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Swami Adbhutananda

Latu came to Dakshineswar to visit the Master on another day, only to find that he had left for Kamarpukur. However, this news did not lessen his tremendous longing to see the Master. He sat on the bank of the Ganges and started to weep. He had heard from someone that Sri Ramakrishna was ever-present at Dakshineswar and that anyone who called on him would see him. Holding steadfastly to this idea, the boy sat there from midday until evening. Ramlal, the Master's nephew, was employed as a priest in the Kali Temple at that time. He noticed Latu in the temple garden. In his own words: " As may times as I said to Latu,' The Master has gone home,' so many times did he repeat,' No, you do not understand; the Master is definitely here.' I found I could not convince the boy, so I went to the temple to conduct the vesper service. When it was over, I returned to the spot where I had left Latu, taking with me some prasad for him to eat. There I discovered him bowing down and touching his forehead to the ground. Mystified, I kept quiet. After a moment or two, when the boy rose and saw me standing before him, he seemed surprised and asked me: ' Ah! Where has the Master gone?' Dumbfounded, I gave him the prasad and went back to the temple."