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Sairam Hetal Patel Ji & Bharadwaja ji

 

Yes truly the live experiences of Tarkhad Family is interesting and

informative book ,i started reading this and thought why not others

in the group and then started sharing it chapter a day.i am delighted

to know that you are interested in these experiences too. that serves

the whole purpose.

 

Hetal patel ji i am trying my best to find the details of the book as

to where you can find the hard copy , i did some search on google but

dint find any details of the book. if i have any luck with this i

will forward the details to you .

Sairam

Arun

 

-- In , hetal patil <hetal_patil

wrote:

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> Sai Ram Arunji,

> The post is really very interesting. I would like to know from

where i can get the book on live experiences of Tarkhad's with Sai

Baba. Is the book available in Baroda (Gujarat) or otherwise from

where can i find one? In which language it is?

>

> Please help me in this matter. I am very eager to read the book.

>

>

 

>

> Sairam Arunji,

 

Thank you very much for presenting the Tarkad family's experiences

with Sri Sai Maharaj.

 

With all good wishes

 

In the service of Sai the Supreme Master

 

Bharadwaja

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Wow Arun great leela kada?kt's nice....tx for sharing.....sairamtcOn Jan 19, 2008 4:21 AM, Arun N Reddy <arunreddy_n

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Sai the Saviour of Ganesh Murti

" Om Sainathaya Namaha. "

In the Sandalwood Mandir there is also one small marble Murti . of lord Ganesh. This is a unique Murti as the Lord's Trunk is turned towards his right. The Murti is placed on a silver shrine. Separately

made for the same. The story of the Ganesh Murti is very interesting and therefore I feel like stating the same for you all readers. Of course the existence of the Ganesh Murti is for such a long time, the credit goes to Shirdi SaiBaba, which I will now narrate to you all.

 

My grandfather use to pay visit to an antique shop near Regal Theatre in Mumbai. On one such visit, while going round the shop he heard an English gentleman bargaining with the shopkeeper. My grandfather

was rather curious that an English gentleman was bargaining so he took an active interest in the same. The bargain was for a beautiful marble Murti of Lord Ganesh. It was 9 inch tall sitting in a lotus flower and painted very appropriately in various colors. The shopkeeper was asking for Rs.15/-and was giving the justification that it is from Somnath Temple and very antique hence the price tags. The English gentleman had started the offer with Rs.5/- and then went on to Rs.8/-. My grandfather now got attracted towards that deal, He inquired with the Englishman, out of sheer curiosity as to what he intend to do with the Murti. The Englishman replied that the beautiful marble stone he would use as a paperweight on his desk. On hearing that my grandfather became very angry. He took out Rs.100/-note from his wallet and gave it to the shopkeeper. He told him to take Rs80/- (i.e. ten times the offer of the Englishman) and pack the Murti for him. He declared that he would not

allow his God to be used as paperweight to anyone. On further inquiry with the shopkeeper he learnt that the Murti was from the main entrance gate of the Somnath Temple and hence very antique. On reaching home he declared that he would wish to place the Murti in the Sandalwood Mandir so that along with Sai pooja it will also get worshiped which in any case is much better than being used Paperweight. The family members agreed with his suggestion. On opening the pack my grandmother realized that the Murti had a trunk turned on the right side and this type of Lord Ganesh (Siddhwnayaka) are generally not kept in the house for pooja as it calls for observance of very strict discipline in all household activities. They then consulted the priest who advised that they can worship the Murti on condition that every Ganesh Chaturthy day they will repaint the same and they can not perform the immersion of the same. Tarkhads were happy for such solution and on the following Ganesh

Chaturthy day they brought a Silver Shrine for the Murti and consecrated the same ceremoniously in the Sandalwood Mandir. From then onwards on every Hartalika (one day prior to Ganesh Chaturthy day) my father would remove the old paint of the Murti with turpentine. Then give scent water bath to it,. Each one of us would participate in it and then repaint the same. On Ganesh Chaturthy day he would re consecrate it back on its Silver Shrine and we all would perform the pooja. I remember when I was young my school friends use to ask me whether we get Ganapati in our house. I use to tell them that our Ganapati is permanent. They would not understand me then. So Tarkhads were transformed from Prarthanasamajist to Idol Worshippers.

 

This Ganesh Murti in our house was once put to an acid test by my grandmother. My grandfather who was well known in the textile industry got an assignment from Maharaja of Baroda to set up a textile mill in his state. They therefore shifted to Baroda and were given accommodation in a bungalow on the bank of a river. In one rainy season it rained heavily overnight and by the time it was morning their bungalow was under water. This was a new experience for them. My grandmother was scared as the water level was rising hour after hour. The steps to the bungalow were submerged in the water except the last step. My grandmother then brought a flat copper vessel and placed it on the last step. Then she lifted the " Vighnaharta " from the Silver Shrine and placed it

in the copper vessel and declared that if the Murti submerges in the water then she would proceed to perform the immersion ceremony of Lord Ganesh in the same waters. Of course her solemn intentions were that Lord should save them from that dangerous situation. I think only the staunch devotees can dare to venture into such dare devil acts and possibly God likes them. The water level rose further and touched the copper vessel and stopped rising any further. After 3 to 4 hours later the water level receded and they were all happy. Their " Vighnaharta " had come to their rescue, as they desired. In that year they performed the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations for five days instead of one and half days.

I will proceed further to narrate one more incident about this Ganesh Murti. This incidence would throw some light on the title of this chapter. On one Hartalika day (incidentally dear readers my grandmother passed away on Hartalika day) while removing the old paint the part of the right hand of the Murti got dislocated from the Ibow onwards. My father was very scared because as per Hindu religion one cannot worship damaged Murti. However by now it had become integral part of the family and they would be reluctant to part with it. They decided to go through the celebrations and then seek advice from SaiBaba. Thus they proceeded to Shirdi. Dear readers is it not an unfair act on their part? They had never involved Baba so far in their business of Lord Ganesh and now in times of distress they wanted his help. On that occasion when

they were in Dwarkamai Baba was unusually silent with them. They had realized their mistake and were feeling guilty about not involving Baba from the beginning. They were internally seeking his pardon for it. They waited patiently. Then as the crowd in the Dwarkamai receded Baba called them near. He addressed " Oh mother in the event our son undergoes a fractured hand we do not throw him out of our house. On the contrary we feed him and nourish him well so that he reaches the manhood. " No sooner they heard this, they instantly fell at his feet and profusely thanked him. Dear readers I do not find suitable words to describe Baba " s wisdom.. He was really an " Antardnyani " in the true sense of the term so that he could read what is going on in your mind.

 

Great were those Baba's Leelas and great were these mother and son. This is how Baba saved the Ganesh Murti, which continues to be with the Tarkhad family for seeking their worship till date.

LIVE EXPRIENCES OF THE TARKHAD FAMILY WITH SHRI SAI BABA OF SHIRDI BY VIRENDRA JYOTINDRA TARDHAD TO BE

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" If one ever meditates on Me, repeats My name, sings My deeds, and is thus transformed into Me, one's karma is destroyed. I stay by his side always. "

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Sairam Arun,Thanks a lot for sharing these beautiful emails with us it transports one back to that time all these people are so blessed you are also doing such great seva by sharing it with us.KaminiArun N Reddy <arunreddy_n wrote: Facing Death in a Cloudburst in Shirdi "Om Shri Sainathaya Namaha." Dear Sai Devotee readers, I presume that you must have paid a visit to Shirdi at least once. The present Shirdi and the Shirdi of yester years when my father used to visit, there is a vast difference. During that time when you enter Shirdi from Kopergaon end there was a rivulet, which you were required to cross to enter Shirdi village. Most of the times of the year the rivulet was dried up, only during

monsoon season one would find it actively flowing. Currently one would find a small bridge over it on the main road. In those days villagers use to perform their morning duties on the banks of this rivulet. As such there were lot of shrubs and the place was appropriate before the sunrise, as there was hardly any traffic on the road. Those were the rainy days when my father was in Shirdi. He was in the habit of getting up early and after performing morning duties he would attend the Kakad Aarati. On that eventful day he got up early and proceeded to the bank of the rivulet to perform his morning duties. It was drizzling so he carried an

umbrella and torch with him. During his course of morning duty he heard someone shouting from the other bank of the rivulet. Initially he ignored the shouts. He tried to locate the person but due to darkness he could not see anyone. Soon he realized that the person was shouting and asking to runaway from the bank. He was shouting in Marathi and saying that" LONDHA ALARE ALA PALA." My father did not understand the meaning of LONDHA. (A torrent) as such his education was in English medium and it was difficult for him to understand the colloquial Marathi. However he could sense that the person was warning everybody to run away from the place. He hurriedly finished his morning duty and stood up and lighted the torch to find out what was going around. Soon he realized that a huge column of black colored water 15 to 20 feet in height was coming towards him. There was a cloudburst, which had taken place during the night at a far away place resulting into sudden floods in the

rivulet. He realized that his end was near and he shouted saying "BABA MELO MALA WACHAVA". (Baba I am dying and please save me.) He closed his eyes and just stood still in that place, all the time chanting Baba's name. After some time he realized that he had not been swept away and he was still alive. He opened his eyes and what he saw was believable. The column of water was divided into two parts and Pushing past him without touching him. He was standing still in that gushing water. He was scared to death and the entire time chanting Baba's name (NAMASMARAN). After some time the water level receded and when it was down to knee level the water touched his body Now he was in knee deep water. He could see around him branches of trees, shrubs, catties etc were passing through that floodwaters. He thanked Baba there and then as he realized that only Baba could have Saved him from that sure death situation. He then .slowly walked back through those knee-deep waters. He

came to their place of stay and took bath. Needless to mention that he had missed Kakad Aarati that morning. He informed his mother what he had undergone that morning. She advised him that as Baba had pulled him out of the jaws of death, he should immediately go and thank him for saving his life. He immediately paced up to Dwarkamai and as he was climbing the steps with pooja material in his hand Baba talked to him in raised voice, "Hey Bhau today early morning why were you shouting for my help and are you afraid of death?" My father fell at his feet and told Baba that he knows everything and an ordinary man like him is bound to get scared with the sight of sure death in front of him. Baba then lifted him by holding him from his shoulders and said " Hey Bhau get up. I bring you to Shirdi not for dying. Please remember you will not die like this so easily, as you have to perform lot of constructive work in future." Dear Sai devotee readers, I know it is difficult for common people like us to comprehend such experience. Then came a thought-provoking event in my life, which I will describe it to you now. It was the month of June 1962 if I remember correctly. There was a great movie running at New Talkies (today's Globus Theatre) in Bandra. The

name of the movie was "TEN COMMANDMENTS." This film was produced by Cecille Be Demille, one of the most renowned producers of Hollywood. The movie had broken all previous records in Regal Theatre at Colaba and the New Talkies at Bandra was renovated with 70 MM screen and stereophonic sound system. I saw the film and realized that the miracles shown in the film matched with the miracles seen by my father during his association with SaiBaba of Shirdi. After lot of persuasion I convinced my father to come with me to see the movie. May be after a long span of 30 to 35 years he was to enter a theatre to watch a film. He saw the scenes, the divine light. Moses comes across when he visits the mountain and when Moses take all his Jew people leaving the terrain of Egypt and come on the shores of Red Sea and prays to the Lord and the Sea water divides into two parts giving them way to escape from the wrath of king Faroha. My father was delighted to see that

picturisation and tears of joy welled and were flowing through his eyes. When we came out of the theatre he confirmed to me that the Shirdi Sai Baba possessed the same type of supernatural powers and he very much resembled the character of Moses as shown in the film Ten Commandments. He went on to add saying "Viren at least now you have some reason to believe what unprecedented experiences I have gone through in association with SaiBaba of Shirdi." LIVE EXPRIENCES OF THE TARKHAD FAMILY WITH SHRI SAI BABA OF SHIRDI BY VIRENDRA JYOTINDRA TARDHAD TO

BE CONTINUED.... SOURCE: http://saileelas.org http://groups.msn.com/ "If one ever meditates on Me, repeats My name, sings My deeds, and is thus transformed into Me, one's karma is destroyed. I stay by his side always." - SHIRDI SAI BABA Never miss a thing. Make your homepage.

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Sairam Kamini ji

The Experiences mentioned in most of the Saibaba book are normally

repeated but this book to my amazement has been very informative till

date and we learning new experiences of devotees with baba .that

makes this book so special.

 

Sairam

Arun

 

 

, kamini duggal

<duggal_kamini wrote:

>

> Sairam Arun,

>

> Thanks a lot for sharing these beautiful emails with us it

transports one back to that time all these people are so blessed you

are also doing such great seva by sharing it with us.

>

> Kamini

>

>

> Arun N Reddy <arunreddy_n wrote:

> Facing Death in a Cloudburst in Shirdi " Om Shri Sainathaya

Namaha. "

> Dear Sai Devotee readers, I presume that you must have paid a

visit to Shirdi at least once. The present Shirdi and the Shirdi of

yester years when my father used to visit, there is a vast

difference. During that time when you enter Shirdi from Kopergaon end

there was a rivulet, which you were required to cross to enter Shirdi

village. Most of the times of the year the rivulet was dried up, only

during monsoon season one would find it actively flowing. Currently

one would find a small bridge over it on the main road. In those days

villagers use to perform their morning duties on the banks of this

rivulet. As such there were lot of shrubs and the place was

appropriate before the sunrise, as there was hardly any traffic on

the road.

> Those were the rainy days when my father was in Shirdi. He was

in the habit of getting up early and after performing morning duties

he would attend the Kakad Aarati. On that eventful day he got up

early and proceeded to the bank of the rivulet to perform his morning

duties. It was drizzling so he carried an umbrella and torch with

him. During his course of morning duty he heard someone shouting from

the other bank of the rivulet. Initially he ignored the shouts. He

tried to locate the person but due to darkness he could not see

anyone. Soon he realized that the person was shouting and asking to

runaway from the bank. He was shouting in Marathi and saying that "

LONDHA ALARE ALA PALA. " My father did not understand the meaning of

LONDHA. (A torrent) as such his education was in English medium and

it was difficult for him to understand the colloquial Marathi.

However he could sense that the person was warning everybody to run

away from the place. He hurriedly finished his

> morning duty and stood up and lighted the torch to find out what

was going around. Soon he realized that a huge column of black

colored water 15 to 20 feet in height was coming towards him. There

was a cloudburst, which had taken place during the night at a far

away place resulting into sudden floods in the rivulet. He realized

that his end was near and he shouted saying " BABA MELO MALA WACHAVA " .

(Baba I am dying and please save me.) He closed his eyes and just

stood still in that place, all the time chanting Baba's name. After

some time he realized that he had not been swept away and he was

still alive. He opened his eyes and what he saw was believable. The

column of water was divided into two parts and Pushing past him

without touching him. He was standing still in that gushing water. He

was scared to death and the entire time chanting Baba's name

(NAMASMARAN). After some time the water level receded and when it was

down to knee level the water touched his body Now he

> was in knee deep water. He could see around him branches of

trees, shrubs, catties etc were passing through that floodwaters. He

thanked Baba there and then as he realized that only Baba could have

Saved him from that sure death situation. He then .slowly walked back

through those knee-deep waters. He came to their place of stay and

took bath. Needless to mention that he had missed Kakad Aarati that

morning. He informed his mother what he had undergone that morning.

She advised him that as Baba had pulled him out of the jaws of death,

he should immediately go and thank him for saving his life. He

immediately paced up to Dwarkamai and as he was climbing the steps

with pooja material in his hand Baba talked to him in raised

voice, " Hey Bhau today early morning why were you shouting for my

help and are you afraid of death? " My father fell at his feet and

told Baba that he knows everything and an ordinary man like him is

bound to get scared with the sight of sure death in

> front of him. Baba then lifted him by holding him from his

shoulders and said " Hey Bhau get up. I bring you to Shirdi not for

dying. Please remember you will not die like this so easily, as you

have to perform lot of constructive work in future. "

> Dear Sai devotee readers, I know it is difficult for common

people like us to comprehend such experience. Then came a thought-

provoking event in my life, which I will describe it to you now.

> It was the month of June 1962 if I remember correctly. There was

a great movie running at New Talkies (today's Globus Theatre) in

Bandra. The name of the movie was " TEN COMMANDMENTS. " This film was

produced by Cecille Be Demille, one of the most renowned producers of

Hollywood. The movie had broken all previous records in Regal Theatre

at Colaba and the New Talkies at Bandra was renovated with 70 MM

screen and stereophonic sound system. I saw the film and realized

that the miracles shown in the film matched with the miracles seen by

my father during his association with SaiBaba of Shirdi. After lot of

persuasion I convinced my father to come with me to see the movie.

May be after a long span of 30 to 35 years he was to enter a theatre

to watch a film. He saw the scenes, the divine light. Moses comes

across when he visits the mountain and when Moses take all his Jew

people leaving the terrain of Egypt and come on the shores of Red Sea

and prays to the Lord and the Sea

> water divides into two parts giving them way to escape from the

wrath of king Faroha. My father was delighted to see that

picturisation and tears of joy welled and were flowing through his

eyes. When we came out of the theatre he confirmed to me that the

Shirdi Sai Baba possessed the same type of supernatural powers and he

very much resembled the character of Moses as shown in the film Ten

Commandments. He went on to add saying " Viren at least now you have

some reason to believe what unprecedented experiences I have gone

through in association with SaiBaba of Shirdi. "

>

>

>

>

>

> LIVE EXPRIENCES OF THE TARKHAD FAMILY WITH SHRI SAI BABA OF

SHIRDI BY VIRENDRA JYOTINDRA

TARDHAD TO BE CONTINUED....

> SOURCE: http://saileelas.org

>

>

> http://groups.msn.com/

>

> " If one ever meditates on Me, repeats My name, sings My deeds, and

is thus transformed into Me, one's karma is destroyed. I stay by his

side always. " - SHIRDI SAI BABA

>

>

>

>

>

>

 

> Never miss a thing. Make your homepage.

>

>

>

>

>

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Sai Ram Arun Garu Namaste This is a beautiful description of Atma Saakshaatkar as given by Shirdi Sai Baba, verily the Shiva principle himself. He is also Shiva known for his compassion and mangal kara for his devotees. I had many experiences of Shirdi Sai Baba's omnipresence in this life and had started believing in Shirdi sai Baba after becoming devotees of Sri Satya Sai Baba. I am amazed at Bhagawan's reply today for the multiple questions raised by me and submitted to Saigroups last night or early this morning. The self audit should reveal "ATMA Saakshaatkar". Your narration fits into the same discussion today,and the complete loss of body consciousness is the respite for escalating community violence at the Individual level. I will narrate 2 of

my experiences so that current devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba can understand that Satya Sai Baba is the reincarnation of Shirdi Swami. We were going to Hindu Tempel Of San Antonio with 100% conviction that Sri Satya Sai Baba is the Vishnu on earth or "Nadayadey Srinivasa". I was busy taking care of my Hospital rounds on that January first , 1992. We started Satya Sai Baba Center in August of 1991 after Baba gave us an interview on Vaikuntha Ekaadasi day , December 28th, 1990. I started teaching slokas, Vishnu Sahasra namavali to children along with values and meaning from slokas and Chinna Kathalu to children from our neighborhoods, who did not believe in Human form of God. I wanted my girls to pray with me when I got back home from rounds. At 11 AM the little

ones were still sleeping or awake in Bed. I screamed at them fro their habits and challenged Sri Satya Sai Baba with disgust in my tone, "Why do you give me children like this and discourse on LOVE as teh cure for everything. I love my children and other children. How can I overcome this kind of resistance and challenge?? In a thrice my emotions are lost. Why? I am not convinced that love is the way" I showered and the moment I lit the lamps, within 20 seconds Sri Shirdi Sai Baba manifested as a Siluohette on teh wall, in the same pose as we see with the black and white picture, crossing his right leg over the left, abhaya hasta and the left hand on his left foot. I did not believe myself. I called my children to see the silhoutte. They said the lamps are casting the shadow. I held a calendar, blocking the light. The image did not disappear, but now the head of Baba is moving and saying something. I

asked him that I do not know what he is saying and prayed to reveal that to me. Then light or more likely flickering Jyoti manifested in his Heart, Abhaya Hastam and two on the Wall next to him. Immediately he gave me message internally, " I am watching them also. They are mine and they haev not reached me. You are my reflections and you are from me. Do not worry about them. There is time for them to reach me". The silhoutte waited till the children came after taking shower, we instead did Satya sai Ashtottaram and after Aarati, the silhoutte of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba disappear. Brothers and Issters, I would not bravely write about this without assertion from our Sweet Lord Sri Satya sai Baba. That year, in Kodaikanal, openly professor Anil Kumar mentioned about this incident and the description. Swami nodded and smiled. Anil Kumar Ji confessed that Swami would have stopped him

right then and there, if this is a story that I created. Swami conceded to the fact that our relationship is from Shirdi avatar.It could have been from many other Eons also. Exactly, 10 years later, on January 2nd, 2002, Swami called our family fro interview and that i sa joy that our family cherishes till this day. He asked us to bring teh children and we did. He did not send them empty handed, but materialized 2 green rings fro them and he himself placed it on their fingers. They never take it off, even in sleep. On jnauary 19th, 2004, Swami told me personally, he only knows why, that "Amma, don't worry, you are my reflection" Lord will give what is due when it is due, without thinking if we are worth it or not. He only knows. One other incident after this was on the Vijayadasami day in 1993. We were told by a highly evolved soul to do Homa in the house before sunrise and do

Sundarakanda parayana. We did not want to do that and some other couple from Houston were going to do that. In the last minute, because of natural causes, wife could not come, but we were the chosen couple we were told. I called a very devoted person to come for teh same. Whenhe saw the picture of Baba he broke down. He told me that he got news from his hometown through his father, that he would get a call from Sri Shirdi Sai Baba and that he should accept. When I invited him, he did not know that we would have picture of Shirdi Sai Baba there. He came to our house at 1 AM to follow the order from his father and thought that this was teh calll that he was talking about, but did not realize that till he came into the pooja mandir. I did not know that it was Sri Shirdi Sai Baba's samaadhi day that day. During the Sundara Kaanda Paaraayan, I lost my body consciousness for a moment, I saw myself hugging a huge Shiva

Lingam and placing my head against it. I was wearing a lime green sari with maroon border. When I came back, I felt so peaceful and realized that I was gone. I vivdly remeber the emotion an teh vision. A person gave me that day as a gift, Sri Shirdi sai Sat Charitra Paraayana book, written by Sri Narayana Rao Garu. I have more miracles to narrate that happened through that book and that Shirdi Baba used this body to help people in distress. I did not mention any names other than Professor Anil Kumar, as he is a public figure anyway and I hope he fogives me for narrating the Kodaikanal incident and if he feels that it is invasion of his privacy. Your servant with humility Baba and make every one see teh spirituality behind the experiences than my vanity or the self that only belongs to you and to none. In Sai service with love Meena Chintapalli Arun N Reddy <arunreddy_n wrote: Command over Fire Power Once "DHUNI", the sacred fireplace started by Baba in Dwarkamai burning fiercely. Baba had already predicted the day of his departure from this world, hence I think it must be the day of "VIJAYADASHMI", popularly known as

Dassera. It was evening time. Baba had stationed himself at his usual sitting place opposite the Dhuni in Dwarkamai. My father was also present there. Every evening he would come to Dwarkamai, sit there and observe the interesting happenings if any and proceed with his duty of lighting the Petromax Lamps. That day Baba suddenly got up, went near Dhuni, moved some wood pieces and started murmuring something while pacing up and down in Dwarkamai. This was very unusual and my father felt that something strange is likely to happen. Here I must state that even in those days there were many devotees of Baba who were anxious to know the religion of Baba by birth i.e. whether he was a Hindu or a Muslim. In any case he was in human form so he must have taken birth from a human body, in which case whether his parents were Hindu or Muslim was the question? Of course my father cannot be an exception to the rule. Baba was slowly turning into an angry mood. He started abusing people who had assembled over there. Here the fire in the Dhuni was also raging higher and higher in the same proportion of Baba's angry mood. Entire Dwarkamai was lit up with the light from the firewood. By now Baba was charged with rage. He removed the cotton cloth tied to his head and threw it in the Dhuni. Suddenly the fire flames rose higher. Baba's long hairs became free. After a little while Baba removed his Kafani and threw the same in the Dhuni. The fire flames rose still higher so much so that people feared that the Dwarkamai would catch fire. Baba's anger was reaching its zenith. He stood in front of the People in that

angry mood and in a fraction of a second he removed his Langot"(loin cloth) and threw the same in raging Dhuni. He had thus become "DIGAMBER"(nude) and he stood in front of the people in that form. He then shouted at them and told them to look at his body and decide for themselves and ascertain whether he was Hindu or a Muslim. What a way to give proof of oneself Now I am going to narrate to you what my father had seen at that time. My father used to say that Baba had acquired a very fiery posture. His eyeballs had turned red hot like burning coal and rays of light were emanating- from every pore of his body and his entire body was hidden behind that glow of spiritual ball of light. The light rays were so powerful that my father had to close his eyes. Needless to say that he could not make out the identity of Baba's religion. All present in Dwarkamai were stunned, Baba's shouts were continued. The flames from Dhuni were reaching very

high and throwing enormous amount of light. Outside there was severe lightening and thunder. Then Mr. Bhagoji Shinde, one close devotee of Baba a leper (Baba used to allow him to press his legs) came forward and with great courage tied the new "LANGOT"(loin-cloth) around his waist. Then Baba cooled down to normalcy. He lifted his "SATKA" and came close to the Dhuni. He started hitting the flames with the Satka and was saying "Ugi...Ugi.means calm down, calm down. With each stroke of Satka the flames lowered in height and soon everything was back to normal. Then people got the courage to make Baba wear a new Kafani and his hairs (JATA) were tied with new piece of cloth. Although it was very late but devotees venerated Baba and carried put the evening Aarati as usual. Of course what impressed my father most was that Great Godly Body of Baba emanating light and his powers of having command over the fire. Baba-has selected Vijaya Dashami day with a purpose. He had given

indication to his devotees that this will be the day when he will bid bodily good bye to this world. Later in the year 1918 on the Vijayadashmi day Baba took Samadhi. Dear Sai devotee readers after knowing this I think we all should bury the hatchet of anxiety about Baba's religion and simply worship him with utmost devotion and 100 percent faith, for SAI means "SAAKSHAT ISHWAR"(GOD) who has no religion and is all pervading omnipotent and omnipresent. LIVE EXPRIENCES OF THE TARKHAD FAMILY WITH SHRI SAI BABA OF SHIRDI BY VIRENDRA JYOTINDRA

TARDHAD TO BE CONTINUED.... SOURCE: http://saileelas.org http://groups.msn.com/"If one ever meditates on Me, repeats My name, sings My deeds, and is thus transformed into Me, one's karma is destroyed. I stay by his side

always." - SHIRDI SAI BABA

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Guru Poornima in Shirdi I started attending the 'Gurupoornima Utsav' at Shirdi along with my mother-in-law and to the best of my knowledge I attended 18 'Gurupoornima Utsavs' consecutively. You all must be aware that Gurupoornima Utsav is of three days duration and one of the items is continuous reading start to finish of 'Sai Satcharitra' 'Akhanda Parayan' as it is called. Sai devotees have to give their names and then through a kid 54 names are randomly picked up who have to read the chapters of 'Sai

Satcharitra' in front of Baba's Portrait in Dwarkamai. On one such Poornima Utsav I also gave my name and number 9 was allocated to me. This meant that I had to read chapter 9, which described love & devotion of Tarkhad family towards Sai. Believe me that it was a great pleasure. After I read the chapter in Dwarkamai I received in return a coconut and a photo of Lord Sai as Prasad. This photo was laminated, framed and placed in our house for regular Pooja. Till date every morning when I am out of my bed I stand in front of this photo and do "Namaskar"and pray to Lord Sai saying HECHI DANA DEGA DEVA TUZHA VEESERA NA VHAVA"(Oh Lord grant me only this wish that I should never forget you). Creation of Vijyot Dear readers I am of the opinion that each one of us carries within him/her a strong desire. My father would remind us that he was also a wealthy man with a bungalow, a car and a store room filled with all kinds of eatables filled in China clay pots. Of course at a later stage of his life all this had gone away. I was his last child. So obviously I carried a strong desire God willing I would strive to get back that lost wealth in my own way. Of course to own a bungalow in Mumbai was an impossible task. My wife was also brought up in a bungalow at Khar. So there was a joint desire to have a bungalow of our own whereby at least in our old age time could be spent in comfort. Then in the year 1991 we purchased a N.A plot admeasuring 6 Gunthas (726 Sq. Yards.) at Vangaon.

(Railway station on western railway 100Kms away from Mumbai). I was able to get a loan from my company and by 1993 we were able to construct our bungalow at Vangaon. We named it as "VIJYOT". Way back in 1960 when I had visited Poona, a school friend of mine had shown me a bungalow called "LAKAKI". It was the bungalow belonging to famous Industrialist, LAxmanrao KAkasaheb Kirloskar. You will know the secret behind that name by picking up the first letters from his name i.e. LA—KA—KL We were required to sell our bungalow at Khar due to financial constraints in the year 1959. On seeing Lakaki, the only thought that came to my 16 year old mind then that, if ever I build my bungalow, I would name it as VIJYOT. Sai Prasad from Aba Panshikar Of course the real things lies ahead. When we made the blueprint of our bungalow we decided to have a small marble Mandir for Pooja and meditation purpose. The Mandir was ready and we had a strong desire of placing a life-size color photograph of SaiBaba in it. We tried very hard but were unable to get one. It was the month of April 1993. Mumbai had witnessed tragic bomb blasts in the month of March and all people were scared to talk to any stranger. One day an unknown person rang our doorbell late in the evening. My wife attended the door, when one stranger was insisting that he wanted to see me in particular. He was unable to say my name so my wife was rather doubtful about his identity. Then I intervened and he recognized me. He recalled that we had met in Lendi Baug in Shirdi and that I had narrated the experience of Baba to him. Well I was then clear, he was one social worker from Sai Mandir Pune and

I allowed him into our house. As it was our dinner time we offered him dinner and he obliged. During our discussion I told him about our desire of a colored photograph of SaiBaba. He instantly replied that the life-size portrait we will have to get it painted from an artist on the canvass and if we are looking for a color photograph, then only Mr. Aba Panshikar can help us. He had telephone number of Mr.Prabhakar Panshikar a well-known stage artist of Marathi Theatre and younger brother of Mr. Aba Panshikar. I then telephoned him and obtained the telephone Number of Mr.Aba Panshikar in London and gave him the call. On hearing my request for a color photograph he only replied that, in the month of May he would be in Mumbai and I can get in touch with him at his brother's place in Prabhadevi. So I waited till May and got his appointment for one Saturday evening. We all went i.e. my wife Kunda, my daughter Sujal and my son Mahendra.on 22nd May 1993. I had no idea about him at

all and a gentleman in Saffron color robe, wearing a "Rudraksha" Mala had appeared in front of us. Mr. Aba Panshikar introduced himself and I offered my "Namaskar" to him with folded hands and gave him the introduction of my family. He rather scolded me saying that how come we are with empty hands and not having any Garland and Pedhas (a type of sweet) etc. I was rather surprised because he had never told me that he had brought the photograph for us. I anyway pleaded guilty and rushed to Siddhivinayaka Temple area and purchased a garland of flowers and some Pedhas. He then went inside and brought along with him an elephant size drawing storing box. He opened it and removed the drawing paper roll. He unrolled the same and there was Our SAI in front of us sitting on his famous Throne and giving his eternal smile to us. As advised by him, I garlanded the colored photograph printed on 1mm. thick Kodak paper and distributed Pedhas to all. Mr. Aba then wrote a message on it

stating "To Virendra, Kunda, Sujal and Mahendra, Sai Prasad from Aba Panshikar"and signed at the bottom. He then said, "Please take your Treasure". Believe me readers that was the, golden moment of my life. I was speechless and did not know what to do. Undoubtedly it was a priceless treasure for me. I took out Rs.1001/- from my pouch and offered him but he refused to accept. He said, he does not sell photographs of Baba. Then I told him to accept as donation to his Sai Temple in London. Reluctantly, he agreed but did not take money in hand and told me to place the same on the table. He then inquired with us about our background. I then told him the connection my father had with SaiBaba. On hearing me, he literally embraced me and said he had received the greatest pleasure of his life that day. He was emotional and went inside and brought two one Rupee coins and gave it to me. I took them and prostrated before him and said, "Now I am in receipt of real Prasad of Baba". He

requested for the explanation. I stated that "These two coins denote the Universal message of Baba i.e. "Shraddha" and "Saburi" which he emanated to the whole world during his life-time. Aba was overwhelmed with my explanation and tears of joy rolled from his eyes and he went on to declare that he had met the true Sai devotee that day and gave a bear hug to me. Then Aba narrated his own story to us. His father was a chief priest of Ganapati Mandir in Girgaum and when he was 8 years old one Muslim Fakir came in their compound and offered a SaiBaba photo to him. Aba replied to that Fakir that he is the son of a

Brahmin and is not permitted to keep a photo of a Muslim Baba in his house. The Fakir told him that "BETE AB TU ISE MAT LE PER TERI KISMATME LIKHAHAI Kl TU ISKI ZINDAGIBHAR SEVA KAREGA AUR ISKE PHOTO LOGONKO BATA KAREGA."(My son you may not accept this photo now but I can read your destiny that you will be serving him through out your life and will distribute his photographs to the people). The predictions of the Fakir were cent percent true and Aba Panshikar was in the service of SaiBaba till his end. I request your pardon that; I should have termed him as Late Aba Panshikar as he is no more with us. Subsequently I organized to laminate the Precious photograph and made a good wooden frame for it. On Guru Poornima day in the Year 1993 we consecrated the same in our small Sai Mandir in our bungalow "Vijyot" at Vangaon. Ever since then we celebrate our Guru Poornima over there in a simple and homely way. So this is a small self-experience of mine. I do visit Shirdi whenever I have a desire. I am a retired person now and with Sai's grace living a comfortable life. We now only pray to Baba that both our children should also get their life-partners who are Sai devotee's in-order to maintain the continuity

of love and devotion of the Tarkhad family towards Lord Sai. Lastly I request all Sai devotees never to forget the two Maha Mantras given to us by SaiBaba i.e."Shradha" and "Saburi" which means faith and patience and if one truly abide by these two Mantras Baba grants your wishes without fail. I would now like to end this book with my endless bows and the following apt salutation to our ever-loving SAIBABA LIVE EXPRIENCES OF THE TARKHAD FAMILY WITH SHRI SAI BABA

OF SHIRDI BY VIRENDRA JYOTINDRA TARDHAD TO BE CONTINUED.... SOURCE: http://saileelas.org http://groups.msn.com/ "If one ever meditates on Me, repeats My name, sings My deeds, and is thus transformed into

Me, one's karma is destroyed. I stay by his side always." - SHIRDI SAI BABA

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