Program Schedule
Celebration
March 29, 2026

112 th Anniversary of The Mother's first arrival in Pondicherry and first meeting with Sri Aurobindo

(The Mother came to Pondicherry for the first time on 29 th March 1914)

When I came here for the first time, I felt the atmosphere of Sri Aurobindo, felt it materially at a distance of ten miles, ten nautical miles, not kilometres. It was very sudden, very concrete, an atmosphere pure, luminous, light, light that lifts you up.

As soon as I saw Sri Aurobindo I recognised in him the well-known being whom I used to call Krishna.... And this is enough to explain why I am fully convinced that my place and my work are near him, in India.

—The Mother (CWM, Vol. XIII)

The Mother returned home after her first arrival in 1914 and came back to settle in Pondicherry permanently on 24 th April 1920 .

Sri Aurobindo on The Mother

The more complete your faith, sincerity and surrender, the more will grace and protection be with you. And when the grace and protection of the Divine Mother are with you, what is there that can touch you or whom need you fear? A little of it even will carry you through all difficulties, obstacles and dangers; surrounded by its full presence you can go securely on your way because it is hers, careless of all menace, unaffected by any hostility however powerful, whether from this world or from worlds invisible. Its touch can turn difficulties into opportunities, failure into success and weakness into unfaltering strength. For the grace of the Divine Mother is the sanction of the Supreme and now or tomorrow its effect is sure, a thing decreed, inevitable and irresistible.

—Sri Aurobindo

Offerings

On the occasion of The Mother’s first arrival in Pondicherry on 29 March 1914, the Ashram observed the day with a serene and heartfelt programme.

The celebrations began in the Meditation Hall with an invocation for the Divine Presence offered by Srila Basu. This was followed by an insightful talk by Prashant Khanna, along with a soulful musical offering by Deepanwita Dutta.

In the evening, members of the Ashram community and visitors gathered near the Shrine to kindle lights of aspiration. The day concluded in the Meditation Hall with a musical offering by Linthoi, interspersed with readings by Tara didi, creating an atmosphere of quiet devotion and reflection.