26-12-45 Afternoon
Pointing to Mr. Venkatachalam, (father of the girl Souriswho visited Bhagavan a few years ago for the first time and wrote
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an account of her experiences in the form of a letter to a friend in the Telugu journal Bharati) Bhagavan said, "He came this morning. I at once asked Dr. Srinivasa Rao also to come and stand by Mr.Venkatachalam and showed them both to all so that none should afterwards mistake the one for the other. They are so much alike. The resemblance was even greater two or three years ago." A book has recently been received by Bhagavan in which Mr.Venkatachalam's letters to Mr.C. Dikshitulu during one year (1938 or 1939?) are published. The portions relating to Bhagavan in those letters were read out by Mr. Venkatachalam in the hall.