Dadi Janki | |
Occupation: | Former Administrative Chief of Brahma Kumaris |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1916[1] |
Birth Place: | Hyderabad, Bombay Presidency, British India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Death Date: | 27 March 2020 (aged 104) |
Death Place: | Mount Abu, India |
Rajyogini Dadi Janki (1 January 1916 – 27 March 2020) was an Indian spiritual leader. She headed the Brahma Kumaris movement, the world's largest spiritual organisation run by women.[1]
Dadi Janki was 21 years old when she chose her spiritual path and became a founding member of Brahma Kumaris. Later in 1974, despite she spoke no English at the time, she moved to the United Kingdom to become an ambassador for the movement, and lived there for about 40 years.[1]