Ambulal Purani | |
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| Born | Ambulal Balkrishna Purani (1894-05-26)26 May 1894 Surat, British India |
| Died | 11 December 1965(1965-12-11) (aged 71) Pondicherry, India |
| Period | 20th century |
Ambulal Balkrishna Purani (26 May 1894 – 11 December 1965) was an Indian writer. He was a prominent disciple and biographer ofSri Aurobindo.
Purani was born on 26 May 1894 inSurat (now inGujarat, India). A nationalist activist as a young man, in 1923 he joinedSri Aurobindo Ashram on being convinced by Sri Aurobindo that he need not worry about the freedom of India as it was sure to come in time. He was a personal attendant to Sri Aurobindo from 1938 to 1950.[1]
His work, most notablyThe Life of Sri Aurobindo[2] andEvening Talks with Sri Aurobindo,[3] constitutes one of the main sources on the life and sayings of this guru. He travelled extensively to give lectures on the yogic teaching of Sri Aurobindo, visiting the United States in 1962. Some of the lectures are available in book form which include major works likeSavitri and theLife Divine.[citation needed]
HisEvening Talks throws a major light on the personality of the great master Sri Aurobindo and his multifaceted knowledge.Lectures on Savitri gives a brief idea about the great epicSavitri.[citation needed]
He wrote a biography ofManilal Dwivedi entitledManilal Dwivedinu Jeevancharitra (1951).[4]
Purani died fromheart attack on 11 December 1965 inPondicherry, India.[5]
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