Dear Friends,
Born in Berhampur, West Bengal, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya (18 October 1923—8 January 2010) was the eldest son of Dakshinapada Bhattacharya and Prafullamoyee Devi. After passing his matriculation examination in 1939 from Jagadbandhu Institution of Kolkata, he was enrolled in Bachelor of Arts at the Krishnanath College (Behrampur) under the Calcutta University from where he graduated in 1945. From an early age, he was interested in sports and physical education. At the age of seven, he had his first lesson in Boxing in Bhowanipore Y.M.C.A. at Kolkata. He practised Boxing under Jagat Kanta Seal who was a famous boxer but his real physical education commenced when he joined The Ballygunje School of Physical Culture where he received training from Biren Chunder (Jagat Kanta Seal’s assistant who would join Sri Aurobindo Ashram in June 1945). In 1940, he established his own physical culture club ‘Vivekananda Byayam Samiti’ with the objective of building up the younger generation ‘for a higher life.’ He visited Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, in April 1942 for the first time to have the Darshan of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and stayed there for four months during which he worked in the Ashram Laundry. The Mother had noticed him and his companions (Sunil, Ranju and Gora) who had accompanied him and remarked to Nolini Kanta Gupta: “I like them.” In 1945 when he was on the verge of taking a state scholarship to study silk technology in England, he received an inner command to settle in Pondicherry. He settled in the Ashram in May 1945 and took up work in the Ashram Laundry. He was instrumental in organizing the Department of Physical Education of which he was its Director. He also served the Mother till Her last days and shared a unique bond with Her. He was lovingly addressed in the Ashram as ‘Dada’ meaning elder brother in Bengali.
18 October 2023 marks the Birth Centenary of Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya. As our loving homage to him, four hundred and fifty photographs of Pranab Kumar with the Mother taken on various occasions have been published in the website of Overman Foundation.
With warm regards,
Anurag Banerjee
Founder,
Overman Foundation.
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The following four photographs were taken at the Children’s Courtyard in the Ashram Playground on 18 October 1949, that is, on the occasion of Pranab Kumar’s 26th birthday:
The Mother with Pranab Kumar, Reba, Ajay, Kanaklata, Manojbhai and Kapila.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Tejendranath Mukherjee (Undated).
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Debu Bhattacharya, Prithwindranath Mukherjee and Narendra.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Tara Jauhar.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Debu Bhattacharya, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Usha, Nirodbaran Talukdar and Gangaram Malwade.
The Mother and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya on 21 February 1952.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Mona Sarkar and Narendra in the Children’s Courtyard on Pranab’s birthday (Year unknown).
The Mother with Charupada Bhattacharya, Mona Sarkar, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Vidyavrat and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother with Tejendranath Mukherjee and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
Same as above.
The following photographs were taken on 24 April 1951 at the Convention of Sri Aurobindo International University Centre:
Along with the Mother, Navajata, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, Soli Albless, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pavitra, Udar Pinto, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, P. Counouma and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya can also be seen in these photographs.
The following photographs were taken in 1953 during the Mother’s visit to Atelier:
The Mother in the courtyard of Atelier with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Dyuman, Gita, Pavitra, Udar Pinto, Khirod and Gangaram Malwade.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Pavitra, Vishwanath Lahiri, Chandrakant Patel, Santosh and Vijayendra.
The Mother with Tara Jauhar, Pavitra, Biren Chunder, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Prafullamayee (Pranab’s mother) on 1 January 1954.
The following photographs were taken on 25 April 1954 during the Mother’s visit to Harpagon:
The Mother with Pavitra, Udar Pinto, Chandrakant Patel, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Vishwanath Lahiri.
The Mother with Udar Pinto, Chandrakant Patel, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Niranjan and Vishwanath Lahiri.
The following photographs were taken on 12 October 1954 during the Mother’s visit to Atelier:
The Mother with Pavitra and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Vishwanath Lahiri and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Bula alias Charu Chandra Mukherjee, Vishwanath Lahiri and Nolini Kanta Gupta.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Dyuman, Vishwanath Lahiri and Nolini Kanta Gupta.
The Mother with Jyotin, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Dyuman, Pavitra, Khirod, Abhay Singh Nahar, Laxman and Ajay.
The Mother with Chandrakant Patel, Dyuman, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Abhay Singh Nahar.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with K. Amrita, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Pavitra, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Vishwanath Lahiri, Udar Pinto and Nolini Kanta Gupta.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Charu Chandra Mukherjee alias Bula, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Udar Pinto and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Charu Chandra Mukherjee alias Bula, Vishwanath Lahiri and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Vishwanath Lahiri, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Khirod, Louis Allan and Dyuman.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Krishnalal Bhatt and Ishwarbhai at Dining Room on 26 March 1955.
The following photographs of the Mother were taken at the Swadeshi Cotton Mills on 1 September 1956:
Also seen with the Mother are P. Counouma and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother at ‘Senteurs’ in September 1958 with Nolini Kanta Gupta, Tanmaya, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Udar Pinto and Panu Sarkar.
The following photographs of the Mother were taken at the Ashram Theatre on 20 and 21 February 1958:
The Mother at the Ashram Theatre on 20 February 1958, getting ready to read the message for All India Radio on Her 80th birthday. Also seen with Her are Nolini Kanta Gupta,, Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Udar Pinto and Vishwanath Lahiri.
The Mother at the flower exhibition arranged for Her 80th birthday with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Dakshinapada Bhattacharya, Charupada Bhattacharya and Arun Ganguli.
Same as above: The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Pradyut Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotin and Charupada Bhattacharya.
Same as above.
Same as above.
The Mother on 21 February 1958 with Sumantra Kothari, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Vishwanath Lahiri and Gauri Bhattacharya.
The following two photographs of the Mother were taken on 12 April 1959 at the New Horizon Sugar Mills:
The Mother with Laljibhai Hindocha, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Udar Pinto and Asher.
The Mother with Kanani, Mukta Hindocha, Laljibhai Hindocha, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Udar Pinto, Kesarimal and Asher.
The following photographs were taken in March 1960 during the Mother’s visit to Atelier:
The Mother with Pavitra and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother with Kishore, Abhay Singh Nahar, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Dayakar, Pavitra and Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli.
The Mother with Abhay Singh Nahar, Charu Chandra Deb Sarkar, Laxman, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Dayakar, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Pavitra, Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya, Udar Pinto, Vishwanath Lahiri and Sudhi.
The Mother with Abhay Singh Nahar, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Dayakar, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Pavitra.
The Mother with Dyuman and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya on 24 April 1953.
The Mother with R. K. Nehru, Mrs. Kewal Singh, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Dr. Indra Sen in November 1954.
The following two photographs were taken on 15 August 1955 during the Mother’s visit to the Exhibition Hall:
The Mother with Victor Jauhar, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Pavitra, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Chandubhai, Anil P. and Chandrakant Patel.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Pavitra.
The Mother with Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Kamraj, Indira Gandhi, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Nolini Kanta Gupta and K.Amrita at the Ashram Playground on 4 October 1955.
The following photographs were taken on 20 February 1956 during the Mother’s visit to the Exhibition Hall to see an embrodiery exhibition:
The Mother with Sehra (Amal Kiran’s wife), Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Vasudhaben Shah, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pavitra, Chimanbhai Patel, K. Amrita, Jayantilal Parekh, Chandrakant Patel and Madhav Pandit.
The Mother with Jayantilal Parekh, Udar Pinto, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Counouma, Pavitra, Vasudhaben Shah and Venkatesh.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother with Surabhi, Ichcha, Madhav Pandir, Nolini Kanta Gupta, K. Amrita and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Ichchaben, Surabhi and Kalaben.
The following photographs were taken on 2 April 1956 when a group of Russian Gymnasts had visited Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry:
The Mother with Nolini Kanta Gupta, Udar Pinto and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Udar Pinto, Ajit and Niranjan.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Udar Pinto.
The following photographs were taken on 9 December 1959 during the Mother’s visit to Handmade Paper Factory:
The Mother with Nirmal, Udar Pinto, Pavitra, Kiran Chowdhury and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother with Udar Pinto, Kiran Chowdhury, Pavitra, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Togo Mukherjee and Nolini Kanta Gupta.
An undated photograph of the Mother with Pavitra and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya arriving at the Ashram Island for a visit.
An undated photograph of the Mother distributing the gifts on Christmas Day; also seen with Her are Pushpa Patel, Amita Sen, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Tejendranath Mukherjee and Chitra Jauhar:
The following photographs of the Mother were taken at the Ashram Playground on various occasions:
The Mother and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya in April 1950.
The Mother at a Stamp Exhibition organized on 25 December 1951; also seen with Her are Noren Singh Nahar, Madeleine, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Pavitra and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Debu Bhattacharya, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Udar Pinto at a Shell Exhibition organized at at Playground on 21 February 1952.
Same as above: also seen with the Mother are Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Debu Bhattacharya and Arun.
The Mother with Tara Jauhar, Pavitra, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Medeleine, Medhananda and Grant on 21 February 1953 at an exhibition on Evolution.
Same as above: Also seen with the Mother are: Tara Jauhar, Bibhash Mustuddi, Udar Pinto, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Pavitra and Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli.
The Mother at La Faucheur with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Arun and Barin Ganguli on 5 December 1958.
The following photographs of the Mother were taken at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education on various occasions:
The Mother arriving to open the Centre of Education on 6 January 1952. Also seen with Her are Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, P. Counouma, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Bubu Ganguli.
The Mother in December 1952 with Sujata Nahar, Pavitra, Stephanie, Debu Bhattacharya and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
Same as above. The Mother is seen at SAICE with Nolini Kanta Gupta, Medhananda, Sujata Nahar, Pranab Kumar Bhattachary and K. Amrita.
The following photographs were taken on 6 January 1953. Also seen with the Mother are Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Pavitra, Dyuman, Udar Pinto, K. Amrita and Champaklal Purani:
The Mother with Chandubhai, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Udar Pinto, Sisir Kumar Mitra.
The Mother arriving for the opening of the Exhibition “Flowers in Yoga” on 24 November 1953; also seen with Her are Sisir Kumar Mitra, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, K. Amrita, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Norman Dowsett.
Same as above. Also seen with the Mother are Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Pavitra and Medhananda.
The following photographs were taken on 3 December 1954.
Also seen with the Mother are: Sisir Kumar Mitra, Pavitra, Sujata Nahar, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Nolini Kanta Gupta, K. Amrita, Sutapa, Chandrakant Patel and Vishwanath Lahiri.
The following photographs were taken on 6 January 1955. Also seen with the Mother are Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli.
The Mother at the Children’s Exhibition on 21 February 1955 with Sisir Kumar Mitra, Chandrakant Patel, Norman Dowsett, Pavitra, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Tanmaya and Krishnakumari.
The following photograph was taken on 6 January 1957. Also seen with the Mother are Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Diana, Amal Kiran, Pavitra, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Sujata Nahar, K. Amrita, Purnima Jauhar and Sisir Kumar Mitra.
The following photographs of the Mother were taken at the Sportsground on various occasions:
9 January 1952
9 January 1952.
9 January 1952.
The Mother inaugurating the new football ground on 9 January 1952. Also seen with Her are Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Udar Pinto, Narendra, Kalyan Chaudhuri, Vidyavrata and Tejendranath Mukherjee.
29 August 1954.
The following photographs of the Mother were taken at the Ashram Playground on various occasions:
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Light Ganguli.
The Mother with Sutapa, Light Ganguli, Purnima Jauhar and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Sutapa and Light Ganguli.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Udar Pinto, Lata Jauhar and Lilou Patel.
The Mother with Light Ganguli, Kusum, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Tara Jauhar, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Gangaram Malwade.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Chandrakant Patel, Ambalal Desai alias Ambu, Udar Pinto and Narendra.
The Mother with Chanda Poddar, Udar Pinto, Wilfy Pinto, Light Ganguli and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother with Ambalal Purani, Lata Jauhar, Vishwanath Lahiri, Wilfy Pinto and Light Ganguli.
The Mother with Mridula, Udar Pinto, Wilfy Pinto, Light Ganguli and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother at the Ashram Press on 23 August 1961: Also seen with Her are Pavitra, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Hriday Bhattacharya, Andre Morisset, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Lallubhai, Udar Pinto, Madhav Pandit, Noren Singh Nahar, Vishwanath Lahiri, Shivrani, Chitra Sen and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The following photographs of the Mother were taken at the Tennis Ground on various occasions:
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Pavitra.
Same as above.
The Mother with Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
Same as above.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Kalyan Chaudhuri.
The Mother with Kalyan Chaudhuri, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The Mother with Kalyan Chaudhuri, Sutapa, Udar Pinto and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The following photos of wrestling matches were also taken at the Tennis Ground on 21 February 1952:
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Ambalal Purani, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Debu Bhattacharya, Raju, Ranganath Raghavan, Achyut Patel, Arunkant, Nipuni and Saroja.
The Mother is seen with Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Debu Bhattacharya, Ambalal Purani, Dahyabhai, Ranganath Raghavan, Ambaben, Indravadan,Indu, Arunkant, Saroja and Nipuni.
The Mother with Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Debu Bhattacharya, Niranjan, Ranganath Raghavan, Sulochana, Ambaben, Indravadan, Arunkant, Saroja, Someshwar, Nava, Purani and Vishnu.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Vishwajit Talukdar, Violette, Manoj, Priti, Vasudhaben Shah and Hriday Bhattacharya.
The following photographs were taken on 4 January 1960 in the Mother’s apartments situated on the second floor of the Ashram Main Building:
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Debu Bhattacharya in the garden of Dr. Prabhat Sanyal on 18 October 1961.
The following photographs were taken on 18 October 1967 on the occasion of Pranab Kumar’s birthday. Also seen with them is Ms. Tara Jauhar:
The following two photographs were taken on 21 February 1968:
The following photographs were taken on 15 August 1968: also seen with the Mother are Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Vasudhaben Shah.
The following photographs were taken on 15 August 1970:
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya on 24 November 1970.
The following two photographs were taken on 5 July 1969 on the occasion of Tara Jauhar’s birthday; also seen with them is Vasudha Shah.
The following two photographs of the Mother were taken by Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya while She was waiting for the arrival of President V.V. Giri and his party on 14 September 1969:
The following photographs were taken on 5 July 1970 on the occasion of Tara Jauhar’s birthday; also seen are Dyuman, Champaklal, Dr. Prabhat Kumar Sanyal, Tara Jauhar and Vasudhaben Shah:
The following photographs were taken on 5 July 1971:
The following photographs were taken on 21 February 1971:
The following photographs were taken on 24 November 1971:
The following photographs were taken on 21 February 1972: also seen with the Mother and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya are Kusumben and Champaklal Purani.
The following photographs were taken on 5 March 1972; in these photographs, the Mother is seen with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Dayawati Jauhar, Purnima Jauhar and her son, Viresh.
The following photographs were taken on 24 April 1972:
The following photographs were taken on 15 August 1972:
The following photographs were taken on 21 February 1973:
The following photographs were taken on 24 April 1973:
The following two photographs were taken on 15 August 1973:
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Two messages written by the Mother for Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya (translated from French):
• ‘To Pranab
Never forget that you are not alone. The Divine is with you helping and guiding you. He is the companion who never fails, the friend whose love comforts and strengthens.’
• ‘To my dearest child, to my friend who is so close, with all my love’.
After Sri Aurobindo left His body the Mother wrote to Pranab on a piece of paper in French:
‘I want to tell you to what point you are what Sri Aurobindo asked you to be when He left His body—the material support of my body, the energy that enables it to face all the ordeals after this sudden and irreparable collapse of that feeling of total and absolute security that gave me thirty years of unmixed happiness.’
Two interesting vignettes to show how concerned the Mother was for Her dear child, Pranab:
On 26 July 1952, the Mother sent a chit to Pranab through Amrita in which She had written:
‘Mon aimé [my loved one], there is a very violent and dangerous attack upon you. For my sake and the sake of the work, be very careful and take great care of yourself.
My love never leaves you.’
One day, at half past five in the morning, the Mother told Pranab: “In your whole family, your mother, father, brothers, in all I see a special sign of Sri Aurobindo’s divine stamp. That is why I have made all of you an integral part of me. If the need arises I could integrate your whole town. You have taken a new birth in me.”
Saying so, the Mother wrote the following on a piece of paper:
‘There is no limit to your miracles, now you have reincarnated in me the perfected spirit of your family.’
The Mother’s Birthday Messages to Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya:
18 October 1952 : ‘On the Way to Victory’.
18 October 1954 :
• ‘To Pranab, Bonne Fête! Victory to you, the victory for which you aspire the most, with my blessings.’
• ‘To Pranab. Let it be the assurance of an integral Victory. With my love and blessings.’
18 October 1956 : ‘To Pranab with all my love and confidence. He shall be victorious.’
18 October 1957 : ‘To my beloved child and faithful companion in the building up of the New World.
With my love, my trust and my blessings for ever.’
To Pranab Bonne Fête! Forward, ever forward towards the Victory… of the new creation.’
18 October 1961 : ‘To Pranab, For his birthday
Realisation.
That is what we aspire for and for which we shall strive unceasingly however long it may take to achieve.
With love and blessings.
18 October 1962 : ‘Bonne Fête to Pranab.
To he who is my physical strength,
One in the aspiration, One in the endeavour,
One in the endurance, One in the Realisation.’
18 October 1963 : ‘To Pranab with perfect Love. After the manifestation of the Truth will come the supreme manifestation of the perfect essential Love.
Then, your being will be fulfilled.’
18 October 1965 : ‘O thou who art the strength of my body, to thee all my love and my gratefulness.’
18 October 1966 :
• ‘To Pranab. The divine love and affection wishes you Bonne Fête and Bonne Année.’
• ‘To Pranab. Let the Divine’s Love be with you at every moment and in everything.’
18 October 1967 :
• ‘Bonne Fête! to Pranab. May Heaven and earth collaborate to make you live in Light, Force and Joy. With love.’
• ‘Bonne Fête! To Pranab. Love manifested in Truth, is the Supreme Victor and will conquer earth for the Divine Life. With love.’
18 October 1969 : ‘My loved one. The Divine’s love is with you always and for ever.
18 October 1970 : ‘Bonne Fête To Pranab with everlasting love’
18 October 1971 : ‘Pranab, The Divine loves you.
18 October 1972 : ‘Bonne Fête to Pranab. With all my love I pray for your full Realisation.’
One night we had an exceptional fortune, and a privilege, that Dada had accepted our invitation for the dinner at our home near the Ashram Sportsground. When Suniti my wife told it to Dyuman-bhai about it he at once instructed her: “Pranab is a heavy eater and you must cook a lot of food. He is particularly fond of karela (bitter gourd) vegetable.” Luckily at that time we had plenty of them in our garden, and we were doubly happy. It was a Maharashtrian type of preparation. He had informed the group with whom he normally took dinner in the Mother’s Room. And he came on his heavy bike and was with us for more than two hours. The feeling was the Mother herself had come for the occasion and blessed us. What else can one say? In fact not necessary to say anything more.
A most memorable and fitting tribute !
A life of dedicated service at the feet of the Mother!
Thank you dear Anurag !
Sachidananda Mohanty
Dear Anurag:
Thank you for this information and associated material about Sri Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
You are doing such wonderful work to spread the services of all those who have done great service for the world to know and revere Sri Aurobindo.
With regards
Sincerely
Prema Nandakumar
Many thanks for sharing.
দাদা র পায়ে প্রণাম জানাই , তাঁর শুভ শত বর্ষ তে ।
Many thanks dear Anurag for sharing this supreme offering
Surendra SAICE
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A little late to acknowledge, yet sincere appreciation to Overman Foundation for its detailed presentation.