Inside the world of Radhe Maa: India's 'Godwoman' - BBC World Service

Radhe Maa is one of the few women in India's controversial phenomenon of ‘godmen’, who command large followings and claim to do miracles.

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The BBC has got rare and exclusive access inside this ‘godwoman’ palace, to understand this world of faith and fear, where followers are told donations bring miracles and disobedience could lead them to harm.

00:00 A world like no other

01:50 How the so called ‘miracles’ work

03:08 The ‘godmen’ phenomenon

04:48 An educated devotee

05:38 The ‘darsham’ in a room in red and gold

06:56 The value of ‘miracles’

08:12 Radhe Maa ji’s palace

09:40 Becoming a ‘godwoman’

10:38 Radhe Maa’s hometown

11:07 A world of faith and fear

12:58 Unquestioning devotion

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