Amma, the “hugging saint,” is no stranger to New York. When Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi first visited this city in 1987, around 40 people came to see her in a small rented room. This weekend, a ...

The convention hall at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Denton Convention Center was calm Thursday morning, even with the hundreds of people gathered there to meet Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, known as ...

Need a hug? Hindu spiritual leader Amma, known as “The Hugging Saint,” will begin her world tour in Bellevue this week with a retreat and two sessions open to the public. Born Mata Amritanandamayi ...

Mata Amritanandamayi, better known as Amma or the Hugging Saint, has arrived in New York, the second to last stop on her 2013 North American tour. Amma, in case you’re not familiar, is a spiritual ...

If you feel in need of a hug, along with some spiritual sustenance, head for 10200 Crow Canyon Road from June 5 through 14. This usually serene niche in the Castro Valley countryside will become a ...

Globalization is good and necessary, whispers the guru, her arms circling yet another stranger, her words translated into English by an attendee. “But at the same time, families are disintegrating, ...

Mata Amritanandamayi embraces Acia Gray of Austin during the spiritual leader's stop Thursday in Frisco. "Amma," or Mother, has handed out more than 30 million hugs worldwide, and Gray has lined up to ...

Last week a Manhattan convention center was the scene of a literal love-in when an estimated 15,000 people lined up to get free hugs from Mata Amritanandamayi, better known as "Amma" or the "Hugging ...

It was all hugs and Hershey Kisses at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Sunday. Thousands of New Yorkers waited on line for a squeeze from the “hugging saint” Mata Amritanandamayi, an Indian spiritual ...

Several stars headed to a Paris suburb to meet the famous spiritual leader. By Rebecca Leffler PARIS – The Gallic media biz traded French kisses for an embrace from “the hugging Saint” Amma when ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --The woman known as "the hugging saint" is embracing New York City. Mata Amritanandamayi, or Amma as she is lovingly called by her devotees, brought her message of compassion, ...