When a Goddess Dies: Worshipping Ma Anandamayi After Her Death

by Orianne Aymard

Ma Anandamayi is generally regarded as the most important Hindu woman saint of the twentieth century. Venerated alternately as a guru and as an incarnation of God on earth, Ma had hundreds of thousands of devotees. Through the creation of a religious movement and a vast network of ashrams-unprecedented for a woman-Ma presented herself as an authority figure in a society where female gurus were not often recognized.

Because of her widespread...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199368627
• ISBN13: 9780199368624
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"