Accounts of Anandamayi Ma’s life, especially from close devotees and biographers, describe many events that were experienced as miraculous. These narratives speak of healings, where people believed that illnesses were cured or alleviated through her touch, blessing, or even simple presence. There are also descriptions of her remaining in deep samādhi for long periods, seemingly without ordinary need for food, water, or sleep, and of her body displaying unusual lightness, heaviness, or luminosity. Devotees further recount episodes in which she appeared to know distant events or unspoken questions, and instances where her presence seemed to induce powerful spiritual experiences or shifts of consciousness in those around her.

Such reports extend to what are often called “spiritual manifestations”: spontaneous yogic postures and mudrās arising in her body, extended states of divine absorption, and a transformative influence felt by visitors during darśan. These phenomena were interpreted by many as expressions of an intense spiritual power (śakti) rather than as feats performed for their own sake. In this sense, the so‑called miracles functioned less as spectacles and more as signs, pointing devotees toward a deeper reality that they felt radiated through her. The emphasis in these accounts is not merely on extraordinary events, but on the inner change and devotion they seemed to awaken.

At the same time, the traditional portrayal of Anandamayi Ma stresses that she consistently downplayed such occurrences. She is remembered as regarding them as incidental expressions of the divine, not as personal accomplishments or proofs of spiritual status. From this perspective, fascination with miracles can easily become a distraction, drawing attention outward to phenomena rather than inward to God‑realization. The more reflective strand within her legacy therefore treats these stories as secondary: meaningful perhaps as inspirations, but ultimately subordinate to the central task of inner transformation and direct experience of the sacred.