Henri Cartier-Bresson's Photos of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother with Diary Notes

NOTE FROM BRESSON’S PERSONAL DIARY:

‘Four times a year, Sri Aurobindo puts in an appearance
before
his disciples. They are allowed to file past him, one by one, and

many deposit  flowers in a hold at his feet. He
sits immovable for

hours, in a sort of tabernacle with silk ornament.
Next to him is

the Mother, his counterpart in divinity, in long gold veils
covering

her forehead down