Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri

Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri is the most senior disciple of AMMA and also the first disciple who had been initiated into Sanyasa by Mata Amritanandamayi Devi. Swamiji is also the vice-chairman of Mata Amritanandamayi Math.

Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri was known as Balu when he first came to AMMA in 1979 and later became Brahmachari Amritatma Chaitanya. In October 1989, he was ceremoniously initiated in Sannyasa. Amritanandamayi gave him the name of Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri.

Speaking to the assembled devotees, AMMA said, "Today Mother is happy because she could dedicate a son for the good of the world. Now that he has been given Sannyasa, he has become the son of the world. Hereafter, he is not my son. Today the Lord has given me the good fortune to dedicate one son to the world. At this moment Mother remembers his father and mother and salutes them also. Children, all of you pray for this son. Pray for him to gain strength. From now onwards he is not Amritatma Chaitanya, but Amritaswarupananda Puri".

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[1] The Home Page of Mother, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi http://www.amritapuri.org

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