
Visits from Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri
Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri visits two villages to monitor progress and hear from local residents about what else is needed. In each place, he was careful to speak to the villagers in detail as they took turns to explain their problems to him...
Villages are the Roots of India
During a speech at the United Nations, Amma expressed her hope that university students all over the world would consider interning in villages...
When Nothing is Your Own
Sometimes when we live around Amma, events of true giving arise from places of such compassion, it never ceases to surprise. The results go beyond what could’ve even been imagined. The story of Pandit Arun Sharmaji is one of these stories...
Against All Odds
In our village, we don’t have a hospital or medical centre. When someone is not well, it is very difficult to get proper care,” explains Gopiya from Indpur, Himachal Pradesh...
Bringing Water to Doorsteps
In village life in India, collecting water can be a tremendous chore—a chore which is, for the most part, placed upon the shoulders of women and girls...
Tablets to Teach
Education is one of Amrita SeRVe’s main focus areas, as children are our future. Amrita CREATE— Amrita Centre for Research in Advanced Technologies—runs Amrita Education Centres in all of our villages...