The Glory of Shirdi Sai Baba: September 27, 2009

Saturday, October 03, 2009

Let us pray together, A report 1st Oct 2009

1^st Oct 2009

Jai Sai Ram

On Thursday 1^st Oct 2009 the Hyderabad was as good as Sidhartha Extension. Baba was present here also, as we could enjoy all His Leelas here also. Mrs Gupta, after visiting her ‘Maika’ (father’s house) that is Shirdi, came to Hyderabad. This Thursday was the 1^st Group recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani here, so I will try to narrate the Leelas of Baba, which I am able to see, although it will be only a fraction of the actual happening and the feelings, which can not be described. So I will also try to take the help of photos, which I could take after the recitation in spite of the crowd around Veena maa.

In Hyderabad my son has a small, yet separate room for mandir of Baba. One Statue of Baba is there in the drawing room. As soon as, we arrived home from Shirdi in the night of Thursday, Udi started oozing from this Statue. On 27^th Sept, a day before Vijaya Dashami, We rearranged the setup in the Mandir. Fixed some new photos and rearranged the others. Anuj Gupta, my son also has got a 1 feet Makrana Marble Statue of Baba from Jaipur. He has also Marble charans from our house in Sidhartha Extension, from which water used to be oozed. From the Statue and the photos of Baba in this room, Udi started oozing from different times. From the Marble Statue of Baba Udi started oozing only from Wednesday. We were expecting that Baba may bless us with honey from this Moorti, but HE blessed with Udi.

On Thursday, We only shifted the Statue of Baba in the drawing room to the Hall, where we were expected to do the group Recitation. Devotees started coming from 10 AM.

Many Devotees brought Prathimas of Baba and all were blessed. I could take the photos of these Pratimas, which are appended. I have also appended the photos from the mandir and the charans also. Water was oozing from the charans. A thali was already kept below the charans on the night of Wednesday itself in anticipation of this. This is also visible in one photo. One devotee, a family friend, prepared Bhog of Imli rice for Baba. Bhog was offered in the bowl but we found some grains of it on HIS dress and also near HIS feet. Photos appended.

During the recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani and Prayan of extracts from Sai Satcharitra, lap of Mrs Gupta was also filled with Udi.

I have already circulated the letters of the devotees for the prayers for 1^st Oct 2009, Mrs. Veena Gupta ( Veena Maa as the devotees call her) prayed for all the devotees during the Pooja and the recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani when she was going from Shirdi to Panderpur. Please address your requests for prayers only on email id veena_gupta_ 2000@yahoo. com and don’t bother all the 7300+ honorable members with so many letters. We will club the letters in 3 parts and circulate all the non-confidential letters to the members. Please don’t forget to mention that you will be reciting/reading or listening Sri Sai Amrit Vani with us on that Thursday (Any time, if 11AM to 12 is not possible). Letters without the (1) Names (2) place (3) Date of Thursday (4) Assurance that they will be reciting Sri Sai Amrit Vani are not included in the list of devotees. Correspondence with them individually is also not possible.

On every Thursday, twice at 11 AM (Indian Standard Time) and 11 AM (Eastern Standard Time), Sai Bhakti Radio(http://www.saibhakt iradio.com) is broadcasting Sai Amrit Vani.

Due to Swine Flu scare participation in recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani is restricted. It is requested that, please avoid coming for recitation of Sai Amrit Vani if any member in the family is having cough and cold or fever. Devotees may recite the Sai Amrit Vani at their respective homes at 11 AM to be with us.

Devotees interested in attending the recitation are also requested, not to bring any Pratima/Moorti or Statue of Baba from their mandir, which is already being worshipped, They should also NOT bring any bhog .

Sri Sai Amrit Vani is in Hindi only, yet its Scripts are available in Tamil , Devnagri (Hindi), English, Spanish, Telugu and Gujrati Alphabets in the file section of the yahoogroup. Links of Audio MP3 files are also given in the link section of the home page of `mysaibaba20' yahoogroup. To go to home page of yahoogroup key in or click http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mysaibaba2 0 . Audio Mp3 file has also been made available in the publication section of http://saimemorial. com , the site of Sai Memorial Temple of Baba of Lodhi Road , New Delhi .

You can also download audio/scripts/ photos and other material/informatio n related to Sai Baba on a new site developed by Ms. Renu Devi of Hyderabad.

http://www.saishara n.info/amritvani .html

This activity of Sri Sai Amrit Vani and Recitation of Sai Satcharitra will be in addition to any other pooja or sewa or prayer that you are doing.

Jai Sai Ram.

Ashok Gupta

mysaibaba20@ yahoogroups. com

veena_gupta_ 2000@yahoo. com

Monday, September 28, 2009

Let us pray together, A report 24th Sept 2009

24^th Sept 2009

Jai Sai Ram

On 20th Sept, we started for Shirdi by Goa Express from Delhi and reached the Hotel Kalpataru, We had already booked four rooms there. Our son had already reached there a day before by car from Hyderabad. This time our group was of 10 members. We all stayed in the same Hotel Kalptaru. Deeksha’s parents, her Mama, Mami and cousin were also there with us. All wanted to go to Shirdi along with us. We all had darshan of Baba at about 2:30 PM and were received by the representatives of Baba, in the special chamber of Baba. We were also given each a Narial (Coconet) and the Udi . We also deposited the Dress in the office, which we brought for Baba and our request that Baba should wear it on next day morning Kakad Aarti The request was also accepted in the temple office. A person from PRO office led us for the evening Aarti and we attended the Aarti in the first row, before Baba. These are the experiences one can not even imagine, what to say of writing about them. Getting such treatment from Baba. It is the reciprocal which Mrs Gupta has for Baba. Mrs Gupta treats Baba as her father and thinks that she is coming home to her parents at Shirdi.

In the morning again at 3:30 AM a person from PRO office led us to attend the Kakad Aarti and we all attended the aarti from the 1^st row. As soon as Baba was being given the holy bath, devotee had to move out after taking the darshan and we being in the front had to move out first. But before we move out we saw that our dress has been brought out for Baba and from the window and on the TV screen we saw, Baba wearing our dress. I can’t mention the feeling which we had at that time. We stayed in Shirdi for 4 days and attended all the 4 aarties and even repeated some. We visited all the places in Shirdi and even visted Sai Dham, Chauhan Baba’s temple and saw the Leelas of Baba there. This Sai Dham is about 23 Kilometers from Shirdi and about 5 Km from Kopargoa.

On 23^rd we started for darshan of Bhimashanker Jyotilingam, it is about 200 km from Shirdi. There also, see Baba’s Leela. The lingam is usually covered with a silver cover and is open only for 20 minutes in the day from 12 noon to 12:20 PM only. All the other time people worship lingam and Darshan with the cover on. We reached there at about 11:45 AM . No doubt we had to hire 4 palkies as we were told that the step are much more and some of us would find it much difficult. So we hired 4 of them. Each palki is carried by 4 person. At 12 the silver cover was removed and we had the Darshan of the original lingam. At 12:30 we, all the 4 couples had the special pooja at the lingam ( Covered with Silver cover). That day we could not attend any Aarti at Shirdi.

On 24^th , Thursday we again attended the Kakand Aarti and took permission of Baba to leave for Panderpore, We again visited Dwarka Mai and Chawri and Mrs Gupta sat there for few minutes, prayed there and took Baba’s permission. Soon we along with our son’s family left for Panderpore and others left for Aurangabad.

At Panderpore also there was not much rush and our turn came within 20 minutes. There also we hired some pundits and did special pooja in front of both, Vithal Ji and Rukmani ji.

Panderpore has a wonderful temple and is about 300 Km from Shirdi.

On our way to Panderpur it was 11 o‘clock and Mrs Gupta started her recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani in the car itself. As soon as she finished her recitation her lap was filled with Udi. This was not the first time that Udi had come in her lap in the moving car. On several other occasions now that Baba has blessed her with lots of Udi in her lap. Baba is with her all the time and that is why she does not bind herself to some place to do the Sai Amrit Vani. To us this Leela of Baba is so much that, all the other leelas look minor to us.

From Panderpore we went to Akkalkot for Sri Samarth Maharaj. There we had very good Darshan and the temple is also very powerful, giving a very religious feeling. It was 6:30 PM by this time, but our son decided to drive us to Hyderabad rather than staying there for the night. We reached Hyderabad by 12:30 night.

For the next 5 Thursdays Group recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani, will be done in Hyderabad at the same time, instead of Sidhartha Extension, New Delhi. I have sent the address of Hyderabad etc in the separate letter. However I repeat and append the same below this weeks report.

I have already circulated the letters of the devotees for the prayers for 24^th Sept 2009, Mrs. Veena Gupta ( Veena Maa as the devotees call her) prayed for all the devotees during the Pooja and the recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani when she was going from Shirdi to Panderpore. Please address your requests for prayers only on email id veena_gupta_ 2000@yahoo. com and don’t bother all the 7300+ honorable members with so many letters. We will club the letters in 3 parts and circulate all the non-confidential letters to the members. Please don’t forget to mention that you will be reciting/reading or listening Sri Sai Amrit Vani with us on that Thursday (Any time, if 11AM to 12 is not possible). Letters without the (1) Names (2) place (3) Date of Thursday (4) Assurance that they will be reciting Sri Sai Amrit Vani are not included in the list of devotees. Correspondence with them individually is also not possible.