Brahma Kumaris
South Asian Traditions New religious movement
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Brahma Kumaris is cataloged as a New religious movement within South Asian Traditions. Its public geographic context is “Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country” and its period or origin is “1930s onward.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Modern Indian millenarian and meditation movement.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Brahma Kumaris; Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya; BKWSU; Om Mandali
- Parent tradition
- Modern Indian millenarian and meditation movement
- Public geographic context
- Global, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
- Period / origin
- 1930s onward
- Living / historical status
- Living
- Access / protocol
- Open / public
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateGlobal, transnational, diaspora, textual, or doctrinal context; no single country
This record also has global, transnational, diaspora, textual or doctrinal context and is not reduced to one country.
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
A citation identifies a source to consult; it does not establish every claim in this record.
Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Brahma Kumaris. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0586. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0586
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