Sri Anandamayi Ma -
‘Pranams at the lotus feet
of Ma’
India has been the birth
place of illustrious Rishis, Sages, Yogis, and Yoginis for several decades. Krishna says “Yadha Yadha Hi Dharmasya Glanirbhavathi
Bharatha | Abhyuththanam Adharmasya Thadhathmanam Srujamyaham ||”. Whenever the righteousness gets tarnished in
the hands of evil-doers, Supreme Being personifies on Earth to reinstate the
righteousness. Almighty never abandon
His children; instead He makes sure that all the living beings on Earth has a fair share of means towards spiritual development. Supreme Being has created the whole Universe
and its creatures with his imagination; he ensures all the creatures are
benefited with rich values to return to the abode of supreme consciousness with
the powerful tool of spirituality. Ma was
born on April 30th in the year 1896, in a pious Bengali Bhramin
family, her Father Bipinbattacharya and Mother Mokshadhasundhari were a highly
religious minded couple, and they were named their beautiful little girl ‘Nirmala’.
Unlike another girl child, Nirmala was
exceptionally beautiful with a rich sense of spirituality. Those days’ marriages of girl children were
performed at a young age to make sure that the little bride is getting familiar
with the custom, religious rites, and family traditions of the new family, it
helped to create a strong bond between the child couple and their family, and
in this way they have well protected the institution of Marriage. Ma
was married at the age of 13 to Sri Ramanimohana Chakravarthi/Bholanathji, on
February 7th in the year 1909.
Ma’s comments on her husband Sri
Bholanathji/Sri Ramani was ‘ He is Bhola always’, she looked at her husband
with a lot of admiration and affection,
yes these divine couple resembled
Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi. Ma
performed her duties and responsibilities of the wedded wife of Bholanathji, she relentlessly
served her husband in the day time, she practiced spirituality in the night
hours, and this couple had a divine relationship, they continued to be Akhandabhramacharin who sincerely follow celibacy in their whole life.
