The rich and complex history of Hinduism has primarily been written by male scholars and has documented the point of view of male spiritual strivings. This fact, together with patriarchal opinions expressed in many authoritative sacred texts, has contributed to creating an image of Indian spirituality in which female religious experience is either absent or considerably marginalized. This study deals with the steadily growing number of Indian women assuming public religious leadership roles within Hinduism today. many of these women contradict the usual social expectations of female subordination and promote a renewed awareness of age-old perceptions of God as the divine feminine.