Sister Gargii from Rome died in the hospital on 27th June 2012 and will be cremated after the 10th July. Maria Gertraud Krutze was born in Dresden in 1924. Dresden was in East Germany at that time and Gargii used to help people escape to the West, until she herself escaped and had to go in hiding, unable to return to her family.
She got to know Ananda Marga in Ranchi in the early 1970’s during a business trip for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for which she worked. On the plane she was sat next to sister Madhurii (later to become Didi Ananda Mitra) who told Gargii that she was going to see her Guru. Gargii didn’t think more about this but later in India met another family on a train who were also going to see their Guru, Shrii Shrii Anandamurtii, and this time she decided to visit Him. Gargii got her Sanskrit name directly from Baba.
She was the first margii in Italy and the contact address for the then Berlin Sector SS Dada Karunananda. For 25 years she gave hospitality to Dadas and Didis, and helped them for visas and coming from and going to Africa and America. The first Didis posted in Italy, Didis Ananda Prapatti, Ananda Prajina and Ananda Prajina Paramit,a came to her house when they first arrived and for many years margiis working in Rome attended Dharmacakra in her house.
We will never forget her generous nature which she demonstrated time and time again towards friends and Ananda Marga. Lately she suffered from various illnesses and accidents including a badly broken hip and she did not manage to do regular meditation but her mind was thinking of God and she always used her mantra and did tapah. Thank you Gargii. - Prabha and Markandeya
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