SINGAPORE AMMA HUGGING SAINTHumanitarian Mata Amritanandayi Devi hugs a family of devotees at the Marina Bay Sands convention centre in Singapore , 06 April 2015 . Known affectionately as the Hugging Saint and ' Amma ', she has embraced over 33 million people to date and has also founded hospitals and provided homes for the poor in India . Amma was awarded the Gandhi King Award for Non - Violence by the United Nations in 2002 . EPA / WALLACE WOON ▶ 연합뉴스 앱 지금 바로 다운 받 기 ~▶ [ 오늘 의 HOT ] 개성 만점 연 ( 鳶 ) 들 의 향연 < 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 , 무단 전재 - 재 배포 금지 >