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Five rupee commemorative coin on Mother Teresa released | | The Central Government on Saturday released a five-rupee coin and a souvenir on Mother Teresa to mark her centenary birth anniversary celebrations. Finance Minister
Pranab Mukherjee released the coin and presented the first coin to President Pratibha
Devisingh Patil. On the occasion, President Patil said: "Mother Teresa was the
epitome of compassion and all through her life she served selflessly to spread
the message of love and compassion through her work. She was truly the embodiment
of the word Mother in its fullest, truest and complete sense." "She believed in
doing simple and ordinary things, in an extraordinary manner by infusing love
and care. Mother Teresa came to be known as the Messiah of the poor and abundant
because she cared for those who were uncared for," added Mukherjee. Mother Teresa
was born in Skopje , Macedonia on August 26, 19 10 and named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu.
She arrived in India in 1929 at the age of 18, took up teaching, and chose the
name Teresa when she became a nun on May 24, 19 31. Mother Teresa became an Indian
citizen in 1948 and lived in Kolkata. She was popularly known as the 'Saint of
the Gutter' for her extraordinary love and dedication to the poor, homeless and
diseased. She received several national and international awards for social service
during her lifetime. They included the Bharat Ratna, the Magsaysay Award in 1962,
the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize in 1971, the John F. Kennedy International Award
in 1971 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She died on September 5, 1997 at the
age of 87. The Pope beatified Mother Teresa in October 2003, paving the way for
her canonisation. |
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