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LENDI BAGH

 

Lendi was the name of a little stream on the outskirts of the village. Hence

the land nearby was called 'Lendi Bagh' by Baba. Baba was rather rigid in

this routine, and everyday He made His rounds in the morning and afternoon

to Lendi Ba°h, often accompanied by His Bhaktas, Butti, Bhagoji and Nimonkar

but He entered the garden alone and spent sometime. This Lendi garden was

purchased by Moreshwar Pradhan. A few years before the land was purchased,

Baba took Pradhan and the two sons of Chandorkar to Lendi Bagh. There Baba

dug small holes in the earth and gave some corn to Pradhan to put in the

holes which He covered with earth and asked Pradhan to water them. Pradhan

gave wonderful relevance to this incident as being the first seeds of

thought in his mind to buy this land for Baba's use.

NEEM TREE

To the left of the Nanda Deep are two Neem trees. These were planted by

Baba.

NANDADEEP

When Baba went to Lendi Bagh daily He lit the 'Nanda Deep'. At that time it

was placed in a pit and Abdul Baba looked after it. Abdul states that Baba

sat with His back to the 'Jyoth1 and from there the lamp was not visible to

Baba. Abdul brought pots °t water and placed them near the Nanda Deep and

Baba poured *ater in various directions (Ref. DE, p. 144). In 1942 Galwankar

Ullt a par over which was placed the Nanda Deep and now it is contained in a

marble pillar and shielded with glass and protected from the elements. The

Pujari of the Gurusthan tends it and keeps u Perpetually burning as Baba

did.

 

(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)