Mother Teresa

          Mother Teresa 

              मदर टेरेसा 

        Mother Teresa was born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxihu in Yugoslavia on 26th August 1910. Her father was a farmer. At the tender age of 12. she decided that she wanted to spend her life helping the poor. At the age of 19 Agnes came to India and joined the Loreto Sisters as a teacher in one of the convent schools in Kolkata. She took her vows and became a nun at the age of 28. The extreme poverty around her influenced her. Now on the nun's life changed completely. Her thoughts to serve the poor, sick and the helpless came to be true. Moved by her example, many came forward and joined her. In 1950, Mother Teresa started the famous order of the Missionaries of Charity'. Soon many homes, schools and hospitals for the homeless were opened all over India and abroad. Today the Missionaries of Charity have more than 150 centres in India alone and have centres in most countries of the world. Mother Teresa was received many awards both in India and abroad for her selfless work and service to society. She was awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979 and the Bharat Ratna. Mother Teresa worked tirelessly till the day she passed away. She died on 5th September 1997 in Kolkata. Mother Teresa was a real saint and was highly respected not only in India but throughout the world. In her death, the world lost an angel of mercy and peace. She lives on in her legacy. The work Mother Teresa started carries on without any lack of love by her followers all over the world.