We received word that the Peedam was not affected by the Tsunami. Amma instructed eveyone to load trucks of food, water, clothing. Two huge delivery trucks were filled by team effort of eveyone at the peedam. Guests and staff worked together to load the trucks. What is fantastic is Amma' aid was immediately deployed where international relief efforts took some time to get to those in need.

As soon as the news of the disaster struck, special poojas were held at
the Peedam for the innocent departed souls. On Dec  28th,  Amma launched
the Tidal wave relief fund. A team comprising of devotees, doctors and staff carrying 5000 sarees,7000 bedsheets,2000 dhotis,10,000 water sachets.10bags
of rice and 3000 loaves of bread  2000 towels and medicines   were sent out
to serve the people of  Nagapatinam , a coastal town  500km from Vellore.

Amma says she will continue to send supplies as long as there is a need.

The reason for natural disasters

In this Yuga(age) , man has become so self centered,
egocentric,materialistic and has immbibed in himself all the negative
qualities of words,thoughts and deeds. Moving away from Dharms (righteousness) is like opening the door to negative forces which in turn create bad karma and bad energies. These in turn have bad or negative influences on people and society around. Adharma drives him to the extent of annoying Mother Nature who has reached the limit of pardoning him. She strikes in her own way to destroy evil and bring about righteousness.

How to prevent or stop them

God is love.God unconditional love. Man should create this unconditional
love within himself by following the path of Dharma or righteousness. The
more and more good deeds man does, the more joy he gains .He will be the
representative of good foces and positive energies. His physical body will
be suitable for recognizing and absorbing the Divine energy in himself. This will have strong influence on the people around him. They in turn will
spread this to others. Slowly good and positive energies will spread all
around and the whole society will be a changed one. Dharma and spirituality
will be on the rise. As the world changes for the good it can control these
disasters. If man wants  to remove a thread that is tied he has to rewind
it. In the same manner bad actions and thoughts have to be removed by  good
actions and thoughts.  Once man is on the path of spirituality man will
definetly think of  doing only good for the world. These good thoughts have
strong positive vibrations on others even if they are not aware of this.
This chain actions and reactions will definetly change the world and make it a better place.