An Extract from the book written by Sri Baba Mama brother of Shree Mataji, "My Memoirs" : In August 1942, my father was in jail and the family was under financial stress. At such a juncture, Shri Mataji, who was studying in the Science College, decided to stop Her college on the 15th of August, our Independence Day, by picketing in front of the gate. My mother, though very conservative, did not object to Her political activity. As a protest, Shri Mataji decided to picket in front of Her college and stop all the students who were trying to enter. The Principal of the college was a good friend of the family, but he got orders from the British authorities to rusticate anybody who picketed or disobeyed the college rules. Mr. Krishnamurti, who was vice principal, was asked to go and persuade Shri Mataji to stop and to say that if She did not stop picketing, She would be given a college-leaving certificate. In those days, rustication meant that you could not seek admission i...
Testimony of Yogi Mahajan🙏 “Turning the clock back to the year 86’ when Pratishthan was under construction, some 25 yogis from abroad were working on the construction – plumbers, electricians, carpenters, cornices, artists etc. Shri Mataji had shifted into an unfinished room in the guest wing to supervise the construction. I would drive her to the mandi at 5 am, where she would handpick fruits & vegetables for the yogis. At 9 am She would be on the site to supervise. In the evenings She would cook dinner for everyone. After dinner we would gather in the ground floor for bhajans, and she would guide us on the harmonium. It was followed by meditation. As most of us had agnyas, she asked us to meditate on her Lotus Feet with eyes open, “Meditating on my Feet will absorb your agnyas.” One day a jeweler from Kolahpur, S Govind arrived with the silver Shri Mataji had ordered for marriages. One western yogi asked him to make him a pair of Shri Mataji’s Feet, and requested Her to vib...