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KOLLAM, KERALA, INDIA, January 3, 2005: With the biggest relief measure announced so far, the Mata Amritananda ashram in Kerala has announced a US$22 million (1 billion rupees) tsunami relief for the affected states. Announcing this at her ashram in Vallikkavu, Kollam, on Monday, Mata said the sum would be spent in consultation with the Central government. Expressing great regret at the sufferings of the accident-hit people, the spiritual head of the ashram with a considerable following said that the ashram was willing to adopt all the orphaned children if their kin would leave them at any of the ashram centers in the country. The ashram also has plans to study the tsunami phenomenon, Mata said. If the government permitted, the ashram proposes to reconstruct all the houses that have been completely destroyed by the tsunami attack across Kerala. These houses will be built according to the specifications of the government.



HPI adds: There were 10,000 devotees at Mata’s ashram in Kerala at the moment of the tsunami, which washed through the ashram grounds. See https://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2004/12/30.shtml#2.

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