Chapter (অধ্যায়): IN CALCUTTA AND AT JAYRAMBATIPage: 63 of 89
a strange vision. She saw that Sri Ramakrishna
was walking into the Ganga. As he was doing so
his body melted into the water and Swami Vivekananda
began to sprinkle that holy water on innumerable
people. This vision made such a vivid
impression on her mind that for many days she
could not bathe in the river considering its holiness.
It was in 1909 that Swami Saradananda built
a permanent home for her in Calcutta at the
present No. 1, Udbodhan Lane. Now when in
Calcutta the Holy Mother would stay here. This
house, bearing the sacred memory and association
of the Holy Mother, is known as The
Mothers House to innumerable devotees and
disciples of the Ramakrishna Order. To how many
aspiring souls did she give initiation here! Many
are the persons who came weary and heavy-laden
to have their lacerated hearts soothed, and got
infinite solace. When the Mother would be here,
all who stayed in the house and all who visited
could get access, as it were, into a world which
cannot be reached even by hard tapasya. Now
she is physically absent, but the association of her
memory with the spot is a source of divine inspiration
to thousands of devotees who did not have
the privilege of seeing her in her lifetime.
While in Calcutta, the Holy Mother was the
centre of spiritual attraction to all, but when she