BABA'S BLESSINGS (December 1983)

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BABA’S BLESSINGS (December 1983)

We were thinking of visiting Shirdi for the last several months; but we

could not do so for one reason or the other. This time we decided to go on

the pilgrimage after celebrating my grandson’s first birthday on 5th of

March, 1982. We had invited quite a few friends for the birthday party but

a couple of days before, the child took suddenly ill. The child was running

high temperature besides having loose motions. We were much worried as to

how we could go ahead with the celebrations. Naturally our thoughts turned

towards Shirdi. And it was due to Shri Baba’s grace that a day before the

celebrations, the boy recovered and the recovery was also very quick.

 

Then on 12th and 13th we stayed at Shirdi. When we were returning to

Bagalkot on the 14th inst, our car developed trouble at Ahmednagar. We took

the car to a mechanic, who first said that the cultch plate had to be

replaced. This was a time consuming affair and therefore we were doubtful

whether we would reach Phandharpur that evening as per our plan. So we

prayed for Sai’s grace. When the car was thereafter towed to the workshop,

the mechanic could set it right within half an hour and then we resumed our

journey and reached Pandharpur for Shri Vithoba’s darshan.

We left Pandharpur a bit late and reached Sholapur in the night. We wanted

to drive to Bagalkot – another 253 kms in the night. But at Sholapur the

lights of our car failed. We could not locate the point of trouble and we

could not also locate a mechanic as it was a holiday (Rangapanchami). So we

had to stay with a friend, who strangely enough was waiting for us from the

previous day. We learnt that it would have been hazardous for us to travel

by this road in the night as there had been several instances of waylaying

and robberies on this road. We feel that Shri SaiBaba did not want us to

face any such risks.

 

On reaching Bagalkot next afternoon, When I related our experiences to a

friend of ours, who is also an automobile engineer, he simply remarked,, “it

is all due to SaiBaba’s grace that you had such a successful pilgrimage.

The two mechanical faults, developed only at places where assistance was

available. The first one could have been a serious problem had it happened

on the highway away from the city”

Can anyone differ from this view ? Atleast we do not,

 

C.M. Chandawarkar

Karnataka State.

 

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