Life of Sri Maa - 39

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Life of Sri Maa - 39

 

In 1911, Holy Mother went on a pilgrimage to Rameshwaram. On the

way she visited Madras and Madurai. On her way back, she visited Madras

and Bangalore.

 

Rameshwaram was situated in the territory of the Raja of Ramnad,

a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, who referred to the Mother to his local

officials as the `guru of my guru, the Supreme Guru'. Arrangements were

made by the Raja for her comfort. Every day she worshipped Shiva in the

main temple and attended the evening service. One day while worshipping

the image, the Mother suddenly said: `I see it is just the same as when

I placed it here.' When asked by the devotees what she meant, she replied:

`Never mind, I was absent minded and it was a slip of the tongue.' It was

Sita, the Consort of Rama, who had installed the image at Rameshwaram.

 

After her return to Calcutta she talked to a disciple about her

reminiscences of Madras: `Many people visited me there. The women of those

parts are very educated. They asked me to deliver a lecture. I said to

them: " I do not know how to deliver lectures. If Gourdasi had come, she

would have been able to do so. " '

 

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Extracts from the book : Sri Sarada Devi (A biography in pictures)

Advaita Ashrama, Calcutta (http://www.advaitaonline.com/).

 

 

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