Amma’s visit to the UK is a part of the European tour marked by a series of public programmes offering a range of activities, all free of charge and open to everyone.
The day began with a short meditation, followed by darshan, when every visitor gets an opportunity to receive a personal blessing, which takes a form of “a tender, motherly embrace”. The evening programme will start at 7pm and include a spiritual talk, devotional music and puja – ritual ceremony to harmonize your life and bring peace to the world around us. This will be followed by another darhan session, which will continue into the morning until everyone has been received.
The event organizers from Friends of Amma UK say that it is hard to predict the number of visitors, but they are prepared to receive up to 10000 people each day. Through her life, Amma is believed to have embraced more than 30 million people, and the event organizers promise to do everything possible to make sure every visitor gets Mother’s blessing.
Amma’s Europe Tour 2010 included eight countries, but there are visitors from all over the world who came to great her in London today. Thomas traveled from Germany last week because his friend said that attending Amma’s darshan has been “a life changing experience”. He remains open-minded in his expectation for this day, but hopes “it will give me new directions and help to make certain decisions”. Imna from Spain attended Amma’s public programme in Barcelona two years ago and says that “it just is so nice! You can’t express this feeling with words – you need to come and experience it yourself”.
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