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 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 her life
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Born of a Brahmin family about 1822 - at Kamarhati, a northern suburb of Kolkata. Was called Aghoremani Devi. |
| 2. | Married at the age of 9 following the social custom of child marriage. However her husband expired even before her marriage was consummated. |
| 3. | Initiated into spiritual life by her husband's family guru with the child Krishna as her Chosen Deity. |
| 4. | Sold her jewellery and husband's property, invested in securities. Out of the 3 or 4 rupees received as interest, she lived a contemplative live devoid of comfort and luxury and filled with spiritual discipline and longing for her Chosen Deity. |
| 5. | Followed a daily routine of austerity and concentration almost without exception for over 30 years - from 1852 - 1883. |
| 6. | Met Sri Ramakrishna in 1884. He recognized her spiritual magnitude like a jeweller recognizes the value of a jewel. |
| 7. | Because of her devotion, and through Sri Ramakrishna's grace, in spring 1885, had a vision of child Gopala continuously for 2 months, who actually played with her, ate food with her and lived with her for sometime. She recognized Sri Ramakrishna as her own chosen Deity. |
| 8. | In 1903 became seriously ill, and the curtain fell on the divine drama on 8 July 1906. |
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