supplying him with food, the monk replied with great force and earnestness, 'It is the Goddess Annapurna who feeds me. Who else would?' The Holy Mother was highly pleased with the answer. Returning home, she said to her disciples, 'The face of the old man is constantly in my mind. It is just like that of a child.' Next day she sent him some oranges, sweets and a blanket. When asked if she would visit other holy men in the city, she said, 'I
have seen that holy man (Chameli Puri). What need have I to visit others? And what other holy man is here.'
She returned to Calcutta on the 16th January 1913.