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Vinayak Lohani, the Founder of Parivaar
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The Swami, who was anyway in fragile health all through his Camp Taylor days, became even more indisposed upon reaching San Francisco. Alice Hansborough, who had returned with him from the forests, …
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An important fortnight during the Swami’s stay in California was the time he spent in the redwoods of North California. Swamiji, with a group of other friends and admirers, retreated to a forested …
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On April 11th, after having their dinner at their Turk Street Apartment in San Francisco, Swamiji, Alice Hansborough, and Mr Aspinall took the streetcar and then the ferry across the Bay to arrive at …
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Frank Rhodehamel Frank Rhodehamel was a young man in his late twenties living with his wife in Oakland. He has written elaborate memoirs of meeting Swamiji in the Bay Area. He also took very …
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Tom Allan, a Scotsman, was a marine engineer, and worked as draughtsman in the Risden Iron and Locomotive Works in San Francisco. His wife Edith Allan was very ill when Swamiji first came to Oakland …
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