continued to stay there till 24 February 1920, when she left for Calcutta, bidding adieu to her birth place for the last time. The last months of her stay at Jayrambati were full of trials for her. Even after her delivery Radhu's mental condition did not improve. Not only did she worry the Mother by her eccentricities, but aggressively persecuted her by her impudence and occasional violence. Examples of such situations will be seen in chapter eight. The Mother's health was fast declining during these months; it broke down under a kind of intermittent fever, which was first noticed soon after a very tiring celebration of her 66th birthday on 13 December 1919. Without realizing the seriousness of it, local treatment was at first tried, but the fever continued intermittently, resulting in complete prostration. In the end, at the instance of Swami Saradananda, arrangements were made for her to start for Calcutta on 24th February along with Radhu, Radhu's mother, Maku, Nalini and others.
Very touching scenes were witnessed at what the Mother must have felt to be her last leave-taking of her native village. All the villagers gathered, and with tears in their eyes requested her again and again that she should not forget them, but return soon into their midst. The Mother made salutation to Simhavahini and other deities of the village, naming them one after another. She would not get into a palanquin out of her regard for the village deities, but insisted on walking up to the limits of the village. Then she turned round and did obeisance to the village of her birth and got into the palanquin. Her brother Prasanna's wife ceremonially