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looks on the religious atmosphere of India in those days when the noble Tirthankara Mahavira preached in India, and I shall try to do my best. I very much look forward to meeting you and seeing the institutions established by your illustrious predecessor, to whose memory I bend down in reverence and gratitude.
Mrs. Konow is going to accompany me and 1 hope that it will be possible to accomodate us both during our stay with you. With all good wishes,
Yours sincerely, STEN KONOW
( 10 )
Santinekatan Bengal, India. 16. 1 1625.
My dear Vijaya Indra Suri,
Very many thanks for your kind letter. I have not written before because I have had to give so many lectures that I have had no time to myself. Now I have written my last lecture and, I hope, my last paper in Santiniketan, and I hurry to write and thank you for all you did to make my stay in Shivpuri unforgettable. The serenity and unselfish faith of Jainacharya and his pupils, the cordial friendship which I met with every. where, the bright faces of teachers and pupil made one feel that I breathed in an atmosphere of purity, worthy of the followers of the Tirthakara. And I shall always remain thankful to you for having persuaded one to come and pay reverence to the Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
