Many guests visited the Ashram over the years. Some sadhaks were asked by the Mother to look after them and show them places of interest in the Ashram and answer any questions they might have. Udar was often one of these guides. Here are some of the guests who came.
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Guard of Honour for prime Minister J.Nehru - 16th Jan.1955 |
Visit of K.M. Munshi Madhav, Nolini, Udar, Charupada |
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Visit of C.C. Deshmukh - 1955 at Golconde |
Visit of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - 1956 at the Samadhi |
Visit of Sardar Swaran Singh - 1st March 1956 at the Samadhi |
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Visit of Vinoba Bhave - Auge. 1956 Udar, Madhav, Volini, Indra Sen
Visit of Laxmi Menon, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Vinoba Bhave was known for his great moral qualities and his selflessness in the Bhoodan movement but his spiritual qualities were not appreciated. This was seen by us when he visited us here, and when he went to the Mother. She also confirmed it. He made a significant remark to Her which shows his spiritual understanding. He himself being an ascetic type with a very simple style of living could well have been shocked by the apparent luxurious living in our Ashram. The Mother's expression of beauty and harmony in our material surroundings is mistaken for luxury. But Vinoba said to the Mother that to do Yoga in bare simple surroundings is difficult enough but to do the great Yoga of Sri Aurobindo in such surroundings as His Ashram, surroundings of beauty and material comforts, is much more are in difficult, and he appreciated the Mother's great endeavour in this. -Udar-
Visit of Savitri Ganesan Ashram courtyard |
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Visit of General Carriappa - 1st April 1960
\ Visit of Manubhai Shah Udar, Nolini, Surendra Mohan Ghosh, Manubhai Shah, Navajat |
Visit of M.E. Allen, Col. Rathaswamy, K.S. Sesham, M. Macdonald, Udar - 3rd May 1960
Visit of American Ambassador Bunker - Aug. 1960 |
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Visit of Prime Minister J.Nehru with Nolinl to the Library -13th June 1963 Nolini,Medhananda,Kewal Singh,Madhav,Uadr
Visit of Prime Minister J.Nehru with Nolinl - 1963 |
Visit of Prime Minister J.Nehru to the Sports Ground - 13th June 1963
Visit of Prime Minister J.Nehru with Udar - 1963 |
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Mme Kobayashi and friends
Udar,Rutledge B.Tompkins,(Rear Admiral,Retd.US Navy) |
Visit of the Princess of Greece
Visit of the King and Queen of Nepal - Dec.1965 |
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Visit of American students - Jan.1970 |
The Mother's replies to visiting students from America, January 1970:
After Blessings and flowers had been received from the Mother, some questions were put and the Mother gave answers.
Q: They want to know what is the true meaning of Confidence. The Mother: You must have confidence in the right thing. To have confidence in the wrong thing is dangerous.
Q: But they want to know the meaning of Confidence. The Mother: The meaning of the word?
Q: Yes. The Mother: Confidence means trust. Have trust in the Divine Grace. But you must know what it is in which you are having trust.
Q: Then Mother, the question arises: what is the Divine? The Mother: They want to know the meaning of the Divine?
Q: Yes. The Mother: (After some silence) The Perfection that you have to realise, not necessarily in this life, that Perfection is the Divine.
Q: What should be the aim of our life? The Mother: Materially speaking, to be clever, spiritually speaking, to be sincere.
Q: What is the nature of responsibility? The Mother: Power and sincerity and also straightforwardness.
Report by Udar, approved by the Mother |
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Visit of General Chowdhury - March 1966 |
Sri Aurobindo Exhibition in Delhi Chief Guest - Prime Minister Indra Gandhi - 6th Oct.1967 Yuvarani Karan Singh,Himanshu Neogi,Udar,Arindam |
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Yuvaraj &Yuvarani Karan Singh at the Savitri Exhibition |
Visit of Yuvaraj &Yuvarani Karan Singh 22nd Oct.1970 Udar,Kireet,Charupada,Nolini,Sisir,Arindam |
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Prime Minister Indra Gandhi's visit to the Mother - 12th Feb. 1971
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Mother sent Udar several times to Delhi to convey messages to Indira Gandhi. The first time Udar asked, "But how should I introduce myself?" So she wrote, "Udar is one of my secretaries..." He was on friendly terms with Indira and that must have stirred many discussions with Mother about politics. Once She told him, "India's true spiritual party may come with a one-line program only: 'come and join us and work for the Divine'. People in India have the inner sight to recognise such a true movement and they will join by the thousands and give whatever they have; so no law, no tax, no rule save one: serve the Divine". -OlivierP.- |
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George's Nakashima's visit - 1986 |
Prime Minister Indra Gandhi's after seeing the Mother - 12th Feb. 1971 |
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Visit of a French Minister |
Prime Miniter Indira Gandhi - at the Dining Room - 17th Feb.1974
Visit of madam Jivkova,Minister for Cultural Affairs,Bulgraria - 1976 |
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