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Aurobindo Bose (after 1934) Aurobindo Bose (after 1934)
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Contacts with the Rāmakrishna Mission in Germany and Switzerland Contacts with the Rāmakrishna Mission in Germany and Switzerland
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The Nehru–Gandhi Family in Switzerland (1953) The Nehru–Gandhi Family in Switzerland (1953)
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Edith Geheeb’s Visit to India (1965–6) Edith Geheeb’s Visit to India (1965–6)
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The Children’s Garden School in Chennai The Children’s Garden School in Chennai
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3 Relationship of the Ecole d’Humanité with India
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Published:October 2020
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There were several links between India and the Ecole. The most important of these have been discussed in this chapter. Aurobindo Bose was among the early students of Rabindranath Tagore’s Brahmacharya Ashram in Santiniketan. He was later also a part of the Ecole. In 1930, it was Aurobindo Bose who urged Tagore to visit the school. During his later life, he became attached to Edith Geheeb and lived at the Ecole d’Humanité as a permanent resident until his death. Edith Geheeb felt inspired by Indian philosophy which she first studied with V.N. Sharma and Alwine von Keller. Edith was in touch with two senior monks of the Ramakrishna Mission— Swami Yatiswarananda and Swami Nikhilananda. She was their loyal student, devotee, and supporter until their demise. In 1953, the two sons of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv and Sanjay, were admitted to the Ecole for several months while their mother was on a diplomatic mission. This resulted in a prolonged and affectionate correspondence between Edith Geheeb and Indira Gandhi. During that time, the Geheebs also met Jawaharlal Nehru in Geneva. Edith was deeply interested in visiting India, her spiritual home, but felt she could not leave the Ecole for very long. At the age of 80, when Paul Geheeb, had already died, she overcame her scruples and visited India, mainly Belur Math in Kolkata, Santiniketan, but also Madras, Bombay and Delhi.
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