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Kumari, Kumari Devi, or the Living Goddess is the tradition of worshipping a chosen virgin as manifestations of the divine female energy or Shakti in Dharmic Nepali religious traditions. It is believed that the girl is possessed by the goddess Taleju or Durga. The word Kumari is derived from Sanskrit meaning princess.
She served as the Royal Kumari from 1984 until 1991. [2] [3] She wrote the autobiography to change perceptions about the Kumari and raise awareness about the experiences of young girls who are chosen as the living Hindu goddesses. In her book she critiques the lack of education received by Kumaris and describes the challenges they face when ...
With the support of Vicente Fox, the Brahma Kumaris introduced their meditation practice and philosophy to the government of Mexico through the "Self Management Leadership" (SML). The SML course is closely related to the Brahma Kumaris philosophy and is the backbone of Brahma Kumaris management philosophy. 90 trained facilitators ran programs ...
Vikram Gandhi, the child of observing Hindu immigrants to America, became increasingly skeptic of religion as he grew into adulthood. After noticing the growing popularity of yoga in the United States, he decided to make a documentary about the New Age gurus who were referring to ancient Indian teachings to build credibility for their practices.
While Gandhi's idea of satyagraha as a political means attracted a widespread following among Indians, the support was not universal. For example, Muslim leaders such as Jinnah opposed the satyagraha idea, accused Gandhi to be reviving Hinduism through political activism, and began effort to counter Gandhi with Muslim nationalism and a demand ...
Subhadra Chauhan was born into a Rajput family in Nihalpur village, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. [6] She initially studied in the Crosthwaite Girls' School in Prayagraj where she was senior to and friends with Mahadevi Verma and passed the middle-school examination in 1919.
Rajkumari Gupta along with her husband formed a close connection with Mahatma Gandhi and Chandrashekar Azad at Allahabad.Gupta's role as described by newspapers was supplying guns and passing secret letters to the fellow nationalists involved in Kakori Conspiracy.
When Vivekananda reached Kanyakumari on 24 December 1892, he was still unable to formulate an idea to help the masses of the country. In Kanyakumari, he swam across the ocean to reach a large mid-sea rock. There he sat on the rock and started meditating on India's past, present and future.