FLORIDA, USA, March 22, 2015 (Announcement from Yogashakti Mission): “Our Beloved Guru Her Holiness Maha Mandaleshwar Ma Yoga Shakti Saraswati left her physical body February 20, 2015 and attained Maha Samadhi. Hers was a life dedicated to service. Through deep devotion to God, strong determination, single-mindedness, and constant tapas, Mataji has been able to accomplish so much. Not only are her spiritual and material accomplishments enormous, but more importantly she has personally touched, transformed, and elevated countless lives. She was truly a loving Mother who showered her blessings on all that came to her. She will remain in our hearts forever.” She was born April 6, 1927.
Ma was a long-time friend of Hinduism Today’s founder, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami; the two first meeting in the late 70s. We wrote about her in the May, 1988, issue of Hinduism Today (http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/ … ction/item.php?itemid=519), and named her “Hindu of the Year” in 2000 (http://www.yogashakti.org/ma_yogashakti/awards.php).