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Amma in Kottakkal, Kerala — Public program

6 January 2006 —By noon, the chairs were full, by 5:00, the grounds were full and by 7:00 the roads were all blocked. How many people came to see Amma in Kottakkal? When the crowds are this big, it is hard to say: 80,000? 90,000? 100,000? The only way you can really start to judge such a crowd is by comparing it to the crowds of Amma’s other big programmes. Bigger than Nagapattinam in 2005? Definitely. As big as Amma’s birthday in 2003? No. As big as Mangalore in 2004? Maybe.

The massive programme was only possible due to the incredible amount of help that came at the hands of devotees—many old and some new. The official number of volunteers was 8,000, but this does not count the thousands of others who simply lent a hand out of their in-the-moment inspiration. These included approximately 100 Muslim youth, who went house-to-house, distributing leaflets about Amma and her visit to Kottakkal.

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