LONDON, UK, November 17, 2011 (metro.co.uk): Amma, the HIndu saint, spreads her arms to embrace all colors, faiths and creeds. For 30 years, the spiritual leader, real name Mata Amritanandamayi, has been offering strangers darshan – her unique brand of spiritual embrace – and is said to have doled out more than 30million hugs worldwide.
‘There’s a universal message of love that is the one thing that we are all drawn to in Amma,’ said Joolz Lewis, of Alexandra Palace in London. “Her hugs are unconditional.”
Amma said to the Telegraph reporter, ‘I see everyone as an extension of myself. When the left hand is in pain, the right hand caresses it. I see everyone as my own self.’
Amma is visiting Alexandra Palace for the 24th year and will spend from 10.30am until 3am on hug patrol. The ‘Hugging Saint’ promises to meet every person that queues.
For a BBC video on Amma, click here