When he published this book in 1967, author Ekkirala Bharadwaja was the first to describe Anasuya Devi, popularly known as Jillellamudi Amma, and her ashram, recording her sayings and the happenings surrounding her up to the late 1960s. This first-person, present-tense account gives a vivid picture of what it was like to be graced with her presence. Author and academician Timothy Conway, Ph.D., writes: 'Anasuya Devi is, to my mind, one of the greatest spiritual presences ever to be embodied in this planet, a highly remarkable Divine Mother of modern times'. One of the most profound, enigmatic, and radical spiritual figures, Jillellamudi Amma lived her entire life as a householder, to all appearances a typical village wife and mother in the state of Andhra Pradesh on India's Southeast coast. Born Anasuya Devi, she was far from typical, however, and even as a small child acted as a guru to pundits and priests.