History
Mother's work in Odisha began in 1949 when two research cycles were formed with the permission of Sri Aurobindo (one at Rairangpur in 1949 and another one at Cuttack in 1950). Sri Ramakrishna Das by the name of Babaji Maharaj, who was a Sanyasi at Ajodhya, He joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram on February 2, 1945, in Pondicherry. Babaji Maharaj tried to open the people of Orissa to the ceremony of Mother and Sri Aurobindo.
With Mother's happy blessing and Prapatti as an able instrument, the first period of work included the establishment of Study Circles, Students and Youth federations, Women's Study Circles, area, and state-level Study Circle Meets. In the next phase Education Centres, Relics Centres with experiments in combining living were inaugurated. Prapatti under the vital guidance of Babaji Maharaj had been organizing all these activities. When Prapatti died. Babaji Maharaj wanted all operational work of Orissa to be organized in Orissa, centrally from Matrubhaban, Cuttack.
The workers of Sri Aurobindo Study Circles throughout Orissa came stable at Matrubhaban to plan out the line of action as per the guidelines given by Babaji Maharaj. The final negotiation or advice on organizational matters
were however achieve by Babaji Maharaj.
A disparate circumstance grew after Babaji Maharaj died and almost 500 energetic workers from all parts of Orissa came together. on 20th Dec’1998 and settle to continue as before, Mother's Work in Orissa, according to the orders given by Babaji Maharaj and Prapatti. The following plans were decided by the members present. The committee is named as All Orissa Sri Aurobindo Study Circle Committee, having its organizational office at Matrubhaban, Cuttack.
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