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Aymard, Orianne.

When a goddess dies : worshipping Ma Anandamayi after her death / Worshipping Ma Anandamayi after her death Orianne Aymard. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

""Cover""; ""When a Goddess Dies""; ""When a Goddess Dies: Worshipping MÄ? Ä€nandamayÄ« after Her Death""; ""Copyright""; ""A God Died Yesterday""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""When a Goddess Dies""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Aspects of the Postmortem Cult of the Guru""; ""2 The Cult of Relics in Hinduism""; ""3 Death of the Guru""; ""4 Presence of the Guru""; ""5 Sustainability of the Postmortem Cult""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Calling on concepts of religious experiences and institutionalisation, this book explores the devotional movement of the enduring religious figure, Ānandamayī Mā, through the compelling question of what happens to a charismatic movement after the death (mahāsamādhi) of the guru. In her lifetime Mā Ānandamayī became arguably the most famous female religious leader in India, counting hundreds of thousands of followers, including Kamala Nehru, and her daughter Indira Gandhi, and was venerated in turn as a guru and avatar, incarnation of the Divine on Earth.


English.

ISBN: 9780199368631 0199368635 9780199368648 0199368643

Subjects--Personal Names:
Anandamayi, 1896-1982 --Cult.
Anandamayi, 1896-1982

Subjects--Topical Terms:
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Cults

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BL1175.A49 / A86 2014eb

Dewey Class. No.: 294.5/61