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This
life-story has been excerpted from the book 'They
Lived With God' by Swami
Chetanananda, published
by the Vedanta Society of St. Lois. To read the entire studied
life,
and lives of 27 other Householder disciples, please read this book.
(Swami
Chetananda has also published a book on all 16 the Monastic Disciples
of Sri Ramakrishna 'God Lived With Them')
The
highlights of his life
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Born
pious parents in Calcutta on February 28, 1844
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In
1874, when Girish was just thirty, his young wife died, leaving
him with one son and one daughter. Shortly thereafter he lost
his job. |
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In
1891 when he first to Jayrambati he found to his surprise and
delight that the woman who had saved his life from cholera with
the holy Prasad was none other than Holy Mother herself. |
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On
September 21, 1884 Sri Ramakrishna came to see his play "The
life of Chaitanya at the Star Theatre.
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On
December 14, 1884, gave up his 'power of attorney' so to Sri
Ramakrishna. |
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In
1875, after his second marriage, he fell ill with a virulent
type of Cholera. In a vision a resplendent female form, wearing
a red-bordered cloth, gave him Prasad because of which he was
cured. (Later he recognized her as Holy Mother) |
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On July 15, 1911, he gave his last performance at the Minerva
Theatre in Calcutta (having been asked by Sri Ramakrishna to
continue acting and writing dramas, and he did so until the
end of his life). He was the creator of the Modern Bengali Theatre.
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He breathed his last on February 8, 1912. |
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