Mātā Amṛtānandamayī
Born 1953 · Kerala · Living spiritual teacher
Mātā Amṛtānandamayī, known to many as “Amma”, was born in 1953 in a fishing village on the coast of Kerala. She is widely known for receiving people with an embrace as her form of blessing (darśan), and has met very large numbers of people in India and abroad.
The organisation founded around her, centred at Amritapuri in Kerala, runs educational, medical and relief work.
Born 1953 · Amritapuri, Kerala