NANI MA- BRITISH WOMEN MEDIATING IN CAVES IN HIMALAYAS

जन आस्था

कात्तिक ७, २०८१

Nani Ma, always in a white sari, is a slender British woman in her 70s.

For 16 years she had meditated alone in a cave in the Himalayas. Recently she moved to a hut in Uttarkashi, in the foothills of the mountains.

A 22-year-old young woman from England Nani Ma left her family and all of her material possessions and moved to the Himalayas. She found a guru near the sacred Ganga River and never went home. Now well into her seventies, she is a relatively unknown saint that has helped found and operate the Ganga Prem Hospice near Rishikesh. She was given the nickname Nani Ma by her guru.

Nani Ma combines the commitment to spirit of a sadhu, with the compassion of a person like Mother Teresa. The thousands of people she has served through spiritual support and cancer care is fuelled by an incomparable sadhana (devotional practice).

This amazing woman did the unthinkable: like meditating in caves and in the elements of the Himalayan Mountains for upward of 17 hours a day! She has now added a strong practice of Karma Yoga through her acts of selfless service at the hospice.

Karan Bajaj the famous Indian technology entrepreneur, author and CEO of WhiteHat Jr., an Edtech company specializing in distance learning which was acquired by BYJU’S in 2020 had penned his experience with Nani Maa. Then he had left his job and was devastated by his mother’s demise in cancer and was looking for solace which he ultimately got from Nani Ma.