Dadi Ratan Mohini

Dadi Ratan Mohini (25 March 1925 – 8 April 2025), also known as Rajyogini Dadi Ratan Mohini, was an Indian spiritual leader and centenarian who served as the Head Administrator of the Brahma Kumaris from March 2021 until her death in 2025 at the age of 100, two weeks after her 100th birthday. She had been associated with the movement since childhood, and in early 2021 was identified in the Inform-published Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements as one of three senior women then leading the organisation, alongside Dadi Janki and Dadi Hirdaya Mohini ("Dadi Gulzar").

Born in Hyderabad in Sindh in British India and originally named Lakshmi, she joined the Brahma Kumaris in its early years and undertook international spiritual service, including representing the organisation at a 1954 World Peace Conference in Japan and travelling subsequently to Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. She received an honorary doctorate from Gulbarga University in 2014.

She died at a private hospital in Ahmedabad on 8 April 2025 and was described in obituaries in The Hindu and The Tribune as the second Head of the Brahma Kumaris to reach the age of 100, after Dadi Janki, who had died in 2020 at the age of 104.

Early life Dadi Ratan Mohini was born on 25 March 1925 in Hyderabad in Sindh, then part of British India. On 13 April 2025, BK Mohini Didi, then 84, was appointed as her successor and the organisation's sixth head administrator.

Tributes President Droupadi Murmu, who was in Portugal and the Slovak Republic on a state visit at the time, said in a Hindi-language statement that she was "deeply saddened" by the death and described Dadi Ratan Mohini as "a beacon of light for the Brahma Kumari organisation", adding that the organisation had "contributed significantly to my life journey" and that her teachings "will continue to inspire people to follow the path of spirituality and to work for public welfare".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Dadi Ratan Mohini "had a towering spiritual presence" and "will be remembered as a beacon of light, wisdom and compassion", adding that "her life journey, rooted in deep faith, simplicity and unshakable commitment to service will motivate several people in the times to come" and that she had "provided outstanding leadership to the Brahma Kumaris' global movement". Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that her life had been "a source of spiritual light, which continued to inspire countless souls to follow the path of truth, peace and service".

The Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Bhajan Lal Sharma, and the Governor of Rajasthan, Haribhau Bagde, were among those who condoled her death, as were the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Bhupendrabhai Patel, the Governor of Gujarat, Acharya Devvrat, the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Vishnu Deo Sai, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.