Thodupuzha ∙ Sanyasini Prasanna Devi (88), the first Indian woman to be allowed by the Catholic Church to live a life of solitary penance, has passed away. He died yesterday due to age-related diseases. For some time, Fr. Vinod was under Kannaught’s protection. The cremation will take place tomorrow in Junagadh.
Prasannadevi is a nun who lived alone for more than 4 decades in an ashram on Mount Girnar, a part of Girvanam with lions. She was known as ‘Mataji’.
At the age of 22, Prasannadevi, a native of Thodupuzha Yeumuttam, joined the monastic community called Little Sisters of Father de Foucault of the Sacred Heart.
Fr. who practiced solitary penance in the Himalayas. After meeting Abhishiktananda Swami, Ekanta became attracted to penance. Later, with a pair of robes and a Bible, Girnar began seclusion in a mountaintop monastery.
In 1997, the Vatican approved the asceticism of Prasannadevi, although according to the canon of the Catholic Church, women are not allowed to lead a solitary monastic life.
‘Sneha Dipa’ in Kodumkatt
Thodupuzha ∙ Prasannadevi, a nun who lived for more than four decades meditating only on God in the jungles of Gujarat, passed away yesterday. The story of Thodupuzha Yyummuttam native, Kunnapappallill Annakutty, who was transformed by time and faith into Prasanna Devi, who practices penance in the Gir forest of Gujarat, is amazing.
Prasannadevi passed away in a hut called ‘Snehadeepam’ in Girnar area of Girvan. That life was in harmony with nature in the forest surrounded by wild animals. To all those who asked how he might live alone in this wild forest, the answer was ‘not alone, but without God’.
After reaching Girnar, he first stayed in a cave. Later he moved to the hut. Many people addressed her as ‘Vanadevi’ when she started asceticism in Kotumkatil. Later, she adopted the name Prasanna. The name Prasanna Devi was finally confirmed as Vanadevi and Prasanna became one.
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