Buaji Saheb Maheshawari Devi
Ministry: 1907 to 1913
Guru: Rai Salig Ram
Successors: Madhav Prasad Sinha; Yogendra Shankar Tewari
Center: Benaras
Distinctions: One of the only women in Radhasoami to be acknowledged as a Sat Guru. Brahm Shankar Misra's sister and a follower of the purdah system--the custom of not allowing women to go out in public. Close confidant and immediate predecessor to Madhav Prasad Sinha.
Sources: Biography of Buaji Saheba by S.D. Maheshwari; Radhasoami Faith: History and Tenets by S.D. Maheshwari; and Redemptive Encounters by Lawrence A. Babb.


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