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| | The Mother, Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo, yoga, the Mother, philosophy and religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | Originally named Mirra Alfassa, the Mother was born in Paris on 21 February 1878. |
 | | She was the daughter of Maurice Alfassa, a banker (born in Adrianople, Turkey in 1843) and Mathidle Ismaloun (born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1857). |
 | | Maurice, his wife and his son, Matteo (born in Alexandria in 1876), emigrated from Egypt to France in 1877, one year before Mirra's birth. |
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