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AMATU'l-BAHÁ VISITS INDIA by VIOLETTE NAKHJAVANI BAHÁ'í AMATU’L-BAHÁ VISITS INDIA by VIOLETTE NAKHJAVANI BAHÁ’Í PUBLISHING TRUST New Delhi, India Publishing Trust of India F-3/6, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-I New Delhi — 110 020, India © Violette Nakhjavani First published 1966 Second edition 1984 Reprinted 2000 ISBN 81-86953-94-9 Printed at Thomson Press CONTENTS Dedication xiii Preface to Second Edition xv Introduction xix Chapter I — NEW DELHI, RAJASTHAN, UTTAR PRADESH 1 Departure from Haifa; New Delhi, Jaipur, Udaipur, Agra, Nayala village II — MADHYA PRADESH 22 Gwalior, Baghchini village, Lachura Kapura, Nat Kapura, Ghatigam, “untouchables” village, Utila III — MADHYA PRADESH 34 Ujjain, Khajuraho, Sanchi, Kwetiapani, Shajapur, Harsodan, Jahangipur, Hingoria, Indore IV — MAHARASHTRA, ANDHRA PRADESH 43 Ajanta and Ellora caves, Aurangabad, Bombay, Dang, Devlali, Sholapur, Mohal village, Poona, Hyderabad, Secunderabad V — MYSORE, TAMIL NADU, KERALA 62 Bangalore, Karampaylo, Dodda Gobbi, Kadagra- hara (“Jungle Village” see p. 136), Mysore, Mercara, Coorg, Maligere, Lakshmisagar, Matakere, Kammay- akhalli, Tibetan colony, Ootacamund, Nilgiri Hills, Toda village, Coimbatore, Cochin, Ernakulam, Nayar Ambalam Island, Trivandrum, Madras VI — SRI LANKA (CEYLON), MALAYSIA, THAILAND, NEPAL, SIKKIM 79 Colombo, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Gangtok, Pakyong VII — ORISSA, MADHYA PRADESH, ANDHRA PRADESH, GERMANY, INDIA 87 Puri, Taraboi, Naraindapur, Niyali, Barhana, Bhubaneswar, Bastar, Narainpur, Dodhai, Solenga, Nagpur, New Delhi, Germany, New Delhi VIII — SRI LANKA (CEYLON) 98 Colombo, Pandura, Dehiovita, Galle, Matara, Kandy, Veddas settlement, Wadorassa, Anura- dhapura, Jaffna, Nainatibo, Culipuran, Kodikaman IX — TAMIL NADU, PONDICHERRY 107 Dhanushkodi, Rameswaram, Madurai, Karikal, Tirunallar, Subrayapuram, Araya Trapu, Pondy X — WEST BENGAL, UTTAR PRADESH, MADHYA PRADESH 111 Calcutta, Benares (Varanasi), Sarnath, Satna, Shandol, Amarkantak, Bajri, Rewa, Kanpur, Malhausi, Tirwa, Ranjit Purwa XI — MADHYA PRADESH 121 All-India Teaching Conference in Gwalior XII — NEW DELHI 178 APPENDIX: Index of examples and stories in Amatu’l-Bahá’s talks 180 OTHER MAJOR VISITS 183 “THE LOTUS”, a poem by Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum 203 ILLUSTRATIONS Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum Frontispiece Map xiv Between pages 20 and 21 Her first arrival in New Delhi, receiving a floral lei Friends gathered at the Temple land, BAHA-PUR, Delhi At the Temple land, New Delhi Villagers receiving Amatu’l-Bahá with the “puja” ceremony Between pages 38 and 39 Shirin Boman, Amatu’l-Bahá and Violette Nakhjavani in the village of Bagchini, Madhya Pradesh; over 2000 people attended this meeting Amatu’l-Bahá embracing a widow in the village of Chatigoon, Madhya Pradesh A Harijan (untouchables) Bahá’í village in Madhya Pradesh Arrival at the first gathering of the friends in Bombay Between pages 58 and 59 Bahá’ís of Poona with Amatu’l-Bahá in the garden of the National Hotel A group of Bahá’í students from New Era School who came to Poona and met with Amatu’l-Bahá Between pages 58 and 59 Amatu’l-Bahá surrounded by the friends in front of the Bahá’í Bhawan, Mysore Being transported by an elephant, in Mysore. Left to right: Shirin Boman, Violette Nakhjavani, and Amatu’l-Bahá Between pages 70 and 71 A Bahá’í wedding in Mysore Taking a rest, Mysore area Riding bareback in a sari, Amatu’l-Bahá sits behind a mahout on a work elephant in the jungles of Mysore Village meeting in Chatigoon, Madhya Pradesh, Shirin Boman translating Amatu’l-Bahá’s talk to the villagers Between pages 76 and 77 Over 1,000 attendants at a meeting on Nayar Amblem Island, Ernakulam District, Kerala, South India, 9 April 1964 Nayar Amblem Island, Ernakulam District. Left to right: Shirin Boman, Amatu’l-Bahá and Violette Nakhjavani Amatu’l-Bahá giving a lecture in the Mascot Hotel in Trivandrum Sight-seeing in South India Between pages 94 and 95 Photograph taken by Amatu’l-Bahá on arrival in Bastar. Left to right: Violette Nakhjavani, Shirin Boman, Khodadad Vajdi, and in the car, Tahirih Vajdi Lady Evelyn de Soysa, President of the Y.W.C.A. of Sri Lanka, receives Amatu’l-Bahá at a reception given in her honour in Lady de Soysa’s home Amatu’l-Bahá crossing a bridge with some Bahá’ís in Sri Lanka, near the village of Kurwita In Colombo, Sri Lanka Between pages 110 and 111 In a village in South India, waiting for her audience to arrive Quenching her thirst with a fresh coconut Typical scene of Rúhíyyih Khánum’s arrival in a village At a weaver’s home, Amatu’l-Bahá admiring a length of sari material Between pages 116 and 117 Arrival in Kanpur Visiting a well-known Temple in Kanpur A village meeting, Amatu’l-Bahá being greeted in a traditional way Amatu’l-Bahá with her much-loved animals The following photographs appear in sequence from page 185 through 202 Arriving in India on one of her many trips Arriving in Bombay, 1967 A loving welcome by the friends on her arrival in Bombay, 1967 With the Governor of the State of Orissa, Bhubaneswar, 1967 Taking tea with the Governor of the State of Orissa, during her courtesy call, 1967 Arrival in Trivandrum, South India, 1967 Trivandrum, South India, 1967 Amatu’l-Bahá in an audience with the President of India, Varahagiri Venkata Giri, New Delhi, 1974 Amatu’l-Bahá with the Lt. Governor of Delhi, Mr. D.R. Kohli (left) and the Law Minister of India, Mr. Shanti Bhushan (right), 1977 Amatu’l-Bahá’s last visit with the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, 13 days before her assassination, 20 October 1984, On the day of the Dedication of the Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent, 24 December 1986 In deep contemplation in the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár, 1986 After the Dedication of the House of Worship, 1986 The day before the Dedication, Amatu’l-Bahá proceeding to the ceremony for the placing of the sacred dust from the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh and the Shrine of the Báb inside the House of Worship. 1986 On December 23rd Amatu’l-Bahá placed sacred dust from the Holy Shrines on behalf of the Universal House of Justice inside the crown of the Prayer Hall of the Temple, facing ‘Akká. The Hands of the Cause of God Collis Featherstone and William Sears are to her left and right, respectively Gathering of the friends at the memorial meeting for the Hand of the Cause of God Dr. Rahmatu’lláh Muhájir in the beautiful tent in the garden of the Bahá’í House, the National Hazíratu’l-Quds in Delhi, 1986 In the garden of the House of Worship, 1987 Outside the Temple after attending a devotional service, 1987 DEDICATION The third printing of this memorable book appears at a time when our beloved Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum has taken her flight to the Realm of Glory. Now that she is released from the bondage of this world, her influence, like that of all great souls, will be much greater and her light radiating from on high much brighter. The shining example of Amatu’l-Bahá, who has blessed India through her several visits, remains before the beloved friends in that country. Her great love and high aspirations for the people of India are well known and are clearly shown in this book. It is only appropriate that the Indian friends should compensate for their feeling of great loss by ex- erting efforts to fulfil what she had cherished for them and to bring about the vision she held vividly in her mind about the great destiny of India and its people. We owe Rúhíyyih Khánum so much. Let us cause her radiant soul to rejoice in the Abhá Kingdom at our faithfulness to her loving heritage. Hushmand Fatheazam Haifa, 2000 xiii PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION Twenty years have passed since Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum visited India. During these two decades the Bahá’ís of that blessed country who were greatly heartened and re- assured by her memorable visit have augmented their serv- ices with fresh impetus and enthusiasm, and were enabled to achieve unprecedented victories for the Cause of God. Within this period the number of Spiritual Assemblies established through the untiring efforts of a handful of dedicated be- lievers in India has increased from 1,064 to nearly 14,000, a fourteen-fold increase; the number of localities opened to the Faith rose by ten times its number, from 4,526 in 1964 to 43,604 in 1984 and the number of followers of Bahá’u’lláh by seven times to reach nearly 800,000.1 The outstanding growth of the Faith had already made it possible, by 1964, for the Indian community to establish ad- ditional pillars of the Universal House of Justice by the for- mation of separate National Spiritual Assemblies in Burma, Pakistan, and Ceylon—now known as Sri Lanka. In the pe- riod of the past twenty years, still more pillars have been raised with the formation of a National Spiritual Assembly in Sikkim in 1967, and a National Spiritual Assembly in the Kingdom of Nepal in 1972. During the course of Rúhíyyih Khánum’s trip recounted here, she visited the barren land in the village of Bahapur on the outskirts of New Delhi; now on this land has blossomed a beautiful lotus-shaped Temple of white mar- ble which will be completed and inaugurated in the near fu- ture. Scores of Bahá’í schools are presently in operation in India, caring for hundreds of children, where previously there were only a few in the experimental stage. 1. The statistics given in this Preface are 1984 figures. xiv Soon, under the aegis of the National Spiritual Assembly of India, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands will have their independent Spiritual Assembly, whose first Convention in April 1984 is to be blessed with the presence of Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, representing the Universal House of Jus- tice on that historic occasion.
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