Important Dates

01 January New Year meditation

21 February The Mother's birthday

Image: The Mother at the age of five in 1883.

In 1878 Mirra Alfassa was born in Paris to a Persian father and an Egyptian mother.

29 February Day of the Supramental Manifestation In 1956 The Mother has the concrete experience of the descent of the Supramental Consciousness on Earth.

29 March The Mother's first arrival to Puducherry

04 April Sri Aurobindo's arrival in Puducherry

Port at Puducherry. In 1910 the ship Dupleix arrived Pondicherry from Calcutta. Sri Aurobindo was met by two workers of publish house India.

Group photo, 1910-1914. Lower row, from left to right - Nag Bijoy Kumar (unconfirmed), Sri Aurobindo, Nolini Kanta Gupta; upper row from left to right - Moni (Suresh Chakravarty), Domont (unconfirmed), Nagen.

24 April The Mother's final arrival in Puducherry

Her first visit was in 1914, before returning to settle permanently in 1920.

Images: Darshan on 24 April 1950

13 July Enshrinement of Sri Aurobindo's relics at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, Nairobi in 2003

The Relics was installed by Sushila Melvani (an ashramite and Editor of the 'Awakening magazine published by SAS, Puducherry) on the morning of 13.07.2003.

Photos of this event is available in the Gallery page.

15 August Sri Aurobindo's birthday

In 1872, Aurobindo Ghose was born in Calcutta. At the age of seven he left for London.

Image: London, Circa 1884

17 November The Mother's Mahasamadhi day

In 1973 The Mother withdraws from her physical body.

20 November The Mother's body laid to rest

24 November Siddhi day or the day of Victory Sri Aurobindo experienced the descent of Krishna into his body in 1926. He explains, ''The descent of Krishna would mean the descent of the Overmind Godhead preparing, though not itself actually bringling, the descent of Supermind and Ananda.''

05 December Sri Aurobindo's Mahasamadhi day

Sri Aurobindo leaves his body in 1950.

09 December Sri Aurobindo's body laid to rest

To Thee who hast been the material envelope of our Master to Thee our infinite gratitude. Before Thee who hast done so much for us, who hast worked, struggled, suffered, hoped, endured so much, before Thee who hast willed all, attempted all, prepared, achieved all for us.... before Thee we bow down and implore that we may never forget, even for a moment, all we owe to Thee.
(The Mother's prayer of gratitude inscribed on the side of the Samadhi) (Photos obtained from 'Site of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother'.
Visit this site to access works by Sri Aurobindo, The Mother, their followers, photographic and audio collections.)

Darshan messages

This section of the website contains the Darshan message cards distributed at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. "Darshan" in Sanskrit means "seeing". It refers here to seeing Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and to receive their blessings. Shortly after the Siddhi day in November 1926, Sri Aurobindo retired from daily contact with his disciples and placed The Mother in charge of their care. Thereafter he saw them only a few times a year on what came to be known as the Darshan days.
At first there were three Darshan days: the Mother's birthday, Sri Aurobindo's birthday, and the Siddhi day. In 1939 a fourth day was added: the Mother's final arrival in Pondicherry. On these occasions, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother sat together in a small room, while the sadhaks and devotees approached one by one and offered flowers and bowed down at their feet. After Sri Aurobindo left his body in 1950, the Mother continued to give Darshan on these days. From 1963 onwards, she gave Darshan from the terrace for five or ten minutes as she gazed upon those who had gathered in the street below.
During Sri Aurobindo's lifetime, messages were given out only occasionally on the Darshan days; afterwards, they were issued regularly. Some of these were written expressly for the occasion, others were passages chosen from the works of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo. That tradition still continues today. The day starts with a meditation around the samadhi. During the day, sadhaks and devotees are allowed to visit either Sri Aurobindo's or the Mother's room, depending on the occasion. Message cards containing passages from their works are distributed to all who attend the Darshan. (Source: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry)

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