By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: A hermit nun’s mission deep inside the Girnar mountain range in western India’s Gujarat state has a new successor. “I had no plan or desire to lead an ascetic life, but God called me to continue the Mathaji’s mission,” says Father Christanand who moved intoContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rajkot, Sept 19, 2020: A Catholic woman, who has lived as an acetic among wild animals in a Gujarat forest for 41 years, has been hospitalized. Sadhvi (ascetic) Prasanna Devi “is in a critical condition,” Carmelite Father Vincent Kannatt of the Junagadh parish in Rajkot whereContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Junagadh: Sr. Prasanna Devi says she badly misses the company of mongooses for evening tea in the tranquility of the forest. The Catholic hermit, who has lived among lions, panthers and other wild animals deep inside a forest in western India for 40 years, emerged to liveContinue Reading