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Synopsis Arvinda Ghose, born in Bengal, assimilated the spirit of the West in England; Mirra Alfassa, born in France. Came to live in India. As Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, they incorporated the essence of the global spirit. Together, they created a vision and worked out the foundations of a spiritual revolution that reaches far into the future. They also created the Integral Yoga, a synthesis of the existing yogas meant not for an escape into a Hereafter, but the transformation of the earth. And they founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville as laboratories and centres of the fundamental world-change they envisaged. Charitavali is a series of biographies dedicated to the legendary figures of India. The series presents the lives of great kings, freedom fighters, political thinkers, social reformers, pioneers of industry, eminent scientists, philosophers, artists, musicians, dancers and film stars, writers and sports people. These biographies have been written for the reader who is curious about the life, achievements and character o these legends. Full of fascinating stories and facts, written in an easy, story telling style, these biographies will make these great Indians and their times come alive for the reader.