| Name(s) |
MATA ANANDAMAYI
a.k.a. SRI ANANDAMAYI MA
(Original birth name: NIRMALA SUNDARI) |
| Date of
Birth |
April 30, 1896
– Kheora, Brahmabaria District Bengal, Undivided India. |
| Date of
Death |
August 27, 1982
- Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian Spiritual Guru from
Bengal. |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1908: She was married to
Ramani Mohan Chakrabarti of Vikramapura, whom she would
later rename Bholanath. It was virtually a celibate marriage
- i.e. a marriage without physical pleasures.
- August 1922: She enacted
her own spiritual initiation.
- 1926: She set up a Kali
temple in the Siddheshwari area and devoted herself to
spiritual practices.
- 1929: Scholars started
getting attracted to Anandamayi Ma's spirituality and
teachings, though she called herself "a little
unlettered child".
- August 29, 1982: After her
demise, she was given Samadhi in the courtyard of her
Kankhal ashram, situated in Haridwar in North India, a
shrine was later erected over the samadhi, now known as the
“Ananda Jyoti Peetham”.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- Swami Sivananda (of Divine Life
Society) described her as
"the most perfect flower the Indian
soil has produced".
- Precognition, healing and other
miracles were
attributed to her by her followers.
- Paramhansa Yogananda translated
Anandamayi as "joy-permeated".
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