Profile of Parul

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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A series of conflicting events which took place in our family and Hampi Ashram life due to these two sudden tragedies, were the reasons of bringing Parul late in the close company of the Holy Mother, Poojya Mataji Dhandeviji, the then and present head of the Ashram, But when I told the whole story of Parul's previous-birthrememberance and her inclination towards learning, the Holy Mother, whose inborn knowledge had already seen previously . Parul's potentialities and had X-rayed her past, at once told me:
“Beta Pratap ! soon bring Parul in my company, I know her hidden greatness. There is no possibility now of taking her back to Gujarat to establish her links of the previous birth. Let me look after her. I shall keep her, with all facilities, in caves for fifteen days, isolated from all companies and contacts. As a result of this, she will herself revive her previous births entirely... otherwise, when she grows, she will forget all."
Seeing this graceful offer of the Holy Mother, we all were enthusiastically ready and eager to put her at once in her shelter, but alas ! this opportuninty was also to be missed!! At this time mostly due to Parul's own cravings and pursuits of learning, restless learning! Firstly, she was involved in combining two school classes together into one snd secondly, she went on scaling new heights of learning music and dance-Bharata Natyam.
This craze for various learnings made her to postpone going in seclusion in caves with the Holy Mother at Hampi, inspite of her own willingness also. Moreover, she had become more intimate with my old mother and Sumitra and her younger sisters in which Falguni was added.
But her attachment and association with the Holy Mother and Hampi went on increasing otherwise. Parul liked her company so much, whenever we took her there in between on various occasions, that she didn't like to return to Bangalore, to the world I Later, in
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