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*[http://www.wincoates.com/Images%202/mandali%20album.htm Photos of Meher Baba's mandali by Win Coates]
*[http://www.wincoates.com/Images%202/mandali%20album.htm Photos of Meher Baba's mandali by Win Coates]
*[http://www.mandalihall.org mandalihall.org] (Audio recordings of Meher Baba's mandali members)
*[http://www.mandalihall.org mandalihall.org] (Audio recordings of Meher Baba's mandali members)
*[http://www.meherbabadnyana.net/page_lists.html Expansive list of followers and associates of Meher Baba]
*[http://www.meherbabadnyana.net/page_lists.html Expansive list of followers, associates, and acquaintances of Meher Baba]


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File:Mandli.jpg
Some of Meher Baba's men mandali

Mandali (Sanskrit: mandala = circle or completion) is a term that Meher Baba used for his closest disciples.

Mandali are considered to include those close disciples that lived permanently or for extended periods with Meher Baba at his ashrams. However, not all of Meher Baba's mandali lived with him. According to Meher Baba the Avatar always has ten concentric circles of twelve men and/or women each. The inner circle consists of twelve men plus two women, for a total of 122 mandali.[1] But Meher Baba also said, "Those who do my work are my mandali. If we were to list their names, it would fill a volume."[2] At another time Baba said, "By mandali I mean those who have been with me for several years, but ask for nothing... In short, I would say that the mandali means those whose intimacy I feel."[3]

Partial list of Meher Baba's mandali

File:Mandali2.jpg
Some of Meher Baba's women mandali
Photo by Win Coates

Women mandali

Mehera Irani, Mani Irani, Dr. Goher Irani, Arnavaz Dadachanji, Mansari, Meheru Irani, Naja, Korshed, Katie Irani, Rano Gayley, Kitty Davy, Princess Norina Matchabelli, Elizabeth Chapin Patterson, Countess Nadine Tolstoy, Delia DeLeon, Anita Vieillard...

Men mandali

Faredoon Driver, Eruch Jessawala, Adi K. Irani, Aloba, Pendu, Bal Natu, Jal Irani, Gustajee, Chanji, Dr. Ghani, Dr. C.D. Deshmukh, Francis Brabazon, Don Stevens, Harry Kenmore, Bhau Kalchuri, Quentin Tod, Charles Purdom...

References

  1. ^ Davis, Frank, "Baba Words; The Master's Glossary" (under the term "Circle") [1]
  2. ^ Kalchuri, Bhau: "Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba", Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 4753
  3. ^ Kalchuri, Bhau: "Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba", Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 4277
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