Agia Ram Lamba
Agia Ram Lamba, father of Hemant Lamba, passed away peacefully on Friday, 2nd August, 2024 around 9:30 pm at Aurodam. He was 87 years old.
A Friendly Guide
He shifted to Auroville to live with his son, in 2014, and worked at Visitors Centre guest service where his work and friendly nature was highly liked and appreciated. He would say "I am a guide to people in search of Light".
He developed a special connection to Matrimandir and guided people to get passes in search of Light.
Always cheerful and steeped in his love for the Divine, he liked a friendly conversation.
Early Life
An engineer and scientist he retired as a scientist at Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi.
Born in 1937 in undivided India, he experienced the painful partition of the country when he moved along with his family through an arduous journey from Pindi Gheb in North West Punjab to refugee camps in 1947, moving through several cities. He started working life in Delhi. After retirement he moved to Pondicherry and developed a deep connection with the Ashram and helped starting the first Gurdwara in Pondicherry.
He is survived by his son Hemant and grand daughter Sanaa.
