श्री सिद्धि माँ Shri Siddhi Maa
The Divine Mother and Spiritual Successor to Neem Karoli Baba
Chosen disciple of Neem Karoli Baba. After Maharaj ji’s mahasamadhi in 1973, she quietly cared for his ashrams and devotees from these Kumaon hills for more than four decades.
Today’s remembrance
महाराज जी
Love everyone, feed everyone, and remember God.
Maharaj ji’s basic teaching, as recorded by his devotees · Source: Love Everyone, Parvati Markus (HarperOne, 2015) Hindi rendering of the English source; to be matched with a Hindi source
Her life
A life given to her guru
Every line below is taken from a named source. Details not yet confirmed are marked as being verified.
- Early life
A householder from Almora
Ma came from Almora and married Tularam Sah of Nainital. She raised two sons and a daughter. Her family owned the India Hotel in Nainital, where Maharaj ji once stayed.
Sources: Amar Ujala, 28 Dec 2017; Neem Karoli Baba Ashram, Taos · Birth date being verified
- Being verified
Leaving everything for her guru
Rabboo Joshi recounts that one rainy night at the India Hotel, Maharaj ji asked whether she could leave her household forever. She agreed at once, and asked her friend Jivanti Ma to come with her.
Source: Rabboo Joshi, I and My Father Are One (quoted by Neem Karoli Baba Ashram, Taos)
Entrusted with Maharaj ji’s ashrams
Before he left his body, Maharaj ji placed his ashrams and devotees in her care. For the next 44 years she guided his ashrams and kept them immaculate.
Sources: Love Serve Remember Foundation; Neem Karoli Baba Ashram, Taos
- 1973 to 2017
The Name, service and Hanuman ji
She taught Nam sadhana, the repetition of the Holy Name, as the practice for this age. She established Hanuman temples in several places, helped people in need and arranged pilgrimages for devotees from India and abroad.
Sources: Be Here Now Network podcast with Dr. Jaya Prasada, 2022; Amar Ujala, 28 Dec 2017
Last darshan
Ma gave her last darshan to devotees at the Nainital ashram.
Source: Amar Ujala, 28 Dec 2017
Ma’s mahasamadhi
She left her body in the morning. Devotees gathered at Teertham, her retreat home in Nainital.
Sources: Amar Ujala, 28 Dec 2017; Be Here Now Network
“Where Ma starts, Maharaj-ji stops; and where Maharaj-ji stops, Ma starts.”
“He started manifesting more and more through Siddhi Ma’s transmission.”
Her full life story, with every source, is being prepared for review.
Daily practice
A little every day
Tap anywhere in the circle
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Read and recite
Hanuman Chalisa and aarti
Text to follow the Gita Press, Gorakhpur edition. Transliteration and meanings are drafts for review.
Kirtans
Sing together in person
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Memories of Ma
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Visiting Kainchi Dham
Where the mountain road bends twice
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