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The Dakshineswar Kali temple, on the Ganges bank. The temple of Mother Kali. It is spring, March 1882, a few days after the Master's birthday festival. On Thursday the twenty-third of February the Master had gone on a steamer trip with Sri Keshab Sen and Sri Joseph Cook; it is a few days after that. Evening is about to fall. M. arrives at Sri Ramakrishna's room. This is his first meeting with him. He sees a roomful of people sitting silent, drinking in the nectar of his words. The Master is seated on a wooden cot, facing east, his face lit with a smile, speaking of God. The devotees are sitting on the floor.