Holy Mother

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Holy Mother is the revered title of Sarada Devi, the spiritual consort of Sri Ramakrishna and a central mother-figure and saint in modern Hinduism and the Ramakrishna movement.

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Holy Mother canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu saint
central figure in Ramakrishna movement
honorific title
spiritual leader
alsoKnownAs Sri Sarada Devi
surface form: Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi

Sri Sri Maa
surface form: Sri Sri Ma
associatedWith Belur Math
Ramakrishna Math
Ramakrishna Math
surface form: Ramakrishna Mission

Udbodhan House
birthDate 22 December 1853
birthPlace Jayrambati, Bengal Presidency, British India
commemoratedOn Mahasamadhi anniversary observed by devotees
birth anniversary (tithi) observed by Ramakrishna Order
deathDate 21 July 1920
deathPlace Udbodhan House, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
gender female
honorificFor Sarada Devi
honorificTitle Holy Mother self-linksurface differs
iconography depicted in white sari with red border
often shown seated in meditative pose
influenced Ramakrishna Math
surface form: Ramakrishna Order monks

Swami Vivekananda
devotees of Ramakrishna worldwide
knownFor compassion and universal motherhood
guiding monastic and lay disciples
simple living and spiritual purity
language Bengali
legacy central mother-figure in Ramakrishna movement
inspiration for women’s spiritual life in modern Hinduism
nationality Indian
refersTo Sarada Devi
region Bengal
religiousMovement Ramakrishna Math
surface form: Ramakrishna movement

Ramakrishna Math
surface form: Ramakrishna movement
religiousTradition Hinduism
Hinduism
role mother-figure for devotees
spiritual guide of early Ramakrishna disciples
spiritualConsortOf Sri Ramakrishna
surface form: Ramakrishna
spiritualStatus regarded as an incarnation of the Divine Mother by devotees
spouseOf Sri Ramakrishna
surface form: Ramakrishna
teachingEmphasis purity, unselfishness, and devotion
seeing all beings as one’s own children
veneratedAs Holy Mother self-linksurface differs
veneratedIn Ramakrishna Math
surface form: Ramakrishna movement

modern Hinduism

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Sarada Devi alsoKnownAs Holy Mother
Holy Mother honorificTitle Holy Mother self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Sarada Devi
Holy Mother veneratedAs Holy Mother self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Sarada Devi