One by one, they laid their hands on the crown of her head in a mighty stack, consecrating her the first woman bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Eventually she died, and the Mangaladevi temple was consecrated in her honour at Bolar by the local people after her death.
Her worship can be performed in the house, where she is symbolised as an earthenware pitcher; she may also be worshipped outdoors in a natural, open space consecrated to her, termed a shashthitala.
She is symbolically represented in a variety of forms, including an earthenware pitcher, a banyan tree or part of it or a red stone beneath such a tree; outdoor spaces termed shashthitala are also consecrated for her worship.
Hanuman suggests that Angada be consecrated as king, compensating her loss but Tara declares that since his uncle Sugriva is alive, it is inadvisable.
She had not been brought up in a household consecrated to the kitchen arts-her mother was a kindergarten teacher, her father a salesman-but the gods gave her what she terms "a love of good food and an abounding curiosity and restlessness".
In contemporary culture, the idea of being a virgin is not prized anymore, it's not esteemed, it's not cool, it's like, 'Who cares?' " Judith Stegman, 47, of Haslett, Mich., said that while preparing invitations to her consecration years ago, she told a friend that her title would be "consecrated virgin living in the world".
These holy women and men, consecrated to Christ, carry on her work of selflessly helping "the poorest of the poor" and caring for those least wanted or with spiritual poverty.
It was through the world of music specifically that her own fame was consecrated.
Her departure from field consecrated to Marilyn Miller, etc. not wholly pique, as newspapers stated, over acclaim accorded Louise Brown and William Kent by critics.
