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Big B pays homage to Gayatri Devi
On his blog, Amitabh Bachchan recalls his meetings with the ever graceful Rajmata Gayatri Devi, who passed away on July 29 at 4pm. Just after a day we lost the beautiful Leela Naidu, Gayatri Devi, also considered one of the most beautiful woman in the world too left for her heavenly abode.
On his blog, Amitabh Bachchan recalls his meetings with the ever graceful Rajmata Gayatri Devi, who passed away on July 29 at 4pm. Just after a day we lost the beautiful Leela Naidu, Gayatri Devi, also considered one of the most beautiful woman in the world too left for her heavenly abode.
Amitabh Bachchan recalls, 'As a young student in the Delhi University I used to sneak into the Jaipur Polo ground, next to the Air Force colony opposite the Gymkhana Club in Delhi, to watch some of the finest polo players of the country, riding majestically on thorough breds competing with some of the finest teams from overseas. The Maharaja of Jaipur, a great proponent of the game, would play there and accompanying him used to be his wife, the Rajmata Gayatri Devi, in her soft and pastel flowered chiffon's, a picture of grace and beauty.'
'Never in my born days had I ever imagined that one day I would get to meet this lady. But time and circumstances changed that,' he adds letting out on how he met her eventually through his stardom and how she was a marvelous host.
'After joining the movies there were many visits to the pink city of Jaipur for shootings and that is when a formal introduction with the Rajmata took place. Of the many private palaces that belong to the Jaipurs, some have been converted into grand hotels and I have had the pleasure of staying in them and enjoyed their exquisite regal ambience. I was later asked by Gayatri Devi ji to inaugurate one of the functions at the girls school that she started, now a flourishing institution. Some years ago she had invited me to be the chief guest at a charity she promoted for the under privileged and cannot forget what a gracious host she was that evening. On another occasion she called me over for a private lunch at her Lily Pond residence, serving me personally with delicious vegetarian delicacies which she had so considerately asked her kitchen to prepare.'
Amitabh Bachchan is in Singapore at the moment with his wife attending to an ill Amar Singh, who is undergoing treatment at one of the hospitals there. Yet, Big B took some time out to visit a nearby temple to offer prayers for Rajmata Gayatri Devi's peaceful soul in heaven.
'Never in my born days had I ever imagined that one day I would get to meet this lady. But time and circumstances changed that,' he adds letting out on how he met her eventually through his stardom and how she was a marvelous host.
'After joining the movies there were many visits to the pink city of Jaipur for shootings and that is when a formal introduction with the Rajmata took place. Of the many private palaces that belong to the Jaipurs, some have been converted into grand hotels and I have had the pleasure of staying in them and enjoyed their exquisite regal ambience. I was later asked by Gayatri Devi ji to inaugurate one of the functions at the girls school that she started, now a flourishing institution. Some years ago she had invited me to be the chief guest at a charity she promoted for the under privileged and cannot forget what a gracious host she was that evening. On another occasion she called me over for a private lunch at her Lily Pond residence, serving me personally with delicious vegetarian delicacies which she had so considerately asked her kitchen to prepare.'
Amitabh Bachchan is in Singapore at the moment with his wife attending to an ill Amar Singh, who is undergoing treatment at one of the hospitals there. Yet, Big B took some time out to visit a nearby temple to offer prayers for Rajmata Gayatri Devi's peaceful soul in heaven.
Link http://www.starboxoffice.com/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2009/July/News_20090731_168
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