
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		<title>Healing with hugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is estimated that this holy woman has given more than 26 million hugs in this role since she was a teen. ]]></description>
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		<title>A musician who follows Amma, the Hugging Saint, talks about what it&#8217;s like to have a guru</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[in Sanskrit, gu means darkness, and ru means light; a guru is someone who transforms ignorance into enlightenment. Sounds wonderful in theory -- who wouldn't want to associate with such a person? But you have to do more than just be in the guru's general vicinity; the relationship is very much that of teacher-student. That makes some adult Westerners nervous -- we're leery of giving anyone parental power over our lives.]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s &#8216;Hugging Saint&#8217; Embraced by America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American media have dubbed her the &#8220;hugging saint.&#8221; This 53 year-old south Indian woman named &#8220;Amma&#8221; - the word means &#8220;mother&#8221; in Sanskrit - is actually a religious guru known for the hugs she gives those who seek an audience with her. She is reported to have millions of devoted followers in her native [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian spiritual guru, Amritanandamayi, is unhurt in an attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, 22 August (Asiantribune.com): Sudhamani, 51, known as Mata Amritanandamayi (mother of immortal bliss)&#8217; for millions at home and abroad, came under an attack at her South Indian Ashram. She was unhurt.
The attack took place on Sunday evening at Kollam in Kerala, where this spiritual guru has her ashram and gives her blessings through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$28m in aid pledged by Indian &#8216;hugging guru&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/9799/28m-in-aid-pledged-by-indian-hugging-guru</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Hindu religious leader known for travelling the world and hugging people has pledged one billion rupees ($28 million) to help those facing the aftermath of southern Asia&#8217;s devastating earthquake and tsunamis.
Mata Amritanandamayi, a maternal figure who uses hugs as a gesture of blessing and is often called &#8220;the hugging saint&#8221;, has devotees throughout India [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amma to launch own TV channel</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8039/amma-to-launch-own-tv-channel</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mata Amritanadamayi Devi, popularly known as Amma, is all set to start her own television channel.
The channel, to be called Amrita, is likely to be commissioned on September 27 this year on the occasion of Amma&#8217;s 51st birthday.
A company &#8212; Amrita Enterprises Pvt Ltd &#8212; has been floated to run the channel. It is promoted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands wait hours for a hug</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2004 05:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Crowd drawn to Amma&#8217;s open arms at Manhattan Center
More than 2000 people lined up to see the 50-year-old known for her hugs.
They came by the thousands, from the city and from all over the country, just looking for a hug.
But Mata Amritanandamayi - known to her devotees as Amma - is no ordinary hugger.
The 50-year-old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Devotees flock to hug Indian guru</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2003 07:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of devotees are flocking to Cochin in southern India for spiritual fulfilment in the arms of India&#8217;s &#8220;hugging saint&#8221;.
The followers hope to add to the 30 million hugs given out over 30 years by religious leader Mata Amritanandamayi.
Ms Amritanandamayi - known to her followers as Amma - began a four-day celebration on Wednesday to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grandeur marks Amma&#8217;s birthday bash</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2003 07:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amritavarsham-50, the mega four-day celebrations commemorating the 50th birthday of Mata Amritanandamayi, got off to a spectacular start here today.
The setting could not have been better as it was a mini UN itself with representatives from 191 countries. Deputy prime minister L K Advani lit the lamp to mark the inauguration of the celebrations which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mata Amritanandamayi&#8217;s 50th birthday today</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2003 07:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than half a million people from 191 countries will participate in Mata Amritanandamayi&#8217;s 50th birthday celebrations, which begin in Kochi on Wednesday.
Already hundreds of thousands of Amma&#8217;s followers have landed up at Kochi, which is all set to host Amritavarsham 50.
The who&#8217;s who of Indian politics, business and religions organisations will attend the four-day [...]]]></description>
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