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{{Infobox Hindu leader
|name= Sri Amma Karunamayi
|image= Amma-halo-5x7.jpg
|caption=Sri Amma Karunamayi, Atlanta 2014
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
|birth_date= {{birth date|1958|10|21|df=y}}
|birth_place= [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
|nationality= [[Indian people|Indian]]
|guru= [[God]]
|literary_works = "Sri Vidya - Divine Radiance Within"
|philosophy= [[Advaita Vedanta]]
|footnotes=
}}
{{quote box|width=22em|title=Quotation|quote="Love only is Self-Realization."}}
{{Advaita}}
{{Hinduism small}}
{{Hindu philosophy}}

'''Amma Sri Karunamayi''' (born 1958)<ref name="Jestice2004">{{cite book|last=Jestice|first=Phyllis G.|title=Holy people of the world: a cross-cultural encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5cQH17-HnMC&pg=PA466|accessdate=7 October 2010|year=2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-355-1|pages=466–7}}</ref> is a [[Hindu]] [[spiritual leader]]. Sri Karunamayi travels internationally promoting global peace and [[meditation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/faith_values/stories/2007/06/08/hindu.ART_ART_06-08-07_B4_FN6UU61.html |title=Hindu leader preaches power of meditation |last=Jarman |first=Josh |date=8 June 2007 |work=The Columbus Dispatch |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021140129/http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/faith_values/stories/2007/06/08/hindu.ART_ART_06-08-07_B4_FN6UU61.html |archivedate= 21 October 2012 |url-status=dead }} "Sri Karunamayi Amma, a Hindu spiritual leader";</ref>

==Early life==

Amma Karunamayi was born in South India in 1958. Karunamayi's mother was a devotee of [[Ramana Maharshi|Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi]]. On one rare occasion Ramana whispered to Karunamayi's mother that she would give birth to "Thai" or the divine mother who would help heal the planet. Encouraged by her parents, Karunamayi spent her childhood in spiritual paths immersed in prayer and worship. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.vcstar.com/news/hindu-spiritual-leader-pays-visit-to-ventura-ep-368946522-349575841.html|title = Hindu spiritual leader pays visit to Ventura}}</ref>

==Avatar==

Sri Amma Karunamayi's followers claim her to be an [[Avatar]], a manifestation of [[Vishnu]] who is born enlightened or fully self-realized. She is called Amma by her devotees, which means "mother" in Amma's native Telugu language and other South Indian languages.

==Teaching==

===Programs===
Amma Karunamayi created several charitable programs to help the rural poor and disenfranchised in the extremely poor Andhra Pradesh area where her ashram is located. These provide free educational facilities, housing projects, clean water programs, a free hospital, mobile medical clinics, emergency relief programs, food and clothing donations, and free housing for people who had been dispossessed of their land.<ref name="Jestice2004" />

==Honors==

US Congressman Danny Davis of the Seventh Congressional District of Illinois presented the Golden Eagle Award 2012 to Her Holiness Amma Sri Karunamayi : Bhagavathi Sri Sri Sri Vijayeswari Devi, Founder President of S.M.V.A. Trust, Sri Manidweepa Mahasamsthanam, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh,India, in recognition of her selfless service and dynamic leadership in providing numerous welfare programs for the underprivileged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianmediausa.com/press-releases/congressman-danny-davis-honors-amma-sri-karunamayi/|title=Photos of Amma Sri Karunamayi Awards|last=Davis|first=Danny|date=25 May 2012}} "Sri Karunamayi Amma, a Hindu spiritual leader";</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://karunamayi.org/amma-sri-karunamayi/honorary-awards/awards-picture-gallery/|title=Photos of Awards Sri Amma has received.}} "Sri Karunamayi Amma, a Hindu "spiritual" leader";</ref>

==Television program==
Karunamayi has a weekly television program, transmitted in India on [[Gemini TV]] and also on [[Bhakti TV]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.karunamayi.org Official Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131017222630/http://www.homeatlastbysarada.com/home-at-last.html Home at Last Book]

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