This book is about understanding religious charisma associated with an unschooled but dynamic woman who had ample courage, common sense and conviction, deftly combining in her person the roles of a social counsellor, a spiritual preceptor and a popular cultic leader. Through an orthodox Brahmin widow, Sarada Devi revealed an extraordinary openness and liberality in her everyday relationships, not hesitating to share food with her Western disciples of socialize with men and women from the marginalized castes and classes.

ISBN 13: 9789391125707

ISBN 10: 9391125700

Year: 2022

Language: ENGLISH

Pages etc.: 220p., bib., 20cm.

Binding: Paperback

Subject(s): Biography and Autobiography