Mirra Alfassa, known to her followers as The Mother or La Mère, was a French-Indian spiritual guru, occultist and yoga teacher, and a collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who considered her to be of equal yogic stature to him and called her by the name "The Mother". She founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and established the town of Auroville; she was influential on the subject of Integral Yoga.
Mirra Alfassa
Mirra Alfassa as a child c. 1885
Mirra Alfassa
Mirra Alfassa at the age of 24 with son Andre, circa 1902
Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as Bande Mataram. He joined the Indian movement for independence from British colonial rule, until 1910 was one of its influential leaders, and then became a spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution.
Aurobindo, c. 1900
Aurobindo (seated centre next to his mother) and his family. In England, ca. 1879
Basement of 49 St Stephen's Avenue, London W12 with Sri Aurobindo Blue Plaque
Copy of Bande Mataram, September 1907