Maa Sarada

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This

is th

e la

st p

ictu

re o

f the

Hol

y M

othe

r ta

ken

till s

he w

as a

live.

Fro

m le

ft to

rig

ht a

re s

een

Hol

y M

othe

r is

taki

ng

her

noon

-mea

l , R

adhu

’s m

othe

r Su

raba

la ,i

nsid

e th

e ro

om, N

alin

i, N

anda

rani

, Jam

ini,

Mak

u an

d w

ife o

f N

abas

an.

This

pic

ture

was

tak

en b

y B

asis

war

Sen

at

the

var

anda

h of

Sur

esw

ar S

en’s

hou

se a

t Vi

shnu

pur

in F

algu

n 13

26

Ben

gali

year

and

192

0 A

.D. b

efor

e M

othe

r sta

rted

her

jour

ney

to K

olka

ta.

30

This photograph of the Holy Mother was taken at Jairambati by Brahmachari Ganendranath in the Bengali year 1324 which represents 1918 English calendar.

29

The picture shown here is of the Holy Mother and Maku with her son Neda on her lap taken by Brahmachari Ganendranath at Jairambati in Bengali calendar year 1324 and in 1918 A.D.

28

This photograph of the Holy Mother and Radhu was taken by Brahmachari Ganendranath at Jairambati of the Bengali calendar 1324 and 1918 A.D.

27

This photograph of Sarada Devi were also taken by Brahmachari Ganendranath at Jairambati in Falgun, 1319 in Bengali year and 1913 A.D.

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24


23

This

pho

togr

aph

of S

arad

a D

evi

wer

e al

so ta

ken

by B

rahm

acha

ri G

anen

dran

ath

at J

aira

mba

ti in

Fal

gun,

13

19 in

Ben

gali

year

and

19

13 A

.D.

22

Bra

hmac

hari

Gan

endr

anat

h to

ok th

is p

hoto

grap

h of

the

Mot

her a

nd R

adhu

at K

umbh

asth

ali i

nn o

n th

eir w

ay to

Ja

iram

bati

in F

algu

n, 1

319

Ben

gali

year

and

191

3 A

.D.

21

The picture shown here was also taken by Brahmachari Ganendranath on the same day, place and year as previous photograph while the Mother was worshipping at her shrine. The Mother was meditating at that time. Brahmachari Ganendranath was setting up his Box camera for another snap and some noise was created by him in the process. Holy Mother opened her eyes due to such noise. Immediately, Brahmachari Ganendranath said with folded hands, “Mother, I am taking a picture”.

20

This photograph was taken by Brahmachari Ganendranath in Bengali year 1319 and 1913 A.D. while Holy Mother was meditating at the shrine at Udbodhan in Kolkata.

19

This photograph were taken by Brahmachari Ganendranath at Udbodhan in Bengali year 1316 and 1909 A.D.

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Brahmachari Ganendranath took this photo of the Holy Mother in Bengali year 1316 and 1909 A.D. at Udbodhan while she was worshipping at the shrine.

13

This

is a

gro

up p

hoto

take

n by

B. D

utta

at U

dbod

han

in B

enga

li ye

ar13

16 a

nd 1

909A

.D. I

n th

e pi

ctur

e fr

om

left

to ri

ght a

re s

een

Dur

ga-M

a, R

adhu

, Hol

y M

othe

r, M

aku,

Kus

um a

nd H

arir-

Ma.

12

This

pho

to w

as a

lso

take

n by

B. D

utta

in B

enga

li ye

ar13

16 a

nd 1

909

A.D

. at U

dbod

han

whi

le M

othe

r was

w

orsh

ippi

ng a

t the

shr

ine

at h

er b

edro

om .

This

pho

to is

not

iden

tical

to th

e ea

rlier

pho

to w

hich

wou

ld b

e ev

iden

t fro

m th

e di

ffere

nt p

ositi

on o

f her

han

ds.

11

B.Dutta took this photo of the Mother in Bengali year1316 and 1909 A.D. while Mother was worshipping at the shrine at her bedroom at Udbodhan i.e Mother’s house, Kolkata in Bengali year 1316 corresponding to 1309 of English calendar.

10

Swami Virajananda arranged for taking this photograph and it was taken by Vandike at a studio at Chowringhee Road, Kolkata in Baisakh 1312 and probably in June 1905 A.D.

The information is available in the book of Ashutosh Mitra entitled ‘Sri Ma’ at page-11.

9

This picture was taken by B. Dutta in Bengali year 1311and in English calendar1905 at Chitpore road, Baghbazar, Kolkata and subsequently it was rejected which we find from page-39 of Ashutosh Mitra’s book ‘Sri Ma’.

8

B. Dutta took this photo of the Holy Mother at his studio at Chitpore Road Baghbazar, Kolkata on 22nd chaitra in the Bengali year 1311 and 1905 in English calendar.

Ashutosh Mitra desired to use this photo for his book but Swami Virajananda did not agree because he said that Mother was a little shaky and nervous when the photo was taken.

There is a mention of this fact at page-39 of Ashutosh Mitra’s book ‘Sri Ma’.

7

This photograph was taken at Baghbazar, Kolkata circa 1905.

6

This is another photograph of the Holy Mother taken by B. Dutta at his studio at Chitpore Road, Baghbazar in Bengali year1311, 22nd chaitra corresponding to 1905 English calendar year. There is a mention about this photograph in the book ‘Sri Ma’ by Ashutosh Mitra at page 39.

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This is a group photo taken by B. Dutta at Baghbazar , Kolkata on 22nd chaitra in Bengali calendar year 1311 equivalent to 1905 A.D. From left to right Brahmachari Ganendranarth and Ashutosh are standing while Nalini, Holy Mother, Radhu and Laxmi Devi are seen sitting.

4

B. Dutta took this photograph of the Holy Mother at Baghbazar, Kolkata in Bengali year 1311 and 1905 A.D.

3

This photograph of the Holy Mother were also taken by Mr. Harrington and arranged by Mrs. Ole Bull at the same place and time. There is a reference about this in the book entitled ‘Sri Ma’ by Ashutosh Mitra at page-9.

2

This photograph of the Holy Mother were also taken by Mr. Harrington and arranged by Mrs. Ole Bull at the same place and time. There is a reference about this in the book entitled ‘Sri Ma’ by Ashutosh Mitra at page-9.

1

This is the first photograph of the Holy Mother at her forty five years of age taken by Mr. Harrington in Bengali year1305 and 1898 in English calendar at 10/2, Bosepara Lane, Baghbazar, Kolkata. The arrangement for taking photograph was made by Mrs. Ole Bull. The information is available in the book ‘Sri Ma’ by Ashutosh Mitra at page-9.

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