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SHREE SHREE MA ANANDAMAYI (BY GURUPRIYA DEVI) VOL III

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Before evening Ma was made to have some refreshments. Devotees had brought a number of items ; thay all put a small morsel into Ma’s mouth & took prasada. The crowd was enormous. The police arrived on the scene & seeing such a large crowd on the platform for such a long time they began dispersing the crowd. Ma could not have he meal & she also got up. It was evening by then & Ma was to catch the seven p.m train to Jamshedpur so she was quickly taken to Howrah station. She boarded the train & the devotees stood surrounding her. Ma had a basket which had got filled with fruit in Dibrugarh, Nowg-ong & Shillong. The basket was kept in the train. Ma now looked at me & laughed, say-ing “Khukuni”, fruit can be obtained in Jamshedpur also. Distribute these fruits right here. Immediately all fruit was distributed. Soon the bell rang for the departure of the train. One by one all the devotees did pranama to Ma & got down feom the train. Everyone gazed at Ma’s face. It was decided that Ma would come to Calcutta once be- fore going wherever she wanted to. Just before the tiran lift. Bholanath signalled to Buni. (Jyotish Guha’s youngest daughter daughter whose name was Phullajuthika) & beckoned to her. At once she climbed into the train & sat down. Ma siad, “Her father should be asked.” Jyotash Dada was standing close by & he replied, “What is there for me to say when she is going with Ma?” He took off his shawl & threw it into the teain which had just started moving. Shachi Dada threw some money into the train & thus Kamal & Buni set out with Ma for Jamshedpur. We were to catch the eight p.m. train & so we kept sitting in the station. Shachi Dada, Jyotish Dada, Nitish, Meenu, Janana Dada & some other were waiting with us. Later we decided that we should not leave the same day leaving work unfinisded, but should rather leave by four p.m. train next evening & reach Vindhyachal on 29th Agrahan (15th December) according to Ma’s orders. This was a unanimous decision. It was 13th December, Sunday. We spent the ninght on the fourth floor of Suresh Babu’s house which has been specially set aside for Ma. The next evening (14th December) we left by the four p.m. train & reached Vindhyachal on 15th Decemer, Tuesday (Sankranti) in the morning. As per Ma’s instruction we perfprmed on Sankr- anti day & for the same purpose we then had to go to Kashi. We left on 17th December, Thursday by the morning train for Kashi. Aeter fi ishing our work we returned by the afternoon train on 22nd December, Tuesday, to Vindhyachal. At Kashi we heard from Manik that he had been to Calcutta where he heard at Shachi Babu’s house that on 19th December, Saturday, Ma WOULD RETURN TO Calcutta & proceed to Navadveep. On returning to Vindhyachal we received letters from Bholanath & Shachi Dadas. Shachi Dada’s letter dated 20th December said that twenty or twenty five devotees had accompanied Ma to Navadveep but they had all returned the same day. They would again visit Ma in Navadveep the next fortnight. Dada Mahasaya, Didima & atul Brahmachari had joined Ma from Dhaka on receiving Bholanath’s letter. Bholanath’s letter. Bholanath had weitten, “We have to Navadveep from Jamshedpur. On & go to Dwaraka, but your Ma, Didma & Atul eill stay on here. This is what is being planned at present….”