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Durga Nat’s or Durga Nath's original name was Diana (or Daria?). It is an Italian name. Her mother brought her to India when they were travelling from London to Malaysia. Ever since she came to India, 12 years ago she has been in a search of a true yogi who would train and monitor her. The search was quite challenging as nowadays the proper knowledge and wisdom is disappearing, the real sadhus would not even sit with a Western woman and discuss about the culture and religious beliefs of India. Eventually she realized in the anthropological senses that the key to enter into the sadhu world is to get the mala that originally comes from the family of sadhus. Finally she met the true guru who agreed to train her. He gave her the mala, mantra and a new name - Durga Nat and she was a reborn as a
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