Matrimandir Gardens

On the Matrimandir Peace area - 2003

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These three sketches were drawn by the Mother on the recto and verso of a single sheet of not very thick paper, and dated by Her 25.6.65.

The Mother has drawn each of these three sketches holding the sheet of paper in different ways, as is evidenced by the position of the Pavilion in relation to the writing of the date. Therefore it is not clear in each case where is the North. For the central area which shows the island, with Her Pavilion, Huta's house and perhaps gardens, the Mother has shown the Lake as a circular band with a bridge. She has marked the position of the tall trees, which She describes, in the simplest manner, by drawing wide circles around the Lake, rather than marking individual trees. She has placed the Mountain at one corner. The placing of this Mountain is significant, as the later references made by the Mother to the Golden Temple of Kyoto will show: the Golden Temple grounds are hilly and the park that surrounds the lake has been planted partly on the slopes of several hills covered with snow in winter. It is however puzzling that two days prior to this date, in Her talk to Satprem the Mother had made no mention of a Lake inside the central area, nor had She described the twelve gardens.