18th July: Shirdi Sai Baba Miracle - Sai Baba Idol Opens Eye

July 19, 2008

Shirdi Sai Baba Miracle - Sai Baba Idol Opens Eye

Frenzy over Sai idol with one eye open

Times of India, India - 9 hours agoBANGALORE: Hundreds of people descended on a merchant's house in Bangalore on Friday to witness what they believe is a miracle - the Shirdi Sai Baba idol is

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Shirdi Sai Baba idol ‘opens’ eye

Sify, India - 12 hours agoBangalore: An Industrialist's house here has turned out to be a centre of attraction for thousands of people gathered following a rumour that an idol of

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Devotees throng to see one-eyed Sai Baba

Mangalorean.com, India - 9 hours agoBy Team Mangalorean, Bangalore BANGALORE, July 18, 2008: Thousands of devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba on Friday found thronging to a house at Gavipuram in

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Blind faith brings devotees to see one-eyed Sai Baba

IBNLive.com, India - 16 hours agoBLIND FAITH: Miracle or not, devotees ensured that they paid Baba back in currency for his blessings. Academics to do doctoral fellowship at St John's, ...

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Shirdi Sai Baba With Eye Open

Bangalore, Jul 18 : An Industrialist’s house here has turned out to be a centre of attraction for thousands of people gathered following a rumour that an idol of Shirdi Sai Baba there had opened one of its eyes. On hearing about the news, curious people started visiting the house to offer prayers, police said. (Reference)

Bangalore: It was blind belief, but people came with their eyes wide open, all for a glimpse of the one-eyed Sai Baba.

A one-foot high idol of Sai Baba attracted a huge crowd as well as huge donations all through Friday, when word spread fast that Sai Baba had come to bless one and all by opening one eye on Guru Purnima, his birthday.

The crowd thronged the house of A Babu, a trader who had bought the idol some seven months ago.

“When we bought the idol, both eyes were closed. However, on Thursday, one eye opened. I thought at first that it was just dirt, but Baba has opened his eye to bless us,” says he.

Word of mouth was enough to draw both the young and the old, the devout and the believers. Police had to be called in to control the huge rush.

But miracle or not, the devotees ensured that they paid Baba back in currency for his blessings. People even took photos of the idol for keepsake and the sale of Sai Baba idols also shot up parallely.

So the question is: Can you have life in a stone figure? Well, it is a thin line between faith and reality which got blurred enough to get the crowds to the home of A Babu, and as always blind faith is proving to be quite profitable to the owner of the Sai Baba idol. (Reference)

Hyderabad: Guru Purnima was celebrated with gaiety across the twin cities on Friday. Right from dawn to dusk, various temples, particularly Shirdi Sai Baba temples located in different areas, buzzed with activity as city dwellers thronged the temples to celebrate the auspicious day.

Guru Purnima is celebrated to pay tributes to the spiritual gurus, their teachings and their lives. Embellished with flowers and lights, special rituals were performed in various Shirdi Sai Baba temples that reverberated with religious hymns and chants.

Late in the afternoon, with visuals of a Shirdi Sai Baba idol opening an eye in a temple at Bangalore being screened in almost all television news channels, people turned out in even more numbers at various temples. Soon rumours spread across twin cities that another Shirdi Sai Baba idol at a temple in Yellareddyguda too, had opened an eye leaving the local residents spell bound.

Serpentine queues were witnessed at the temples and it was reported that people in some localities had even performed ‘abhishekam’ to the Shirdi Sai Baba idols with milk, honey and water as part of the rituals. (Reference)

Bangalore, July 18 (ANI): A large number of devotees has started thronging a house in Bangalore’s Hanumanthnagara after learning that a miracle which has occurred in a revered Sai Baba statue.

The one-foot high marble statue started captivating the religious minded people after they heard about the statue whose one eye has opened up in a miraculous occurrence.

Lakshmi in whose house the miracle took place feels that it was her great fortune that the God has taken rebirth in her house.

“I am very happy. It has happened on Thursday that too on Buddha Purnima the God has taken rebirth in my house. It was when I was trying to cleanup the idol that I noticed that the left portion had some particles. I cleaned it up and the God opened his eye. It is my fortune. People are thronging to my place,” said Lakshmi.

Hope scientific community stand up and answer this miracle. By Kestur Vasuki (ANI) (Reference)

BANGALORE, July 18, 2008: Thousands of devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba on Friday found thronging to a house at Gavipuram in Bangalore city, located in southern part of India. The reason is that TV channels are showing visuals of the idol of Shridi Sai Baba with one eye open.

Today being Gurupoornima day considered very auspicious by Sai Baba devotees, the news spread and thousands of devotees are thronging the house to experience what they claim as miracle by Sai Baba. Some believers say that it is a trick to draw crowds to the house and temples.

Surprised at the one-foot high marble idol with one eye open, the house owner Babu said the he was blessed by the Lord. Hundreds of women visited the house to seek the blessings of the Sai Baba. “When I was trying to cleanup the idol I noticed that the left portion had some particles. I cleaned it up and the God opened his eye. It is my fortune. People are thronging to my place,” said his wife Lakshmi. The police have been posted at the house to control the crowd.

The famous Shirdi Temple is located at a distance of 260 km from Mumbai in Maharasthr, but lakhs of devotees adore Sai Baba idols at home and worship the lord. A few years ago, television channels, radio and newspapers eagerly covered a unique phenomenon called Lord Ganesha drinking milk offered by devotees in Mumbai and other parts of the country. Even sceptical journalists held their milk-filled spoons to the statues of gods - and watched as the milk disappeared.

Speaking to this Mangalorean.com correspondent, a devotee said “I am a devotee of Sai Baba and today I am really feel very happy.” Many people, young and old, found standing in a queue in front of the house in the small locality of Hanumanthnagara to offer their prayers to their Lord. (Reference)

Sai Baba Miracle - Eye Opens

Shirdi Sai Baba Miracle - Sai Baba Idol Opens Eye19 Jul 2008, 0338 hrs IST,TNN

BANGALORE: Hundreds of people descended on a merchant’s house in Bangalore on Friday to witness what they believe is a miracle - the Shirdi Sai Baba idol is purported to have opened its left eye.

The frenzy was such that police had to be called in to control the surging crowds.

After reports of Ganapati idols drinking milk and the recent story of a bleeding Christ, the Sai Baba ‘miracle’ too saw both the devout and the curious rushing to the house.

Door No. 7, Chitra Block, Gavipuram Guttahalli, which, till the other day, was a non-descript residence of phenol merchant Babu, suddenly turned into a pilgrimage centre.

With devotees queuing up to have a glimpse of the statue, the area wore a festive look with small-time traders trying to make a fast buck by selling prasadam and Baba’s idols!

The devotee couple Babu (45) and his wife Lakshmi took the marble idol to clean on Wednesday evening to prepare for the Thursday puja.

The idol had some black mark on its left chin and the couple’s son Dhrupad, who was cleaning the eye, suddenly felt some change in the idol - the eyelash seemed moving. The devotees were astounded and stopped the cleaning work.

On Thursday morning, they found the left eye of Baba had opened. Thursday being a day to worship Baba, the couple, along with their neighbours, performed puja.

The news flashed on Friday morning and by afternoon, the crowds multiplied.

“We had gone to Shirdi a year ago from where we bought this marble idol. It is a miracle that Baba opened his eye on Guru Poornima Day to give us darshan. It has been very difficult to control the crowd as people are queuing up to see the miracle. So we had to inform the police and arrange for bandobast,” said Drupad, a II PU student.

There was also a huge flow of cash as the devotees put “dakshine” (cash offering to God) after the darshan. “I am a staunch Sai Baba devotee and never had witnessed such a miracle. The idol looked like as if Baba was looking at me…I cannot forget this day,” said Swamy Narayan, a resident of Hanumanthanagar, with tears in his eyes.

Policemen from two stations - Kempe Gowdanagar and Hanumanthanagar - were deployed near the house along with Hoysala patrolling teams from Bangalore South. “More than 1,500 people had gathered and the crowd was maddening. Our concern was maintaining peace”, he said.

Reference

Courtesy: http://sathyasaibaba.wordpress.com/

July 19, 2008

Dear Sai Brothers and Sisiters Sairam devotees Our Mother Sai is always watching and protecting us but we never tried to know and we have taken everything for granted. What happened now is only an eye opener to us to know that Baba is not just idol sitting and simple accepting what ever we do, as we like. With this leela, we should understand and realize that Our Mother Sai is watching us always and might feeling bad for the present situation, as it is going worse to worse politically, finically and socially, with selfish motives. Sairam, Our Lord Mother Sai, wants to tell to us that, he is watching and instructing us not to do mistakes, not to feel jealousy, not to feel bad for others, not to feel pride, not to feel ego, not to feel selfish, not to feel proud, not

to hate others, not to steal from others, not to tell lies, not to take bribe, not to fight for ourselves, not to punish others, not to use the power which is temporary on others, especially who are weak, not to enjoy and make others suffer, not to threat weak and threat the poor. Sairam devotees, finally Lord Mother Sai opened the eye, to open our eyes which are blind till today and unbale to see Our Lord Sai Maa in others and creating problems within us and making it a big confusion to the creation that made by our Mother Sai. So Our Mother Sai opened eye to open our eyes to just Love all and Serve all and think of God (Our Lord Sai Maa) and be good and usefull to society, do the best possible for society, be positive and be generous and be kind to others especially to the poor and needy and be wonderful human and be with Baba to enjoy the bliss of his creation without attachement and finally merge with

him. Sairam, please excuse me for the mistakes, if i have done and sairam to all and my love and regards to all. We all are one big family know has Sai family and we all came from Our Lord Mother Sai and we have to go to him again. Love ALl Serve All An Eye opner to us. With Love and Regards G.Ramprasad Sai Servant Abu Dhabi. saibabanews <saibaba_news wrote: Shirdi Sai Baba Miracle - Sai Baba Idol Opens Eye Frenzy over Sai idol with one eye openTimes of India, India - 9 hours agoBANGALORE: Hundreds of people descended on a merchant's house in Bangalore on Friday to witness what they believe is a

miracle - the Shirdi Sai Baba idol is ...Shirdi Sai Baba idol ‘opens’ eyeSify, India - 12 hours agoBangalore: An Industrialist's house here has turned out to be a centre of attraction for thousands of people gathered following a rumour that an idol of ... Devotees throng to see one-eyed Sai BabaMangalorean.com, India - 9 hours agoBy Team Mangalorean, Bangalore BANGALORE, July 18, 2008: Thousands of devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba on Friday found thronging to a house at Gavipuram in ... Blind faith brings devotees to see one-eyed Sai BabaIBNLive.com, India - 16 hours agoBLIND FAITH: Miracle or not, devotees ensured that they paid Baba back in currency for his blessings. Academics to do doctoral fellowship at St John's, ... VIDEOS - Sai Baba Eye Miracle - Online Video 1- Sai Baba Eye Miracle - Online Video 2- Sai Baba Eye Miracle - Online Video 3 PICTURES - Sai Baba Eye Miracle - Pictures Shirdi Sai Baba With Eye Open Bangalore, Jul 18 : An Industrialist’s house here has turned out to be a centre of attraction for thousands of people gathered following a rumour that an idol of Shirdi Sai Baba there had opened one of its eyes. On hearing about the news, curious people started visiting the house to offer prayers, police said. (Reference) Bangalore: It was blind belief, but people came with their eyes wide open, all for a glimpse of the one-eyed Sai Baba. A one-foot high idol of Sai Baba attracted a huge crowd as well as huge donations all through Friday, when word spread fast that Sai Baba had come to bless one and all by opening one eye on Guru Purnima, his birthday. The crowd thronged the house of A Babu, a trader who had bought the idol some seven months ago. “When we bought the idol, both eyes were closed. However, on Thursday, one eye opened. I thought at first that it was just dirt, but Baba has opened his eye to bless us,” says he. Word of mouth was enough to draw both

the young and the old, the devout and the believers. Police had to be called in to control the huge rush. But miracle or not, the devotees ensured that they paid Baba back in currency for his blessings. People even took photos of the idol for keepsake and the sale of Sai Baba idols also shot up parallely. So the question is: Can you have life in a stone figure? Well, it is a thin line between faith and reality which got blurred enough to get the crowds to the home of A Babu, and as always blind faith is proving to be quite profitable to the owner of the Sai Baba idol. (Reference) Hyderabad: Guru Purnima was celebrated with gaiety across the twin cities on Friday. Right from dawn to dusk, various temples, particularly Shirdi Sai Baba temples located in

different areas, buzzed with activity as city dwellers thronged the temples to celebrate the auspicious day. Guru Purnima is celebrated to pay tributes to the spiritual gurus, their teachings and their lives. Embellished with flowers and lights, special rituals were performed in various Shirdi Sai Baba temples that reverberated with religious hymns and chants. Late in the afternoon, with visuals of a Shirdi Sai Baba idol opening an eye in a temple at Bangalore being screened in almost all television news channels, people turned out in even more numbers at various temples. Soon rumours spread across twin cities that another Shirdi Sai Baba idol at a temple in Yellareddyguda too, had opened an eye leaving the local residents spell bound. Serpentine queues were witnessed at the temples and it was reported that people in some localities had even performed ‘abhishekam’ to

the Shirdi Sai Baba idols with milk, honey and water as part of the rituals. (Reference) Bangalore, July 18 (ANI): A large number of devotees has started thronging a house in Bangalore’s Hanumanthnagara after learning that a miracle which has occurred in a revered Sai Baba statue. The one-foot high marble statue started captivating the religious minded people after they heard about the statue whose one eye has opened up in a miraculous occurrence. Lakshmi in whose house the miracle took place feels that it was her great fortune that the God has taken rebirth in her house. “I am very happy. It has happened on Thursday that too on Buddha Purnima the God has taken rebirth in my house. It was when I was trying to cleanup the idol that I noticed

that the left portion had some particles. I cleaned it up and the God opened his eye. It is my fortune. People are thronging to my place,” said Lakshmi. Hope scientific community stand up and answer this miracle. By Kestur Vasuki (ANI) (Reference) BANGALORE, July 18, 2008: Thousands of devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba on Friday found thronging to a house at Gavipuram in Bangalore city, located in southern part of India. The reason is that TV channels are showing visuals of the idol of Shridi Sai Baba with one eye open. Today being Gurupoornima day considered very auspicious by Sai Baba devotees, the news spread and thousands of devotees are thronging the house to experience what they claim as miracle by Sai Baba. Some believers say that it is a trick to draw crowds to the house and

temples. Surprised at the one-foot high marble idol with one eye open, the house owner Babu said the he was blessed by the Lord. Hundreds of women visited the house to seek the blessings of the Sai Baba. “When I was trying to cleanup the idol I noticed that the left portion had some particles. I cleaned it up and the God opened his eye. It is my fortune. People are thronging to my place,” said his wife Lakshmi. The police have been posted at the house to control the crowd. The famous Shirdi Temple is located at a distance of 260 km from Mumbai in Maharasthr, but lakhs of devotees adore Sai Baba idols at home and worship the lord. A few years ago, television channels, radio and newspapers eagerly covered a unique phenomenon called Lord Ganesha drinking milk offered by devotees in Mumbai and other parts of the country. Even sceptical journalists held their milk-filled spoons to the statues of gods

- and watched as the milk disappeared. Speaking to this Mangalorean.com correspondent, a devotee said “I am a devotee of Sai Baba and today I am really feel very happy.” Many people, young and old, found standing in a queue in front of the house in the small locality of Hanumanthnagara to offer their prayers to their Lord. (Reference) Sai Baba Miracle - Eye Opens Shirdi Sai Baba Miracle - Sai Baba Idol Opens Eye19 Jul 2008, 0338 hrs IST,TNN BANGALORE: Hundreds of people descended on a merchant’s house in Bangalore on Friday to witness what they believe is a miracle - the Shirdi Sai Baba idol is purported to have opened its left eye. The frenzy was such that police had to be called in to control the surging crowds. After reports of Ganapati idols drinking milk and the recent story of a bleeding Christ, the Sai Baba ‘miracle’ too saw both the devout and the curious rushing to the house. Door No. 7, Chitra Block, Gavipuram Guttahalli, which, till the other day, was a non-descript residence of phenol merchant

Babu, suddenly turned into a pilgrimage centre. With devotees queuing up to have a glimpse of the statue, the area wore a festive look with small-time traders trying to make a fast buck by selling prasadam and Baba’s idols! The devotee couple Babu (45) and his wife Lakshmi took the marble idol to clean on Wednesday evening to prepare for the Thursday puja. The idol had some black mark on its left chin and the couple’s son Dhrupad, who was cleaning the eye, suddenly felt some change in the idol - the eyelash seemed moving. The devotees were astounded and stopped the cleaning work. On Thursday morning, they found the left eye of Baba had opened. Thursday being a day to worship Baba, the couple, along with their neighbours, performed puja. The news flashed on Friday morning and by afternoon,

the crowds multiplied. “We had gone to Shirdi a year ago from where we bought this marble idol. It is a miracle that Baba opened his eye on Guru Poornima Day to give us darshan. It has been very difficult to control the crowd as people are queuing up to see the miracle. So we had to inform the police and arrange for bandobast,” said Drupad, a II PU student. There was also a huge flow of cash as the devotees put “dakshine” (cash offering to God) after the darshan. “I am a staunch Sai Baba devotee and never had witnessed such a miracle. The idol looked like as if Baba was looking at me…I cannot forget this day,” said Swamy Narayan, a resident of Hanumanthanagar, with tears in his eyes. Policemen from two stations - Kempe Gowdanagar and Hanumanthanagar - were deployed near the house along with Hoysala patrolling teams from Bangalore South.

“More than 1,500 people had gathered and the crowd was maddening. Our concern was maintaining peace”, he said. Reference Courtesy: http://sathyasaibaba.wordpress.com/

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July 20, 2008

Dear Saibrother,

Your explanation on the eye opening of the idol of SHIRDISAIBABA is really beautiful and praiseworthy.

Thank you very much Your's Saibrother,

Ranganatha.Rao

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:52 PM, ram prasad gorripaty <ganeshsairam wrote:

Dear Sai Brothers and Sisiters

Sairam devotees Our Mother Sai is always watching and protecting us but we never tried to know and we have taken everything for granted. What happened now is only an eye opener to us to know that Baba is not just idol sitting and simple accepting what ever we do, as we like. With this leela, we should understand and realize that Our Mother Sai is watching us always and might feeling bad for the present situation, as it is going worse to worse politically, finically and socially, with selfish motives. Sairam, Our Lord Mother Sai, wants to tell to us that, he is watching and instructing us not to do mistakes, not to feel jealousy, not to feel bad for others, not to feel pride, not to feel ego, not to feel selfish, not to feel proud, not to hate others, not to steal from others, not to tell lies, not to take bribe, not to fight for ourselves, not to punish others, not to use the power which is temporary on others, especially who are weak, not to enjoy and make others suffer, not to threat weak and threat the poor. Sairam devotees, finally Lord Mother Sai opened the eye, to open our eyes which are blind till today and unbale to see Our Lord Sai Maa in others and creating problems within us and making it a big confusion to the creation that made by our Mother Sai. So Our Mother Sai opened eye to open our eyes to just Love all and Serve all and think of God (Our Lord Sai Maa) and be good and usefull to society, do the best possible for society, be positive and be generous and be kind to others especially to the poor and needy and be wonderful human and be with Baba to enjoy the bliss of his creation without attachement and finally merge with him.

Sairam, please excuse me for the mistakes, if i have done and sairam to all and my love and regards to all. We all are one big family know has Sai family and we all came from Our Lord Mother Sai and we have to go to him again.

Love ALl Serve All

An Eye opner to us.

With Love and Regards

G.Ramprasad

Sai Servant

Abu Dhabi.