House Visit
Bharata Yatra 2004
Friday, 26 March, 2004 —Durgapur, West Bengal
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Driving out of Durgapur, Amma made two "house
calls"—a slow drive-by of the new
Durgapur Amritakuteeram housing colony currently
under construction, and a long walk through the
first one, which has been home to 108 families
for one year now.
As Amma moved around the colony, She picked
up babies, handed out prasad and gave
people quick, loving embraces. The beneficiaries
were very excited to have this special visit
from Amma, the one who'd removed them from the
roofless squalor in which they had only recently
lived. |
The new Durgapur colony is coming up through a cooperative
effort between the Mata Amritanandamayi Math and the
local government. The initial phase of the colony
comprises 238 houses, with the possibility of a thousand
in total coming in the near future. Like all Amritakuteeram
houses, the Durgapur homes are given away free to destitute
homeless and slum-dwellers.
—Sakshi
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