Over the past 35 years has probably hugged almost a million people a year, many
of them on her travels around the world to places like Japan, the US, Europe and
the Middle East.
Her assistant, translating from Amma's native Malayalam, explained: "There is a thirst to experience pure love and people are reluctant to give it and when we give it, there is a selfish motive. But Amma wants to love selflessly and awaken
that love in others."
