BABA'S BLESSINGS (December 1983)
We were thinking of visiting Shirdi for the last several months; but we could not do so for one reason or the other. This time we decided to go on the pilgrimage after celebrating my grandson's first birthday on 5th of March, 1982. We had invited quite a few friends for the birthday party but a couple of days before, the child took suddenly ill. The child was running high temperature besides having loose motions. We were much worried as to how we could go ahead with the celebrations. Naturally our thoughts turned towards Shirdi. And it was due to Shri Baba's grace that a day before the celebrations, the boy recovered and the recovery was also very quick.
Then on 12th and 13th we stayed at Shirdi. When we were returning to
Bagalkot on the 14th inst, our car developed trouble at Ahmednagar. We took the car to a mechanic, who first said that the cultch plate had to be replaced. This was a time consuming affair and therefore we were doubtful whether we would reach Phandharpur that evening as per our plan. So we prayed for Sai's grace. When the car was thereafter towed to the workshop, the mechanic could set it right within half an hour and then we resumed our journey and reached Pandharpur for Shri Vithoba's darshan. We left Pandharpur a bit late and reached Sholapur in the night. We wanted to drive to Bagalkot - another 253 kms in the night. But at Sholapur the lights of our car failed. We could not locate the point of trouble and we could not also locate a mechanic as it was a holiday (Rangapanchami). So we had to stay with a friend, who strangely enough was waiting for us from the previous day. We learnt that it would have been hazardous for us to travel by this road in the night as there had been several instances of waylaying and robberies on this road. We feel that Shri SaiBaba did not want us to face any such risks.
On reaching Bagalkot next afternoon, When I related our experiences to a friend of ours, who is also an automobile engineer, he simply remarked,, "it is all due to SaiBaba's grace that you had such a successful pilgrimage. The two mechanical faults, developed only at places where assistance was available. The first one could have been a serious problem had it happened on the highway away from the city"
Can anyone differ from this view ? Atleast we do not,
C.M. Chandawarkar
Karnataka State.
The experiences of Devotees as published in Shri Sai Leela Magazine, can be read at www.saileelas.org/magazines/SAILEELA/exp.htm
We were thinking of visiting Shirdi for the last several months; but we could not do so for one reason or the other. This time we decided to go on the pilgrimage after celebrating my grandson's first birthday on 5th of March, 1982. We had invited quite a few friends for the birthday party but a couple of days before, the child took suddenly ill. The child was running high temperature besides having loose motions. We were much worried as to how we could go ahead with the celebrations. Naturally our thoughts turned towards Shirdi. And it was due to Shri Baba's grace that a day before the celebrations, the boy recovered and the recovery was also very quick.
Then on 12th and 13th we stayed at Shirdi. When we were returning to
Bagalkot on the 14th inst, our car developed trouble at Ahmednagar. We took the car to a mechanic, who first said that the cultch plate had to be replaced. This was a time consuming affair and therefore we were doubtful whether we would reach Phandharpur that evening as per our plan. So we prayed for Sai's grace. When the car was thereafter towed to the workshop, the mechanic could set it right within half an hour and then we resumed our journey and reached Pandharpur for Shri Vithoba's darshan. We left Pandharpur a bit late and reached Sholapur in the night. We wanted to drive to Bagalkot - another 253 kms in the night. But at Sholapur the lights of our car failed. We could not locate the point of trouble and we could not also locate a mechanic as it was a holiday (Rangapanchami). So we had to stay with a friend, who strangely enough was waiting for us from the previous day. We learnt that it would have been hazardous for us to travel by this road in the night as there had been several instances of waylaying and robberies on this road. We feel that Shri SaiBaba did not want us to face any such risks.
On reaching Bagalkot next afternoon, When I related our experiences to a friend of ours, who is also an automobile engineer, he simply remarked,, "it is all due to SaiBaba's grace that you had such a successful pilgrimage. The two mechanical faults, developed only at places where assistance was available. The first one could have been a serious problem had it happened on the highway away from the city"
Can anyone differ from this view ? Atleast we do not,
C.M. Chandawarkar
Karnataka State.
The experiences of Devotees as published in Shri Sai Leela Magazine, can be read at www.saileelas.org/magazines/SAILEELA/exp.htm
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