Sri Aurobindo's Footprints

23, Scott Lane

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23, Scott Lane, Calcutta

23, Scott Lane, Calcutta

23, Scott Lane, Calcutta

23, Scott Lane, Calcutta

Sri Aurobindo resided for sometime at 23, Scott Lane in 1908.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Visit from Tilak

One day... a dignified looking Marwari arrived and asked to speak to Aurobindo. I requested him politely to come back in an hour. He was stubborn.
"Well, let me sit here in the drawing-room and chat with you. An hour will pass quickly...
Barely fifteen minutes had passed when Aurobindo Babu slowly came down the stairs... Recognizing the visitor from a distance he cried happily: "Tilak, it is you!"
I gave a start. Balgangadhar Tilak! I bowed down at his feet and apologized. He took my hands close to his chest and said: "Forgive you for what? You have not done anything wrong."
"Why did you not tell me at once that you were Balgangadhar Tilak? I would have called him down."
"I knew that. But I was aware that Aurobindo was resting."

From Memoirs of Abinash Chandra Bhattacharya

Commemorative Plaque

Commemorative Plaque at 23, Scott Lane
Commemorative Plaque at 23, Scott Lane

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Sri Aurobindo resided for sometime at 23, Scott Lane in 1908.

15.August.1990

23, Scott Lane

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