![Hindu spiritual teacher Mata Amritanandamayi of India, better known as Amma, "the hugging saint", embraces the baby of a follower during her visit in Winterthur, October 8, 2010. Considered a living saint Hindu spiritual teacher Mata Amritanandamayi of India, better known as Amma, "the hugging saint", embraces the baby of a follower during her visit in Winterthur, October 8, 2010. Considered a living saint](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D089B7/hindu-spiritual-teacher-mata-amritanandamayi-of-india-better-known-as-amma-the-hugging-saint-embraces-the-baby-of-a-follower-during-her-visit-in-winterthur-october-8-2010-considered-a-living-saint-in-her-homeland-amma-has-dedicated-her-life-to-the-uplifting-of-suffering-humanity-through-the-simplest-of-gestures-an-embrace-and-is-said-to-have-hugged-more-than-29-million-people-over-the-past-three-decades-reuterschristian-hartmann-switzerland-tags-society-religion-2D089B7.jpg)
Hindu spiritual teacher Mata Amritanandamayi of India, better known as Amma, "the hugging saint", embraces the baby of a follower during her visit in Winterthur, October 8, 2010. Considered a living saint
![Mata Amritanandmayi (Amma) embraces a man during a two day stop in Dublin, where up to 8,000 people are expected to visit, as part of her European tour which stops in 11 Mata Amritanandmayi (Amma) embraces a man during a two day stop in Dublin, where up to 8,000 people are expected to visit, as part of her European tour which stops in 11](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G7ECF7/mata-amritanandmayi-amma-embraces-a-man-during-a-two-day-stop-in-dublin-G7ECF7.jpg)
Mata Amritanandmayi (Amma) embraces a man during a two day stop in Dublin, where up to 8,000 people are expected to visit, as part of her European tour which stops in 11
![Sripuram Sri Sakthi Amma Visit to SreeMadam | SreeMadam BalaTripuraSundari Seva Trust (Official Website) Sripuram Sri Sakthi Amma Visit to SreeMadam | SreeMadam BalaTripuraSundari Seva Trust (Official Website)](https://www.sreemadam.org/content/public/Sripuram-Sri-Sakthi-Amma-Visit.jpg)
Sripuram Sri Sakthi Amma Visit to SreeMadam | SreeMadam BalaTripuraSundari Seva Trust (Official Website)
![I did a Mehndi version of Amma's logo in honor of her visit to Los Angeles in 2012. I showed it to her when I got my h… | Mata amritanandamayi, Siva, I did a Mehndi version of Amma's logo in honor of her visit to Los Angeles in 2012. I showed it to her when I got my h… | Mata amritanandamayi, Siva,](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4f/1b/84/4f1b846020a921cd181e8bf6b45f6343--mata-amritanandamayi-mehndi.jpg)