Gujarat : The name is said to be derived from the Gurjara-Pratihāras (q.v.) who settled in the region in early 5th century. By 8th century their kingdom had spread north into Rājputāna & south into Madhya Pradesh. Tradition says in 746 their king Vanarāj Chawdā built Aṇhīlpūr Pātaṇ at the centre of his kingdom as his capital which gradually became a vast & prosperous kingdom. However, just as eminent Jain astrologers had predicted soon after the capital was built, it was wiped out in 1297. Currently (1866) it is known just as Pātaṇ or Kadi-Pātaṇ (see Kadi). Except for the marble stones dug out of some areas outside what may have been its impregnable fortress, few signs exist of its underground ponds, wells, lakes, temples, palaces etc. thanks to devastation inflicted by the greed, hatred, religious bigotry of invaders. [KG] The immense wealth of Gujarat, due particularly to active commerce through the rich ports of Khambhāt, Surat, & Bharūch (see Greeks), drew waves on waves of Islamic jihadis. In 1024 Mahmud Ghazni sacked the temple of Sōmanātha. Bhīmadeva I, the Chālukya-Solanki king had failed to bar his route to it, but after the barbarian was gone, he built a temple of stone in place of the former temple of brick & wood, his general, Vimal Shah, build the magnificent Jaina temple at Ᾱbu. Other edifices were raised by Bhīmadeva’s successors, most by Siddharāja Jaisingh & Kumārapāla. Mūlarāja II Solanki & Vīrādhavala Vāghela successfully repelled all jihadi incursions in their time. Two ministers of Vīrādhavala, Vastupāla & Tejapāla constructed temples at Śhatruṅjaya, Gīrnār, & Ᾱbu. King Arjūna even endowed a mosque erected by a Muslim ship-owner of Ormuz, & provided for the expenses of certain Shiite festivals. He further laid down that under the management of the Muslim community of Sōmanātha any surplus was to be made over to Mecca & Medina. ― Md. Ghuri/Ghori invaded in AD 1178, but was routed by Mūlarāja or Vīrādhavala. But in 1297 when Gujarat was ruled by the Solanki-Vāghela Rāi Karṇadeva II, ‘Alā-ud-din Khalji the Turkish-Afghān (Sūltān of Delhi after murdering his uncle who brought him up, being a fatherless child, as his favourite son) vandalised the kingdom down to its bones, & carried away Queen Kamalā Devi to his Harem. The usual policy of the Sultans was clearly sketched by ‘Alā-ud-din, who required his advisers to draw up ‘rules & regulations for grinding down the Hindus, & for depriving them of that wealth & property which fosters disaffection & rebellion’. Half of the gross produce of the soil was collected by the Delhi Sultanate through its governors – while native Hindu rulers had taken one-sixth. “No Hindu (says a Moslem historian) could hold up his head, & in their houses no sign of gold or silver… or of any superfluity was to be seen… Blows, confinement in the stocks, imprisonment & chains, were all employed to enforce payment.” [see India ― In 1361-62, Md. Tughluq’s successor, resumed the task of conquering Sindh, which he had been abandoned on the death of Md. bin Tughluq. He marched towards Tattah, the capital of the Jāms of Sindh, with 90,000 cavalry, many infantry regiments, 480 elephants, & 5,000 boats. Jām Bābaniya, met him with an army of 20,000 cavalry & 400,000 infantry. The Delhi army suffered greatly, owing to the outbreak of famine & an epizootic disease, which carried off about three-quarters of it. Intending to gather fresh reinforcements, the Sultan retreated to Gujarāt. But, misled by his guides, he lost his way in the Rann of Cutch…. In 1401, Zafar Khan…appointed governor of the province in 1391 by Md. Shah Tughluq assumed independence. After his death in 1411, his grandson Ahmad Shah ascended the throne (see Ahmadābād). [AHI] ― [Among Ahmad Shah’s successors the most eulogized by ‘our’ secular historians are] Mahmud Beghdo (ruled 1459-1511) & Bahadur Shāh (1526-37). They also added to the territories & glory of Gujarat…. Confusion prevailed in Gujarat after the murder of Bahadur Shāh [inviting annexation by Akbar in 1572-73; the Marathas conquered it c.1730; & the Octopus in 1818]…. In the widest sense Gujarat includes the whole compact area where Gujarati language is spoken, i.e., Ahmadābād, Bharuch, Pancha Mahal, Khaira & Surat districts in the old state of Bombay, the main territories of the former Baroda state & the states of Saurāshtra & Cutch.” [DIH] ― The amalgamation of exotic & indigenous architectural styles [in Islamic buildings in Hindustan] was possible owing to certain factors. The Muslims had of necessity to employ Hindu craftsmen & sculptors, who were naturally guided in their work by the existing art traditions of their country. Further, in the earlier period of Muslim invasions, mosques were constructed out of the materials [=rubble] of Hindu & Jain temples, & sometimes the temples themselves were only modified (sic) to some extent to suit the requirements of the conquerors [which dictated their being pulverized & shards of their sacred Murties imbedded in the entrance steps of holy Islamic structures]. The province of Gujarat also witnessed the growth of a beautiful style of Islamic architecture. A splendid indigenous style had already flourished there before the coming of the Muslims, & the buildings of the conquerors bear unmistakable signs of the influence of that style…. Thus we find the use of fine wood-carving & also delicate stone lattices & ornaments in the buildings of the new city of Ahmadābād which was constructed by Ahmad Shāh during AD 1411-1441, out of the ruins of temples & buildings…. In the numerous buildings, mosques & tombs, built in Gujarāt since the accession of the Ahmad Shāhi rulers, the tradition of the old Indian art was modified (sic) in certain respects according to the requirements…of Islam.” [AHI] [KG = Karan Gehlot – the Last Rajput King of Gujarat by Nandashankar Tulajāshankar Mehta, first published in 1866; 10th Ed., 1934, reprinted 1986, 2007, 2009; AHI = An Advanced History of India by RC Majumdar et al, 3rd Ed., MacMillan India, 1973-1974, pp.172, 175, 269, 321-2; DIH = Dictionary of Indian History, S. Bhattacharya, Calcutta Univ.; 2nd Ed. 1972; pp. 59-60, 407-08]
... introduction of late Sri Dhoomketu, a well-known writer of Gujarat. The second edition of the book on Preservation of Health and Sight was published and three thousand copies were sold out. During this period I received a letter from Dr. Agarwal inquiring whether I could make an arrangement for his consultation camp for the eye patients in Gujarat in my eye clinic; he expressed his intention to offer... their health and sight. This shield was handed over to the Gymnastic Association of Gujarat by Sri B. K. Thakor, a prominent poet and critic of Gujarati language who came to me from Bombay for the treatment of his eyes and was cured by one month's treatment and training. When the Gymnastic Association of Gujarat could not organize the competitions they returned the shield to me after five years... treatment which could save them from these reactions, and a new way which could train them for a natural way of living. Arogyamandir got its establishment on the top floor of the Orient Club, near Gujarat College, on the other side of the Sabarmati river, at the west end of Ahmedabad city. I was living outside the fort area of the city, in a mill area, named Gomtipur at the east end of the city. Every ...
... purchased 36 copies, Petlad 36 copies, Khambhat 30, Sojitra 26 and Kapadwanj 24 copies. Generally Gujarat is believed to be much backward in these matters, but the same Gujarat responded to this book with great love and respect to the Divine Mother who was approaching them through me, and my head bowed to Gujarat in all humility. The whole edition of of 2000 copies was sold out within the record time of... I had decided to visit the Ashram again in October to celebrate my birthday only after selling five hundred copies of the books so that I could offer five hundred rupees to the Divine Mother. In Gujarat the rains were very heavy and incidents of communal tension had occurred in the Modasa district, where I was moving on my pilgrimage. It was extremely difficult, almost impossible, to move in that... completes five years in August 1977. During this period I visited 1800 educational institutions of seven districts (Baroda, Kaira, Sabarkantha, Panchmahal, Mehsana, Gandhinagar and Banaskantha) of North Gujarat and distributed more than ten thousand copies of my Gujarati book on preservation of health and sight and 1200 copies of the first edition of this book My Pilgrimage to the Spirit . During my visit ...
... counted on the inveterate Moderates of Gujarat. Yet things might turn out quite differently, after all ! 37 During his stay of about thirteen years at Baroda, Sri Aurobindo had had opportunities of gauging the potentialities of the Gujarati mind and character. He had friends and former pupils who were holding important positions in the public life of Gujarat. The Bande Mataram - the daily and... and weekly editions both - were read widely in Gujarat, and reprints from the paper had also been issued there, and these had enjoyed a tremendous vogue all over the country. It was thus with personal knowledge as well as with some intuition about the future that Sri Aurobindo wrote the following: Gujarat was once part of the Rajput circle and her princes fought on equal terms with Mahmud... the customary motions, like a puppet as it were. He and Barin had discussions Page 275 with Chotalal B Purani about the possibility of organising secret revolutionary groups all over Gujarat, along the lines this had been done in Bengal. Barin also gave the formula for making bombs to Chotalal. Ambalal, his younger brother had attended some of Sri Aurobindo's lectures at Vankaner Theatre ...
... came to stay with Sri Aurobindo, he read the Rig Veda with him. Ambalal B. Purani's coming was from far-away Gujarat, - and thereby hangs a tale. His brother, Chhotalal Purani, had received from Sri Aurobindo in 1907 certain broad directions for revolutionary activity in Gujarat, and Barindra had given the formula for making bombs. As a boy, Ambalal had heard Sri Aurobindo at Baroda in 1908... forth, it may not be long in coming." And so Purani found that his personal question and the problem for his revolutionary group had both been decisively solved. His work was over, and he returned to Gujarat - but only to come again in 1921. This time Purani noticed (as others had) the change in Sri Aurobindo's complexion: for it was no more that of the average Bengali - rather dark - though with a lustre... matted hair, as head of a group of Sadhus! Many came and went like sea-waves, but a few remained with Sri Aurobindo. Champaklal, for example, first came in 1921 as a young man of eighteen, went back to Gujarat, and returned in 1923 to stay with Sri Aurobindo till the end, the most steadfast and tender-hearted of his disciples. And now, early in 1924, an unusual visitor to Pondicherry: Dilip Kumar ...
... was looking for strong young men who could prepare the district of Gujarat for the revolution to free India from the British. Anu said Sri Aurobindo selected her father and her uncle (his brother) and they were both quite willing to work in this capacity. While Purani was in college he started physical culture centers all over Gujarat for sports, bodywork, playing sticks, climbing wooden poles and wrestling... and she has a turn of her feet reminiscent of ballet dancers in fifth position. She lives in the main Ashram compound near the Samadhi above what used to be the fruit room. She was born in Surat, Gujarat, on January 5 th . She told me that the year is unknown as her parents kept shifting her horoscope, but it is supposed to have been around the mid 1920s. She was brought to the Ashram when she was... closeness she spoke quite openly to me about him and in this interview her remembrances are lovingly detailed. She told me that prior to his coming to the Ashram, while he was still in high school in Gujarat, he saw Sri Aurobindo in Baroda and when Sri Aurobindo gave a lecture he went to hear him. After seeing Sri Aurobindo he later told his friends that he felt Sri Krishna had again taken birth. At that ...
... to reply to Durgadas on his behalf. To Punamchand M. Shah . Punamchand Mohanlal Shah (born 1898), of Patan, Gujarat, met Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry in 1919. Four years later he became a member of his household. Between 1927 and 1931, he spent much of his time in Gujarat trying to collect money for the newly founded Ashram. In August 1927 Sri Aurobindo wrote three letters to Punamchand... January 1894 . Sri Aurobindo wrote this letter to his grandfather Raj Narain Bose (1826 - 1899), a well-known writer and leader of the Adi Brahmo Samaj, while posted in Gujaria, a town in northern Gujarat, which then was part of the princely state of Baroda. To His Sister. 25 August 1894 . Sri Aurobindo wrote this letter to his younger sister Sarojini (1877 - 1956) shortly after his first visit... February 1920 . Ambalal Balkrishna Purani (1894 - 1965) met Sri Aurobindo in 1918, when he came to Pondicherry to report on the progress of a revolutionary secret society that had been set up in Gujarat under Sri Aurobindo's inspiration. Sri Aurobindo advised the young man to give his attention to sadhana. Page 586 Purani corresponded with members of Sri Aurobindo's household ...
... widespread evil, widely acknowledged, it is inconceivable to me that we should seek to encourage the export of cotton-seeds on which so much of the efficiency of the simple manure, which we use here, in Gujarat, depends. Yet the value of this export has risen in one year from five to twenty lakhs of rupees, and it is certain that at this rate the cattle will have to go without it, and that their manure will... quality. I was advised that it would not pay to establish a factory, but the reasons against success were not insuperable. I also made some enquiries into the possibility of manufacturing paper in Gujarat and discovered that there were abundant raw materials of an excellent quality to be obtained here, and that this too was quite feasible. We have already some glass-blowing factories at Kapadwanj... steps were taken. Tapestry, for instance, is a great women's industry in Switzerland; lacework, cretonne and embroidered cushions could all very well be done by women. Needlework is even now done in Gujarat homes, and if the designs and colourings are improved it might be turned into an active industry, supplying our own wants, and possibly outside demands. Carpet-weaving also, which is now done in several ...
... women of the Ashram to go out on a cycle like that. 21.6.32 Sri Aurobindo Mother, I am very fond of learning music. When I went to Gujarat, it was one of the reasons for going. I went to Gujarat disobeying you. Before I left, I was not well and on reaching there my health became even worse. But as soon as I reached Pondicherry, there was a remarkable change... questions and answers for guidance in daily activities from 1931 to 1939. Dear Father, I am awaiting a reply from you. Please give me an answer. There is no use in going to Gujarat for learning English. You can learn it here, if you want, much better than you could at any school. 7.9.31 Sri Aurobindo My dear Mother, I want to make a sari... learning English and also gave me a chance to learn music with Sahana. She repeatedly told me: "If you want to learn music, you must have a harmonium to practise at home." Mahesh brought a harmonium from Gujarat. I sent this harmonium to be shown to you through Nolini. But I did not receive any answer. I had told Sahana that I did not like this harmonium because it did not have a pleasing tone, still I started ...
... shielding (Deshpande) resolution. About the Serajgunj resolution also Gandhi has felt much. 15-7-1924 The Gujarat Provincial Congress Committee passed the compulsory spinning resolution with the penalty clause. Sri Aurobindo (turning to a Disciple ) : Gujarat is outdoing itself. Disciple : First month three thousand yards and then five thousand yards. Sri Aurobindo... hold meetings in the College Square and some sixty or seventy persons used to attend, mostly passers by ; and I had the honour to preside over several of those meetings! . Disciple : In Gujarat we had the same experience in the National Educational programme. The public would not support an independent national school or college. A Disciple reported the arrival of a Bengali teacher at... and sermonising to the village people, as we are trying to do now. Disciple : I have letters from a friend informing me that the organisation of co-operative societies has succeeded in Gujarat. Sri Aurobindo : If you want to work in the village, you must take to a natural profession, go and settle down among the village people and be one of them. When they see that you are a practical ...
... Divine, and in addition something new and unprecedented, to help divinize the human consciousness by a special Yoga of self-perfection, a stream of spiritual seekers from all sides, especially from Gujarat and Bengal, began to flow towards the beaconlight of the Ashram, for guidance and help in their strivings to break the bondage of animal-human nature and to find a way to change the present ignorant... too long and only the Divine Grace could lead me to the destination at the right hour. I had to give up my impatience and wait for a change to be effected at the right time. I decided to return to Gujarat to practise this Yoga in the midst of the world and to lead a life based on the same principles inviting the help of the Divine Mother and with a feeling that "All can be done if the God-touch is there... reader a story of the Divine Grace, how it helped, guided, enriched and developed my life in such a way as to enable me to live with the Divine as the centre of my existence. I left Pondicherry for Gujarat. Till I reached Madras where I halted with my old friend who was a doctor, my mind was perfectly blank. In the ordinary course, I ought to have been thinking of the ways and means of re-arranging my ...
... very vigorously and I feel tremendous peace. This time I heard the word Mother, Mother, Mother in the surrounding atmosphere too. I had this sort of experience before I went to Gujarat. But after coming from Gujarat, it stopped. This morning, it started again. I pray Mother to help me. What is it that I hear as Mother, Mother around me. Is it true or a delusion? The atmosphere you... 35 Sri Aurobindo Mother, I saw a dream like this. I came to see you on my birthday. You said to me, "Kamala, I willingly allow you to go to Gujarat for a few days." If it is true, may I go to Gujarat after 21st February? The dream must have been a formation in your mind in dream - for there was no such intention on the part of the Mother. 9.1.37 ... Mother, I see Jagdish, my younger brother, coming here in my dream. When I ask him why he came back so soon, in less than three days, he replies that he has been here only and did not go to Gujarat for ever. Page 56 It is probably simply a thought of his on the vital plane that came to you. S RI A UROBINDO Mother, This evening at 7.00 p.m. when I was ...
... British India when I go there, already exists at Pondicherry but I need friends both to maintain and to enlarge it. The second I am founding through you in Bengal. I hope to establish another one in Gujarat during the ensuing year. Many more desire and are fit to undertake this Sadhana than I can at present admit and it is only by large means being placed at my disposal that I can carry on this work... here. If he can give the first monthly instalment at once that ought to lighten your difficulties there. I shall be able to arrange with Durga Dass' help and with the money coming from Madras and Gujarat for one year's expense here, just sufficient for the two houses. What I want you to do, if you can, is to raise money from Bengal for the next year and for the maintenance of your Bengal centre also... the protection of your own atmosphere, without your outward manner of aloofness or of being other than they are. You say that you have lost the Divine peace which had come to you on your way to Gujarat. A.G. says that the Divine peace that you speak of—like other deepest states—comes and goes increasing gradually in the return until it can be fully established in the various planes of your being—they ...
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... wrestling. If I wished to learn wrestling well he could make the arrangements. He knew someone in Gujarat who was an expert. By spending five or six months with him I could learn wrestling really well. He would make all the arrangements for lodging and boarding. Naturally, I never went to Gujarat to learn wrestling. But when I came away to the Ashram for good and was setting up the physical education... I Remember He was known as the "Father of physical culture" in Gujarat. He also taught English and Dyuman-bhai was one of his students. He was an accomplished writer. His Evening Talks with Sri Aurobindo in English is an invaluable book. Towards the end of his life he went to England to do some research on Sri Aurobindo's life as a student, all the houses he lived ...
... Indus Valley script. Dilmun (Bahrain Island) was most probably the main port of call for the Indian ships that crossed the seas. Recent marine archaeological research off the Saurashtra coast in Gujarat and radiocarbon dating have fixed the date as 1400 B.C. when Dwaraka of Sri Krishna was submerged by the rising sea. Thus confirming the facts as given in the epic Mahabharata. 1 The Maurya... reformer whose tireless effort made the Widow Marriage Act of 1856 possible. —Keshav Chandra Sen (1838-84) was a religious reformer. He founded the Brahmo Samaj. It was Kathiawar (Gujarat), that land of rocks and hills, whose fair and robust humanity hears the voice and the puissance of the sea that flings itself upon those coasts and, hearing, becomes instinct with a fresh and primal... age-old homeland in Persia, these followers of Zarathustra had taken refuge on the hospitable shores of India. It was in the middle of the seventh century that they first landed in Diu, an islet in Gujarat, where its king, Jayadeva, made them feel at home. The Parsee community's contribution to the nation is considerable. —Sir Jamsetji N. Tata (1839-1904) is perhaps the best known figure ...
... to take up some work, I asked her to select any work which she liked. At that time there was a strong movement to separate Gujarat from the Bombay State and many young students had sacrificed their lives in that movement. Finally, it was decided to make a separate State of Gujarat and applications were invited from those who wanted to join the State service. Arvinda got employed in the Secretariat in... through marriage. We received the blessings from the Mother on the day of the marriage. The ceremony was kept at the bungalow of Sri Gatubhai Dhru, President of the Association of Reformist Marriages of Gujarat, Ahmedabad, in 1963. By this time Prakash had passed his S.S.C. examination with first class and had joined St. Xavier's College of Science. After some years he joined L. D. Engineering College... great quarrel and I had to drag him to the criminal court three times. He tried to bribe the city surveyor and got his name entered but I took objection and I took the matter to the Chief Minister of Gujarat State. The struggle and the quarrel lasted for three full years with no result and with the death of my neighbour the matter stopped there. It was by the Grace of the Divine Mother that I could ...
... contagious - it was hearty and hilarious. Sometimes his quips and jokes and droll yams would send Sri Aurobindo into bursts of laughter. He was afterwards appointed Chief Justice of a State in Gujarat. Sri Aurobindo learnt both Marathi and Gujarati at Baroda. He also learnt a dialect of Marathi called Mori from a pundit. He had an aptitude for picking up languages with an amazing ease and... 57 . One of the leading journalists in contemporary Bengal. Page 54 Bengalis knew him or recognised his worth. Nobody was aware of the treasure that lay hidden in the desert of Gujarat.... But during his long stay there, you were the only Bengali who was fortunate enough to have the opportunity of knowing him intimately and observing him at close quarters for some time.... Today... friend and fellow-worker of Sri Aurobindo in the political field, relates an incident which illustrates Sri A urobindo's power of concentration. "Once Sri Aurobindo came to Thana, a town in Gujarat, where I was posted. It was raining heavily on that day. As we could not stir out, we fell to target- shooting to beguile the time. My wife proposed that Sri Aurobindo should be given the rifle so ...
... letters from Patan show that Punamchand was not happy about this and cried for the Lord always. While living in Gujarat, Punamchand was given the work of collecting the funds for building up the Ashram in Pondicherry. He approached many persons, particularly businessmen in Mumbai and Gujarat, for contributions. In his reminiscences, Champaklal writes: "Punamchand was well known in our town. I met... Part IV: Correspondence with Early Disciples Champaklal's Treasures - Edition-II Punamchand [Punamchand had a small Ashram in Patan, Gujarat, where he and others practised Yoga under Sri Aurobindo 's guidance. Every year from 1919 onwards, he travelled to Pondicherry to visit Sri Aurobindo. In 1923, during his annual visit lie asked for permission to ...
... but somewhat eccentric. In the year 1935 a serious Page 123 mishap occurred to Dayashankar incapacitating him for the dispensary work. Dr. Becharlal, a visiting physician devotee from Gujarat, was looking after the dispensary affairs after the departure of Dayashankar. Now a need was felt for having someone as the permanent head of the Ashram medical services. Sri Aurobindo sounded Dr.... wanted somebody to fill up the hole left by the erratic Page 124 Dayashankar and we also don't know what we shall do when Becharlal goes for his periodic inspection of his affairs in Gujarat. We had rejected the idea because we thought you might not only [be] not enthusiastic but the reverse of enthusiastic about again becoming a medical gent. When however you spoke lovingly and hungeringly... charge of keeping it in order. (2) to help Becharlal in ministering to the physical ills of the sadhaks - with the provision that you may have hereafter to take the main charge, if he takes a trip to Gujarat. The Mother is rather anxious that you should take up this work; she had the idea, as I told you, when D. S. broke down (which was a pity because he was in many respects the ideal man for the ...
... Krishna but when I heard about you and Sri Aurobindo, I started adoring both of you. There was an intense urge to come here. Many times, I had a Darshan of Sri Aurobindo in my dreams when I was in Gujarat. I always prayed to Sri Aurobindo, "O Lord, take me in your refuge." Once Sri Aurobindo came in my dream and told me that I would be there within fifteen days and it happened so. Mother, I was worshipping... to me. What is the reason for not replying? I was under the impression that I had answered it. Certainly, you have the call and the aspiration — the very fact that you could not remain in Gujarat is a sufficient proof of it. 8.4.33 Sri Aurobindo Mother, For the last so many days, I feel I have not been open towards you. Is it true or false? I humbly pray... desire will go away. I shall see you for a few minutes this morning. 19.12.33 The Mother Mother, For a month, I have been having constant thoughts of going to Gujarat and, on the other hand, I am having thoughts of staying at Thy Lotus feet. The conflict is going on. I am quite sure that I am not going to be happy there, still I cannot prevent these thoughts ...
... Haribhai : About twenty. Gandhi : Are they from different parts of India? Haribhai : Yes, some from Bengal, some from the Punjab, some from Behar, Madras and Gujarat. Gandhi : How many are from Gujarat? Haribhai : About five. Gandhi : Who are they ? Haribhai : One is Purani, then Kashibhai, Mr. and Mrs.Punamchand and Champaklal. Gaandhi : When is... till in 1947 the goal was reached. The lives of leaders and workers, who rode, willingly and with delight on the dangerous crest of the tidal wave, underwent great transformations. Our small group in Gujarat got its goal fixed – the winning of undiluted freedom for India. All the energies of the leaders were taken up by the freedom movement. Only a few among them attempted to see beyond the horizon ...
... night and are never extinguished. The Zoroastrians fled Persia in search of religious freedom and came to the Udwada section of Gujarat in India. They brought burning lamps with them from their temples in Persia on their ships that crossed the Arabian Sea. The ruler of Gujarat welcomed them and gave them religious refuge there. They promised to live as his own people. One of the Zoroastrian High Priests ...
... his ideals and his teachings. The members of all the Sri Aurobindo centres in Gujarat with their friends and relatives filled the hall and relished the lectures and the atmosphere of the Presence of the Divine Mother. We received messages from many well-known persons. This was the first chance for the masses of Gujarat to know and assimilate something about the ideal and the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo ...
... one month Kamala is telling me, “Mother is not putting her hand on my head. She is neither smiling nor looking at me. How can one stay here in this condition? I wonder if she wants me to go back to Gujarat.” The whole day she is crying in sorrow. When I asked her to write to Mother, she said, “When I write to Mother, she smiles for a few days and then it is the same. I do not want that she smiles only... with Kamala, please, let us know. There is absolutely no reason why Mother should be displeased with Kamala. She is not at all displeased with her and she has no wish at all that she should go to Gujarat; she wants her to be here; for here is her true home. Mother is not at all refraining from smiling at Kamala or doing it by force; she is doing with her just as she has always done. It must be that ...
... special difficulties of the path and the need for complete self-surrender. Of those who were accepted I shall mention only two who were outstanding as disciples. Champaklal, a young man of eighteen from Gujarat, first came in 1921. He then went back but returned in 1923, this time to stay for good. He later served both the Mother and Sri Aurobindo as a personal attendant with rare dedication and devotion... etc. and also played a leading role when the International Centre of Education was established at the Ashram. By 1926, the number of inmates had increased to 25; they came mostly from Bengal, Gujarat and the South, whilst two, Datta and Pavitra, came from countries beyond the shores of India. The foundations of the Ashram had begun to be laid. We come now to the great day, November 24, 1926 ...
... the revolutionary party was started by Okakura and joined by Nandy, Suren Tagore and others. The Swadeshi movement started before the Bengal Partition. I was coming and going between Bengal and Gujarat. Gujarat was very moderate at that time. With Pherozeshah Mehta it was just beginning to be revolutionary. DR. MANILAL: What about Dadabhai Nowroji? He was an extremist. SRI AUROBINDO: No, Moderate ...
... had grown up out of the original elements a natural system of sub-nations with different languages, literatures and other traditions of their own, the four Dravidian peoples, Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Sind, Assam, Orissa, Nepal, the Hindi-speaking peoples of the North, Rajputana and Bihar. British rule with its provincial administration did not unite these peoples but it did impose upon... her future. For the Dravidian regional peoples are demanding their separate right to a self-governing existence; Maharashtra expects a similar concession and this would mean a similar development in Gujarat and then the British-made Presidencies of Madras and Bombay would have disappeared. The old Bengal Presidency had already been split up and Orissa, Bihar and Assam are now, self-governing regional ...
... helpful introduction to Sri Aurobindo's poem. Ambalal Balkrishna Purani was born in Surat, Gujarat, in 1894. Inspired as a young man by Sri Aurobindo, then a leader of the Indian National Movement, Purani helped to launch a youth movement which gained widespread popularity in Gujarat. At the age of twenty-four he visited Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry and finally settled there five ...
... refrain from explaining the "Mediterranean" aspects of those skeletons entirely in terms of these waves. According to Sankalia, culturally the earliest skeletons so far found are from Langhnaj, in north Gujarat. 10 But what are his own words about them? He writes: "These show on the one hand many Veddid or Australoid traits, on the other hand Medi-terranid or those found among the Natufians, a culturally... " The Langhnaj skeletons date to "around 2000 B.C." 11 The Natufians flourished in the seventh millennium B.C. 52 It is impossible to believe that the Natufian people and culture immigrated into Gujarat and created the Langhnaj "Mediterranids"-cum-"Veddids" ethnologically and culturally. Another anomaly is at Tekkolakota (Mysore) at about the same date. A people with a developed culture from Western ...
... British India when I go there, already exists at Pondicherry but I need friends both to maintain and to enlarge it. The second I am founding through you in Bengal. I hope to establish another one in Gujarat during the ensuing year. Many more desire and are fit to undertake this Sadhana than I can at present admit and it is only by large means being placed at my disposal that I can carry on this. work... here. If he can give the first monthly instalment at once that ought to lighten your difficulties there. I shall be able to arrange with Durga Dass' help and with the money coming from Madras and Gujarat for one year's expenses here, just sufficient for the two houses. What I want you to do, if you can, is to raise money from Bengal for the next year and for the maintenance of your Bengal centre also ...
... war) so that I may in future offer more to Mother! But Tarapada has failed me hopelessly, Guru. Not a pice yet, fancy! For a book which has made me all but famous in Bengal and Gujarat – for it has been translated into Gujarat! as you must know! I wonder how much he will send me though! Am I getting too commercial after Bombay and Ahmedabad? If you give the money to the Mother that can’t ...
... me a first hand account of the violent reaction that Sri Aurobindo’s public support of the British war effort provoked among Indians. It seems that at that time M.P. was a young freedom fighter in Gujarat who idolized Gandhi, and who even tried to prepare himself for a possible armed struggle against the British. When news of Sri Aurobindo’s support for the British war effort broke it apparently drove... mad with rage. In their blind indignation many of them physically attacked Sri Aurobindo centres and places associated with him. M.P. himself was one of those who violently attacked such a centre in Gujarat including, it seems, any property as well as the very person of anyone who was identified as a sadhak or follower of Sri Aurobindo in the area.” ...
... Disorder, ____________________ 1. Ambalal Balkrishna Purani was born (26 May 1894) in Surat, Gujarat. Revolution and Yoga were in his nature. His elder brother C. B. Purani became a revolutionary in 1907 under Barindra Kumar Ghose. With his brother, our Purani formed a secret revolutionary cell in Gujarat. He had seen Sri Aurobindo and heard his two lectures in Baroda in 1908. From then on he considered ...
... British India when I go there, already exists at Pondicherry but I need friends both to maintain and enlarge it. The second I am founding through you in Bengal. I hope to establish another one in Gujarat during the ensuing year. Many more desire and are fit to undertake this Sadhana than I can at present admit and it is only by large means being placed at my disposal that I can carry on this work which... irresistibly attracted by the name of Sri Aurobindo and the reports about him from people who knew him or were his disciples. Together with eleven others he decided to walk to Pondicherry all the way from Gujarat, crossing the Indian subcontinent from the west coast north of Bombay to the east coast south of Madras! Soon most of them dropped out, but then a well-wisher sold his wife’s gold ornaments to buy ...
... had grown up out of the original elements a natural system of sub-nations with different languages, literatures and other traditions of their own, the four Dravidian peoples, Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Sind, Assam, Orissa, Nepal, the Hindi-speaking peoples of the North, Rajputana and Behar. British rule with its provincial administration did not unite these peoples but it did impose upon... her future. For the Dravidian regional peoples are demanding their separate right to a self-governing existence; Maharashtra expects a similar concession and this would mean a similar development in Gujarat and then the British-made Presidencies of Madras and Bombay would have disappeared. The old Bengal Presidency had already been split up and Orissa, Page 501 Bihar and Assam are now sel ...
... published as the first chapter of The Mother . Chapter 2. Sri Aurobindo wrote this piece after he had finished replying to a series of questions asked by Motilal Mehta, a disciple living in Gujarat, in a letter dated 30 May 1927. Motilal's questions and Sri Aurobindo's replies are published on page 107 of Letters on Himself and the Ashram , volume 35 of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SRI AUROBINDO. One... continuation of the letter, which a year later was published as the second chapter of The Mother . Chapter 3. Sri Aurobindo wrote this piece as a letter to Punamchand Shah, a disciple living in Gujarat, on 1 August 1927. In 1928 it was published as the third chapter of The Mother . Chapter 4. Sri Aurobindo wrote this undated piece as a letter to Punamchand Shah. At the time Punamchand was ...
... had grown up out of the original elements a natural system of sub-nations with different languages, literatures and other traditions of their own, the four Dravidian peoples, Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Sind, Assam, Orissa, Nepal, the Hindi-speaking peoples of the North, Rajputana and Bihar. British rule with its provincial administration did not unite these peoples but it did impose upon... her future. For the Dravidian regional peoples are demanding their separate right to a self-governing existence; Maharashtra expects a similar concession and this would mean a similar development in Gujarat and then the British-made Presidencies of Madras and Bombay would have disappeared. The old Bengal Presidency had already been Split up and Orissa, Bihar and Assam are now self-governing regional peoples ...
... 341 1.The respondents were middle and senior level managers and officials from public sector organizations like Indian Oil Corporation, The State Bank of India, The Reserve Bank of India, Gujarat Narmada Fertilizer Corporation; organizations in the private sector like Telco, Jamshedpur, Associated Cement Company, Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company and Salora International Limited; mult... Kalyani -741235 Dr. Nadia, West Bengal nsaha@klyuniv.ernet.in Dr. Anil S. Kane Vice-Chancellor MS University of Baroda Shastri Bridge Road Vadodara-390002 Gujarat Vc.msu@Jwbdq.lwbbs.net Dr. A.M. Pathan Vice-Chancellor Karnataka University Pavate Nagar Dharwad-580003 Karnataka karuni@bgl.vsnl.net.in Page ...
... spirituality. Otherwise, if there are simple criticisms, they are not enough to stop sending poetry to the critic. NIRODBARAN: Is there any such criticism in Gujarat against Pujalal? PURANI: No, not yet. SRI AUROBINDO: You mean Gujarat is not modern enough? PURANI: Perhaps not. Besides, two modern Gujarati poets have come here and they are impressed by what they have seen. Purani then gave ...
... asking why able-bodied people should go about from door to door. SATYENDRA: But in any other part of India a Sannyasi has no difficulty. Purnananda speaks very lovingly of a warm reception in Gujarat. NIRODBARAN: He says Bengali Sannyasis are not treated well in North India by North Indian Sannyasis. "As the Bengalis don't treat us well, why should we treat them well?" they argue. There is ... was Jainism. In Bengal where Buddhism was once very dominant they used to eat meat. It is remarkable how Jainism spread that influence throughout the whole of India. It was because of jainism that Gujarat is vegetarian. But some carry this abstinence from meat as far back as the Veda. There is a Sloka which says that meat cannot be eaten and they make it "must not" be eaten. At the end Purani showed ...
... years passed and, in different months of the year 1923, five more young aspirants, four from Gujarat and one from Bengal, came to live with Sri Aurobindo: they were A.B. Purani, Champaklal, Punamchand and his wife Champaben, and Kanailal Gangulee. The year 1924 saw the arrival of Punjalal, again from Gujarat. A French army engineer Phillipe Barbier Saint-Hillaire (Pavitra) came and settled down in 1925 ...
... the Curriculum Committee set up by the Government of Gujarat for its newly established university. The Indian Institute of Teacher Education. I am grateful to the members of this committee for the stimulation they have provided to me. I am particularly thankful to Smt. Jayanti S. Ravi, Commissioner of Higher Education, Government of Gujarat, who as the Member Secretary of the curriculum committee ...
... university will be to undertake vast areas of research regarding the child and the future, so as to plough the results of research into the making of an effective three-fold programme in the State of Gujarat and elsewhere: Every Child Matters; Integral development of the child that unites scientific realism and aesthetic creativity under the uplifting power of the synthesis of science and spirituality;... light of the guidance that we can derive from Maharshi Dayananda Saraswati, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Sri Aurobindo and also many other pioneering educationists of Gujarat, India and the other parts of the world. 2.Ideal of nationalism which is in harmony with the ideal of internationalism; 3.Education of the body, vital consciousness, mind as also psychic consciousness ...
... Extension Services Children's University is envisaged as an engine of impetus to the programs of child care and development in the whole state of Gujarat. (1)Prenatal care is the first step in the care of the child. (2)The Children's University will assist the state government to develop a scheme of organizing Tapovans in different parts of the... will promote the programmes of: (i)NirogiBalak; (ii)Chiranjivi Yojana.. 76 It will also ensure that, in every town and in every conglomeration of villages in Gujarat, there will be a group of citizens, who will take the responsibility to ensure that: (a)Every child - birth receives adequate care and protection; (b)Every child receives medical care in time ...
... find the Mother at the head of the staircase. He was told of the accident and asked to summon a doctor. Fortunately, Dr. Manilal, a disciple and an experienced doctor, had come for the darshan from Gujarat and he was immediately available. He came at once, made a quick examination and said that he suspected a fracture. The Mother then asked Purani to get further assistance. When I came up with the other... shutters of Sri Aurobindo's room when she saw Dr. Satyendra standing in front of his Dental Clinic. 'Take Satyendra,' she told me and so the team was completed. Dr. Manilal postponed his departure for Gujarat and, being an experienced medical man with an equable temperament, he was a great help. Attendance by the entire team was required only at particular times, for instance when Sri Aurobindo's body needed ...
... as to diagnosis, it is better to send for a third person, (Dr. Valle is indicated, I suppose), to consult and advice. It is necessary to know what she has. We are informed that K had this once in Gujarat. You can ask P about this and, if it is correct, find out what was the diagnosis and treatment. I suppose in any case (if it is lung trouble, also) food and nourishment have to be given and it is... been too much for any lay resistance. History and symptoms were so obvious. But what was the history? I asked for it and you have not told me. Mother was informed it had already happened in Gujarat. It is for such instances, Sir, that my faith in his drug treatment gets shaken. I don't know. There are several people besides S and G with whom he seemed to me to have a remarkable success ...
... the proposed change." 5 The tempo of the agitation went on rising by leaps and bounds, and the Swadeshi idea filtered even to the most interior and remote parts of Bengal, and through Bengal to Gujarat and other parts of India. In the meantime, the proposal of the partition was undergoing various amendments and alterations, in strict secrecy, at the hands of the august arbiters of India's destiny... hand-loom products, medicines, chemicals for various purposes, toilet goods, woollen fabrics, hosiery, shoes etc. began to be manufactured and marketed on an ever-widening scale. The textile mills of Gujarat came forward with remarkable promptness and generosity to help Bengal in respect of textile goods, and it contributed to a substantial increase and expansion of their own business into the bargain ...
... forward to extend his help. If he developed confidence in some one, he would go all out to help him. He was born in a middle-class Patel family in Gujarat In the first part of his life he studied in Shantiniketan Then he returned to Gujarat and he did a lot of work for the country under the leadership of Vallabhbhai Patel. A a young man he came to the Ashram to have Mother an' Sri Aurobindo's ...
... mentions that Shivram Pant Falke taught him Marathi and Bengali. He did not learn these languages from Mr. Falke. 3. It is asserted that one "Bhasker Shashtri Joshi gave him lessons in Sanskrit and Gujarat." He did not learn Sanskrit from any one at Baroda. He read the Mahabharata by himself and also read works of Kalidasa and one drama of Bhavabhuti as well as the Ramayana. 4. It is stated that his... success and lightning flash-like work are most impracticable. You have to stick on to your work through all difficulties. It requires patience. Disciple : At Sajod, in Broach District of Gujarat, educated young men have gone and settled in the villages and after nearly 15 years they are able to inspire confidence in the villagers about their work. Sri Aurobindo : That is the only ...
... till in 1947 the goal was reached. The lives of leaders and workers, who rode, willingly and with delight on the dangerous crest of the tidal wave, underwent great transformations. Our small group in Gujarat got its goal fixed – the winning of undiluted freedom for India. All the energies of the leaders were taken up by the freedom movement. Only a few among them attempted to see beyond the horizon... certain sum of money paid as Dakshina and must have been pleased to make the concession. 24. In the issue dealing with the year 1900, Girija alleges that there was a revolutionary samiti in Gujarat. From inquiries it can be definitely stated that there was no such samiti at the time. Barin's memory in this respect is absolutely mistaken. 25. In the issue dealing with the year 1902, Girija ...
... and whenever he approached her, he felt "purity, peace and sublimity". 31 It was also in 1921 that Champaklal, then a boy of eighteen, first made an adventurous journey to Pondicherry from remote Gujarat, and having made pranam to Sri Aurobindo felt that he had "nothing more to do" in his life. He didn't see Mirra at that time, but catching a glimpse of him through the opened Venetian blinds, she... Tapasya. The first, which will be transferred to British India when I go there, already exists at Pondicherry .... The second I am founding through you in Bengal. I hope to establish another in Gujarat during the ensuing year. 38 XI In the meantime, Mahatma Gandhi's non-cooperation movement, launched ostensibly on the twin issues of the Punjab massacre and the Khilafat Page 215 ...
... Lathi, Lakadi patta, Lezium, and other Indian sports in which they were experts. They had started many youth clubs (akhadas) in Gujarat. In fact, our Ambubhai Purani Ji and his elder brother, Chhotu Bhai Purani, are still recognised as the pioneers of physical education in Gujarat of the 20th century. Everyone enjoyed themselves, no matter what kind of physical activity was being taught, whether it was ...
... futurity." Henry Nevinson had perception. On 31 December Sri Aurobindo left Surat for Baroda. Barin and Sakharia Baba were with him in the reserved compartment of the train. In that biting cold of Gujarat, Sri Aurobindo was going about with one shirt, and cheap canvas shoes. The Principal of Baroda College had issued orders to students that they were not to meet Sri Aurobindo nor even go to hear... paper. He then advised him to meet Barin who met C. B. Purani for three consecutive days explaining the details of the revolutionary organisation. It was thus that seeds were sown of that movement in Gujarat which became so well known afterwards. The inspiration for it came from Sri Aurobindo." Chhotalal was A. B. 's elder brother. Purani also says, "Barin had intensity and fire at that time. Once I saw ...
... political activities. The plot of The Prince of Edur is based loosely on the life of Bappa Rawal, the eighth-century Rajput hero. The scene, which includes parts of what is now eastern Gujarat, was familiar to Sri Aurobindo, who was posted in the area while serving as a Baroda state officer. The Prince of Mathura. Editorial title. This fragment, related in theme to The Prince ...
... hitherto had ever presaged. If I say that the Congress movement has spent itself, I shall be reminded of the Ahmedabad Congress, the success of the Industrial Exhibition and the newborn enthusiasm of Gujarat. Are these, it may be said, symptoms of decline & weakness? The declining forces of a bygone impetus touching a field which it had not yet affected, assume thereby some resemblance to their first youthful ...
... No, not at all. Well-known or unknown has absolutely no importance from the spiritual point of view. It is simply the propagandist spirit; they think and say "O if Kalelkar comes, the whole of Gujarat will be ours"—as if we were a party or a church or religion seeking adherents or proselytes. One man who earnestly pursues the Yoga is of more value than a thousand well-known men. 16 January 1934 ...
... of a change. It is when this is realised and done, that the Yoga will produce its full results in the Asram itself, and not before. 30 April 1934 It will not be possible for me to return to Gujarat. I was ill treated in my father-in-law's house. I stayed with my parents for a few months but I can't go back there permanently. I had permission for Darshan so I came here. Now let the Mother do what ...
... e! What has Vasudeva to do with it? Vasudeva is a name of Krishna, and in the Uttarpara Speech I was speaking of Krishna, if you please. But how can that be? Didn't you begin Yoga later on in Gujarat? Yes. But this began in London, sprouted the moment I set foot on Apollo Bunder, touching Indian soil, flowered one day in the first year of my stay in Baroda, at the moment when there threatened ...
... Wherever I turned, I seemed to recognise with a startling distinctness, not only among the Brahmins but in all castes and classes, the old familiar faces, features, figures of my friends of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Hindustan, even, though this similarity was less widely spread, of my own province Bengal. The impression I received was as if an army of all the tribes of the North had descended on the South and ...
... More about Unity Caste and Representation About Unmistakable Terms The Surat Congress The Awakening of Gujarat Lala Lajpat Rai's Refusal The Soul and India's Mission A Great Opportunity Swaraj ...
... this would have been appropriate only if this part of the vision had been the whole. This last line is an expression of an experience which I often had whether in the mountains or on the plains of Gujarat or looking from my window in Pondicherry not only in the dawn but at other times and I am unable to find any feebleness either in the experience or in the words that express it. If the critic or any ...
... ultimate world-secret found at last, he scattered the words of Bankim Chandra all over idealistic Bengal from whose "seventy million voices" that are rightly celebrated in the poem they spread to Gujarat and Maharashtra and beyond. In his own life he incarnated the presence of the mighty Mother with her aura of mystical consciousness. Under the spell of this presence a giant determination and zest ...
... first inscription here in 540 B.C. Their initial establishment would be in Sind, immediately bordering the Erythraean Sea. That the Western Śakas ruled over regions in Sind in addition to Malwa, Gujarat, Kathiawar and western Rajputana is cogently inferred by Sircar' from the archaeological data available. Then there is the title these Śakas use for themselves: "Kshatra-pa" or "Mahakshatrapa" ...
... away: 'What does he want? Why does he bother me? He's DEAD!' Later, as Mother is about to leave: I have to go—a high-priest is waiting for me! Yes, the man in charge of all the temples of Gujarat, thoroughly orthodox—he has come to the Ashram for some mysterious reason and he wants to see me. 'Is it really necessary?' I asked. He wanted an interview, he wants to speak to me (naturally he'll ...
... transformed- Sethna found that it suited him. He decided to go to Pondicherry. He and his friend wrote to the Ashram. An answer came from a person named Purani, who was in charge of the Gujarat side of the correspondence. He wrote that Sri Aurobindo and the Mother had said they could come and see for themselves the Ashram life. But how to go there ? For one thing they didn't ...
... not even comprehend at the moment. Purani began to translate Sri Aurobindo's works into Gujarati and also write on his own, and became a well-known voice reflecting Sri Aurobindo's thought in Gujarat. He also acquired renown as a proven writer of Gujarati prose. And again we find Pujalal, coming from a meek background, becoming a spontaneous voice of Saraswati, ringing with lucent rhythm ...
... routine Hindu religious ceremonies in her little temple. Before moving to Africa both of my parents had worked for the freedom movement with Mahatma Gandhi at the grass-roots level in the villages of Gujarat. They dispensed medicines where there had been floods and other problems such as epidemics, etc. They had both become devotees of Mother and Sri Aurobindo in the late 1920s and in 1929 they moved to ...
... Kottakal 1980-09-14 There was a feeling of unusual joy since the morning. I looked at the calendar and noticed it was Rishi Panchami day. I remembered my native place Sidhpur Pattan in North Gujarat. On this day, according to the custom of our Moddh Chaturvedi Brahmin caste, we have a ceremony of changing our sacred thread. I recollected everything. Early morning we all used to go together to ...
... horoscope, Sri Aurobindo said, “I had thought the calamity was expected to befall your father, not you.” At that time I had felt that what was fated did happen even though Punamchandbhai did not go to Gujarat. But now I realise that in actual fact Sri Aurobindo's protective power had accomplished the work of a shuli [stake used to impale convicts] with the help of a soy [tiny needle]. It also shows that ...
... Part I — Recollections and Diary Notes Champaklal Speaks Paul Richard and Champaklal When Paul Richard¹ visited Gujarat [in 1921], he made our ashram in Patan his headquarters. He visited other places from there. He became like one of our family. The first thing he would ask us when we met him in the morning was, “Did you have a good sleep? Did you ...
... in their presence, Another unusual custom I saw here for the first time was that a crudely stuffed calf-skin tied to four sticks was kept in front of the cow which licked it while being milked! In Gujarat no cow would lick a dead calf stuffed in this way. After the Mother was informed that the cows had been brought to the front courtyard, she would send a vessel downstairs with a cloth strainer over ...
... spontaneous devotee that was part of him from his boyhood in post-Ramakrishna Bengal and that I who was not a Hindu by race but a Parsi and a resident Page xv not of Bengal but of Gujarat could hardly expect, for all my heart's faith, to find ready-made in myself. There were other differences too in our psychologies. He could more easily be hurt, and impulse more frequently swayed ...
... society in castes. Some great names like Keshub Chander Sen, Debendranath Tagore and Rajnarain Bose were connected with the Brahmo Samaj and its various branches. In 1875 Dayanand Saraswati founded in Gujarat the much more nationalistic Arya Samaj. Dissatisfied with the watered-down Christianism of much of the mainly Bengali Brahmo Samaj and its offspring, he returned to the Vedas and the chief tenets of ...
... there. For the first time I believed in the presence of God. 5.12.1939 Sri Aurobindo The idol of Mahakali, Karnali situated on the northern bank of river Narmada, near Chandod in Gujarat. When Sri Aurobindo visited this shrine in 1906. He realised the living Presence of Kali in the image. The poem which he wrote later. The Stone Goddess , is reproduced here. "You stand before ...
... by some adjustment the discomfort was set right. Now a second instance. Dr. Manilal, who was our chief, advised that we should give Sri Aurobindo some massage. He had departed for Gujarat, leaving me in charge. The time that could suit Sri Aurobindo and us was a very odd one — 4 o'clock or so in the early morning. Two or three of us began to massage — the lower part of the leg particularly; ...
... saw the situation worsening and shouted: "Purani! Purani!" Purani had his room nearby downstairs. He was the most fiery inmate of the Ashram. He had been famous as one of the inspirers of young Gujarat in the Nationalist struggle against British domination, an expert wrestler, a fearless fighter, an all-round heroic personality. I remember Amrita telling me: "Purani has a gigantic vital being ...
... Besides, the historical information in the Periplus is connected with the name of a powerful king Mambarus whose capital was Min-nagara and whose dominion seems to have comprised Kathiawar, Gujarat and parts of Rājputāna 3 but who is utterly an unknown quantity. The identification usually suggested - viz. that his name is a mistake for Nambanus which again is a Greek corruption of the name ...
... circumambient gas! When I arrived, 1 I first went to Purani's room because I had written to Sri Aurobindo for permission to come and Purani had replied to me on his behalf. His field was Gujarat and I was from Bombay. Now he had sent somebody to receive me at the station: it was Pujalal. He came and met me and took me to Purani. At that time the Mother used to take a walk early in the morning ...
... only if this part of Page 8 the vision had been the whole. This last line 7 is an expression of an experience which I often had whether in the mountains or on the plains of Gujarat or looking from my window in Pondicherry not only in the dawn but at other times and I am unable to find any feebleness either in the experience or in the words that express it. If the critic or ...
... pp. 733-34. 58 Ibid., pp. 734-35, 753, 736. 59 Ibid., p. 4. Page 301 an expression of an experience which I often had whether in the mountains or on the plains of Gujarat or looking from my window in Pondicherry... and I am unable to find any feebleness either in the experience or in the words that express it. 60 One reason why parts of Savitri, especially ...
... whole house to keep things like this.” Again she smiled. Then she placed the match- stick in my palm, pressing it gently. On another occasion, when a similar thing happened, I said to Mother: “In Gujarat, my mother had a separate house for storing things. Whenever something was needed from there I went and brought it for her. I was then very young but did this work with great enthusiasm.” ...
... Part I: Letters of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother Champaklal's Treasures - Edition-II Permission to Go Nowadays I feel intensely like going to Gujarat. If you give me permission, I will go. But only if you will. You can have permission to go. But one knows when one goes, one does not know whether or when one will come back. But if you really want to ...
... Prayers and Aspirations About the Author Champaklal was born on 2.2.1903 in Patan, Gujarat, India. During his first visit to the Ashram in 1921, when he prostrated himself before Sri Aurobindo with his palms around his feet, he lay there for one full hour. Then Sri Aurobindo placed his hand on his head and blessed him. When he got up he felt that ...
... there was nothing wrong there. Others ____________________ 1. A Gujarati disciple. He was put in charge of "Prosperity." 2. Champaklal Purani (2 February 1903 – 9 May 1992) came from Gujarat and had joined the Ashram in 1923. He was a painter and Sri Aurobindo and Mother's faithful attendant. Page 345 say it was a possession. I trust my appeal to Krishna hadn't reached ...
... Research. From 2006 to 2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). Currently, he is Education Advisor to the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Other Titles in the Series The New Synthesis of Yoga - An Introduction Varieties of Yogic Experience and Integral Realisation Significance of Indian Yoga - An Overview ...
... Research. From 2006 to 2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). Currently, he is Education Advisor to the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Page 58 Also by Kireet Joshi Education for Character Development . Education for Tomorrow Education at Crossroads A National Agenda for ...
... concerned, only one Shākhās, Shākala Shākhās alone remains alive out of the 21 which existed at one time. There is a claim that Sankhyāyana Shākhās is still known to a few Vedapāthis in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, but this is not certain. As far as Yajurveda is concerned, Patanjali had declared in his great Vy ā karana Mah ā bh ā shya that it had 101 Shākhās. But today only 5 Shākhās are alive. In fact, Yajurveda ...
... Research. From 2006 to 2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). Currently, he is Education Advisor to the Chief Minister of Gujarat. ...
... Research. From 2006 to 2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). Currently, he is Education Advisor to the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Page 103 Authored by Kireet Joshi on Synthesis of Yoga and Allied Themes The New Synthesis of Yoga - An Introduction Varieties of Yogic Experience ...
... times he has totalled over 3,000 runs, and no one else has equalled that's __________ * Nawanagar is also known as Jamnagar, on the west coast of India, not far from Dwarka, in Saurashtra, Gujarat. Page 374 record. And is not his the astonishing achievement of scoring two double centuries in a single match on a single day — not against a feeble attack, but against Yorkshire ...
... homes in Tapovans, where facilities relating to pre- natal care and paediatrics are made available. Research is needed in respect of the nature of Tapovans which should be set up in the whole State of Gujarat, and the facilities which should be provided in Tapovans, including music halls, studios for art exhibition, libraries and cinema halls, as also programs of social education that need to be spread ...
... My dictionary gives it a Portuguese origin. But it is common across the length and breadth of India. Mentioning it, I am reminded of some provincial peculiarities here in pronouncing English. In Gujarat sh seems difficult: it lapses into s. 'English' is called 'Inglis' and 'ocean' becomes 'osun'. Bengalis get all twisted up in differentiating between b and v. The Bengali language has, in fact ...
... Research. From 2006 to 2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). Currently, he is Education Advisor to the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Authored by Kireet Joshi on Synthesis of Yoga and Allied Themes The New Synthesis of Yoga - An Introduction Varieties of Yogic Experience and ...
... Innovations in Education Appendix Copy of THE GUJARAT EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS COMMISSION BILL-2009 Authored by Kireet Joshi on Synthesis of Yoga and Allied ...
... .. That was in 1935. All these Hindu-Muslim riots were going on at Page 81 that time. So we were rather depressed, though we had very little to do with Bengal or Gujarat or anything else. But we couldn't help being a little provincial, even at that time. So I said it. [Reading from Correspondence with Sri Aurobindo (1955), 323-325]: With the corning ...
... the Mother ? Who is shouting there ?" As soon as X heard me, he became quiet. I will tell you more about this 'X': There was a doctor here, a young man with a short beard. He was from Gujarat, a good worker, but he had a very short temper. It appears that at present he is married and lives happily. He used to go to the Mother, write very often to Her, and he also got letters from Her. All ...
... Sultanate was moving towards disintegration, the rise of indigenous independent states began to take place. These states were both Hindu - like in Vijaynagar, Orissa and Mewar - and Muslim - like in Gujarat and Ahmednagar. All these represented local movements of self-determination. But before these movements of self-determination could take shape, they were destroyed by the Mogul invasion, which created ...
... thing as you do. He said it would require at least twenty-five years for India to prepare herself for defence. SRI AUROBINDO: That is obvious to everybody. PURANI (after a while): Somebody in Gujarat has prophesied that Hitler's decline will begin in June—that is, now. SRI AUROBINDO (laughing): That fulfils my prophecy—which I myself never made! Some Anglo-French woman said that the sage of ...
... said, "I have decided to take the comma out." SRI AUROBINDO: The story is very characteristic of Wilde. Here Purani brought in the subject of Epic and the experiments that were being made in Gujarat to search for a proper medium for it. He regretted that no Indian vernacular had any genuine and successful epic poetry. SRI AUROBINDO: Why do you say that? Madhusudan has succeeded in Epic. He ...
... CHAMPAKLAL: But in our parts they very rarely do it. If they do pranam like that, it means only one thing. It is a sign of great respect. SATYENDRA: It is done commonly among Sadhus. CHAMPAKLAL: In Gujarat? SATYENDRA: Yes, why do you doubt it? CHAMPAKLAL: I didn't know it. SATYENDRA: In the circles I have moved I saw it done. SRI AUROBINDO(after a while and looking at Satyendra) : You have ...
... think of the Divine instead. This he can't do. "Then why not write?" he argues, but the feeling of repugnance comes all the same. SRI AUROBINDO: It has to be rejected. PURANI: Somebody from Gujarat has written that after you took your first few lessons in Sanskrit your teacher found that you were progressing with extreme rapidity and there was no need of a teacher any more. SRI AUROBINDO: ...
... about it. NIRODBARAN: In the morning Dilip took bread, butter, tea, etc., and at noon I hear he went in for a light meal. SRI AUROBINDO: Fasting with bread and milk? CHAMPAKLAL: People in Gujarat consider that they can take bread and milk on a fast. SRI AUROBINDO: That is also the custom in Bengal, isn't it? It reminds me of a story. Nevinson went to see Tilak and said, "Mr.Tilak received ...
... Perhaps poets when they grow very old want old ways to be followed? PURANI: But Tagore has himself gone off the beaten track. And what about his prose-poetry? What age-old way is there in it? In Gujarat, Kalelkar and Gandhi also say the same thing—that poetry must be for the masses. Kalelkar says that even the Ramayana was written for them. SRI AUROBINDO: Good Lord! PURANI: Yes, Kalelkar explains ...
... are plenty of instances where people have got what they wanted by worshipping images. Images are only forms. PURANI: At the age of ten, during my sacred thread ceremony at the Ambaji temple in Gujarat, I saw a lot of visions, various lights, many forms of the Mother. I thought that everybody was seeing these things. I had faith, of course. SRI AUROBINDO: There must have been a living presence ...
... its own way, the wind and its hymn, the hills, the trees.... This last line ["The high boughs..."] is an expression of an experience which I often had whether in the mountains or on the plains of Gujarat or looking from my window in Pondicherry... and I am unable to find any feebleness either in the experience or in the words that express it. 67 One reason why parts of Savitri, especially ...
... on Indian nationality and sovereignty, 255ff; on Krishna and Autocracy, 256ff; on politics and spirituality, 257-8; on Morley, 259-60; on Anglo-Indian administrators, 260; on Tilak, 263,267-8; on Gujarat and Gujaratis, 264; at Midnapore Conference, 265, 270; Nevinson on, 269; at Surat Congress, 269ff; order to break the Congress, 271; on "Death or Life", 272; with Yogi Lele at Baroda, 274ff; Nirvanic ...
... when occasion demanded - now at the Congress session, now at the Taj Mahal Hotel at Bombay to meet G.D. Madgaokar of the Civil Service and his associates to discuss the prospects of revolution in Gujarat, now lost in the ocean of Calcutta humanity scouring the underground waters of discontent and revolutionary idealism. During 1905-6, Sri Aurobindo was ostensibly in the service of the Baroda ...
... depths were by no means untypical of the response of sensitive visitors to Sri Aurobindo Ashram during the nineteen-thirties. The sadhaks were drawn from all over India, though Bengal and Gujarat were rather more heavily represented than other regions; and there was a sprinkling from abroad as well. Not all the sadhaks were intellectuals who could benefit by a careful study of Sri Aurobindo's ...
... work. ² This last line ["The high boughs prayed in a revealing sky." (Savitri I, Canto I)] is an expression of an experience which I often had whether in the mountains or on the plains of Gujarat or looking from my window in Pondicherry not only in the dawn but at other times ... . ³ ... I do not work at the poem once a week; I have other things to do. Once a month perhaps, I look ...
... him. Page 139 Sri Aurobindo : I have found that Vaishnava Bhakti – devotional path – makes for very strong and rapid progress. Disciple : There is a line of Sadhus in Gujarat, who practice the worship of the Impersonal God. Sri Aurobindo : Worship of the Impersonal God? Disciple : They do not have any personal God, but they worship One who is everywhere ...
... thought "Aurobindo Ashram" was a man! In that case, A must take up the matter and reply to this man. Disciple : I am afraid, we won't get anything in spite of the proposal to share profits. In Gujarat there was – I believe even now is – a small group of seekers under the guidance of late Narsimhacharya who got an offer from American promising fabulous returns from small investments. The followers ...
... Aurobindo : (turning to a Disciple) Why don't you try to prove that Sanskrit was derived from Gujarati ? Disciple : Yes, my friend always puts forth the fact that Krishna lived in Gujarat. Sri Aurobindo : Then it proves that Gujarati was spoken by Krishna ! ( Laughter ) 23-7-1923 Disciple : The Mahatma believes that non-violence purifies the man who practises ...
... ground floor, Nolini 2 lived in one room, by the side of which was the room of Amrita 3 . Ambalal Purani 4 had a room on the left side of the outer courtyard. Purani was once leader of the Gujarat youth movement. Pavitra 5 (name given by Sri Aurobindo) lived in the upper storey of a building which was joined with the western side of the main building. His French name was Philippe Barbier ...
... Sri Aurobindo and Mother, he had a large number of admirers and friends who welcomed him with respect. Evidently he enjoyed it in spite of his failing health. His last trip was to his home State, Gujarat, in the year 1992. He passed away at Jantral on May 9 that year at the age of 90. His last rites were performed there itself as he had wished his body to be cremated where he would breathe his last ...
... details. "After the introduction, I said to Aurobindo Babu, 'Your brother Benoybabu knows me from long.' He smiled a beautiful sweet smile and replied, 'I know all about you. Now that we are both in Gujarat we shall meet often.'" C.C. Dutt's father, Kalikadas Dutt was the Dewan of the Maharaja of Coochbehar, where Charu Chandra was born on 16 June 1876. After his return from England, Benoybhusan ...
... 1. Baron Kakujo Okakura (1862-1913), a Japanese artist friend of the Tagores. Page 313 myself informed of their work." He was still going and coming between Bengal and Gujarat. Before openly joining politics Sri Aurobindo was pushing the movement from behind. "Okakura started the revolutionary movement at Calcutta, but there was always a quarrel going on among the members ...
... "the late Suresh Chandra Samajpati, 1 once said to me: 'When Aurobindo was at Baroda few Bengalis knew him or recognized his worth. Nobody was aware of the treasure that lay hidden in the desert of Gujarat.... But during his long stay there, you were the only Bengali who was fortunate enough to have the opportunity of knowing him intimately and observing him at close quarters for some time.... Today ...
... Evening Talks with Sri Aurobindo and by Nirodbaran in Talks with Sri Aurobindo. My thanks to them for these precious records. Ambalal Balkrishna Purani (1895-1965) was a revolutionary from Gujarat, who became a disciple of Sri Aurobindo's and stayed with him in his Ashram from 1923. He was also one of Sri Aurobindo's personal attendants from November 1938 to December 1950. Our Purani, eager ...
... [Rigveda] proceeded with and, at night, the collection of materials for the RV. Bhasa and ' Sahitya = literature. '-' M ā gha (c. eighth century AD) , a Sanskrit poet, born in Gujarat, lived after Harshavardhana. His only surviving work is Shishupalavadha (Th e killing of Shishupala). ' Dliālu = verb, metal, substance. Chh = a group of Sanskrit roots. 4 Prerana ...
... crude, but practical & active religions as those of Nanak Page 153 & Dayanunda Saraswati, religions which have been unable to take healthy root beyond the frontier of the five rivers; Gujarat & Sindh show the same practical temper by their success in trade & commerce, but the former has preserved more of the old Western materialism & sensuousness than its neighbours. Finally the Mahrattas ...
... Chandra Pal 6.Aug-15.Oct.1906 Bande Mataram Sir Frederick Lely on Sir Bampfylde Fuller 04-September-1906 Sir Frederick Lely's was a name well known in Gujarat and nowhere else in India. He has now earned a cheap notoriety for himself by holding forth in the Times on Sir Bampfylde Fuller's dismissal. Sir Frederick is full of dismal forebodings on the effect ...
... on the platform, by the reverence due to the age and services of Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji, by the dominant personality of the lion of the Bombay Corporation, by the strong contingents from Bombay city, Gujarat and other Page 205 provinces still unswept by new brooms, by the use of tactics and straining in their favour all the advantages of an indefinite and nebulous constitution, they would quell ...
... Chandra Pal should be asked to return to Madras and complete his programme with additions and Srijut Surendranath Banerji should proceed at once to the North for the same purpose and should take in Gujarat and the Central Provinces in his return journey, and that meanwhile every nerve should be strained to promote and organise the movement in Bengal. The resolution would then have had a meaning and the ...
... unbroken supply of the fruit for Sri Aurobindo — who promptly prefixed (for identification purposes) Manibhai with the fruit he supplied. Pomegranate Manibhai. (There seem to be a surfeit of Manibhais in Gujarat.) This Manibhai also known as “Pehelwan”— it seems had done some wrestling — he did look like one, big and burly, quick-tempered too. Curiously pomegranate in French is grenade — appropriate. 1945 ...
... ss became possible by penetrating prayer, deep meditation and continuous contact with Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, who are, to Champaklal, manifestations of God. Champaklal was born in Patan, Gujarat, on 2-2-1903. Even as a young boy he lost interest in everything except God. He did not like going to a school for formal education. Perhaps his mind, even at that young age, did not want to be conditioned ...
... happened next; my eyes opened. This was so real and vivid. I still see everything as if I am living in it. × In Gujarat there is a big Banyan tree called Kabirvad. It is such a huge tree that you can't even find its main trunk. ...
... the day on which all the officiating priests show all their capacity or rather their capacity automatically finds its full expression. This is what I had experienced about the priests in my North Gujarat. The Vedic recitation of the priest in the sacrifice at Tapogiri was wonderfully unique. After the Vedic prayers, was heard in sweet and sonorous voice the chanting of— असतो मा सद्गमय | तमसो ...
... remain confined to the house for long and started out at 1 p.m. and came to the Guest House, where Sri Aurobindo was then staying. There we met Amrita and informed him that we had come from Bharooch in Gujarat. “Babuji is sleeping,” he replied (Sri Aurobindo was addressed as 'Babuji' in those days) and told us to come back a little before 5 p.m. We said we would sit there and wait. But he told us that we ...
... the protection of your own atmosphere, without your outward manner of aloofness or of being other than they are. You say that you have lost the Divine peace which had come to you on your way to Gujarat. A.G. says the Divine peace that you speak of — like other deepest states — comes and goes increasing gradually in the return until it can be fully established in the various planes of your being —they ...
... I have received your letter and am sending this answer with Haribhai. I do not consider it necessary or advisable to make a public appeal for the sum of money I have asked you to raise for me in Gujarat. If a public appeal is to be made, it can only be when the time comes for my work to be laid on larger foundations and I can create the model form or outward material organization of the new life which ...
... Champaben’s Reminiscences’ [Between 1923 and 1927, Champaben was engaged in personal service to the Mother. Thereafter she was obliged to return to Gujarat on account of some problems in the family. After the demise of Punamchand in 1950, she again came and stayed on in Pondicherry. Below are a few of her reminiscences.] In August 1920 my husband ...
... I have received your letter and am sending this answer with Haribhai. I do not consider it necessary or advisable to make a public appeal for the sum of money I have asked you to raise for me in Gujarat. If a public appeal is to be made, it can only be when the time comes for my work to be laid on larger foundations and I can create the model form or outward material organisation of the new life which ...
... always on night-duty] rushed up and found the Mother at the top of the staircase. She said, “Sri Aurobindo has fallen down. Go and fetch Dr. Manilal.” Fortunately, he had come for the Darshan from Gujarat. Soon he arrived and saw that Sri Aurobindo was lying on the floor in his bedroom. On the way to the bathroom he had stumbled over a tiger skin.’ Devotees had presented him with several panther and ...
... 21 January 1935 My dear Mother, G's brother has gone to Madras, so G is sending a small girl to Aroumé to fetch the tiffin-carrier for him. His brother was a big man and after going to Gujarat he has become still bigger! I don't know if the man is too big but surely the girl is too small to do that work. 21 January 1935 ...
... wants to come here and is thinking of using a trick. She will agree to marriage on one condition: that her family allows her to come to Pondicherry before the wedding; then she will not return to Gujarat. She puts this trick idea before You and asks for Your advice. I do not approve of tricks like that—they can only bring trouble. 13 October 1936 ...
... Urdu, German, Greek and English with the help of scholars and interpreters. He also became proficient in Sanskrit. Esculap Dayashankar: Dr. Dayashankar came from a place near Pattan in Gujarat. He was a qualified Ayurvedic doctor, at one time in charge of the Ashram Dispensary. Rishabhchand (3.12.1900-25.4.1970) was born in West Bengal and had a brilliant academic career in Berhampur ...
... My dictionary gives it a Portuguese origin. But it is common across the length and breadth of India. Mentioning it, I am reminded of some provincial peculiarities here in pronouncing English. In Gujarat sh seems difficult: it lapses intos, English is called Inglis and "ocean" becomes "osun". Bengalis get all twisted up in differentiating between b and v. I had a Bengali friend who used to take ...
... apropos of the line – The high boughs prayed in a revealing sky. : [Ibid.] "This last line is an expression of an experience which I often had whether in the mountains or on the plains of Gujarat or looking from my window in Pondicherry not only in the dawn but at other times..." The phrase – "not only in the dawn" – means in the first place that the phenomenon of "all grew a consecration ...
... to stay in it. In those days nobody was allowed except after his photograph had been studied by the Master and the Mother. In the reply to me through Purani who used to manage the correspondence of Gujarat no photo was asked for: I was simply told that I could come. A few months after, I went to the Ashram with my wife who was later given the name "Lalita" by Sri Aurobindo - I went wearing those very ...
... Indus Valley after the cotton-cultivating Harappans, how is it that all the Vedas, Brahmans, Aranyakas and early Upanishads do not know karpasa? Cotton is even found at sites deeper inland in Gujarat, Maharashtra and near Delhi dated c. 1330-1000 B.C. This is very much after the alleged incursion around 1500 B.C. of Rigvedic Aryans. Such a continuous absence of the mention of a product argues ...
... be transformed. Sethna found that it suited him. He decided to go to Pondicherry. He and his friend wrote to the Ashram. An answer came from a person named Purani, who was in charge of the Gujarat side of the correspondence. He wrote that Sri Aurobindo and the Mother had said they could come and see for themselves the Ashram life. But how to go there? For one thing, they did not have ...
... 98 Gomatī, 14 Gordon, D.H., 61 Gothic, Gothic Bible, 90, 91 Grassmann, 115 Grave People, The, 99, 100 Griffith, Ralph T.H., 43, 44, 135 Guha, 70 Gujarat, Gujerat, 22, 23, 24 Gumla, 63, 99-101 Gupta times, 86 Harappā, Harappā Culture, Harappān, iv, v, 2, 4-9, 19, 20, 36, 37, 42, 45-70, 95-106, 121, 125-6, 128-9 ...
... to believe that she was striving with all her spiritual might to achieve complete transformation of her body.’ 12 Dyuman too expressed the same opinion. Dyuman had come to Pondicherry from Gujarat in 1923; since then, he had been serving Sri Aurobindo and the Mother personally, while at the same time managing the kitchen and the dining-room, thus having in fact the whole food-provision of the ...
... discipline in no time and started reaping a rich harvest of visions and experiences. This continued for years. But the pressure increased and he had to seek a change into a relaxed pace. He returned to Gujarat to normal life. But in fact it was a return upon life with a measure of Yogic preparedness. The touch of the Grace he continues to receive is nothing but the Yoga applied to life in normal circumstances ...
... Yoga Centres and Movements Centres We have the idea of concentrating our activities and joining ourselves more closely to the Pondicherry Ashram by starting a lodge someplace in Gujarat where we can meet at least once a month. No "Lodge" or formal society; these methods are not suitable for this sadhana. If they like to meet or meditate together of their own accord and without ...
... read our answers with him and not with any other, to do the dispensary work and so be near him every day. He says also you told him if he did not satisfy you in these matters, you would go away to Gujarat or do worse, because you could not bear his disappointing you always. He thinks this proves that you came here for him and not for Yoga. If you want to show him that it is not so, the only way is not ...
... remarks apropos of the line— The high boughs prayed in a revealing sky 2 : "This last line is an expression of an experience which I often had whether in the mountains or on the plains of Gujarat or looking from my window in Pondicherry not only in the dawn but at other times...." The phrase—"not only in the dawn"— means in the first place that the phenomenon of "all grew a consecration and ...
... of Saraswati under the symbol of a cook or a female athlete! I hope some of my poems are such as She would accept as an offering. I had with me today, as it happens, a Professor Dalai (Suresh) from Gujarat, who has translated poems of mine into Gujarati - he has chosen well, too, which gives me great pleasure. One has even been made into a song, so perhaps Saraswati is well-disposed to me also. Have ...
... people? NIRODBARAN: Sri Aurobindo says that the Mother hears prayers from different parts of the world. CHAMPAKLAL: The Mother narrated in the Store Room how she heard the call of people from Gujarat during a certain ceremony. SRI AUROBINDO: The Mother hears. I may or may not. The Mother has developed this power from her early age and she used to hear even in her childhood. DR. MANILAL: At ...
... increase the flexion of the knee. Sri Aurobindo did it for one day and then stopped. He said, "After finishing The Life Divine I'll take it up again." In the meantime Manilal once inquired from Gujarat if Sri Aurobindo had started hanging the leg again. To this Sri Aurobindo replied, " The Life Divine is still hanging." Now Nirodbaran announced that Manilal was due to arrive on the 10th or the 12th ...
... of very rapid progress among people who have met Haranath. SRI AUROBINDO: I have found that Vaishnava Bhakti leads to very intense and rapid progress. SATYENDRA: There is a line of Sadhus in Gujarat who have Bhakti for the impersonal God. SRI AUROBINDO: Bhakti for the impersonal God? SATYENDRA: They don't have devotion for any personal God but for the One who is everywhere and beyond all ...
... NIRODBARAN: I hope Bonvain won't join the Pétain Government. SRI AUROBINDO: Even if he does, he will be removed and the British will occupy Pondy and he knows that. PURANI: Some astrologer from Gujarat says that by the end of August the war will be over and England will win. CHAMPAKLAL: This August? PURANI: Yes. SATYENDRA: Not likely. If the invasion of England begins it is not going to ...
... as simple, sincere, almost Biblical. DR. MANILAL: I must say Gandhi has improved Gujarati literature remarkably. On this topic Manilal had an argument with Purani. All the recent stylists of Gujarat came into it: Kanu Munshi, Musriwalla, Kalelkar, etc. DR. MANILAL: What has happened to Kalelkar? He hasn't come back here after his first visit. SRI AUROBINDO: Harm has frightened him away. ...
... 1940 News of Vinoba's arrest has been contradicted on today's radio. SRI AUROBINDO (to Purani): Has it been a great disappointment to you? (Laughter) A number of visitors came from Gujarat by a special train—on a pilgrimage. Some were known or related to Satyendra. Sri Aurobindo inquired as to who they were, Purani answered that some were Satyendra's elatives. SATYENDRA: They recognised ...
... is more of an intellectual type. Such people work better under a leader, not by themselves. Like Subhas Bose, for instance. He did very good work under Das. Here Purani mentioned some people in Gujarat who could work only under somebody's guidance. SRI AUROBINDO: Charu Dutt's summary of The Life Divine is not bad. But there are one or two mistakes. He says that I have derived my technique from ...
... the Sea" has been addressed to my English sweetheart. (Laughter) And "Estelle" to a French girl! He is trying to make my biography out of my poetry! He also says that "Baji Prabhou" was written in Gujarat under the influence of Tilak and the Mahrattas. In fact it was written in Calcutta. (After reading the whole instalment) He has not made enough out of the poetry. He ought to have said that Myrtilla ...
... Mother's room. Purani rushed up and found the Mother at the top of the staircase. She said, "Sri Aurobindo has fallen down. Go and fetch Dr. Manilal." Fortunately, he had come for the Darshan from Gujarat. Soon he arrived and saw that Sri Aurobindo was lying on the floor in his bedroom. On his way to the bathroom he had stumbled over a tiger skin. The doctor made a preliminary examination and suspected ...
... experience that came to me.... This last line ['The high boughs prayed in a revealing sky'] is an expression of an experience which I often had whether in the mountains or on the plains of Gujarat or looking from my window in Pondicherry not only in the dawn but at other times..." (Ibid., p. 790) Page 8 ...
... The Growth of a Flame Introduction Kamalaben was born in Jadeshwar, Gujarat, on 11 February 1915. Her father was Kashibhai and her mother was Raiba. She had two brothers, Maheshbhai and Jagadishbhai, and one sister, Yashodaben, who got married to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's son. Kamalaben was the youngest. They all came to Pondicherry and stayed for a few years; ...
... dictionary? I suppose you mean Keshavalu? 106 3.NB: Rambhai complains of severe pain in the abdomen, due to constipation. Had to give a dose of castor oil. Sri Aurobindo: Rambhai is in Gujarat, if you please. If you are administering doses of castor oil to his abdomen direct from here [Pondicherry], you must be a siddha Fascist Yogi. But perhaps you mean Ramkumar? Or whom do you mean? ...
... Research. From 2006 to 2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). Currently, he is Education Advisor to the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Page 58 Other Titles in the Series The New Synthesis of Yoga - An Introduction Significance of Indian Yoga - An Overview A Pilgrim's Quest for the Highest and the ...
... Research. From 2006 to 2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). Currently, he is Education Advisor to the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Page 121 Other Titles in the Series The New Synthesis of Yoga - An Introduction Varieties of Yogic Experience and Integral Realisation ...
... Research. From 2006 to 2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). Currently, he is Education Advisor to the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Other Titles in the Series The New Synthesis of Yoga - An Introduction Varieties of Yogic Experience and Integral Realisation Significance of Indian Yoga - An Overview A ...
... Research. From 2006 to 2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project on History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture. (PHISPC). Currently, he is Education Advisor to the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Page 76 Also by Kireet Joshi •Education for Character Development •Education for Tomorrow •Education at Crossroads •A National Agenda for Education •Innovations ...
... meetings. Amongst those who met him were Chhotalal Purani and his younger brother Ambalal. They were initiated by Sri Aurobindo into revolutionary work and played a prominent part in the movement in Gujarat. Ambalal Purani afterwards became a disciple of Sri Aurobindo, joining the Ashram in the early 1920s; he also served Sri Aurobindo as a personal attendant. In the course of this visit to Baroda, Sri ...
... Many others joined including Jawaharlal Nehru. Tilak's area of operation was mainly in Maharashtra and Karnataka, while Besant's was generally over the South and in some pockets of Bihar, Bengal, Gujarat and Sind. The objective of the movement was to attain a system of self-government within the British Empire. The agitation made rapid strides during 1916-17 and while broadly active in many parts of ...
... Research. From 2006 to 2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). Currently, he is Education Advisor to the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Also by Kireet Joshi Education for Character Development Education for Tomorrow Education at Crossroads A National Agenda for Education Sri Aurobindo and Integral ...
... Research. From 2006 to 2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). Currently, he is Education Advisor to the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Page 88 Also by Kireet Joshi Education for Character Development Education for Tomorrow Education at Crossroads A National Agenda for Education ...
... Medical College. You were so keen that I should go to Bombay or Ahmedabad for my College studies, and I was deeply happy that you thought of this. Page 199 Ultimately, I got admission to the Gujarat College and I proceeded from here to Ahmedabad. "Now during the last two years, I have mounted myself on two wheels and am trying to keep a good balance between the two. While I am reading for ...
... Research. From 2006 to 2008, he was Editorial Fellow of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture (PHISPC). Currently, he is Education Advisor to the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Page 109 Other Titles in the Series The New Synthesis of Yoga - An Introduction Varieties of Yogic Experience and Integral Realisation A Pilgrim's Quest for the ...
... in 1893, 'Sri Ambubhai Purani had his early education in Bombay, from where he graduated on 1913. Together with his illustrious brother Sri Chhotubhai Purani, he pioneered the gymnastic movement in Gujarat. It was at this time that he came under the spell of Sri Aurobindo and yearned to seek the path of God-realization through Yoga, as preached by the great saint of Pondicherry. He migrated to Pondicherry ...
... the second term opened in the month of June and took one year's leave without pay from 18 June 1906. After passing a total of a week or two at Baroda, he went back to Bengal. During his stay in Gujarat he went to Chandod for the last time. He had been there twice or thrice before, during his stay at Baroda, with K .G. Deshpande and others. On one of these visits, at Karnali, near Chandod, he saw ...
... Sri Aurobindo : Sometimes poets themselves get into a groove and are unable to appreciate anything new. 7-1-1940 Disciple : Mahatma Gandhi at one of the literary conferences in Gujarat, 1920, asked the writers : “What have you done for the man who is drawing water from the well?” Sri Aurobindo : What has he done for himself? I am afraid he has not done very much. Most ...
... calculated moves towards organising the people for an eventual *Sri Aurobindo met C.C. Dutt first at the Baroda Railway platform by chance, and told him while parting: "Now that we are both in Gujarat, we are sure to see each other often." (C.C. Dutt's article in "the Sunday Times, 17 December 1950.) Page 189 armed insurrection, - and this meant, not only forging the required ...
... the other hand, the divine singers of Tamil Nad, the Virasaivas and Dasas of Andhra-Karnatak, the Saints of Maharashtra, and the followers of divers bhakti cults in Assam, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and the Punjab did keep the embers of spirituality alive and hold the people together even in those dark dark days. The Muslim rulers (with notable exceptions) were a prey to ambition ...
... rest nor tire Until, my destined journey done, I stand, led by the inscrutable fire, Before the seat of the lonely One. 60 XII Among others, there was Satyendra Thakore from Gujarat. He had seen Sri Aurobindo, along with other leaders, in a procession at the time of the Surat Congress of December 1907. Later, as a college student, he read some of Sri Aurobindo's smaller books ...
... bell rang from the Mother's room. When Purani rushed up the stairs, the Mother who was standing at the top told him: "Sri Aurobindo has fallen down. Go and fetch Dr. Manilal'' From faraway Gujarat, Or. Manilal had come for the Darshan, and he was now awakened, and he hurried to Sri Aurobindo's room. Nirod and the other Ashram doctors too were called. This was what had happened: as he was ...
... 43 Calling All Nationalists No, he did not return in the first days of the New Year as expected. After returning to Calcutta from Midnapore, and before leaving for Gujarat, Sri Aurobindo delivered speeches at College Square on 14 December and at Beadon Square on the 15 th . At the latter the audience would not rest till it heard Aurobindo Babu. He gave in, saying "I ...
... scholars are now suggesting that the Indus Valley or Harappan civilization would be better named the 'Saraswati civilization.' Let us now pay a visit to Dwaraka, on the eastern tip of Saurashtra in Gujarat, the legendary town of Lord Krishna. Legendary? In the 1980s, the discovery of massive submerged walls revealed the existence of a major ancient port which served as a gateway to the subcontinent. ...
... fire, so did Prof. A. Ghose with his students. K. M. Munshi was one of them. Munshi was the founder of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an organ to revitalize Indian culture. His own position in Gujarat's literary world was preeminent ; plays and novels (many of them written while in jail) flowed abundantly from his pen. His historical novels in particular gave life to the epic of the ancient Aryans ...
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