Amma Sri Karunamayi

Amma Sri Karunamayi (born 1958)[1] is a Hindu spiritual leader. Karunamayi tours internationally teaching meditation.[2]

In India, she has founded programs to help the rural poor and disenfranchised, including two free elementary schools, a free college, a free hospital, mobile medical clinics, emergency relief programs, food and clothing donations, and free housing for people who had been dispossessed of their land.[1]

Karunamayi also has a weekly television program, which airs in India on Gemini TV.

References

  1. ^ a b Jestice, Phyllis G. (2004). Holy people of the world: a cross-cultural encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 466–7. ISBN 978-1-57607-355-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=H5cQH17-HnMC&pg=PA466. Retrieved 7 October 2010. 
  2. ^ Jarman, Josh (8 June 2007). "Hindu leader preaches power of meditation". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5tJIHZdsp. 

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