BHARATA YATRA 2004 - NEW DELHI

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OM AMRITESWARYAI NAMAH

 

"Every time Amma comes to Delhi, Delhi is blessed."

 

Bharata Yatra 2004

 

Tuesday, 16 March 2004 – Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi

 

Amma's first program in Delhi was in the Indira Gandhi Indoor

Stadium, just across the street from Raj Ghat, the samadhi site of

Mahatma Gandhi. A number of dignitaries from the nation's capital

graced the dais for Amma's satsang and bhajans, including Smt.

Sheila Dikshit, the Honourable Chief Minister of Delhi, who

said, "Every time Amma comes to Delhi, Delhi is blessed."

 

 

Five more ministers were on hand to help Amma distribute Amrita

Nidhi pension checks to Delhi's destitute widows and one handicapped

man. The ministers included Shri. Vikram Verma, the Honourable

Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports; Swami Chinmayananda, the

Honourable Minister of State for Home Affairs; Shri. Chaman Lal

Gupta, the Honourable Minister of State for Defense; and Shri. Vijay

Goel, the Honourable Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports.

 

Smt. Indu Jain, the Chairman of Times of India Group, also

participated in the check distribution. She then delivered a speech,

where upon she said, "Today people are coming to India from around

the world to receive spiritual knowledge from Amma."

 

Shri. Vijay Goel, the Honourable Minister of State for Youth Affairs

& Sports, also gave a speech, saying, "Amma meets everyone, big or

small, with the same attitude of Mother's love."

 

 

Two books were released during the function, a souvenir of Amma's

2004 visit to Delhi and Amritavarsham50 , a retrospective of the

four days of celebrations surrounding Amma's 50 th birthday.

Participating in the release of the Delhi souvenir were Shri. Chaman

Lal Gupta and Shri. Ashok Ganguly, Chairman, CBSE. Participating in

the release of the Amritavarsham50 book were Shri. Vikram Verma and

Smt. Indu Jain.

 

Other dignitaries seated on the dais included Dr. Sanjay Paswan, the

Honourable Minister of State for Human Resource Development; Shri.

I.D. Swami, the Honourable Minister of State for Home; Shri. O.

Rajagopal, the Honourable Minister of State for Defense; Dr. A.K.

Walia, the Honourable Minister of Finance, PWD and Urban

Development; Shri. M.R. Singhal, the Honourable Minister of

Industry, Labour, Employment, Land & Building; Shri. Haroon Yusuf,

the Honourable Minister of Transport & Power; Professor Jagdish

Mukhi, MLA, Leader of the Opposition, Delhi Assembly; Mrs. Tajdar

Babar, MLA; Dr. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the

Govt. of India; and Capt. Krishnan Nair, Chairman of Leela Penton

Group of Hotels.

 

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Amma Sharanam