Mata Amritanandamayi Mutt donates Rs 2 Crore to Ockhi fund

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The

Mata Amritanandamayi

Mutt has donated Rs two crore to Cyclone

Ockhi

relief fund.


A cheque for the amount was handed over by Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri, Vice-Chairman of the Mutt, to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at his office here on Monday, a mutt press release said.

Immediately following the disaster, volunteers of the Mutt had set up food relief camps for widows and hundreds of affected families, at times working in collaboration with local churches. Free treatment for the injured was also offered at

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences

in Kochi, the release said.

The Mutt and its worldwide counterpart 'Embracing the World,' has contributed over Rs 475 crore in disaster relief since 2005, coming to the aid of victims of such tragedies as the 2004

Indian Ocean Tsunami

, the Chennai floods of 2015, the Uttarakhand flash-flooding of 2013, the Japan earthquake/Tsunami of 2011, and the US hurricanes of 2005.

Cyclone Ockhi hit the Kerala coast in November 29-30 last year in the southern districts of the state, claiming several lives.