Vimala Thakar Life Sketch

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Jina Bharati

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keep Shivkuti building as personal property, however, this place became prosperous due to her occupation from 1963 A.D. to 2009 A.D. (46 long years !). She went on making travels of India & Abroad upto 1991 A.D. She ended the festive occasion of her foreign tours in 1991 A.D. Gradually, went on ending tours within India also and Vimalajee hardly came down from Mount Abu and Dalhousie in the span from 2004 A.D. to 2009 A.D.
Thus her long residing at Mt. Abu sheltering several seekers, particularly ladies is full of serveral rare thinkings & Attainments of synthesis of Spirituality & Science.
FOREIGN TOURS
On her Rama Navami birthday of 1992 A.D. Vimalajee had disclosed that, "Difficult was to acquire education, difficult were the tours & travels of Bhoodan Movement Times and Foreign Tours were several times more difficult than that!" She happened to go on tour of U.S.A. in 1953 A.D. for the first time and her festive period of foreign travels ended in 1991 A.D. For seekers - Aspirants of the world, these four approximate decades became like, 'FRIENDSHIP FESTIVITY'. Vimalajee did not allow to grow any Ashram, formal organisation or set up around her. Friends went on setting up informal arrangements under the name of 'FRIENDS OF VIMALA'.