Pavitra (disciple)

Pavitra (January 16, 1894 – May 16, 1969) (from the Sanskrit word for "pure") was one of the very early disciples of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.

In 1924, he left Japan and spent time with tantric lamas in monasteries in North China and Mongolia.

In 1951 The Mother appointed him director of the newly founded Sri Aurobindo International University Centre.

He served in this position for 18 years, as well as being general secretary of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, until his death in 1969.

The Mother reports in Agenda of May 1969 [3] that Pavitra left his body in a yogic way and merged with her.