Katherine Laura ( Kitty ) Davy " Saroja "

1930s - Courtesy of the Jessawala Collection - AMB Archives, India. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.

Born : August 28, 1891 - Kensington, London, England

Died : December 3, 1991 (aged 100) - 4:50 am - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,United States

Buried : Upper Meherabad ( near Baba's tomb/samadhi ), India

Parents : John William ( 1858 ) & Helena Kitty Davy ( 1860 )

Sibling : John Ernest ( 1889 ), Martha Helena ( 1890 ), William Edward ( 1892 ),

Angela Cardine ( 1893 ), Herbert Nightingale ( 1899 ), Frances V. ( 1900 )

Nationality : ENGLISH - AMERICAN

"Saroja" means Lotus Flower. Meher Baba gave her the name.

Kitty welcomed Meher Baba in 1952 during visit to the Meher Center in Myrtle Beach. Kitty was living at the Center.

Kitty welcomed Meher Baba in 1956 during visit to the Meher Center in Myrtle Beach. Kitty was living at the Center.

welcomed Meher Baba in 1958 during visit to the Meher Center in Myrtle Beach. Kitty was living at the Center.

Kitty attended the 1962 East-West Gathering for Meher Baba at Guruprasad, Poona, India.

14th May 1933 : KItty Davy arriving in Marseilles from India on the SS BRITTANNIA

See the end of this page about the SS Brittannia.

Click on the underlined name to visit the web page about this ship. SS. BRITTANNIA

http://mandalihall.org/talks/speakers/Kitty_Davy/

1930S

( L-R ) Margaret Craske, Kitty Davy (behind), Delia De Leon, Norina Matchabelli, Korshed Irani, Mehera Irani & Mani Irani.

MSI Collection ; India - Kitty with Norina

MSI Collection ; Nasik, India 1937 - seated holding child in her lap

MSI Collection ; India - Kitty with Adi Irani

1932, Havan, Nth.India ; Kitty is on the far left.

Kitty holding the umbrella at U.Meherabad, India - Courtesy of MN Collection

1937 : Having lunch on the road to Paris. Full image. ( L-R ) Kitty Davy, Meher Baba, Mehera Irani, Naja Irani, Khorshed Irani & Baba's sister Mani Irani.

Kitty standing next to Baba's right wearing a dark hat

Valu Pawar & Kitty - August 1938, Ahmednagar, India. (Photo courtesy of MN Publications)

1938 : Nasik, India. Kitty standing in the middle holding a hat.

Adi K. Irani Secretary Collection -- Twenty First Letter
Avatar Meher Baba PPC Trust, Archives, Meherabad

This telegram from Chanji to Kitty was sent after Baba sailed from Bombay for Portofino on 18 July 1932. Baba had returned to India from China only three days before setting off again for Italy.

MSI Collection ; India - Kitty is far left, then Adi S Irani, Delia De Leon and Margaret Craske

1937 : Meher Baba's Birthday celebrations in Nasik, India. Kitty is standing in the centre-right in a dark top.

1952 : Kitty with Dr.Goher Irani boating at the Meher Center lake, Myrtle Beach, SC. Image rendered by Anthony Zois.

New York World Trade Fair

Mid-1950s : Kitty on the Meher Center - Courtesy of the Shaw family photo collection.

Image is from the Meher News Exchange - Oct. 1973. Courtesy of Dennis Schlaen

Kitty at the Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Image rendered by Anthony Zois.

Painting by Charlie Mills, 1996 : "Kitty" - Oil-20x16 - Courtesy of Joy Miller - http://www.millsstudio.com/

Kitty's eldest sister was Martha May Cluse, her daughters was Zilla & youngest Virginia ( Jenny )

Kitty's brother was Herbert Davy

Kitty's youngest sister was Angela Lambett

Kitty's parents were John & Helena Davy

Kitty with the Meher Baba's Women Mandali at Meherazad, India

India ( L-R ) Banumasi Kerawala, Kitty Davy, and Mehroo Bilamoria-1984; Courtesy of Anne Giles

U. Meherabad, India ; India ( L-R ) Banumasi Kerawala, Kitty Davy, and Mehroo Bilamoria-1984; Courtesy of Anne Giles

U.Meherabad, India. Judith Garbett (red top) with Kitty and others. ( cropped image )

September 1981, India : Mani S. Irani, Kitty, Mehera Kleiner ( young girl ), Mehera J. Irani, Davana Brown, Andrea Winzimer and Meheru Irani. AZ

Elizabeth, Kitty, Margaret & Charles Haynes on Dilruba's porch, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach. Courtesy of Charles Haynes.

Kitty's 100th Birthday - Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Kitty ; Photo taken by Sher DiMaggio Zois

Kitty with Wendy Haynes ; Photo taken by Sher DiMaggio Zois

Young girls dancing for Kitty. Photo taken by Sher DiMaggio Zois

Kitty helped to her transport vehicle from the Meeting Place. Photo taken by Sher DiMaggio Zois

June 1991 ; ( L-R ) Jane Haynes, KItty & Wendy Haynes Connor

( L-R ) Joy Miller, Wendy Connor, Kitty & Stella Hernandez

Kitty assisted by Marshall Hay at Baba's Samadhi ( Tomb ), India

Kitty with Marshall Hay and Shiela Krynski at Meherazad, India

Kitty with Marshall Hay and Jeff Wolverton

Kitty Davy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Katherine Laura Davy
Born	August 28, 1891( 1891-08-25) Kensington, London, England
Died	December 3, 1991 (aged 100) Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
Other names	Kitty Davy
Occupation	Music teacher, Mandali

Kitty Davy, born Katherine Laura Davy (August 28, 1891 - December 3, 1991), was a mandali of Meher Baba.

Kitty Davy was born in Kensington, London, England, the daughter of John and Helena Davy. Kitty and her brother Herbert Davy first heard of Meher Baba in 1931 from Meredith Starr after visiting Starr's meditation retreat at Combe Martin in Devonshire, England. Kitty and Herbert were instrumental in making provisions for Baba's first arrival in London in September 1931 and Kitty was part of a very small group to greet Baba for the first time at London Victoria station.^[1] Kitty also made preparations for Meher Baba to stay at the Davy family’s residence at 32 Russell Road, Kensington.

Later Kitty Davy was among the first westerners to travel to see Meher Baba in India in 1933.^[2] Along with several other western women Kitty came and lived as a resident mandali at Meherabad with Meher Baba in India from November 1937 until 1952.^[3] She was also among the western women who accompanied Meher Baba on his Blue Bus Tours throughout India in 1938-39.^[4] In 1952 during a trip to the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Meher Baba asked Kitty to stay and assist the Center's founders Elizabeth C. Patterson and Princess Norina Matchabelli in the Meher Center's operations. Kitty then lived and worked on the Meher Spiritual Center until her death at the age of 100 in 1991. Her ashes are interred near Meher Baba's samadhi in Meherabad, India.

She was the author of the book Love Alone Prevails: A Story of Life with Meher Baba (1981) which recounts the 50 years of her life spent following Meher Baba.

References

^ Kalchuri, Bhau: "Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher", Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 1405
^ Meher Baba Words, The Master's Glossary C, D
^ Kalchuri, Bhau: "Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher", Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 2241
^ Meher Spiritual Center Website

External links

Meher Baba with Kitty in Venice. Courtesy of Lord Meher p.1506

Courtesy of Lord Meher, Vol 6-7 : Bhau Kalchuri - Kitty (L) & Maragret Craske (R) carrying Baba during a picnic at Trimbak , India 1937

The Awakener ; Vol.20, No.2 - Portofino 1933 - Kitty seated ( middle )

MEHER SPIRITUAL CENTRE, MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA - 1950s

KItty (left) with Elizabeth Patterson at the Center

Original Kitchen, Meher Center, probably in the 1960s. — with Kitty Davy, Elizabeth Patterson, Murshida Ivy Duce and Laura Delavigne

Courtesy of Charles Haynes ; (L-R) Kitty Davy, Elizabrth Patterson & Jane at the Myrtle Beach Center toasting Richard & Laurie Blum's wedding.

Kitty with Elizabeth Patterson attending a wedding. Courtesy of Charles Haynes

JULY 1964 - At her desk at Dilruba, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Kitty at her dest at Dilruba, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC.

VIDEOS

DAVY FAMILY GENEALOGY

LETTERS

Courtesy of : HEART TALK – Adi K. Irani Secretary Collection – Fifty Third Letter
Avatar Meher Baba PPC Trust, Archives, Meherabad

This letter from Kitty Davy was written while Baba was en route to Shanghai where He arrived on

22 June 1932. This is the last of these letters to Baba from His early Western lovers for a little while.