Affectionately known as 'Holy Mother', Sri Sarada Devi, the godly wife of Sri Ramkrishna, was born on 22nd December 1853 in an impoverished Brahmin family in Jayrambati, a village connecting Kamarpukur in West Bengal. Her father, Ramchandra Mukhopadhyay, was a religious man, and her mother, Shyama Sundari Devi, was an affectionate and diligent lady. During her childhood, she was faithful to God, and focused most of the time on aiding her mother in several household chores, looking after her brothers and sisters, taking care of cattle and transporting food for her father and the field workers in the field. When she was six years old, she was engaged to Sri Ramkrishna as per the rituals widespread in India at that time. But after her marriage, she continued to stay in Jayrambati with her parents, whereas her husband, Sri Ramkrishna, lived as a priest in Dakshineswar. When she was eighteen years old, she went to Dakshineswar on foot, as during that time there was no train line, and she didn't have enough money to ride on a bullock cart to reach Kolkata. Sri Ramkrishna submerged himself in the obsessive training of various theological practices for over twelve years and permitted her to stay with him. He instructed her on how to follow a religious tradition while conducting her domestic duties. They led completely unconditional love, and Sarada Devi volunteered Sri Ramkrishna as his faithful wife and a follower while continuing as a virgin female saint and practising the religious path. Sri Ramkrishna discerned Sarada Devi as a special incarnation of the Divine Mother of the world. In 1872, on the night of the Phala-harini-Kali-puja, he ceremonially prayed to Sarada Devi as the Divine Mother, so energising, comprehensive Motherhood, dormant in her. When the followers started to meet around Sri Ramkrishna, she started taking care of the followers, and she started treating them as her children. The territory in which she resided was Dakshineswar, too small to reside in and had barely any facilities, and on many days, she didn't get chances to meet Sri Ramkrishna. But she faced all the issues silently and stayed satisfied and at peace, performing for a rising number of enthusiasts who came to meet Sri Ramkrishna. After Sri Ramkrishna had passed away in 1886, she spent her time on the journey and then went to Kamarpukur, where she resided in great deprivation. When she got to know that the followers of Sri Ramkrishna, she started to accept mystical adherents as her followers and became an open outlet to eternity for hundreds of people. When the Western women followers of Swami Vivekananda arrived in Kolkata, Sarada Devi welcomed those ladies with warmth as her daughters, by not listening to the criticism in the Orthodox society. Although she had grown up in a traditional peasant family without any education, she had supported Swami Vivekananda in improving the conditions of women in society. She was closely linked to the setup of the girls' school, which was established by Sister Nivedita. That time she started living in Kolkata, and sometimes she used to live in the village of Jayrambati. Though she was highly respected and worshipped, in Jayrambati, she carried on to do household chores such as washing clothes, cleaning the floor, and transporting water from the pond, saucing the vegetables, cooking, and serving the food. At Jayrambati, she stayed with her brothers and their family. They displayed her continuous obstacles, but she stood up. As she was in the perception of God and the Divine Motherhood, she remained chill and cool-minded, healed in love and blessings on those who contacted her. On 21st July 1920, after being diagnosed with malaria, she lost her life.
