Amma visits Ireland, 2004

Last weekend one of the world's foremost humanitarian and spiritual leader, Mata Amritanandamayi, affectionately known as Amma, (means Mother) visited Ireland for the first time. The visit invoked much interest in all walks of life, and despite the catholic nature of Irish society, they were not a bit apprehensive about this Hindu spiritual leader who wouldn't preach any particular religion, but love and compasion. More than 10,000 folked in to Amma's open arms for their tender and caring from Amma, many had to wait in queues upto six hours!

Here's a list of articles appeared over the weekend about Amma's
Ireland visit. Some of the websites require registration (free) to access the
page. This list is not exhaustive.

Sunday Independent: Thousands turn up to get a hug

Online.ie : Thousands wait for hours to meet 'hugging saint'

InishTimes: Huge Inishowen contingent set to meet 'Amma' in Dublin

Waterford Today: World renowned humanitarian and spiritual leader visits Ireland

IOL: Thousands wait for hours to meet 'hugging saint'

Belfast Telegraph: Sea of calm as 10,000 queue to be healed by a huggable saint

Irish Times: 'Hugging saint' embraces up to 10,000 at RDS over two days

Irish Times: Hugging Saint gets to grips with Irish

Sunday Independent: The lady who tries to embraces the world

RTE Nationwide (video) : Nationwide videoclip

This was also the most busiest weekend ever for me, I'll try to post them in detail, as I do not want to forget something this special, where I worked meters away from such a great spirit who’s continuously uplifting lives and spirits of millions on this planet!