Spiritual Leaer Mata Amritanandamayi Devi inaugurated the 11th edition of the Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair at the Gurunanak college premises in Velachery recently. It will be open for public from January 29 to February 3 from 9 am to 9 pm.

The religious event is a joint initiative of Hindu Spiritual and Service Foundation and Initiative for Moral and Cultural Training Foundation.

Addressing the occasion, Mata Amritanandamayi Devi said:

“Some men mistakenly believe that they are superior to and nobler than women and, hence, should be a woman’s master. Neither God nor nature has a hand in this belief. Society has branded woman as helpless, weak and fickle and shackled her with this conditioning. There is nothing a woman cannot do if she sets her mind to it. All that is needed is to create the right circumstance to awaken her inherent strength.

There was a golden period in India when people were able to see the connection between the individual and the society from a spiritual perspective. In Vedic and post-Vedic times, women were viewed with great respect and reverence. In those days, women had their rights, position, freedom and respect. In the following millennia, India was subjected to numerous external invasions and enslaved. These attacks on India’s sovereignty and its following subjugation, took their toll on her citizens - not just externally, but also intellectually, emotionally and socially.

This changed our approach to our family and personal relationships as well as our ideas about women. Many of the deep wounds inflicted on us have never healed.”