Amma’s Awards and Honours

With Pope Francis, Participates in Interfaith Declaration to End Modern Slavery organized by Global Freedom Network at the Vatican.

Balagokulam, an organization promoting Hindu cultural education since the 1970s, bestowed its 18thannual Krishna Janmashtami Award upon Amma at Amritapuri Ashram.

Chosen as one among the 50 most powerful women religious leaders by The Huffington Post.

Bestowed with the Kavithilakam Pandit Karuppan Award at Kochi.

Awarded proclamation on behalf of the State of Michigan to Amma commemorating Amma’s 60th birthday, the official proclamation describes Amma as a true citizen of the world and recognizes Amma’s charitable works worldwide.

Awarded first Vishwaretna Purskar (Gem of the World Award) by Hindu Parliament at Thiruvananthapuram.

Inaugurated the Swami Vivekananda Sarda Shati Samaroh, the 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi.

Amma featured in the Watkins’ list of the top 100 most spiritually influential living people in the world. The February 2012 issue (Number 29) of Watkins Mind Body Spirit quarterly magazine ranks the world’s top 100 most spiritually influential living people.

Delivers speech “Coexistence & Engagement Between Cultures” at the United Nations Alliance of Civilization in Shanghai. Amma was the only spiritual/religious leader invited to the conference.

The State University of New York awards Amma an honorary doctorate in humane letters at its Buffalo campus.

Amma inaugurates the Vivekananda International Foundation.

Amma was presented with Junior Chamber International’s highest honor, the ‘Shanti Swaroop’ peace award by Vallabh Das, Chairman of the Junior Chamber International Peace Award Foundation at Kozhikode.

Amma receives the Mahavir Mahatma Award.

Amma is a keynote speaker at the Summit of the Global Peace Initiative of Women.

Amma is awarded the Prix Cinéma Vérité for her humanitarian activities and work for peace at the Cinema Verite Film Festival.

Amma receives the James Parks Morton Interfaith Award in New York.

Amma receives the Philosopher Saint Sri Jnaneswara World Peace Prize.

Los Angeles County presents award to Amma for her outstanding humanitarian contributions, efforts and compassionate love that she has shared and continues to share with the tsunami victims in India & Sri Lanka.

Amma receives Centenary Legendary Award of the Rotary Club International.

Amma delivers a keynote address at the 2004 Parliament of the World’s Religions.

The World Movement for Nonviolence confers upon Amma the Gandhi-King Award for Non-violence at the UN in Geneva.

Amma is the keynote speaker at the Global Peace Initiative of Women Religious & Spiritual Leaders at the UN, Geneva.

Amma is a keynote speaker at the Millennium World Peace Summit, UN General Assembly.

Amma receives the Care & Share International Humanitarian of the Year Award.

Amma addresses the Interfaith Celebrations at the 50th anniversary of the UN.

Amma addresses the Parliament of the World’s Religions’ 100th Anniversary, where she is named President of the Hindu Faith.

Amma receives the “Hindu of the year award – Hindu Renaissance Award” from Hinduism Today.