Three Hundred and Thirty Photographs of the Mother with Udar Pinto

Dear Friends,

Born as Lawrence Marshal Pinto (24 April 1907—7 December 2001), Udar — renamed by Sri Aurobindo in April 1938 — had his early education at St. Mary’s School at Hubli in Karnataka. Afterwards he studied at St. Joseph’s European and Anglo-Indian High School at Bangalore. Having completed his high school education, he joined the Karnatak College at Dharwar. Later, he went to Mumbai where he joined the Royal Institute of Science to study engineering. In 1929 he went to England where he spent four years and earned a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the London University. However, upon his return to India, he found himself without a suitable job as there were no airplanes in India at that time. So he settled down at Pondicherry in 1935 and started an export business with a local French firm owned by Robert Gaebele which flourished quite well. On 6 February 1937 he married his ladylove Ethel Anne Lovegrove, better known as Mona, whom he had met in England a few years ago.

Many of Udar’s friends were associated with Sri Aurobindo Ashram although he himself was hardly interested in it. His friends would visit the Mother and tell Her tales of their visits to Udar’s house. The Mother had reportedly remarked: “That Pinto fellow is spoiling my children and I will catch him one day.” Years later, Udar would comment: “Finally, She did.”

On 15 August 1937, Udar and Mona had their first Darshan of Sri Aurobindo. The impact of the Darshan was such that Udar, who was then in his thirtieth year, decided to join Sri Aurobindo Ashram as an inmate. His wife Mona too followed him and joined the Ashram with their only daughter Gauri who was born in November 1937.

The Pintos have played an extremely pivotal role in shaping the present Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Udar had set up the Harpagon Workshop where the furniture of Golconde — which was managed by Mona — was prepared under his supervision. He also established the Smithy, Foundry, Carpentry, Fitter Shop, Machine Shop and Stone Polishing Section which were needed for the construction and maintenance of Golconde. Later, when the Playground and Sportsground were started, Harpagon also manufactured various sports equipments. When a centralized Purchasing Department was started in the Ashram, Udar was put in charge of it. To him, the Mother had given the opportunity to design and make the furniture in Sri Aurobindo’s room. Under the Mother’s direction he started several other departments like the Handmade Paper Unit, Precast Concrete Works and the Laboratories Senteurs. He also developed the Coco Garden Cement Concrete Works and managed Honesty Engineers and Contractors. He played a significant role in setting up the New Horizon Sugar Mills. On 7 December 1971, the Mother appointed him as one of Her secretaries.

As our humble homage to Udar Pinto, the great Karmayogi, three hundred and thirty photographs of his taken with the Mother on various occasions have been published in the website of Overman Foundation. Many of these photographs have been published for the very first time.

With warm regards,

Anurag Banerjee

Founder,

Overman Foundation.

The following photographs were taken on 24 April 1951 during the Convention for the Sri Aurobindo International University Centre. In these photographs, Pavitra, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Soli Albless, Sutapa, Dyuman and Udar Pinto can be seen along with the Mother.

The following photographs were taken on 6 January 1952 during the Mother’s visit to Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education:

The Mother inaugurating Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education. Also seen with Her: Counouma, Jhumur Bhattacharya, Bubu, Tara Jauhar, Lakshmi, Nolini Sen and Udar Pinto.

Counouma, Udar Pinto, Tara Jauhar, Jitendra, Bubu, Nolini Sen and Soli Albless.
Udar Pinto, Bubu, Tara Jauhar, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Counouma.
The Mother with Counouma and Udar Pinto.
Counouma, Udar Pinto, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Tara Jauhar, Sisir Kumar Mitra, Bubu, Chandu-bhai, Soli Albless and Praveen.

K. Amrita, Anusuya, Lilou Patel, Khirod, Chum Ganguli, Sisir Kumar Mitra, Udar Pinto, Pavitra, Chandrakant, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Narendra, Jugal Kishore Mukherjee, Jyotin, Nirodbaran, Viswanath Lahiri, Dyuman and Counouma.

Sumitra Cazade, K. Amrita, Suprabha Nahar, Lilou Patel, Sujata Nahar, Krishnakumari, Sisir Kumar Mitra, Norman Dowsett, Pavitra, Chandrakant, Udar Pinto, Dakshinpada Bhattacharya, Shanti Doshi, Dyuman, Jyotin, Vishwanath Lahiri, Soli Albless and Dhanavanti Nagda.

Udar Pinto, Lilou Patel, Sisir Kumar Mitra, K. Amrita, Sujata Nahar, Sumitra Cazade, Suprabha Nahar, Tara Jauhar, Parul Chakraborty, Krishnakumari, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Shane, Norman Dowsett, Dakshinapada Bhattacharya, Shanti Doshi, Uma M., Ajji, Dhanavanti Nagda, Dyuman, Bibhash, Sunil, Narendra, Arun, Mrityunjoy Mukherjee, Soli Albless, Bubu and Jhumur Bhattacharya.

Manoj, Shane, Ajji, Tara Jauhar and Udar Pinto.
Shane, Sisir Kumar Mitra, Udar Pinto, Norman Dowsett and Pavitra.
Ajji, Chitra Jauhar and Udar Pinto.
Udar Pinto, Sisir Kumar Mitra, Chitra Jauhar, Ajji, Manoj, Pratip Nahar and Pavitra.
Shane, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pratip Nahar, Pavitra, Sisir Kumar Mitra, Udar, Manoj, Narendra, Ajji and Chitra Jauhar.
Sisir Kumar Mitra, Pavitra, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Udar Pinto.
Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Udar Pinto, Sisir Kumar Mitra, K. Amrita, Annapurna, Sulochana and Vijayendra.

Jitendra, Probir Nahar, Annapurna, Sulochana, K. Amrita, Counouma, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Sisir Kumar Mitra, Debu Bhattacharya, Vijayendra, Praveen and Udar Pinto.

Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Jitendra, K. Amrita, Counouma, Sisir Kumar Mitra, Chandrakant, Pavitra, Debu Bhattacharya, Soli Albless, Suprabha Nahar and Vijayendra.

The following two photographs were taken on 9 January 1952 at the Sportsground. Also seen with the Mother are: Benjamin, Narendra, Vidyavrata, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Tejendranath Mukherjee, Dakshinapada Bhattacharya, Udar Pinto, Kalyan Chowdhury and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.

The following photographs were taken on 24 April 1952:
The Mother with Udar Pinto, Sisir Kumar Mitra, K. Amrita, Medhananda, Chandhubhai, Santosh, Bula alias Charu Chandra Mukherjee and Ambabhikshu.
The Mother with Sisir Kumar Mitra and Udar Pinto.
Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Chandrakant, Santosh, Khirod, K. Amrita, Bula and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Marie Amelie and Udar Pinto.
Purnima Jauhar, Kokila, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Medhananda and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
The following photographs were taken on 6 January 1953:
Chandu-bhai, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Sisir Kumar Mitra, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Udar Pinto.
Champaklal, Udar Pinto, K. Amrita, Dyuman, Pavitra and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
The following photographs were taken in 1953 during the Mother’s visit to Atelier:
Udar Pinto, Bhanu, Abhay Singh Nahar, Gita, Lakshman, Gangaram Malwade, Ramraj Sehgal, Motiben and Kapila.
Noren Singh Nahar, Abhay Singh Nahar, Suresh, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Gangaram Malwade, Lakshman, Ramraj Sehgal, Motiben, Kapila, Bhanu and Udar Pinto.
Pavitra, Udar Pinto, Charu Chandra Deb Sarkar, Gangaram Malwade, Ramraj Sehgal, Kapila, Bhanu and Suresh J.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Dyuman, Pavitra, Gita, Khirod, Gangaram Malwade and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Udar Pinto and Vishwanath Lahiri.
Santosh, Vishwanath Lahiri, Bula, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Bula, Pavitra, Vishwanath Lahiri and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Vishwanath Lahiri and Udar Pinto.
Arun Ganguli, Bula, Udar Pinto, Narendra, Chandubhai and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
Gangaram Malwade, Vishwanath Lahiri, Noren Singh Nahar, Dyuman, Pavitra, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Kaushalya, Maniben, Kapila and Udar Pinto.
Vishwanath Lahiri, Chandrakant, Dyuman, Noren Singh Nahar, Udar Pinto, Gita, Maniben, Lakshman, Charu Chandra Deb Sarkar, Pavitra and Nolini Kanta Gupta.
Vishwanath Lahiri, Gangaram Malwade, Chandrakant, Dyuman, Pavitra, Khirod, Maniben, Lakshman, Anugata and Udar Pinto.

The following photographs were taken on 26 April 1954 during the Mother’s visit to Harpagon. Also seen with the Mother are: Pavitra, Chandrakant, Vishwanath Lahiri, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Niranjan and Udar Pinto.

The Mother with Udar Pinto.
The following photographs were taken on 12 October 1954 during the Mother’s visit to the Atelier:
Bula, Someswar, Sudhir, Abhay Singh Nahar and Udar Pinto.
Nolini Kanta Gupta, Vishnu Lalit, Lakshman and Udar Pinto.
Pavitra, Bula, Abhay Singh Nahar, Prabhakar A. and Udar Pinto.
K. Amrita, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
Dyuman, Udar Pinto, Pavitra, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Vishwanath Lahiri.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Vishwanath Lahiri and Udar Pinto.
Vishwanath Lahiri and Udar Pinto.
Vishwanath Lahiri, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Vishwanath Lahiri, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Bula, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Udar Pinto.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Bula and Udar Pinto.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Udar Pinto.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
Sudhir, Louis Allan, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
Udar Pinto, Bula, Chandubhai, Abhay Singh Nahar, Louis Allan and Dyuman.
Vishwanath Lahiri, Bula and Udar Pinto.
Udar Pinto, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Vishwanath Lahiri and Dyuman.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Udar Pinto.
The following photographs were taken on 6 January 1955:
The Mother with Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Sutapa and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Sutapa, Udar Pinto, Pavitra, Siddeshwar Banerjee and Sisir Kumar Mitra.
The following two photographs were taken on 20 February 1956 at the Embrodiery Exhibition:
Jayantilal Parekh, Udar Pinto, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Counouma, Venkatesh, Pavitra and Vasudha Shah.
Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Udar Pinto, Pavitra, Krishnalal Bhatt and Vasudha Shah.

The following photographs were taken on 2 April 1956 when a group of Russian gymnasts had visited Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry:
Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Udar Pinto.
Pavitra, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Udar Pinto.
Udar Pinto, Vidyavrata and Nolini Kanta Gupta.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Niranjan, Ajit and Udar Pinto.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Udar Pinto.
Same as above.

The following photographs were taken on 24 November 1956 during an exhibition on dolls:
Chitra Jauhar, Gautam Chawla, Udar Pinto, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Pavitra, Michelle and Aster Patel.
Gautam Chawla, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Pavitra, Lakshsmi, Chitra Jauhar, Indu and Udar Pinto.
Gautam Chawla, Udar Pinto, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Pavitra, Chitra Jauhar and Indu.
Jo, Chitra Jauhar, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Pavitra, Aster Patel and Udar Pinto.
Jo, Chitra Jauhar, Indu, Pavitra, Padma and Udar Pinto.
Udar Pinto, Lakshman, Linda and Sisir Kumar Mitra.
Udar Pinto, Lakshmi, Michele and Pavitra.
Lakshmi, Michele and Udar Pinto.
Udar Pinto, Chitra Jauhar, Dayakar Reddy, Huta and Pavitra.

The following photographs were taken on 9 December 1956 at Cazanove. Also seen with the Mother are: Udar Pinto, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Himangshu Niyogi, Sumantra Kothari, Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya, Abhay Singh Nahar, Pavitra, Samir Kanta Gupta and Debu Bhattacharya.

The following photographs were taken on 5 December 1957 at La Faucheur:

Gauri Bhattacharya, Vishwanath Lahiri, Ashok, Arun Ganguli, Manoranjan Ganguli, K. Amrita, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Ananta and Udar Pinto.
Jyotsna, Runu Ganguli, Manoranjan Ganguli, Barin Ganguli, Rijuta, Aruna, Pranlal, Vajubhai and Udar Pinto.
The following three photographs were taken on 20 February 1958 at the Ashram Theatre:
Udar Pinto, Kishore Gandhi, Pavitra, Noren Singh Nahar and Norman Dowsett.
Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pradyot Bhattacharya, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Udar Pinto and Vishwanath Lahiri.
The Mother with Udar Pinto and Pradyot Bhattacharya.
The following photographs were taken at La Faucheur on 18 March 1958:
Pavitra, Udar Pinto, Ananta and Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli.
The Mother with Ananta and Udar Pinto.
Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Ananta, Udar Pinto, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Pavitra.
Huta, Eleonor, Pavitra, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Ananta and Udar Pinto.
Ananta, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Huta, K. Amrita, Eleonor, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
The following photographs were taken on 18 March 1959 at La Faucheur:
Abhay Singh Nahar, Udar Pinto, Laljibhai, Ananta, Tara Jauhar, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Dayawati Jauhar, Purnima Jauhar and Surendranath Jauhar.
Same as above.
Chitra Jauhar, Marie Abel, Surendranath Jauhar, Tara Jauhar, Victor Jauhar, Ananta and Udar Pinto.
Abhay Singh Nahar, Udar Pinto, Laljibhai, Ananta, Tara Jauhar, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Dayawati Jauhar, Purnima Jauhar and Surendranath Jauhar.
The following photographs were taken at Senteurs in September 1958:
The Mother with Udar Pinto, Mona Pinto and Gautam Chawla.
Udar Pinto, Bula, Gautam Chawla and Pradyot Bhattacharya.
Nolini Kanta Gupta, Minoo and Udar Pinto.
Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Tanmaya, Panou Sarkar and Udar Pinto.
Pavitra, K. Amrita, Madav Pandit and Udar Pinto.
Udar Pinto and Madan Poddar.
The following photographs were taken in November 1958 at the Ashram Theatre:
Priti, Jyoti, Basanti, Mukti, Milie, Nila, Prema, Pavitra, K. Amrita, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Niranjan and Udar Pinto.
Udar Pinto, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Gauri Bhattacharya, Mona Pinto, Milie, Mukti, Parul Chakraborty, Rina, Samata Bhatt, Priti, Dipika, Nirata, Dipali, Linda, Jyoti, Kiran Poddar and Kumudben.
Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Udar Pinto, Gauri Bhattacharya, Kiran Poddar, Amala and Priti.
The Mother with Udar Pinto and Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli.

The following photographs were taken on 12 April 1959 at the New Horizon Sugar Mill.
Laljibhai, Muktaben, Udar Pinto and Pavitra.
Laljibhai, Muktaben and Udar Pinto.
Kanani, Muktaben, Laljibhai, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Udar Pinto, Kesarimal and Asher.
Laljibhai, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Udar Pinto, Pathak, Millie Pinto and Pradyot Bhattacharya.
Laljibhai, Udar Pinto, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Asher.
Laljibhai, Udar Pinto, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pathak, Chandrakant, Dayabhai, Kesarimal and Liloo Patel.
Udar Pinto, Chimanbhai, Bansidhar, Tulsiram and Kesarimal.
Udar Pinto, Laljibhai and Muktaben.
Udar Pinto, K. Amrita, Laljibhai, Wilfy Pinto, Muktaben and Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli.
Laljibhai, Udar Pinto, Nolini Kanta Gupta, K. Amrita, Millie Pinto and Pradyot Bhattacharya.
Laljibhai, Pathak, K. Amrita, Muktaben and Udar Pinto.
Laljibhai, Pathak, Udar Pinto, Muktaben and Kanani.
Pavitra, Laljibhai, Kanan and Udar Pinto.
Henderson, Laljibhai, Pavitra, Kanani and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Laljibhai and Udar Pinto.
Laljibhai, Pathak, K. Amrita, Muktaben and Udar Pinto.
Laljibhai, Udar Pinto, Millie Pinto, Pradyot Bhattacharya and Dr. Prabhat Sanyal.
Udar Pinto, Henderson, Kanani and Laljibhai.
Same as above.
Udar Pinto, Henderson, Kanani and Pathak.
Henderson, Laljibhai, Muktaben, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Udar Pinto and Pavitra.
Henderson, Modi, Kanani, Laljibhai, Pathak and Udar Pinto.
Henderson, Modi, Laljibhai, Pathak, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Udar Pinto.
Kanani, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Laljibhai, Muktaben, Udar Pinto and Pathak.
Laljibhai, K. Amrita and Udar Pinto.
Laljibhai, Muktaben and Udar Pinto.
Laljibhai, Muktaben, Udar Pinto and Pradyot Bhattacharya.
Laljibhai, Muktaben, Udar Pinto, Henderson and Kanani.
Laljibhai, Muktaben, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
Laljibhai, Muktaben, Udar Pinto, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Modi, K. Amrita, Pathak, Dayabhai, Kesarimal and Chandrakant.
Laljibhai, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Udar Pinto, Kanani, Chandrakant, Dahyabhai, Madanlal, Panou Sarkar, Lilou Patel, Kesarilal, Keshavamurthy and Kumudben.
Laljibhai, Pavitra, Muktaben, Vishwanath Lahiri, Pathak, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Udar Pinto.
Laljibhai, Muktaben and Udar Pinto.
Udar Pinto, Laljibhai and Kanan.
Muktaben, Modi, Laljibhai and Udar Pinto.
The following photographs were taken on 9 December 1959 at the Handmade Paper Factory:
Pavitra, Udar Pinto, Madan Poddar, Pradyot Bhattacharya and Chandrakant.
Nirmal, Udar Pinto, Pavitra, Kiran Chowdhury and Udar Pinto.
K. Amrita, Prabhakar Akki, Udar Pinto, Pavitra and Nolini Kanta Gupta.
Prabhakar Akki, Pavitra, Chandrakant and Udar Pinto.
Kiran Chowdhury, Laljibhai, Pavitra, Dwija, Madan Poddar and Udar Pinto.
Panou Sarkar, K. Amrita, Dayakar Reddy, Lakshmi P., Prabhakar Akki, Madan Poddar, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
Pavitra, Kiran Chowdhury, Sitanghsu and Udar Pinto.
Robi Ganguli, K. Amrita, Prabhakar Akki, Pavitra, Sitanghsu and Udar Pinto.
Udar Pinto, K. Amrita, Kiran Chowdhury, Prabhakar Akki and Navajata.
K. Amrita, Dayakar Reddy, Udar Pinto, Pavitra and Charu Chandra Mukherjee alias Bula.
K. Amrita, Udar Pinto and Pavitra.
Madan Poddar, Udar Pinto, Panou Sarkar, Prabhakar Akki and Vishwanath Lahiri.
Madan Poddar, Panou Sarkar, Vishwanath Lahiri and Udar Pinto.
Nolini Kanta Gupta, K. Amrita, Prabhakar Akki, Udar Pinto, Pavitra, Panou Sarkar and Lakshmipati.
Nolini Kanta Gupta, Dayakar Reddy, K. Amrita, Deshpande, Prabhakar Akki and Udar Pinto.
Nolini Kanta Gupta, Udar Pinto and Togo Mukherjee.
Udar Pinto, K. Amrita, Pavitra, Madan Poddar, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Chandrakant and Prabhakar Akki.
Udar Pinto, Kiran Chowdhury, Pavitra, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Togo Mukherjee and Nolini Kanta Gupta.
Udar Pinto, Kiran Chowdhury, Togo Mukherjee, Prabhakar Akki and Lakshmipati.
Udar Pinto, Madan Poddar, K. Amrita, Vishwanath Lahiri, Kiran Chowdhury, Chandrakant, Prabhakar Akki and Pavitra.
Udar Pinto, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Prabhakar Akki and Kiran Chowdhury.
Udar Pinto, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Vishwanath Lahiri, Madan Poddar and Panou Sarkar.
Udar Pinto, Madan Poddar, Pavitra, Dayakar Reddy, Chandrakant, Kiran Chowdhury and Nolini Kanta Gupta.
Prabhakar Akki, Pavitra, Madan Poddar, Dayakar Reddy, Khirod, Lakshmipati, K. Amrita, Kiran Chowdhury and Udar Pinto.
Chandrakant, Panou Sarkar and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Udar Pinto and Nolini Kanta Gupta.
Same as above.

The following photograph was taken on 15 September 1960 when the Mother had visited the New Horizon Sugar Mills. Also seen with the Mother are: Maganbhai, A.B. Purani, Maya, Dilip, Laljibhai and Udar Pinto.

The following photographs were taken on 9 December 1960 during the Mother’s visit to the New Horizon Stainless Steel Factory:
Kishorilal, Laljibhai, Sumitra, Navajata and Udar Pinto.
Kishorilal, Navajata, Sumitra, Udar Pinto, Pavitra and Jacques.
Kishorilal, Rassendran, Cheta, Sumitra and Udar Pinto.
Udar Pinto, Kishorilal, Cheta, Jacques, Sumitra and Dahyabhai.
Kishorilal, Cheta, Pournaprema (the Mother’s grand-daughter), Jacques and Udar Pinto.
Kishorilal, Cheta, Pournaprema, Sumitra and Udar Pinto.
Kishorilal, Pournaprema, Pavitra, Sumitra and Udar Pinto.
Kishorilal, Cheta, Sumitra, Prabhat and Udar Pinto.
Laljibhai, Sumitra, Jacques, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
Kishorilal, Cheta, Jacques, Sumitra and Udar Pinto.
Kishorilal, Cheta, Sumitra, Pavitra and Udar Pinto.
Kishorilal, Cheta, Sumitra, Prabhat and Udar Pinto.
Kishorilal, Srijit, Nolini Kanta Gupta and Udar Pinto.
Kishorilal, Sumitra, Pournaprema and Udar Pinto.
Kishorilal and Udar Pinto.
Udar Pinto and Sumitra.

The Mother with Kishorilal and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Kishorilal, Chanda Poddar and Udar Pinto.

The following photographs were taken on 23 August 1961 during the Mother’s visit to the Ashram Press:
Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, André Morisset, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Dayakar Reddy and Udar Pinto.
Udar Pinto, André Morisset, K. Amrita and Madhav Pandit.
Nolini Kanta Gupta, Robi Ganguli, K. Amrita and Udar Pinto.
Robi Ganguli, Jayantilal Parekh, Udar Pinto and Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli.
Udar Pinto, Shyamoli, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and K. Amrita.
The Mother with Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Udar Pinto and Bula alias Charu Chandra Mukherjee.

In the following three photographs, also seen with the Mother are: Pavitra, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Hriday, André Morisset, Nolini Kanta Gupta, Lallubhai, Madhav Pandit, Noren Singh Nahar, Vishwanath Lahiri, Kusumben, Shivrani, Chitra Sen, Reba, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Udar Pinto.

The following photographs were taken in the Ashram Playground on various occasions:
Vishwanath Lahiri, Udar Pinto, Sutapa and Light Ganguli on 1 May 1951.
Chimanbhai, Arunkumar, Vishwanath Lahiri, Udar Pinto, Sutapa and Light Ganguli on 1 May 1951.
Udar Pinto, Sutapa and Light Ganguli on 1 May 1951.
Vishwanath Lahiri, Udar Pinto, Sutapa and Light Ganguli on 1 May 1951.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Udar Pinto on 24 April 1952.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Pavitra and Udar Pinto on 24 April 1952.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Udar Pinto and Pavitra on 24 April 1952.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Chandrakant, Debou Bhattacharya, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Udar Pinto on 24 April 1952.
The Mother with Manoj Das Gupta, Light Ganguli, Udar Pinto and Vishwanath Lahiri on 1 September 1952.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Ambu, Narendra and Udar Pinto on 21 February 1953.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Ambu, Chandrakant, Narendra and Udar Pinto on 21 February 1953.
Light Ganguli, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto on 1 May 1953.
Light Ganguli, Chandrakant, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto on 1 May 1953.
Norman Dowsett, Light Ganguli, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto on 1 May 1953.
Chandrakant, Light Ganguli, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto on 1 May 1953.
Light Ganguli, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto on 1 May 1953.
Light Ganguli, Wilfy Pinto, Chandrakant and Udar Pinto on 1 May 1953.
Same as above.
Light Ganguli, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto on 1 May 1953.
Udar Pinto, Tara Jauhar and Aster Patel on 21 February 1954.
Meenakshi Amma (wife of Doraiswami Iyer), Medhananda and Udar Pinto on 21 February 1954.
Light Ganguli, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto on 1 September 1955.
Chandrakant, Arunkumar, Udar Pinto, Wilfy Pinto and Light Ganguli on 1 September 1955.
The following three photographs were taken on 24 April 1961:
Anjana Patel, Light Ganguli, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto.
Chanda Poddar, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Light Ganguli, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto.
Mridulaben, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Light Ganguli, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto.
The following photographs are undated:
Arunkumar, Chandubhai, Sunil Bhattacharya and Udar Pinto.
Gama Sarkar, Sutapa, Light Ganguli and Udar Pinto.
Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Udar Pinto, Lata Jauhar and Lilou Patel.
Udar Pinto, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Lilou Patel and Lata Jauhar.
Light Ganguli, Arunkumar, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto.
Light Ganguli, Arunkumar, Chandrakant, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto.
Light Ganguli, Arunkumar, Chandrakant, Vishwanath Lahiri, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto.
Pushpa Patel, Light Ganguli, Wilfy Pinto and Udar Pinto.
The following undated photographs were taken in the Ashram Sportsground:
The Mother with Udar Pinto, Sutapa, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Pavitra.
The Mother with Udar Pinto and Pavitra.
The Mother with Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Udar Pinto and Pavitra.
Same as above.

At the Swimming Pool with Vasudha Shah, Priti, Huta, Rijuta, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Udar Pinto.
At the Swimming Pool with Udar Pinto, Chandrakant, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli and Mona Sarkar.
The Mother with Kalyan Chaudhuri and Udar Pinto on 18 October 1949 at the Tennis Ground.
The Mother with Udar Pinto, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Abhay Singh Nahar on 1 July 1951.
The Mother with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Debou Bhattacharya and Udar Pinto at a Shell Exhibition held on 21 February 1952.
The following two photographs were taken in 1952:
The Mother playing tennis with Udar Pinto with Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya as Her partner.
The Mother with Kalyan Chaudhuri, Sutapa, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Madeline, Tara Jauhar, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Pavitra and Udar Pinto on 21 February 1953.
The Mother with Udar Pinto, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Pavitra, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Bibhash Mutsuddi and Tara Jauhar on 21 February 1953.
The Mother with Udar Pinto, Parichand Kothari and Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya on 24 April 1953.
The Mother with Udar Pinto and Dyuman on 24 April 1953.
The Mother with Udar Pinto on 7 October 1954.
The Mother with Udar Pinto on 11 October 1954.
The Mother with Udar Pinto on 25 October 1954.
The Mother with Udar Pinto on 1 November 1954.
The Mother with Nolini Kanta Gupta, Victor Jauhar and Udar Pinto on 15 August 1955.
The Mother with Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Pavitra and Udar Pinto on 15 August 1955.

The following two photographs were taken on 22 February 1957. Also seen with Her are: Udar Pinto, Champaklal, Navajata, M. P. Pandit and Kesharimal.

The Mother with Udar Pinto on 21 February 1958.

The Mother at Atelier in 1960. Also seen with the Mother are : Abhay Singh Nahar, Charu Chandra Deb Sarkar, Lakshman, Dayakar Reddy, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, Amiyo Ranjan Ganguli, Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya and Pavitra.

The following two photographs were taken on 25 December 1960. Also seen with the Mother are Udar Pinto, Mona Pinto and Nolini Kanta Gupta:

The following five photographs were taken on 25 December 1961. Also seen with the Mother are Udar Pinto, Pavitra, Ajit, Dinesh and Asher.

The following four photographs are undated:
The Mother with Ravindra, Dyuman and Udar Pinto at the Ashram Dining Room.

Udar Pinto, dressed as a chef, offering the Mother a gift-Pie for Christmas. Also seen in this photographs are Mona Pinto and Gauri Pinto.

The Mother with Lotika Ghosh (Sri Aurobindo’s niece), Pushpa Patel, Maniben, Mona Pinto, Neel and Udar Pinto.
The Mother at the house of Huta. Also seen with Her are : Vasantbhai, Rajashri and Udar Pinto.
The Mother with Udar Pinto and Nolini Kanta Gupta on 21 February 1968.

Photographs Courtesy: Ms. Gauri Pinto of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry and Ms. Tara Jauhar, Chairperson, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Delhi Branch

8 Replies to “Three Hundred and Thirty Photographs of the Mother with Udar Pinto

  1. Wonderful .. It’s great to see and know Udar da in many roles in the service of the Divine Mother
    He was truly a Karma Yogi and an instrument of the Divine Mother .
    Thank you.. Anurag
    Surendra singh chouhan SAICE 69

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  2. Photos that confirm the busy mission of the Mother through Her chosen instruments. Congratulations.

  3. Thanks a lot for sharing the brief biography of close devotee of our Sweet Mother….
    🙏🙏🙏🌸🌸🌸

    ॐ आनन्दमयि, चैतन्यमयि, सत्यमयि, परमें !!

  4. Rare photographs of Mother and other fortunate devotees.

    Great experience in going through the collection.

  5. A Divine experience attained through the beautiful photographs depicting the dedication and.devotion of the great Karmayogi , Udar Pinto ji! It is the greatest service to humankind and humanity to be able to serve and contribute to the Divine mission.
    Thanks a lot Anurag Banerjee ji for sharing this wonderful collection of photographs.

    Regards
    Giti Tyagi
    Editor, Creative Artist, International Author & Poetess
    Book Reviewer, Translator

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