1998 - Sri Aurobindo | Commemorative Coin

In the year 1998, the commemorative coin was released to celebrate 125th Birth Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo.

Sri Aurobindo Ghose; (15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. He joined the Indian movement for freedom and for duration became one of its most important leaders, before developing his own vision of human progress and spiritual evolution.

The central theme of Sri Aurobindo's vision is the evolution of human life into life divine. Writes he:"Man is a transitional being. He is not final. The step from man to superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth evolution. It is inevitable because it is at once the intention of the inner spirit and the logic of nature's process."

Sri Aurobindo synthesized Eastern and Western philosophy, religion, literature, and psychology in writings. Aurobindo was the first Indian to create a major literary corpus in English. His works include philosophy; poetry; translations of and commentaries on the Vedas, Upanishads, and the Gita; plays; literary, social, political, and historical criticism; devotional works; spiritual journals and three volumes of letters. His principal philosophical writings are The Life Divine and The Synthesis of Yoga, while his principal poetic work is Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol.