Sri Sri Sarada Devi

1.known as ‘Holy Mother’, Sri Sarada Devi, the spiritual associate of Sri Ramakrishna, was born on 22 December 1853.
2.She had no formal schooling, but managed to learn the Bengali alphabet. When she was about six years old, she was married to Sri Ramakrishna. However, she continued to live with her parents.
3.Later she joined Sri Ramakrishna as his devoted wife and disciple, while remaining a virgin nun and following the spiritual path.
4.Sri Ramakrishna looked upon Sarada Devi as a manifestation of Divine Mother of the universe. In 1872, he worshipped Sarada Devi as the Divine Mother.
5.She loved everyone, including the sinner.
6.Although she had grown up in a conservative rural society without any access to modern education, she held progressive views.
7. As Sister Nivedita stated, “Her life was one long stillness of prayer.”
8.Under the strain of constant physical work and self-denial and repeated attacks of malaria, her health deteriorated in the closing years and she passed away on 21 July 1920.
9.In the history of humanity there has never been another woman who looked upon herself as the Mother of all beings, including animals and birds,