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Mātā Amritānandamayī Devī (born Sudhamani Idamannel; 27 September 1953), better known simply as Amma (“Mother”), is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, guru and humanitarian, who is revered as a hugging saint by her followers.

Amṛtānandamayī's form of giving darshana is hugging people.

In the book The Timeless Path, Swami Ramakrishnananda Puri, one of Amṛtānandamayī's senior disciples, wrote: “The [spiritual] path inculcated by Amma is the same as the one presented in the Vedas and recapitulated in subsequent traditional scriptures such as the Bhagavad Gita.”

Amṛtānandamayī herself says, “karma [action], jñana [knowledge] and bhakti [devotion] are all essential. If the two wings of a bird are devotion and action, knowledge is its tail. Only with the help of all three can the bird soar into the heights.”

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Ann Delap is a Food Service Consultant specializing in the design of schools, restaurants and corporate facilities.  She was born and raised in East TN to school teacher parents and currently resides in Knoxville.  She graduated from Auburn University in 1973 with a degree in interior design.  She operated an old and rare bookshop with her late husband, Jim Delap, from 1985 – 1998.  Most of her working career was spent as Sr. Project Manager for a food service equipment dealer and, prior to that, project designer for an architectural firm.

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