The disappearance and reappearance of Yogmaya: recovering a Nepali revolutionary icon
(2013)
Journal Article
Hutt, M. (2013). The disappearance and reappearance of Yogmaya: recovering a Nepali revolutionary icon. Contemporary South Asia, 21(4), 382-397. https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2013.856380
In Nepal, it is widely believed that in 1941 Yogmaya, a female religious ascetic, and 60 of her disciples drowned themselves in the Arun River. In many of her ‘utterances’ (bani), preserved in a book that was effectively banned in Nepal for 40 years,... Read More about The disappearance and reappearance of Yogmaya: recovering a Nepali revolutionary icon.