Important dates connected with Sai babas life

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1915, DecBalakram Mankar passed away at Shirdi.

 

1915, DecMrs Tarkhad (wife of Babasaheb Tarkhad of Bandra) sent a pedha (made of

milk and sugar) which was already offered as naivedya and that too with

Balakram's son Govindji who was in mourning. Yet Baba swollowed it with great

eagerness and love

 

1915, Dec 30Construction work of Butty's Wada was in progress. Baba occasionally

used to go at this place to see the progress of this work and gave instructions.

 

1916Sai Baba made Das Ganu to do 'Nam-saptah and Kirtan' at Shirdi for a week

 

1916Radhakrishna Mai (Aged 35 years) passed away. Baba used to bless her by

sending a portion of food collected by him by way of Bhiksha.

 

1916.Arrival of a Madrasi Bhajani Mela (Party of the Ramdasi Order). Baba gave

darshan to the chief's wife in the form of her beloved diety Shri Rama. The

chief also got a dream and his attitude towards Baba was completely changed.

 

1916Nephew of Dr. Mulky from Malegaon (District Nasik), suffering from

tubercular bone-abcess, was fully cured by Sai Baba's Udi and his loving

glance. The doctor himself visited Shirdi afterwards and became a staunch

devotee of Shri Sai Baba realising that Baba's service is to be performed not

only for the sake of money or other mundane things but for the welfare of the

disabled, helpless and downtrodden.

 

1916Annasaheb Dabholkar (Hemadpant) retired from Govt. service. On Guru Poumima

Day while at Shirdi, Anna Chinchanikar pleaded before Baba for getting some

other appointment for Hemadpant as his pension was quite insufficient and his

family was growing. Baba assured him about his source of income for livelyhood

after retirement.

 

1916, Vijaya DashamiWhen in the evening Shirdi residents were returning from

'Simollanghan' ceremony (crossing of the border or limits of the kingdom

village), Baba suddenly got into wild rage and taking off His head-dress, kafni

and langota (loin cloth) etc., tore them into pieces and threw them in the

burning Dhuni before Him. The fire in the Dhuni became brighter and Baba stood

there stark naked. Later when cooled down and dressed again Baba said, "This is

My Simollanghan" and thus hinted at His departure from this world soon on

Dassehra Day. This Darshan provided an enlightenment that Baba's body cannot be

described as Hindu or Muslim or of any cast or belonging to any religion in

vogue.

 

1916Ramchandra Dada Patil became seriously ill. One night. appearing before him,

Baba told him that he would recover soon but Tatya Patil will die on Vijaya

Dashami Day in 1918. Thus by substituting Tatya's name for HIS, Baba foretold

Tatya's passing away. However, Baba sacrificed his body to save devotees life

by saying 'instead of him another person will go?'.

 

1916Baba averted Gopal Narayan Ambadekar's effort of suicide by prompting him to

read an appropriate incident from Akkalkot Swami's Chaiitra (religious

scripture) and avoided greatest sin in his devotees life.

 

1917Parayana (recitation for 7 days) of Guru Charitra by one Mr Sathe (Not Rao

Bahadur Sathe of Sathe Wada) and Baba's vision to him on the last day. Shama

narrated to Hemadpant the story of Radhabai Deshmukh and Baba asking Hemadpant

to narrate the same to Him again blessed Hemadpant by pouring into his hands

sugar-candy as prasad.

 

1917, May19Lokmanya Tilak arrived at Shird! with Dadasaheb Khaparde for Baba's Darshan.

 

1917Haribhau Karnik of Dahanu (District Thane) wished to offerd. one more rupee

to Baba while leaving Shirdi, but could not do so. On the way at Nasik, in the

Kala Rama Temple another saint Narasing Maharaj demanded one rupee from him.

Karnik gave it willingly thinking that Baba was demanding the rupee he wanted

to offer at Shirdi. Baba fulfilled in HIS many mysterious ways devotees' desire

to offer dakshina through all the media.

 

1917Sai Baba appeared at Thane (North of Bombay) to inquire the well-being of

Appasaheb Kulkarni's wife and children when he was away on tour. When Appasaheb

returned Baba not only fulfilled his desire of offering Rs.10 as Dakshina but

also favoured him by returning nine rupees consecrated by His touch. These nine

rupees are the symbol of nine bhakti services done to HIM.

 

1917Upasani Maharaj (Aged 47 years) made Sakuri (near Rahata) his permanent residence.

 

1918Rao Bahadur Moreshwar Pradhan purchased Lendi Baug and later presented it to

Shirdi Sansthan'. Baba himself planted some trees at the Lendi Baug

 

1918, April 1At Vile Parle (East) (now suburb of Bombay) on Hanuman Road,

Narayan Mahadev Thosar's residence (later known as Narayan Ashram) was built a

Hanuman Temple. On the day it was consecrated, Baba paid Rs. 25 to a Brahmin

named Waze and made him perform Shri Satya-narayan Pooja

 

1918Prof. G. G. Narke, son-in-law of Butty got a permanent job by Baba's Grace

as Professor in the Engineering College at Pune. Baba always remebered him by

saying 'where has he (Narke) gone? Baba gave him a begging bag (zoli) for

collecting food -an exercise in cultivating humility and eliminating ego.

 

1918, AugustBaba offered Hemadpant a glass of butter-milk and said, "Drink it

all, you won't get such opportunity again suggesting that time for his Samadhi

has arrived.

 

1918, Sep 9Das Ganu wrote 'Shri Sai Stavan Manjaril at Maheshwar (Madhya

Pradesh) on the banks of River Narmada.

 

1918, Sept 28Nath Panthi saint Rama-Maruti of Kalyan passed away.

 

1918, Sept 28Sai Baba had a slight attack of fever which lasted for 3- 4 days.

Since then Baba abstained from food and day by day His weakness increased.

 

1918, Oct 1Baba asked a Brahmin devotee by the name Waze to read 'Raum- Vijay'

(by Sridhar Swami) and listened to it for 14 days.

 

1918,Oct 8A tiger met its death at the feet and presence of Sai Baba and was emancipated.

 

1918, Oct 15, TuesdayOn Vijaya Dashmi, Sai Baba left his mortal coil at about

2-30 p.m. Few minutes before He gave Rs. 9/- as prasad to Laxmi Shinde. These

nine coins represent nine dimensional devotion to GOD.

 

1918, Oct 16 WednesdayEarly morning Baba appeared to Das Ganu at Pandharpur, in

dream and said, "The Dwaraka mai has collapsed and all the oilmen and grocers

have troubled Me a lot. So I am leaving the place. Go there quickly and cover

My body copiously with flowers".

 

1918, Oct 16 Wednesday in the evening Baba's body was taken in procession

through the Shirdi village and then interred in Butty Wada with due formalities

 

 

1918, Oct 27On the 13th day Baba's devotees from all over gathered and funeral

rites were performed by Balasaheb Bhate with a feast (Bhandara) to Brahmins and

poor. Later Upasani accompanied by Bapusaheb Jog went to Prayag (Allahabad) and

performed all the remaining obsequies on the banks of River Ganges

 

 

 

May the Merciful Sri Sai Baba always shower His grace on us and our families

and remove our problems and anxieties by giving us all - strength , goodluck,

success and happiness with peace of mind.Sai bhakt,Deepa Hdebu7366