... Thanks to a grant from the Nizam of Hyderabad, obtained through his diwan Hyder Ali – who was a devotee of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother – she started building Golconde. The chief architect was Antonin Raymond, a Czech and student of Frank Lloyd Wright, who had accompanied his teacher to Japan in 1923 to help rebuild Tokyo after a disastrous earthquake. There he had become acquainted with Pavitra, then... them that what in other hands may be spoilt or wasted in a short time lasts with her for years or decades. It is on this basis that she planned Golconde.’ 82 About his work on Golconde, Antonin Raymond has written: ‘We lived as in a dream. No time, no money were stipulated in the contract. There was no contract. Here indeed was an ideal state of existence in which the purpose of all activity ...
... worked out because, with Sri Aurobindo gone, I could no longer leave Pondicherry — I could leave Pondicherry only with him (provided he agreed to go and live in his ideal city). At the time I told Antonin Raymond, who built "Golconde", about the project, and he was enthusiastic, he told me, "As soon as you start building, call me and I will come". I showed him my plan (it was on the model of my symbol, ...
... "I'm telling you about it because we have to find a patch of earth in order to grow..." I don't know if she understood! June 11, 1969 AM X-230 (Concerning a letter from Antonin Raymond, architect and friend of [the Ashram general secretary], who built Golconde, an Ashram guesthouse.) Have you seen the letter from the Raymonds?... They have written a very nice letter ...
... come from Hyderabad the Mother decided to give it a name associated with that state. She named it “Golconde”, the French form of Golconda. after the famous fort and diamond mines in Hyderabad. Antonin Raymond, a well-known Czechoslovakian architect and friend of Pavitra, came to the Ashram for a visit and eventually took on the project. Working with him on the Golconde project were the Japanese-American ...
... succeeded … but also she wanted all objects in it, the rooms, the fittings, the furniture to be individually artistic and to form a harmonious whole.’ 63 To this end she invited the architect Antonin Raymond, a Czech, notwithstanding his typically French name. Raymond was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, whom he had accompanied to Japan in 1923 to help in the rebuilding of Tokyo after the disastrous ...
... × Mother's Centenary vol. 3, p. 6. × Antonin Raymond—a Czech architect of Golconde, settled in the U.S.A. × na tatra bhāti chandratārakāṁ : "There ...
... I had a good laugh.) I then asked Amrita why Mother had given the name of Golconde to the building that now has that name. He told me that this building was designed by a great architect, Antonin Raymond, a friend of Pavitra's, whom he had met in Japan. It was a very fine design but money was a problem to build it. Sir Akbar Hydari, the Diwan of Hyderabad, had a great admiration for Sri Aurobindo ...
... her early youth and afterwards during the occult explorations with Max Théon. It was probably in the Thirties that she had the vision of a city with the living Sri Aurobindo at its Centre, for Antonin Raymond, the architect of Golconde, had then drawn a plan for it. This plan must have remained a distinct possibility for some years as František Sammer too got involved, but this was already during the ...
... ten kilometres to the northwest of Pondicherry, where the Ashram had acquired some land. Later the Mother found some notes from that time reminding her to call the two architects of Golconde, Antonin Raymond and František Sammer (who in the meantime had become a Group Captain in the R.A.F.) for planning the ‘tremendous programme.’ It may have been in reference to this occasion or to another one that ...
... 1956, this statement was first publicly distributed as the message for 29 February I960, the first "anniversary" of the Supramental Manifestation upon earth. Page 7 "Calling Antonin Raymond".* The architect for the construction. Then there was also "making ready temporary quarters for [an American film maker]". But then [the film maker] left; he died. That's what happens - things ...
... thousand rupees 1 ). But then the money didn't come and our missionary friend left. He's no longer there; he's been replaced by someone else. ( Mother looks at a piece of paper ) 'Calling Antonin Raymond 2 .' The architect for the construction. Then there was also 'making ready temporary quarters for Z 3 .' But then Z left; he died. That's what happens—things change. It's not that the ...
... worked out because, with Sri Aurobindo gone, I could no longer leave Pondicherry—I could leave Pondicherry only with him (provided he agreed to go and live in his ideal city). At the time I told Antonin Raymond, who built "Golconde," about the project, and he was enthusiastic, he told me, "As soon as you start building, call me and I will come." I showed him my plan (it was on the model of my symbol, ...
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