Hindu Selves in a Modern World
Guru Faith in the Mata Amritanandamayi Mission
Nonfiction, History, Asian, India, Religion & Spirituality, Eastern Religions, Hinduism, Reference
| Author: | Maya Warrier | ISBN: | 9781134298938 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | November 10, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Maya Warrier |
| ISBN: | 9781134298938 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | November 10, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This book explores devotional Hinduism in a modern context of high consumerism and revolutionised communications. It focuses on a fast-growing and high-profile contemporary Hindu guru faith originating in India and attracting a transnational following. The organisation is led by a vastly popular female guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, whom devotees worship as an avatar and a healer of the ills of the contemporary world. By drawing upon multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork among the mata's primarily urban, educated 'middle class' Indian devotees, the author provides crucial insights into new trends in popular Hinduism in a post-colonial and rapidly modernising Indian setting.
This book explores devotional Hinduism in a modern context of high consumerism and revolutionised communications. It focuses on a fast-growing and high-profile contemporary Hindu guru faith originating in India and attracting a transnational following. The organisation is led by a vastly popular female guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, whom devotees worship as an avatar and a healer of the ills of the contemporary world. By drawing upon multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork among the mata's primarily urban, educated 'middle class' Indian devotees, the author provides crucial insights into new trends in popular Hinduism in a post-colonial and rapidly modernising Indian setting.
