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By Subhamoy Das, About.com Guide to Hinduism since 1999

AMMA: The Hugging Saint Mother!

Wednesday September 28, 2005
The Hindu spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi turned 52 recently. Lovingly called 'Amma', and known globally as India's "hugging saint mother ", Ms “Amritanandamayi” was born to a low caste Hindu family in a poor fishing village in Parayakadavu, Kollam, in the southern Indian coastal state of Kerala... GO

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