{"id":489,"date":"2025-09-28T05:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T05:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amritavarsham.org\/news\/?p=489"},"modified":"2026-09-24T08:43:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:43:50","slug":"one-world-one-heart-ammas-72nd-birthday-a-grand-celebration-of-love-and-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amritavarsham.org\/news\/2025\/09\/28\/one-world-one-heart-ammas-72nd-birthday-a-grand-celebration-of-love-and-service\/","title":{"rendered":"One World, One Heart: Amma\u2019s 72nd Birthday a Grand Celebration of Love and Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amma\u2019s 72nd birthday was celebrated in unity with deep devotion, drawing tens of thousands of devotees and well-wishers from across India and around the world.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amma.org\/news\/the-true-birthday-happens-within-excerpts-from-ammas-message-for-amritavarsham-72\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In her message<\/a>, Amma shared prayers that the light of love and selflessness dispel the increasing conflicts and unrest humanity is facing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor 65 years now, Amma has been listening to her children\u2019s grief, their small joys, their complaints and their laments. Amma intimately knows the depth of their heartaches and the pain behind their tears,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmma understands changing is not easy. But darkness is spreading all around, and anxiety about the future is increasing. In such a situation, each individual must become a little tree of goodness. Otherwise, the world will not change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"72 Years of Pure Love &amp; Light | Highlights of Amritavarsham 72 |  Amritapuri\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f5sN5PScmtw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amma concluded, \u201cMay the light of love and selflessness dispel the darkness of selfishness, hatred and conflict covering the world. May a beautiful new dawn of goodness bloom. May the light of truth and dharma fill the hearts of humanity.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festivities for Amritavarsham 72 began at dawn on September 27th with 72 Maha Ganapati Homas (Vedic fire rituals) led by Ashram pujaris and pujarinis. This year, people from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amma.org\/news\/one-world-one-heart-ammas-72nd-birthday-a-grand-celebration-of-love-and-service\/#tribal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11 tribal communities across India<\/a>&nbsp;also arrived to perform their ancient rites. It was a deeply moving unity of prayers to invoke peace and prosperity for the entire world.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri, Amma\u2019s most senior disciple, then addressed the gathering in anticipation of Amma\u2019s arrival. He shared, \u201cThe heart of the universe\u2014the incomprehensible heart\u2014Amma\u2019s heart is one. And because of that, all are her children. Not just human beings. Every living being, even insentient beings. And this is how Amma takes care of us. What else do we need?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grand celebration began at 9am when Amma arrived and was formally welcomed by Kerala Governor Shri Rajendra Arlekar. 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