Living Mantra Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today

“This is a valuable book for scholars of Religious Studies, South Asian Studies, and Anthropology— one that should inspire further ethnographic engagement with these vital traditions.” (Finnian M.M. Gerety, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 46 (3), September, 2020)

“Rao dovetails scholarship and practice to grapple with the captivating, eye-opening, mind-blowing narratives of the practitioners … Living Mantra

documents the modern-day existence of seers (rishis), thus underscoring the open, ongoing nature of divine revelation in Hindu traditions.” (Raj Balkaran,