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* Sarada Devi or Sarada Ma ( 1853 – 1920 ), wife and spiritual counterpart of Hindu mystic Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Sarada Devi ( 1853 – 1920 ), wife and spiritual counterpart of Ramakrishna

The five-year-old bride, Saradamani Mukhopadhyaya ( later known as Sarada Devi ) was found and the marriage was duly solemnised in 1859.

Sarada Devi was fourteen while Ramakrishna was thirty-two.

As a priest Ramakrishna performed the ritual ceremony — the Shodashi Puja – where Sarada Devi was made to sit in the seat of goddess Kali, and worshiped as the Divine mother.

Sarada Devi outlived Ramakrishna by 34 years and played an important role in the nascent religious movement.

Sannyasini Gauri Ma ( 1857 – March 1, 1938 ), born Mridani, Saradeshwari Ashram in a Glance published by President Mataji Bandana Sri Saradeshwari Ashram also Sannyasini Gauri Mata Puri Devi A Monastic Disciple of Sri Ramakrishna published by Mothers Trust Mothers Place, Lakeshore Interfaith Institute and Community, Ganges, MI USA, was a prominent Indian monastic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, companion of Sri Sarada Devi and founder of Kolkatta's Sri Saradeswari Ashram.

Sannyasini Gauri Mata Puri Devi: Founder of Sri Sri Saradeshwari Ashram, oldest women's convent in the direct lineage of Sri Ramakrishna and Sri Sarada Devi in 1895, kolkatta, India.

All women monastics of Mothers Trust Mothers Place, Ramakrishna Sarada Ashram take their monastic vows from Sri Saradeshwari Ashram, oldest women's math in the direct lineage of Sri Ramakrishna and Sri Sarada Devi 1895.

During his last days, he was looked after by his monastic disciples and Sarada Devi.

After the death of Swami Vivekananda in 1902, Sarada Devi, the spiritual counterpart of Ramakrishna, played an important role as the advisory head of a nascent monastic organization.

Gayatri Spivak writes that Sarada Devi " performed her role with tact and wisdom, always remaining in the background.

Sarada Devi (; ) ( 22 December 1853 – 20 July 1920 ), born Saradamani Mukhopadhyaya (), was the wife and spiritual counterpart of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a nineteenth century mystic of Bengal.

Sarada Devi is also reverentially addressed as the Holy Mother ( Sri Maa or শ ্ র ী ম া) by the followers of the Ramakrishna monastic order.

Sarada Devi played an important role in the growth of the Ramakrishna Movement.

Sarada Devi was born in Jayrambati.

After Ramakrishna's death, Sarada Devi stayed most of the time either at Jayrambati or at the Udbodhan office, Calcutta.

The followers of the Ramakrishna movement regard Sarada Devi as an incarnation of the Divine Mother.

According to Sarada Devi, she used to see a bevy of eight girls of her age coming from an unknown place and escorting her in her chores during her childhood.

He has authored several books, mainly in Kannada, including three biographies: on Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda.

Sarada was 5 years old and Ramakrishna was 23 ; the age difference was typical for 19th century rural Bengal.

After worshiping Ramakrishna she consecrated the school and blessed it, saying: ‘ I pray that the blessings of the Divine Mother may be upon the school and the girls ; and the girls trained from the school may become ideal girls .’ Nivedita became extremely delighted and recorded her feelings later as ‘ I cannot imagine a grander omen than her blessings, spoken over the educated Hindu womanhood of the future .’ The first photograph of Sarada Devi was taken at Nivedita's house.

However, till her last days she had very cordial relationship with the brother disciples of Swami Vivekananda like Swami Brahmananda, Swami Premananda and Swami Saradananda, who helped her in her charitable and education activities in every possible way ; she was very close to the holy mother, Sarada Devi.

Ramakrishna regarded Sarada as the Divine Mother in person, addressing her as the Holy Mother, and it was by this name that she was known to Ramakrishna's disciples.

Sarada Devi's house at Jayrambati ( centre ) where she lived for the majority of her life

During the terrible famine of 1864, Sarada worked ceaselessly as her family served food to hungry people.

After the betrothal, Sarada was left to the care of her parents and Ramakrishna returned to Dakshineswar.

Sarada joined Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar in 1872 on her own accord when she was eighteen, after hearing these rumors about his mental health.

Ramakrishna regarded Sarada as the incarnation of Divine Mother, addressing her as Sree Maa ( Holy Mother ) and it was by this name that she was known to Ramakrishna's disciples.

While Sarada Devi remained completely in the background, her unassuming, warm personality attracted some female devotees to become her lifelong companions.

It is reported that after Ramakrishna's death in August 1886, when Sarada Devi tried to remove her bracelets as the customs dictated for a widow, she had a vision of Ramakrishna in which he said, " I have not passed away, I have gone from one room to another.

After Ramakrishna's death, Sarada Devi began her pilgrimage through North India, accompanied by a party of women disciples including Lakshmi Didi, Gopal Ma, and Ramakrishna's householder and monastic disciples.

Sarada Devi worshiping at her Udbodhan residence in Calcutta.

According to her devotees and traditional biographers, the hospitality of Sarada Devi was unique and was characterized by motherly care and solicitude.

Sarada Devi spent her final years moving back and forth between Jayrambati and Calcutta.

Though uneducated Sarada Devi's spiritual insight and utterances are highly regarded by scholars like Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, who writes, " We have bits and pieces of her exquisite remarks as testimony.

The next year, Ramkumar Chhattopadhyay died, the position was given to Ramakrishna, along with his wife Sarada Devi, who stayed in the south side of the Nahabat ( music room ), in a small room on the ground floor, which now a shrine dedicated to her.

Within a few days of arrival in India, Margaret met Sarada Devi, wife and spiritual consort of Ramakrishna, who, surpassing all language and cultural barriers, embraced her as " khooki " or " baby " in Bengali.

" Till her death in 1911, Nivedita remained one of the closest associates of Sarada Devi.