How old is Shanti Devi?

61 years (1926–1987)
Shanti Devi/Age at death

Is Shanti Devi alive?

Deceased (1926–1987)
Shanti Devi/Living or Deceased

Was Gandhi reincarnated?

Did you know that Mahatma Gandhi has been reincarnated as Van Jones, the celebrated American civil rights and environmental activist who was named Time magazine’s “environmental hero” in the US in 2008?

Is Shanti Devi real?

Shanti Devi (11 December 1926 – 27 December 1987), known as Lugdi Devi (18 January 1902 – 4 October 1925) in her alleged past life, was an Indian woman who claimed to remember her previous life, and became the subject of reincarnation research.

Are there any cases of reincarnation in India?

Rawat is a frequent contributor to the Past Life Forum, and welcomes comments. People hear of many cases of reincarnation these days, but in the early 30s, information about a girl born in a little-known locality of Delhi, who claimed to remember a past life, was considered great news indeed.

How old was Shanti Devi when she reincarnated?

The most thoroughly researched reincarnation case in history backs up Hindu beliefs about past lives. Excerpted with permission of Pearson Education Company. Shanti Devi, a girl growing up in Delhi in the 1930s, spoke very little until she was four years old. When she did start talking, she alarmed everyone in her family.

Who was the girl who claimed to be a reincarnation?

Psychology professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Iceland, Erlendur Haraldsson, researched the strange case of Purnima Ekanayake, a girl who claims to have been a manufacturer of incense who died in a traffic accident.

Who was the reincarnation of Lugdi Devi?

As she knew several details of Kedar Nath’s life with his wife, he was soon convinced that Shanti Devi was indeed the reincarnation of Lugdi Devi. When Mahatma Gandhi heard about the case, he met the child and set up a commission to investigate. The commission traveled with Shanti Devi to Mathura, arriving on 15 November 1935.