Amal Kiran

Amal Kiran (born K.D. Sethna, 26 November 1904) is an Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic. He has published more than forty books.

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26 November - 1904 - India

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Kiran studied at Bombay University and was one of Sri Aurobindo's earliest disciples, arriving at the Ashram in 1927, age twenty-three, to take up the path of Integral Yoga under Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. He was named Amal Kiran, or "Clear Ray", by Sri Aurobindo in 1930. His book of poems Inmost Beauty was published at 1933.

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Bombay University - Sri Aurobindo - 1927 - Integral Yoga - The Mother - 1930 - 1933

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In 1949 he was a founding editor of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram journal Mother India, which he edited for almost fifty years. He has recently celebrated his centenary at the Beach Office of the Sri Aurobindo Society.

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1949 - Sri Aurobindo Ashram - Mother India

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