Commemorating HH Shri Mataji’s Mahasamadhi
Monday 23rd February 2026
15th Anniversary
On this most sacred day, we humbly bow at the Lotus Feet of Her Holiness Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, who on 23rd February 2011 entered Her formless state of Nirakara. HH Shri Mataji’s Mahasamadhi is enshrined at Nirmal Dham, New Delhi, a blessed place of pilgrimage and divine remembrance.
Nirmal Dham website and YouTube Live Channel
In loving devotion and deep gratitude, we offer a selection of prayers, talks, stories, photographs, videos, and a newly prepared booklet to commemorate this most auspicious occasion.
Mahasamadhi Prayer 2026
On this day
Fifteen years ago
Our holy, beloved Mother took Her leave.
We bow to You
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Spotless in name and form.
You spent a lifetime
Seeing in us what we didn’t know existed.
Patiently loving, guiding, clearing
Transforming one soul at a time
Until each reflected
A measure of Your resplendence.
We offer our eternal gratitude
And humbly pray that during
The one hundred and eighty months
Since Your Mahasamadhi
We have done as You would have us do.
That our words have been saintly
That our actions reflect You
And that we remain ever mindful
Of Your precious legacy.
Thank You again and again
“At every place, I am with you…”
“I am with you at every step, at every place. Everywhere. You may go anywhere. At every place I am with you, completely, in person, by mind and in every respect. Whenever you will remember Me I will be by your side with all My powers. It is My promise.”
H.H, Shri Mataji “How to Meditate” Mumbai (India) May 29th, 1976
Meditation live stream from Sydney, Mon 23 Feb 2026
HH Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Ashram Burwood Sydney
Monday 23rd February 2026 4:30pm – 9pm (Sydney time)
Watch live stream and recording here
Mahasamadhi Day 2026 Booklet
HH Shri Mataji’s legacy and a prayer to our Divine Mother.
View & Download
Download Booklet (A4 Lo-res PDF version)
Download Booklet (A4 Hi-res PDF version)
(Copies of the Booklet will be available at Burwood Ashram on Mon 23 Feb 2026 and in other centers later)
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi – The Realization of a Dream
Shri Mataji’s Life and Her Mahasamadhi
Born in India on March 21 1923, Shri Mataji’s unique spiritual predisposition was immediately apparent to all who met Her, including Mahatma Gandhi. She knew from a very young age that She had a unique gift and wanted first to show, by Her own example, the perfect compatibility of a deeply spiritual life with the ordinary life of a householder.
Over a forty-year period, Her vision for a world of peaceful, balanced, enlightened people grew from a handful of devotees to an internationally recognized movement, which led to Her receiving the United Nations Peace Medal and nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. She has built hospitals, schools, music and art academies, shelters for abused women and children, based around the practice of Sahaja Yoga, as well as the all-important centres for meditation.
As a young woman, Shri Mataji studied medicine and psychology at the Christian Medical College in Ludhiana and the Balakram Medical College in Lahore. In 1947, shortly before India’s independence, She married Chandrika Prasad (CP) Srivastava, a high-ranking civil servant. The couple had two daughters, Kalpana and Sadhana, and Mrs. Srivastava spent the following years as a housewife, raising her children and caring for Her husband in his new role as principal secretary to the then Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.
When their daughters were married and settled, Shri Mataji began Her public spiritual work.
On the 5th of May, 1970, while in meditation on a lonely beach of Nargol (India), She discovered the secret to en-masse Self-Realization through which thousands of people could achieve union with the deepest, most subtle aspect of their being, thereby triggering a process of spiritual self-transformation. Sahaja Yoga was born!
It is estimated that millions of people, in more than one hundred countries around the world, are continuing to teach Her meditation techniques, without charge. She is remembered by Her words, “You cannot know the meaning of life until you are connected to the power that created you.” It is that connection that She sought to give to so many.
Live feed from Nirmal Dham,
Live feed from HH Shri Mataji ~ Nirmal Dham, Delhi India (SHH hri Mataji’s Shrine in Delhi)
YouTube channel
Mahasamadhi 2011
On 23rd February 2011, our beloved Mother, Shri Mataji, decided to leave the physical aspect of this most auspicious Incarnation and handed over the responsibility to all those realized souls who recognized the tangible flowing ambrosia of Divine love. It is after all God’s love, and the responsibility lies on them who recognize it, to take this further across shores and man-made boundaries.
Shri Mataji’s Samādhi Feb 2011, Nirmala Dharm, New Delhi.
Thank you Shri Mataji
At Sahasrara you have to thank Me.
At Sahasrara put your hand, move it 7 times and thank Me 7 times.
Mother, thank You very much for the Realisation,
Mother, thank You very much for making us understand how great we are,
Thank You very much for bringing all the blessings of the divine,
Thank You very much for raising us higher, much higher than from where we were,
Thank You very much for sustaining us and for helping us to improve ourselves and correct ourselves,
Thank You very much, ultimately, that Mother, You have come on this earth, taken Your birth and are working so hard for us, for all of us.
Shri Mataji, Shudy Camps, 18 June 1988.
HH Shri Mataji’s various Photos
