Talk:Anandmurti Gurumaa

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Before editing the article I suggest reading Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. Recent edits make it far less likely the article will survive the afd process. --NeilN 15:20, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Some coverage in leading newspapers/magazines in India is given below (to ensure notability)

• Tehelka Nespaper Aug 26 , 2006 , Tehelka - SUFIANA ANDAAZ- Supposedly a first for India, the Sufi poetry of Hazrat Jalaluddin Rumi has been translated into Hindi by a woman mystic, Anandmurti Gurumaaji. Mystica Music together with the Turkish Ambassador and Gurumaaji launched the album Rumi – Love at its Zenith last month in the capital. Transcending religion and creed, Sufism is “all about love”, says Gurumaaji, and “anyone who can love deeply or is overflowing with love can know and understand it.” The new secular credo, anyone? Wonder if Abida Parveen will be looking over her shoulder anytime soon.

• The Hindu, August 4, 2006 , The Hindu - Gurumaa went to Istanbul and Cornice, to understand the essence of the works of the 13th Century Turkish scholar, who wrote in Persian. "I have been singing Bulle Shah and Sarmad for long. I was looking for something fresh from Sufism and found it in Rumi. I attended sema, the whirling dances and interacted with the local scholars. I was called a Hindi Sufi there," relates Gurumaa.

• The Tribune India, July 21 2006, The Tribune “Always revelling in the glory of God, a Sufi saint is an enigma. Shams Tabrezi, Jalauddin Rumi and Bulle Shah were humble and selfless”, said Anandmurthi Gurumaa during an interaction here today. She was here in connection with the formal release of the album ‘Rumi — Love at its Zenith’. The album featured Rumi’s poems in the voice of Anandmurthi Gurumaa.

• Ananmurti Gurumaa's Shakti mission launched in UK

• Ludhiana Newsline (Indian Express city edition), November 06, 2006, Indian Express - Anandmurti Gurumaa has now decided to take up the issue of female foeticide in the states of Punjab and Haryana. And to see success, she has targeted the youth.

• Outlook Magazine March 12,2007], Outlook (magazine) Ruminations On A Poet - Gurumaa "rolled out the magic" at a Valentine's Day concert in a Delhi auditorium where a dozen Turkish dervishes performed Rumi's chants and whirling while she sang his poems in Hindi, sending some 500 youthful disciples into an ecstatic trance.

More Notability sources for this article.

• Anandmurti Gurumaa is a mystic, very famous especially in India and have millions of followers. Her discourses are telecasted over Sony Entertainment Television (India), Asia, 5 days a week (Sunday to Thursday) in the morning at 6:30 AM. The program name is Amrit Varsha.

• Gurumaa's books are available at Amazon

• Gurumaa's meditation cds by Mystica Music

• Gurumaa's albums at Times Music Times Music

Thesatyakaam 13:18, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] history

include a history section about gurumaa namely her birth name - surely she wasnt called anandmurti gurumaa by her parents secondly, include the section of her running away and how this is suppose to motivate/encourage other girls

also include a criticism section she is not that great, only to some. follow wikipedia rules an include a neutral point of view. gurumaa is NOT god. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.66.89.250 (talk) 20:43, 12 December 2007 (UTC) k,,l,.k., —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.62.106.77 (talk) 11:45, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

I propose to move "Gurumaa" to "Anandmurti Gurumaa" (full name); and redirect "Gurumaa" to Guru same as the masculine version "Guruji". For one thing there is several persons known as Gurumaa by their followers, and besides it is more like a title than a name. – Leo Laursen – ☏ ⌘ 23:06, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Support per WP:NAMEPEOPLE --NeilN ^{talk ♦ contribs} 23:09, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

The result of the discussion was to move the page as suggested. Dekimasuよ! 05:41, 27 February 2008 (UTC)