Lets explore Shirdi - Dwarakamai

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SMALL PADUKAS IN FRONT OF DHUNI MAA:

These Padukas are in the NW corner of the Dhuni. It is the sacred place

where Baba sat every morning before 5.00 AM for about an hour. This hour

Baba spent in solitude. At that time other devotees were not allowed to

approach Baba, except for the Sevkaries who quietly came and swept the

Dwarakamai. Bhagoji Shinde was the first Sevak to go to Baba and massage His

burnt hand.

 

 

KOLAMBA:

Baba used to take Biksha from five houses daily. He called out "Oh. Lassie

give me a piece of bread". He begged three to four times a day till noon,

but His Biksha was erratic and irregular (Ref. ESS, Ch.VIII). The food thus

collected was put in this Kolamba (pot), dogs, cats and crows freely ate

from this and Baba did not drive them away. This practice of Biksha went on

till His Mahasamadhi. If He could not go He deputed someone else like

Vamanrao Patel or G.G. Narke. The Pujari from Samadhi Mandir comes and

offers Bhog to Baba twice a day, and leaves some Prasad in this Kolamba for

the devotees to share. Various devotees offering Prasad to Baba offer it to

Dhuni Maa and leave some in this Kolamba.

 

WATER POT

Baba Himself used to carry water from the well behind the Samadhi Mandir and

fill this pot. Devotees used the water as Tirth'. Devotees still take this

water as 'Tirth'. Now-a-days this pot is being filled by the Pujari of the

Dwarakamai. This pot is next to the Kolamba adjacent to the southern wall of

the Dwarakamai. Devotees may use this Tirth' togetrelief of their ailments.

 

 

(Adopted from Ambrosia In Shirdi by Dr.Vinny Chitluri, this book can be read

at http://saileelas.org/books/ambrosiainshirdi1.htm and this book is a

virtual guide on Shirdi with

lots of rare photos on Baba)