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June 2009

Sai Baba's Associates

Sai ka Dularon 7th May 2009, CD ofSai ka Dular produced

by Sai Vision Arts, waslanched at Sai BabaTemple, Sector-7, Rohiniby the President of templeSociety Mr. Ramesh Kohli.and the Vice President Mr.P.D. Gupta. After that the

singers of the CD Mr.Ashok Kumar and Mr. RaviKumar sang some of thebhajans of the album Saitere dular ka mei bhi tohaqdaar hu and Tere

charno ki sewa mei yejeewan mai bita dunga etc,

The bhajans were admired

by all the devotees presentover there.For tdadee n q u i r ycantact Mr.Sunil Monga,P h :

9810003475,9910003475.

e m a i l :[email protected]

On 7th May 2009 a programof Sai Bhajans and

Bhajan and Bhandara for Handicappedhajan andBhandara for HandicappedChildren by Shri Sai Sumiran Trust

Handicapped children inSector-3, Dwarka, New

Delhi, run byMs. Meenu

Bhandara was organised bymembers of Shri SaiSumiran Trust at PrernaNiketan Sangh, the School of

Samrat Saxena Bandhu, ShriAmit Saxena and ShriSurendra Saxena. Childrenwere fully engrossed in

bhajans. Bhandara wasdistributed after arti.Theobjective of Shri Sai SumiranTrust is to sponsor needychildren for education. Thetrust plans to organise freeYoga camp on 25th June2009 at Sai Pragya Dham,

Saket, New Delhi. Alldevotees willing to attend thecamp are welcome to join.

S a x e n a .Bhajans wererecited byB h a j a n

Abdul BabaAbdul Baba came to Shirdiin around 1890 from a poorfamily and through a fakir

who received instructions ina dream to send him. Babagreeted him with the curiouswords My crow has come.He was a dedicated workerand it was he who cleanedthe mosque, washed Babas

c lothesa n dcollectedw a t e r .H es w e p tt h e

streets outside the mosque,lit the lamps in Lendi andobeyed Babas instructionsto the letter.

Baba took care of hiswelfare, and often had himreading aloud passagesfrom the Koran.

Bhagoji ShindeBhagoji Shinde suffered fromleprosy but this neverdeterred Baba from keepinghim close by. He regularlyaccompanied Baba on hiswalk to Lendi gardens

shade.O n c ew h e nB a b a

thrust hishand intothe dhuni( t h es a c r e dfire) and was badly burnt(thus saving the life of adevotees baby), Bhagoji wasallowed to clean and dressthe wound with a bandage.Even though Baba lived fora further eight years after theincident, Bhagoji would dailycontinue the ritual ofbandaging Babas arm longafter it had healed.

Tatya Kote Patil

Tatya had a uniquerelationship with the Babaand was under his wing fromthe ageof aboutseven.As ac h i l d ,T a t y aaddressedBaba asMama or Uncle and they

carrying a parasol to give him

In Whatever faith menworship Me, even so do

I render to them.Not in vain is my promisethat I shall ever lightenyour burden.Knock, and the door shallopen, Ask and you shallbe granted.

To him who surrenders

unto me totally I Shall beever indebted.

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Chandbhai And BabaChandbhai, the headman ofa village called Dhoopkhede(in Aurangabad, India), oncelost his horse and waslooking for it. Suddenly heheard a voice say You look

tired. Come here and rest awhile. He turned aroundand saw a young Fakir. TheFakir smiled at him and saidWhat are you looking for inthis jungle, Chandbhai.Chandbhai was surprisedand he wondered how theFakir knew his name.Slowly, he said I have lostmy horse. I have looked forit everywhere, but cannotfind it. The Fakir told him tolook behind a clump of treesnear Nallah. Chandbhai waspleasantly surprised to findhis horse grazing peacefullybehind those trees. Hethanked the Fakir and askedhis name. The Fakir saidsome people call me SaiBaba. Sai Baba then invitedChandbhai to have a smokewith him. He got the pipeready, but there was no fireto light it with. Sai Babathrust a pair of tongs into theground and brought out aburning coal. Chandbhaiwas wonderstruck. Hethought this is no ordinaryperson and invited Baba tocome to his house and behis guest for a few days.Next day Baba went to

Chandbhais house andfound everybody in a very joyful mood and festivitiesgoing on all around. He foundthat Chandbhais wifesnephew was gettingmarried. The bride was fromShirdi and the marriage party

was going to Shirdi.Chandbhai invited Baba toaccompany the marriageparty to Shirdi. At Shirdi theycamped in a field next toKhandobas temple. After the

wedding, Sai Baba stayedback at Shirdi. At first He livedunder a neem tree andbegged for food wheneverHe needed it. He then wentto Khandobas temple,intending to stay there, butthe temple priest met Him atthe entrance and told him togo to the mosque. That ishow Baba, started staying atthe Mosque which was latercalled Dwarkamayi. Babapreached at Shirdi all His lifeand performed numerousmiracles to convince peoplethat God exists. He healedpeoples diseases, providedmoral and material comfortto his devotees. Baba helpedbring Unity and Harmonybetween all communities.He said that God is one, butcalled by different names. Hesaid follow your own religionand seek the truth. One daya rich millionaire namedBooty came to Sai Baba andsaid he was going toconstruct a stone building.Baba helped him plan thebuilding. Before the buildingwas completed Baba fell veryill. On the 15th of October1918, He breathed His last.

His last wish was to be buriedin Bootys building. Bootysstone building came to beknown as the SamadhiMandir. Shri Sai Baba wasburied here and a beautifulshrine was built over it. Tothis day, people flock toShirdi to pay homage to ShriSai Baba. Om Sairam! -Anitha, Australia

The Great Miracles OfHealing Touch

Sh. Jagtap Baba ji went to therural area-villages of Satara,Solapur & Sangli districts forthe free services of healingtouch and he came acrossabout 12000 people whowere suffering from variousproblems. He felt that thistype of service was requiredfor those people. Manymiracles were witnessed bythose people. such as-On 19 May 2006, I Mohan

Singh aged 53 years fromNo. 18/233 Dakshinapuri,New Delhi came to get theblessings from Shri JagtapBaba ji who came fromChennai to New Delhi for thefree service camp of HealingTouch. I was suffering fromthe paralysis attack on myright side. My right hand andright leg were severelyaffected from the last 8months i.e. sinceSeptember, 2005. I was solucky to get the free serviceof the Healing Touch fromShri Jagtap Babaji. Shri

Babaji applied little vibhution my forehead and askedme to chant Om Sai Rama- 9 times. Also Babaji gave

me little vibhuti with waterto drink which I drank afterchanting Om Sai Rama - 9times. And what a Miracle, Istarted to swing my rightarm 360 degrees angle andafterwards Shri JagtapBabaji made me to stand onmy right foot which wasaffected. I stood on my rightfoot by taking my full bodyweight. I started to walk onmy feet and my both thehands have been curedinstantly. The T.V. crew ofSadhna Channel wereshooting this miracle whichwas telecast by them ontheir channel. What aMiracle! Thanks to Shri SaiBaba and Shri JagtapBabaji.Devotees can call him on0 9 8 4 1 5 8 6 8 4 9 / 0 4 4 -2 2 2 9 4 7 1 9 / [email protected]

Dr. Talvailkar was a devoteeof Baba. On one of his visitsto Shirdi, Baba blessed him

and gave him Udi, This Udihe preserved carefully. Hebegan his practice in Indoreand would see patients onlyafter doing Baba's puja. Hebecame famous as he curedmany serious patients.One day a serious patientcame for treatmen to him asa last resort. Many a doctorhad treated him and failed.The patient was in theterminal stage, but hisrelatives had pinned theirhopes on doctor TalvailkarHe pacified the relatives andgave the patient some

medicine. Then he prayed toBaba. "Baba, only yourGrace can save and cure thispatient." He said with this hegave the relatives threepackets of Baba's Udi. Givehim one packet of Udi mixed

Baba's Leelabefore 1918

with water internally forthree consecutive days,' heinstructed. The relatives did

as advised and the patientgained consciousness, Thedoctor made a house callon the third day only to seethat the patient hadimproved considerably.Then he prescribed somemedicines and the patientrecovered gradually andwas fully cured. When thepatient came for the finalcheck up the doctor told himthat he had not saved himand took the patient toShirdi. When they enteredDwarkamai, the doctorpointed to Baba and said.

"He saved you from death.The patient ran to Baba andclasped His feet thankinghim for His mercy.

Courtesy-Ambrosia In Shirdi

by Vinny

Merciful SaiI do not know how to thank

my Sadguru Sainath. I hadresigned from my job recentlyowing to unbearable pressureand non-cooperation from mycolleagues in office. This I did

before getting another offer.My wife too was undergoingtremendous pressure inoffice where she worked. Shehad undergone a neurosurgery last year and afterthat, she was unable to taketoo much work pressures.Both of us were very anxiousabout our future. We startedlooking out for jobs. I waspromised job elsewhere butsomehow it did not happen sofar. I have been out of job forpast 2 months. My wife hasjust resigned and tomorrow isher last day in present job. Atthis juncture, I was daily

reading Satcharita and goingto Shirdi Sai Mandir almosteveryday. Both of us wereunder tension but we nevergave up. We knew our Saiwould protect us. Today,Thursday, my wife has goodnews that she is gettinganother job. And I gotinformation that my job will beup shortly. All this is becauseof our unswerving faith inSAIBABA, our GOD. Ourbelief in Sadguru hasincreased manifold and weare sure He will always blessus and be merciful to us.

Ramesh

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Readers ViewsDear Editor,I would like to thank Anju Jifor their article on Shirdi SaiDham, in Shri Sai SumiranTimes in the month ofApril09. After reading the

article I ordered a copy of thesame, Sai Vision Arts sentthe DVD at my residence andI was blessed to have anopportunity to see a superbpiece of work on Sai Babaand His Shirdi.Though Baba is not there inphysical form now, yet Shirdias a whole physical,metaphysical or ethereal isan embodiment of Shri Sai.Shirdi is Kasturi of BABA. Infact, people worshipp Himand running down to Shirdihave such an enlightening

and overwhelmingexperience of BABAspresence there.This documentary film is like

a live invitation to Shirdi. Imust say that thedocumentary has chosenjust the right way and styleof narrating and has done fulljustice to the historical facts.The quality of the work as Isaid earlier is just Superb.Voice over by Harish Bhimaniis very mesmerizing andBhajans are pleasant andsoothing with meaningful

lyricsI am sure it will please andmake an indelibleimpression on all the SaiDevotees and other viewersof this gospel.Thanks a ton. May AlmightyShower His Grace on all ofyou. Jai Sai Ram

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Baba fulfills Our Wishes

Baba Helped My PrayersBeing a devotee of Sai-BabaI would like to share anexperience that how Babaresponded my deephearted appeal. We areresidents of Ranchi living in

joint family & have faith inBaba. My nephew who hadpassed out in year 2008 fromB.I.T and obtained a degreein B.C.A. After he completedhis degree he got an offerfrom Satyam Computers(Hydrabad) but unfortunatelyhe was not confirm ascompany declare him asblack-listed. Despite of suchproblem my nephew did notloose his patience & kept onpreparing for M.C.A. Sincehis father i.e my elderbrother who got retired from

the Service & was not inposition to further affordexpenses for M.C.A. Soassessing thecircumstances I contactedone of my acquainted fellowwho is also Sai devotee,who is also in I.T sector toarrange a job for myNephew. Within a couple ofdays, with the grace of SaiNath he was called to join ina I.T based company ofMumbai. After hearing thisnews the whole family wasvery delighted. On 11th May2009 my nephew finallyreported on his duty at Patnawhich is over-night journeyfrom our place.This was his first job & firsttime he remained off fromhis native place & thereforehe felt little uncomfortable toaccustomed with newenvironment & new place.On 20th May 2009 mynephew suddenly got a

Myself, my brother andmy parents are staunchdevotees of Baba. Therehave been many incidents ofBabas grace which havebeen experienced by me. Iwould like to share anincident which my motherexperienced recently.Through this article I wouldalso appreciate and thankmy mother for her sincere

devotion to Baba by followingwhat Baba preached. Wetoo are being benefited byher sincere genuine devotionand prayers my mother is aregular visitor to BabasTemple. She visits templetwice daily (in Noida). It wasin 2004, the sthapna diwasof Babas Temple. It was aday of festivities starting withthe mangal snan of Babawith milk. My mother alsotook a packet of milk for thisoccasion. So she asked themaid who brings milk daily

in the morning to bring themilk little early that day sothat she could reach templein time. The maid tooksometime to come back andaround 6.30 am she did notreturn. My mother started

moving towards temple,thinking she might get late forthe mangal snan. Whilewalking she was all the timepraying to Baba to fulfill herwish to offer milk to Him.When she reached outsidethe temple a car stoppedbesides her and a lady witha milk packet in her hand tookout her hand out of the carand asked my mother to

offer it to Sai Baba. The carthen fled off. My mother wasspell bound. She had tearsin her eyes. Baba hadfulfilled her desire. How didthe woman know that mymother was going to Saitemple? Baba once againproved that He who havesHim whole heartedlydefinitely gets response fromHim. He is always by ourside. He can take any formand appear before thedevotees and fulfill theirwishes. Baba has made me

write this article and Idedicate this article to mylate father Shri M.M. Mehta.Whom I love a lot and whosepresence I still and willalways feel.

-Raj Mehta, Rohini

facial paralytic attack at hiswork place. With samecritical condition he managedto come at his house &immediately we admitted himin the nearby Shirdi Sai

Hospital. Doctor after properexamination & diagnosisarranged all medical facilities.It is worthwhile to mentionthat since year 2005 in themorning I am regularlyvisiting Sai Temple at ourlocality & perform morningAbhishek & Aarti along withother Sai Devotees. The daywhen my Nephew returnback from Patna & by thetime he was admitted inHospital my elder brothercame to Baba temple merelyon pretext to collect bike keysfrom me. He came at the time

when I was performingabhishek of Baba.Immediately I prayed to Sat-Guru that a person neverapproached you directly hassome grievances & henceyou are Perfect Master shallredress his appeal. Aftercouples of days a miraclehappen that Companyreimbursed Rs.40,000/- tomy nephew, inspite of the factthe he had joined only 7 daysback and was not evenissued appointment letter &companys top levelManagement had even seenhis face. Moreover after thisKripa my nephews moralwas boost-up & thus hisdevotion towards Baba cannot be explained.With the grace of Sai Nath heis now recovering fast & isgoing to resume his dutysoon. SAT GURU SAI NATHMAHARAJ KI JAI

Ujjal De, ( RANCHI )

Two new trains onPuntambe Shirdi railwaytrack have started for Saidevotees from 5th May, 2009This will definitely increasethe number of Sai devotees

coming to Shirdi. This wasdemanded by thepassangers association.At present, Sainagar-Mumbai fast train service isavailable daily. In addition tothis, Chennai-Shirdi andMumbai-Manmad-Shirdi arethe two super fast trains forShirdi once in a week. Thesetrains have good responseof the Sai devotees.Passengers associationrequested the stoppage of allfast, super fast trains atPuntamba. Responding tothe demand, above twotrains are sanctioned forShirdi from 5th May.

The railways have decidedto run a Weekly Garib RathSpecial from Yeshwanthpur(Karnataka) to Shirdi to clearthe extra rush duringsummer, Train No.0685 will

leave Yeshwanthpur at 7.30a.m. on Tuesdays,commencing from May 19and arrive at Shirdi station at8 a.m. the next day. The lastweekly Garib Rath specialfrom Yeshwanthpur will beon June 30. In the returndirection, train No.0686Shirdi-Yeshwanthpur GaribRath weekly special willleave Shirdi at 6.20 p.m. onWednesdays, commencingfrom 20th May 2009 andarrive at Yeshwanthpur at 8p.m. the next day. The lastspecial from Shirdi will be on1st July 2009.

PROF. SAHEBRAO DAWANGE

New Trains for Shirdi

Racitation of AmritwaniSairam to all of you and

brothers and sisters

devotees. I reguraly reciteamritwani paath with

Veena Didi every thursday.

Last year I had been

suffering from excruciating

pain in my left foot near my

ankle.

According to doctors, it

was some bone growth and

some suggested

operation, whilst other

said you have to learn to

live with the pain. Even thephysiotherapist said

nearly the same thing,

perhaps the pain can be

lessened through the use

of pain killers and some

ultrasound from time to

time.

I did not want to listen

to them and instead I

thought about Babas

solution: nearly everyday I

apply udi on my foot andswallow a little bit also.

I continued reading

chapters 11 and 15 from Sai

Sat Charitra and do the

recitation of amritvani nearly

every Thursday with the

result that the pain is nearly

gone (98%), and I can walk

ok now without feeling that

permanent pain.

Jai Lord Sainath, thanks

to His leelas, he has given

me proof of the value of udi.

We are nothing without him.I wanted to share this leela

with all of you. Hari Om Tat

Sat and OMSAIRAM.Navind

Mauritius


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would play and romptogether, with Tatya climbingon Babas back and sitting inhis lap.Being so close to Babaafforded him priviledges thatfew had. Only he and

Mahalsapati were allowed tosleep with Baba in themosque and this he did for14 years until his father diedand family responsibilitiescompelled him to go home.

Laxmibai ShindeLaxmibai Shinde was one ofBabas very close devoteesand wasthe onlyw o m a nwho wasa l l o w e dinto them o s q u ewhen the

curtain was down. Thiscurtain acted like a door andscreened the upper part ofthe mosque.She regularly prepared foodfor Baba and served him withgreat love and devotion.Every day Baba used to giveher four rupees and justbefore he passed away hegave nine rupees which arethought to symbolise thenine characteristics of agood devotee.Hari Sitaram Dixit (alias

Kakasaheb Dixit)

influencial lawyer, active inpublic life who waspersuaded to visit Sai Babain 1909 by his friend NanaChandorkar. He cameoriginally to get a cure for his

leg whichhad beeni n j u r e dw h i l estudyingi nLondon,but soonforgot ther e a s o nexclaimingthat the handicap of his legwas nothing compared to thelimitations of his mind!Dixit was so struck by hisfirst darshan with Baba thathe immediately began plansto construct a building which

after receiving Babasblessing he completed inearly 1911.Known as Dixit Wada, thisbuilding was to provide avaluable resting place forvarious visiting devotees andin which he settled in a smallroom on the first f loor.MadhavRao Deshpande

(Shyama)Shyama was among Babasmost intimate devotees, andacted like his personalsecretary. Baba once toldShyama that they had beentogether for 72 generations.

His parents had moved toS h i r d if r o mNimon (5kilometresa w a y )

when hewas onlytwo. Hebecamea schoolteacher in a room next doorto the mosque.There was a small windowin the this room whichoverlooked the mosque andShyama used to watchBaba through it soonrealising Babas remarkablepowers and so kindling hisfaith.

Bhagat MahalsapatiMahalsapatiw a s

t h ep r i e s tof theKhandobaTempleon the

edge of the village of Shirdiat the time that Sri Sai Babawas said to have first arrivedthere. It was he who hailedthe young man, Ao Sai!(welcome saint) thus givinghim the beloved name.

temple, Mahalsapatirefused, fearing that he wasa Muslim and directed himto stay in the run downmosque in the village.He was soon to recognisethe greatness of the youngsage and thereafter

became one of his greatestdevotees, serving him withlove and devotion for therest of his life.Nanasaheb ChandorkarNana Chandorkar was oneof Babas most prominentdevotees. Born of wellrespected parents inKalyan, Maharashtra, herose at a young age to thepost ofDeputyCollector.He hadt h edistinction

of beingone ofthe veryfew disciples that Babadirectly called to his side.Baba was not normallyenthralled with men of highposition, but inChandorkars case hecould see that there was anold connection.

slowed his progress underBabas care, but onceconvinced of Babasgreatness, he became one ofthe most ardent devotees whoencouraged many others tocome to Shirdi.G. S. Khaparde (Dadsaheb

Khaparde)Dadasaheb Khaparde was aninfluencial advocate ofAmraoti in Maharashtra takingan active part in public life asa great orator and member ofthe Legislative Assembly.He firstc a m et oSh i rd ii nDecember1 9 1 0and itwas SriS a iB a b awho drew him out of that life

and onto the spiritual path. Inhis diary he wrote, Sri SaiBabas smile was socharming that one could waita lifetime in Shirdi for a glimpseof that bewitching smile.He is immortalised in theminds of Sai devoteesbecause of the wonderfuldiary that he left behind inwhich he habitually recordedthe days happenings andwhich have been published asthe Shirdi Diary.

When Babaasked him ifhe mightstay in the

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Kakasaheb Dixit was an

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