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"Holy Mother" painted by Swami Tadatmananda
Used courtesy of the Vedanta Society of Southern California
to Miss J. MacLeod, March 5, 1899, Sunday Night , 16 Bose Para Lane, Bagh Bazaar, Calcutta
...And when I got to the Math--& evening came on, they lighted a little wood fire for me under the tree--& for a while Sw. sat there with me--dividing the flame into Siva "the blue-necked one" -- & Kali.
Then came supper. Coffee--cold mutton & bread & butter--& he sat beside me all the time & then I came home alone on the roof of the little boat. Went in & saw the Mother & her ladies & translated Mrs. Hammond's letter straight thro' twice--& came here & went straight to bed...
...Now for Sunday. It was a huge success. I wish you had seen the lunch, cooked as it turns out by the hands of our blessed Master himself. He also waited a table &c!!! We had a table in the upper verandah--& Sarola sat where whe cd. see Dukineswar.
It was a geographical meal as follows---
1. Yankee--Fish Chowder
3. Norwegian--'Fish balls--"taught me by Madame
Agnewason (?). "Who is Madame A,
Swami? What does she do? I seem
to have heard her name." "She
makes fish balls amongst other
things."
3. English--Boarding House Hash
He assured us it was properly made & (or Yankee?)contained nails--but we only found
cloved--& lamented absence of(...)
4. Mince pie & la Kashmir
(Meat with almonds & raisins).
5. Bengali Raschegalle & fruit.
Wasn't that fun?[
"Letters of Sister Nivedita" Vol II, pp 1257-1259, Mr. Basu
Location: New Bern, NC