Swami Ishanananda had the blessed privilege of serving Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi since his boyhood. He was initiated by Mother at a very young age and later received brahmacharya diksha from her. He served Mother from 1909 until the end of her divine play in 1920. In the Bengali original, Matrisannidhye , of which the present book is a translation, he describes many events from this period of Mother’s life in vivid detail.