Swami visits Bhagavan

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Day by Day with Bhagavan________20-11-45 AfternoonOne Rishikesananda Swami of the Ramakrishna Missionis here. It seems he has been advised by Swami Siddheswaranandato visit Bhagavan. Bhagavan spoke about Siddheswarananda andshowed two books, one containing his lectures (causeries) andanother which was received only three weeks back thoughdespatched from France in 1941. Rishikesananda said thatSiddheswarananda had learnt French very well and spoke fluentlyin that language. He also said that one Vijayananda Swami wasworking in South America and was very popular there in spite ofhostile propaganda by Christian missionaries. Two ladies ofaffluence supported the Swami and asked him to remain there.One of the ladies was Mrs. Guirellis, (known to the Asramam asMamita, who had adopted the Canarese boy Raman and who isstaying at Bangalore now near the Ramakrishna Mission).Siddheswarananda intends to come to India for a few monthsand hopes to visit Ramanasramam also then. The talk drifted tothe clothes these Swamis wear in foreign countries.Rishikesananda told Bhagavan that generally they wear Europeanclothes and that, while delivering lectures, they wear long andflowing ochre-coloured robes and a turban such as Vivekanandais seen wearing in some pictures.