Sai Baba the Master - By E.Bhardawaj

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At Ongole

Having noted the fine fruits of satsang at Vidyanagar, let us now turn to

a few of such at other places :

 

In 1978, Mr. Subbaiah of Ongole once chanced to stumble upon a copy of Sri

Saileelamritm 1 . He perused it, though with the reservation that it

concerned ‘a moslem fakir’ and ‘related to religious nonsense’. But as he

turned the pages, he was charmed by the catholicity of Baba’s teaching and

his supreme power that operated under the garb of a poor begging fakir.

Shortly after, he happened to visit Shirdi along with his family. His zeal

and devotion grew stronger. He shared his zeal with his fellows and soon

regular weekly satsangs commenced at Ongole and their numbers and frequency

grew. The main factor in all this are the personal experiences of Baba’s

grace which the devotees had.

 

Late in the evening one Sunday, satsang was going on in a small temple.

Mrs. Iswaramma, an ardent spiritual seeker was witnessing it from a distant

spot near a snake pit. Suddenly, she witnessed a strange glow emerge and it

enveloped the congregation in the form of a globe. She could even see the

faces in the congregation individually in that glow. She thereby testified

that the whole group was under the protection of Sai Baba. Later, one Mr.

Srinivasa Rao from Ongole visited Sri Samarth Narayana Maharaj in

Hyderabad. The latter said, “Satsang and bhajan have been going on very

well at your place. With the inspiration of Bharadwaja, a huge Sai Baba

mandir is going to take shape there.”

 

On December 13, 1980 satsang was performed at the house of Mr. Seetharama

Murthi. Mrs. Murthi who is an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna read the

chapter, “The Guru is all Gods” in the life of Sai Baba and was thrilled.

However, she felt that there were no instances in the book, of Baba having

appeared to devotees in the form of her beloved deity, Lord Krishna (‘The

godman of sky blue complexion’). The same evening, she noticed that the

black-and-white framed picture of Baba had mysteriously turned sky-blue in

color!! Some of her neighbours remarked that it was an indication that Baba

was displeased with her services. She panicked and picked up chits or lots

to ascertain the truth. The chit that turned up every time indicated that

Baba was pleased with her service. The same night, Baba appeared in her

dream and said that he visited her house and that she was needlessly

panicked by the signs, that if she put three flowers on the picture the

next day, he would depart. She did accordingly. By evening on the next day,

the picture turned to its original color! Thus has Baba demonstrated to the

lady that Lord Krishna and he were not different from his own picture.

 

 

(Source : http://www.saibharadwaja.org)