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Sri Aurobindo — 4

1893.02–1906.06

Baroda

Appolo Bunder, Bombay

6 February 1893. Sri Aurobindo landed by ship at India. He had a spiritual experience - a vast calm which descended upon him with his first step on the Apollo Bunder in Bombay: this calm surrounded him and remained for long months afterwards.

Appolo Bunder, Bombay

A picture

6 February 1893. Sri Aurobindo landed by ship at India. He had a spiritual experience - a vast calm which descended upon him with his first step on the Apollo Bunder in Bombay: this calm surrounded him and remained for long months afterwards.

Appolo Bunder, Bombay

12 December 1902

Bombay - view from Yacht Club [View across harbour with boats and pavilion on harbour front]

Sri Aurobindo

Baroda

1893

Sri Aurobindo

in Deoghar

Circa 1894

House at Race Course, Baroda

House at Race Course, Baroda, where Sri Aurobindo lived. It was probably to this place that he was referring when, in September 1903, in response to a request from King’s College, Cambridge, he gave his address as "Racecourse Road, Baroda, or the Baroda Officers’ Club, Baroda Gymkhana."

Khasirao Jadhav House, Baroda

Bungalow 15, Dandia Bazar

Here Sri Aurobindo lived in Baroda during 1894-1906

 

Indumati Palace of Sayajerao Gaekvar, Baroda

Palace of Maharaja of Baroda, where Sri Aurobindo worked

Laxmi Vilas Palace, Baroda

built in 1890 by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwar III

 

Sri Aurobindo and Mrinalini Devi

1901

Mrinalini Devi

Sri Aurobindo’s wife

neé Bose

Naini Tal

House at Naini Tal where Sri Aurobindo with his wife Mrinalini was stayed at 1901

Naini Tal

House at Naini Tal, where Sri Aurobindo with his wife Mrinalini was stayed at 1901

Sri Aurobindo

with officers of the Baroda State, Kashmir

1903

Sri Aurobindo seated right

Variant. Enlarged

Shankaracharya Temple

Takhti-Suleman in Kashmir

Here during his Kashmir tour in May-August of 1903 as Secretary of Baroda Maharaja Sri Aurobindo had spiritual experience - the realisation of the vacant Infinite while walking on the ridge of the Takhti-Suleman in Kashmir.

   

Kali Temple

the bank of Narada-rive

Sri Aurobindo have seen a live Prsence of Kali in her stone temple image by the bank of Narada-river

Kali Temple

the bank of Narada-rive

Sri Aurobindo have seen a live Prsence of Kali in her stone temple image by the bank of Narada-river

Swami Brahmananda

Sri Aurobindo

with his class, Baroda College

1906

Sri Aurobindo with his Junior B.A. Class (Val. Literatuse Group)

Sri Aurobindo

with his class, Baroda College

1906

Description to the photo. Sri Aurobindo with his Junior B.A. Class (Val. Literatuse Group)

Variant. Enlarged

Majumdars house, Baroda

Here, in January 1908, Sri Aurobindo got fundamental realisation of silent Brahman. He and yogi Vishnu Bhaskat Lele shut themselves away in house of Khaserao Jarvi not letting anybody know it.

Majumdars house, Baroda

Here, in January 1908, Sri Aurobindo got fundamental realisation of silent Brahman. He and yogi Vishnu Bhaskat Lele shut themselves away in house of Khaserao Jarvi not letting anybody know it.

Lele, Vishnu Bhaskar

Sri Aurobindo and yogi Lele shut themselves away in house of Khaserao Jarvi not letting anybody know it. January 1908, Baroda Lele said to Sri Aurobindo to silent down his mind and doing this Sri Aurobindo got realisation of silent Brahman.

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