The kundalini has been described as a residual power of pure desire by Nirmala Srivastava.

* 1923 – Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious figure ( d. 2011 )

** Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava, Indian founder of Sahaja Yoga ( d. 2011 )

* Nirmala Srivastava founder of Sahaja Yoga, lived in the United Kingdom for many years.

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Sahaja Yoga is a Meditation Style founded by Nirmala Srivastava, more widely known as ' Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi ' and affectionately as ' Mother ' by her followers ( Sahaja Yogis ).

Sahaja Yoga started in India and England ( where Nirmala Srivastava moved in 1974 ) and there are now Sahaja Yoga centers in almost 100 countries worldwide.

Nirmala Srivastava equates the Sushumna nadi with the parasympathetic nervous system, the Ida nadi with the left and the Pingala nadi with the right sides of the sympathetic nervous system.

Nirmala Srivastava ( née Nirmala Salve ) ( March 21, 1923 – February 23, 2011 ), more widely known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, was the founder of Sahaja Yoga, a new religious movement.

Nirmala Srivastava was born in Chindawara, Madhya Pradesh, India to Christian parents Prasad and Cornelia Salve.

Nirmala Srivastava descended from the royal Shalivahana / Satavahana dynasty.

Nirmala Srivastava passed her childhood years in the family house in Nagpur.

In 1961, Nirmala Srivastava launched the " Youth Society for Films " to infuse national, social and moral values in young people.

Nirmala Srivastava said that while in Nargol, on May 5, 1970, she witnessed the rising of the Primordial Kundalini.

In 1972 Nirmala Srivastava sailed to the U. S. and warned against false gurus.

After moving to London with her husband, Nirmala Srivastava worked with seven London hippies who became the first Western Sahaja Yogis.

In 1979 Nirmala Srivastava declared herself to be the complete incarnation of the Adi ( Primordial ) Shakti or Holy Spirit to her devotees.

Nirmala Srivastava has been described as " a simple Indian housewife ... with a motherly and compassionate personality ".

In 1980 Nirmala Srivastava first toured Europe spreading Sahaja Yoga and in 1981 she toured Malaysia, Australia and North America – many other countries were to follow.

In 1989, after the lifting of the Iron Curtain, Nirmala Srivastava began visiting Eastern Europe where Sahaja Yoga spread quickly.

On March 13, 1997, six months before Mother Teresa's death, Sister Mary Nirmala Joshi was selected the new Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity.

Sister Mary Prema was elected to succeed Sister Nirmala during a general chapter held in Calcutta in April 2009.

According to Schulz, it was in Nirmala ( 1925 ) and Pratigya ( 1927 ) that Premchand found his way to " a balanced, realistic level " that surpasses his earlier works and manages to " hold his readers in tutelage ".

Nirmala, a novel dealing with the dowry system in India, was first serialized in the magazine Chand, before being published as a novel.

In 2000 the term ' Sahaja Yoga ' was trademarked in the United States by Vishwa Nirmala Dharma.

In 1995, Nirmala Srivastava was awarded an honorary doctorate in Cognitive and Parapsychological Sciences by the Ecological University of Bucharest, Romania.

In 2003 a charity house for the rehabilitation of destitute women was set up in Delhi ( the Vishwa Nirmala Prem Ashram ).

S. D. Burman was born on 1 October 1906, in Comilla, British India, now in Bangladesh, to Rajkumari Nirmala Devi, princess of Manipur and Nabadwipchandra Dev Burman, the only son of ' Ishanachandra Dev Burman ', Raja of Tripura, ( r. 1849-1862 ). His father hailed from the kokborok speaking royal family of Tripura while his mother hailed from the Manipuri speaking royal family of Manipur. Sachin was the youngest of the five sons, of his parents, who had nine children in all.

Vocalist Nirmala Basnayake announced in October 2006 that she was leaving the band.

Govinda's mother, Nazeem who was Muslim had converted to Hinduism and adopted the name Nirmala Devi.

Since his father was unable to work, Nirmala Devi brought up the children through hard times in Mumbai.

Govinda's father Arun Ahuja was an actor in the 1940s and his mother Nirmala Ahuja was also an actress as well as a singer.

Canadian musicians and other media personalities have also sometimes appeared as guest hosts, including Joel Plaskett, Carolyn Mark, Buck 65, Nirmala Basnayake, Hannah Sung, Brent Bambury and Nardwuar the Human Serviette.

Srinivasan is survived by his wife, five sons, and five daughters, among whom Kannan Srinivasan and Nirmala Raman have organized memorial events.

I invite miracle performers like Satya Sai Baba, Pandrimalai Swamigal, Neelakanta Tathaji, Nirmala Devi Srivastava, Pujya Dadaji, Dattabal, Triprayar Yogini, Gtirudev Anandamurthi, Kamubhai, Chinmayanand, Acharya Rajneesh, Muktanand, Swami Rama, Swami Haridas, Sivabalayogi, Bhagavan Gnanananda, Gurumaharaj-ji, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Hazarath Ali, Dr. Vadlaimudi, C. S. Teerthangar, R. P. Tiwari, Uri Geller, Ne1iya Michailova, Jeane Dixon, Sybil Leek and the numerous " professors " of astrology and palmistry, in India and numerous other gurus, swamijis, mahants, acharyas, andas, babas and bhagavans who have found fresh pastures and wealthier gullibles in Western Countries, to take up my challenge and prove to skeptics like me that they are not hoaxers.

Women's field produced extreme skilled players like Bhavana and Kishori Parekh, Achala Devre ( Arjuna Awardee ) all three of Baroda, Nalini and Sushma Sarolkar of Indore, Veena Parab, Surekha Kulkarni, Usha Nagarkar, Jayashree Deshpande, Sunita Deshpande, Rekha Lunkad, Nirmala Medhekar, Nisha Ambike all of Maharashtra have been the star performers.

During this period, his works dealt with the social issues such as poverty, zamindari exploitation ( Premashram, 1922 ), dowry system ( Nirmala, 1925 ), educational reform and political oppression ( Karmabhumi, 1931 ).

Some of the key technical members were Subramanya M. R handling Road Improvement projects, Deepa Hurali handling Nirmala Bangalore and Bus Shelter projects, Milind Nirmal handling Self assessment tax with BMP, Gopi prasad, Sushma Nirmal with Street Furniture, Road Signage projects, Sanjeev with One-way traffic and Road Safety.

Tendulkar's son Raja and wife Nirmala had died earlier in 2001, his daughter Priya Tendulkar having died the next year ( 2002 ) of a heart attack following a long battle with breast cancer.

The history of Malayalam film songs begin with the 1948 film Nirmala.

* Nirmala Naidoo ( now with CBRT )

Inspired by her elder sister Nirmala, then a member of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Rajini became involved with the LTTE, administering care to those wounded in action.

His other books include Labour And The Left In The 1930s ( 1977 ), The Trade Unions In British Politics ( with Chris Cook, 1982 ), Fabian Essays In Socialist Thought ( 1984 ), The Alternative ( with Tony Wright and Tony Flower, 1990 ), Frustrate Their Knavish Tricks ( 1994 ) and Governing London ( with Nirmala Rao, 2002 ).