Daughters of Meerabai: Portraits of Unsung Women Mystics chronicles the lives of five awakened women who walked the mystic path across three centuries of India’s history.
From Old Delhi to Darjeeling, and from Mumbai to Rishikesh, these women—sants, yoginis, bhaktas and mediums—chart their own paths to awakening. A bride is beckoned by her guru and she steps away from the marriage altar; a young widow weeps in darkness and eventually finds the divine in yogic silence; a wife leaves a loveless marriage to return to her eternal husband, Krishna; a student walks out of college straight into the arms of the Lord; a middle-aged mother loses her son to a fatal accident and her love becomes her sadhana that compels him to return with messages from the other side.
With revelations and lessons about falling, failing and rising again, this book is also a glimpse into the author’s own intimate journey of healing and of discovering the true meaning of life, death and the truth that lies beyond.
Inside this book, you’ll find
?? Portraits of awakening: The extraordinary stories of five women mystics who walked their unique paths to the Divine.
?? Faith beyond boundaries: How devotion and self-realization transcend caste, creed and social expectation.
?? Echoes of the feminine divine: The untold legacy of women sants, yoginis and bhaktas across India’s sacred landscape.
?? The author’s personal journey: Reflections on loss, faith, healing and the rediscovery of spiritual wholeness.
?? Lessons for the seeker: Insights on love, surrender, courage and the eternal conversation between the soul and the Divine.
Why you’ll treasure this book
• A rare chronicle of India’s forgotten women mystics and their timeless spiritual wisdom.
• Combines biography, philosophy and memoir in lyrical, meditative prose.
• A must-read for seekers, feminists and readers of spiritual literature, mythology and Indian heritage.
• Reminds us that enlightenment wears many faces, and that grace often arrives quietly, through ordinary lives.
Daughters of Meerabai is more than a tribute—it is a revelation. It brings to light voices long forgotten, reminding us that the path to the Divine is not limited to saints in scriptures, but open to all who dare to love beyond measure.
About the Author
Dr Namrata Chaturvedi teaches in the Department of English at Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. Her published works include Memory, Metaphor and Mysticism in Kalidasa’s Abhijñana Sakuntalam (Anthem Press, 2020) and Fatsung: Kahani Mitti Ki (Vani Prakashan, 2023). Her forthcoming book is a translation of the poetry of the eighteenth-century bhakti poet D