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Subject Index	labels on photographs sent to her son .... 69, 71, 73
	letters to her son Andre .... 21, 25
Sri Aurobindo	meditation with Pavitra .... 78
change in the sadhana from the vital to the physical level .... 21	moving to the Library House .... 2, 6-7, 10
glass case for preserving his body in 1950, possibility of .... 110-111	moving to the Meditation House .... 21, 24-25
moving to the Library House .... 2, 6-7, 10	path to the Prosperity Stores in 1929 and 1932 .... 166-169
moving to the Meditation House .... 21, 24-25	rooms of,
passage from Old Secretariat to Meditation House to carry	in the Library house .... 160-161
his lunch .... 164-165	in the Meditation House .... 158, 169-171
passage to the dining room .... 163	Music Room and east balcony .... 57, 60, 128-131
rooms of,	on the first floor of New Secretariat .... 51-52, 57,
in the Library house .... 160-161	158,172-173
in the Meditation House .... 158, 161, 168-171	on the second floor of New Secretariat .... 52, 57, 60,
rooms and furniture used by him in the Meditation house	120-127
and Secretariat .... 170-173	rooms and furniture used by her in the Meditation house and
symbolic names of his rooms in the Meditation House and	Secretariat .... 170-173
New Secretariat .... 157-158	symbolic names of her rooms in the Meditation House and
signs the sale deed of the Meditation House .... 25	the New Secretariat .... 158
	self-sketch in 1948 .... 152
The Mother	Terrace Darshan .... 23, 128-130, 132-139
account of expenses for moving to Library house .... 10	terrace walk in mid 1940's .... 148-153
Balcony Darshan .... 132, 138-147
bridge on the scaffolding, walks on .... 63, 78-82	Ashram Main Building
car drives .... 18, 74-77	four houses of .... 2, 4-5
change in the sadhana from the vital to the physical level .... 21	construction
illness in 1962 .... 132	1929 to1935, stages of .... 51
inspection of the Meditation House .... 20	1929 to1962, chronology of .... 52

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Balcony block in 1929-1930 .... 56, 68-75	Samadhi
New Secretariat in 1931-1932 .... 83-86	Service Tree and pergola, arrangement of .... 96-99, 103-104
Prosperity block in 1932 .... 87-90	water tanks in 1929 .... 100-102
Cold Storage block, ground floor, in 1935 .... 90-92	planting of Service Tree in 1930 .... 104
Fruit Room in 1948 .... 92	demolition of Old Kitchen in 1942 .... 104
Mother's room on the second floor in 1953 .... 52, 57, 60, 120-127	construction of pergola in 1942 .... 104-109
Abhay Singh's room in 1955 .... 50, 52, 58, 60	central courtyard, 1942 .... 108-109
Navajat's room in 1955 .... 52, 58	glass case for preserving Sri Aurobindo's body in 1950,
Ravindra's room in 1958 .... 93	possibility of .... 110-111
Music Room and east balcony in 1962 .... 57, 60, 128-131	construction of Sri Aurobindo's Samadhi in 1950 .... 112-113
symbolic names of rooms in .... 157-159	internment of the Mother's body in 1973 .... 113
Library House
renting of .... 6-7	Pondicherry
moving to .... 6-7, 10	construction in .... 50
occupants in 1923 .... 160-163
purchase of .... 52
Meditation House
renting of .... 20
moving to .... 21, 24-25
purchase of .... 25
rooms and furniture used by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother .... 170-173
Rosary House
renting and purchase of .... 12
Secretariat
renting and purchase of .... 16, 52
construction of New Secretariat .... 83-86
rooms and furniture used by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in
.... 170-173

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Index of Photographs		1930 .... 18, 72-76
		1931 .... 79-82
The Mother		1931-32 .... 83-85
1926-1929, on terrace of Old Secretariat .... 40-41		1932-1934 .... 87-90
1926-1929, on terrace of Meditation House .... 42-44		1932-1942 .... 86, 103
1926-1929, on staircase of Meditation House .... 17		1935 .... 90-91
1930-1931, on terrace of Old Secretariat .... 18		1942 .... 109
1930-1931, with her car on Rue Saint Gilles .... 74-76		1947-1948 .... 92, 122
1931, on the scaffolding .... 82		1948 .... 92
1950, Balcony Darshan .... 143		1949 .... 3
1954, Balcony Darshan .... 144		1950 .... 143
1959, Balcony Darshan .... 147		1955 .... 123-124
1960, in her room on the second floor .... 125		1958-1962 .... 93
1963, Terrace Darshan .... 133		1968 .... 135
1965, in the Music Room .... 131		1975 .... 11
1967, Terrace Darshan .... 134, 137		2001 .... 19, 45-46, 72, 94, 97-99
1968, Terrace Darshan .... 135		2004 .... 139
		2005 .... 23
Disciples		2006 .... 9, 15
during the Mother's Balcony Darshan .... 142-143, 145-146
during the Mother's Terrace Darshan .... 135-136		Library House
during the Mother's terrace walk .... 151, 153		1922-1929 .... 8, 13-14, 36-39, 46-47
		1926-1929 .... 42-43
Ashram Main Building		1929 .... 68-71
1922-1929 .... 8, 13-14, 22, 36-39, 46-47		1930 .... 18, 72-75
1926-1929 .... 17, 40-44		1932-1934 .... 87-90
1929 .... 68-71, 101		1935 .... 90-91

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1947 .... 91	1929 .... 70-71, 101
1948 .... 92	1930 .... 18, 72-76
1958-1962 .... 93	1931 .... 79-85
1975 .... 11	1932-1942 .... 86
2001 .... 19, 46	1958-1962 .... 93
2006 .... 9	2001 .... 19, 72
	Samadhi
Meditation House	1929, the water tanks .... 101
1922-1929 .... 13-14, 22, 38-39	1932-1942, old kitchen .... 103
1926-1929 .... 17, 40-44	1942, central courtyard .... 109
1930 .... 18, 74-75	1950's, Sri Aurobindo's Samadhi .... 114-117
1931 .... 81, 83	2001, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother's Samadhi .... 97-99
1932-42 .... 103
1958-1962 .... 93	The Mother's rooms on the second floor
1968 .... 135	the Mother's Room
2001 .... 19, 45	1955, view from north-west .... 123-124
2005 .... 23	1960, inside view .... 125
	1958, circa .... 127
Rosary House	1965, the Mother's Room and the Music Room .... 130
1922-1929 .... 13-14, 36-39	2001, view from south-east .... 45
1926-1929 .... 17, 40-43	Music Room
1932-42 .... 103	1963, Music Room and balcony on the east .... 129, 133
2006 .... 15	1965, inside view .... 131
	1965, Music Room and the Mother's Room .... 130
Secretariat	1968, balcony on the east .... 135
1922-1929 .... 14	undated, the two balconies .... 138-139
1926-1929 .... 17, 40-44

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The Mother's balconies	Index of Drawings
balcony on the north
1930 ... 18, 74-75	The Mother
1932-34 ... 87	Self-sketch by the Mother dated 4.3.1948 .... 152
1947-48 ... 122	Jayantilal Parekh
1950 ... 143	temporary and permanent supports of the Service Tree .... 106-107
1954 ... 144	Sammer, Francois
1955 ... 123-24	design of the pergola to support the Service Tree .... 105
1959 ... 147
1958-62 ... 93	Ashram Main Building
1963 . 139
2001. 19	Plans
undated 138	Plans
undated 138	ground & first floor plans of Old Secretariat in 1929 .... 29
balcony on the east
balcony on the east	reconstructed ground floor plan in 1929 .... 30-31
1963 ... 129, 133	reconstructed ground floor plan in 1929 .... 30-31
1965 ... 130	ground floor plan in 1931 .... 28
1968 ... 135	ground floor plan in 1932 with symbolic names of rooms .... 159
2004 . 139	first floor plan in 1932 with symbolic names of rooms .... 158
2005. 23	plan of the pergola in 1942 .. 108
undated . 138	Perspectives
	from south-east in 1929 .... 32-33, 53
Golconde .... 92-93, 122-123	from south-east in 1947 .... 54
Golconde .... 92-93, 122-123	from south-east in 2000 .... 55
	from north-west in 1929 .... 34-35, 61
	from north-west in 1930 .... 62
	from north-west in June 1931 .... 63
	from north-west in 1932 .... 64
	from north-west in 1935 .... 65

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view of the central courtyard of in 1929 showing the present location		Index of Names
of the Samadhi .. 102
inside view facing east in 1929, showing the Mother's passage	Abdoul Aziz Khan	6-7
for carrying Sri Aurobindo's lunch .. 167	Abhay Singh	50, 52, 58, 60
Elevations	Ambu	96, 104
	Amrita
north elevation, 1929-2005 .... 56-57		10, 21, 25, 157, 159, 162-163, 172-173
	Andre Morisset
south elevation, 1929-2005 .... 58		21, 25, 51
	Anilbaran Roy
west elevation, 1929-2005 .... 59		21,158,166-169
east elevation, 1929-2005 .... 60	Barin Ghose	6, 10, 12, 20-21, 25, 162-163
	Bijoy Nag
Isometric Views		162-163
		21
part open Isometric View showing first floor occupancy	Bushy, the cat
		12
	Carounamballe Francis
of Library House in 1923 .... 161		24, 33, 35, 37, 51, 71, 89, 101, 121, 158,
	Champaklal
part open Isometric View showing ground floor occupancy of Library		160,162, 166-169

House and Sri Aurobindo's passage to the dining room in 1923 .... 163	Chandulal	25, 28, 30, 51-52, 77, 81, 85, 157
part open Isometric view showing the Mother's passage through	Chinmayi	148
the Old Secretariat in 1929 .... 168		12, 20
part open Isometric view showing the Mother's passage through	Dara
	Datta	10, 158,160-161
the New Secretariat in 1932 .... 169	David	25
part open Isometric View showing the route of the Mother's terrace walk
	Dikshit	25
in 1940's .... 149	Dilip Kumar Roy	52
open Isometric View of the first floor of Meditation House showing
		25, 159
	Doraiswamy Iyer
rooms & furniture used by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother .... 170-171		12, 30, 50-51, 78, 96, 100, 104, 120-121,
	Dyuman
open Isometric View of ground and first floor of Meditation House		128, 148, 157, 159

and New Secretariat showing rooms and furniture used	Haradhan Bakshi	24
by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother .... 172-173	Harikant Patel	12
	Hindocha	47
	Iyengar, Srinivas	121, 132

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Jayant Patel	111	Purushottam	52, 159
Jayantilal Parekh	106-107	Radhanand	51
Jwalanti	148	Raghava Chettiar	21
Kamalaben	43, 148	Rajangam	159-160
Kanai Ganguly	12	Rajani Palit	21
Kaplan, H.P.	112	Rakhal Bose	148
M.P Pandit	43, 148	Ranadhir Upadhyaya	120
Manubhai	96, 104	Ravindra	52, 59, 162
Mary (Udar's aunt)	128	Raymond	104
Moni	162-163	Rene	12
Mrityunjoy Mukherjee	78, 157, 164, 166	Sahana	2, 52,77
Mysore, Maharaja of	128	Sammer	104-105
Nagin Doshi	52, 78	Sanyal, Prabhat	110, 112
Nakashima	104	Satyen	159
Navajat	52, 58, 120	Shreekrishna Prasad	140-141
Nirodbaran	50-51, 81, 110	Soli Albless	121,126
Nishtha	148	Subramaniam	25
Nolini Kanto Gupta	21, 25, 157, 159, 162-163, 172-173	Udar Pinto	100,111-113, 126, 128
Panou	111	Umirchand	126
Parichand	104	Vishwanath Lahiri	111,126
Pavitra	12, 16, 25, 40-41, 50-51, 72-78, 80, 82, 111, 128, 148, 157-158, 161, 164-169	Xavier, Saint Francis	112
Potel	25
Prafull	51
Pujalal	12
Punamchand	25
Purani	159

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Index of Departments		Kitchen
		in Aroume	52
Accounts Office	68-69	in Library House	31-39
Andre's Office Atelier	51	in Rosary House	17, 31-35, 40, 42-43, 52, 79-82,
Andre's Office Atelier	51		102-104, 106,164-165, 168-169
Banana garden	31-37, 46-47, 70-71, 74-75, 163	Champaklal's kitchen	33, 35, 71, 89
Building Service	52, 68-71, 83-85, 100-102, 126, 157	Library	159
Bulletin Office	50-52	Milking place	31
Cold Storage	51-52, 57, 59, 90-94	Notice board verandah	32-33, 36-37, 42-43, 50-51,
Cow shed	31, 38-39		72-73, 166
Cycle House	88-89	Prosperity office	51-52, 57, 87-89
Dining Room		Prosperity Stores	51, 158,160-161, 166-169
in Library House (1922-27)	160-161	Publication Dept	162-163
in Library House (1929-34)	31-35, 51-52, 59, 88-89, 159	Reading Room	159
in Rosary House	12	Reception Hall	162-163
Dispensary	159	Reception Service	162-163
Drawing Office	17, 33, 40-41, 46-47, 80, 126	School	79
Electric Service	78, 126, 157	Soup Hall	159
Embroidery Dept	32-33
Fruit room	52, 57, 59, 92-94, 162-163
Garages	31-35, 38-39, 46-47, 51, 59, 163
Gardening	96, 104
Golconde	92-93, 122-123
Guest House	160,162
Grace	33, 69

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