Nashik : on the banks of the holy Godavari (q.v.) is one of twelve sacred cities containing the Jyotirlinga; it hosts Kumbha Melas. On 24th & 25th December 1907, Sri Aurobindo visited this city after INC committed hara-kiri at Surat in Dec. 1907.
... Meeting an “avadhut” In 1921, after returning from my first meeting with Sri Aurobindo, I accompanied my father and my aunt Motiben on their pilgrimage to Nashik, Tryambakeshwar, etc. On our way back we visited Chanod and Karnali 3 where we bathed in the holy Narmada. The stone stairs of the ghat along the river start unusually higher than the level of ...
... that I understand fully how deep an impact the vibrations of his voice must have left on their inner beings. I recall an example of his liberal thoughts. Once I went on a pilgrimage with him to Nashik and Tryambakeshwar, I was to perform my uncle's shraddha . [a ceremony for the dead]. As is customary, the priest asked me to shave my head but my father told me, “If you do not want to do it, it ...
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