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THE PROGENITOR OF THE FORMAL WORSHIP OF SRI SAI BABA: SRI TATYA SAHEB NOOLKAR

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He was a judge at Pandharpur in 1908, the same period Sri Nana Saheb

Chandorkar was the Mamlatdar of Pandharpur. As they were both the senior

government officials at Pandharpur they used to make many calls upon each

other. Chandorkar used to talk to Noolkar about the greatness of Sri Sai

Baba and the many miracles he had wrought by his divine power. He urged Sri

Noolkar to have the darshan of Sri Sai at least once. Sri Noolkar kept

prevaricating and finally said that he had two desires and if they did come

true by the grace of Sri Sai Baba, he would believe in him and certainly go

to Shirdi for his darshan.

The first of his desires was that he should get a good Brahmin cook and the

second was that he should get a hundred of the best quality Nagpur oranges

to present to Baba. Sri Chandorkar, who had a firm, rock-like faith in Baba

assured him that both these desires would be certainly fulfilled by Baba.

Astoundingly, a Brahmin cook came to Chandorkar the same night searching for

employment. He sent him to Noolkar. A hundred oranges of the best quality

arrived from Nagpur the next day to Noolkar in a parcel. There were no

details of the sender on the parcel. Noolkar now trusted the divine power of

Sri Sai Baba and went to Shirdi accompanied by Sri Nana Saheb Chandorkar.

Baba's saying "I will pull my devotee to me, wherever he or she may be, as a

sparrow is pulled by the thread tied to its feet" came fully true in the

case of Noolkar.

He first visited Shirdi in 1909. Baba presented him with a divine experience

in his very first visit. As the small-built, stout Noolkar bent in obeisance

and was saluting Baba's feet, Baba pressed his head gently with his fingers

and shoved him back. Noolkar went flying and fell flat near the pillar at

the masjid. He felt as if had fallen not near the pillar but into an ocean

of joy. He felt that he had almost lost all consciousness and got an

inexpressible, joyful, ecstatic experience from the touch of Baba. He then

understood that Sri Sai Baba was his guru and that Shirdi is his final

destiny and destination.

 

(To be continued)....

 

Source (source www.saipatham.org) Saipatham August 2002 Magazine

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