From Puttaparthi...Lingam to Swami Gopalakrishna

April 29, 2008

saiprashanthi gurukulam <saiprashanthi.gurukulam wrote:

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:15:29 +0530"saiprashanthi gurukulam" <saiprashanthi.gurukulamFROM PUTTAPARTHI...LINGAM TO SWAMI GOPALAKRISHNA !!!

Swami Gopala Krishna Baba is one of the numerous saints

and swamis, either living or non-living, who have stated and testified about the Divine Incarnation of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

Gopala Krishna Baba's parents were ardent Sai devotees, but from his early childhood Gopalakrishna was intensely drawn to the local Sri Ramakrishna Temple.

In his mid-teens, when Gopalakrishna was alone in the house one day, vibhuti began miraculously manifesting on Sai Baba's photos in his parents' puja room, leaving a strong impression on the young man. Soon afterwards He visited Baba's ashram in Whitefield, Bangalore and, as he tells it, "My heart instantly recognized in Sai Baba the same Divine Being who had lived as Sri Ramakrishna."

His devotion for Baba soon became the overwhelming force in his life, and in the coming years he often visited Baba's ashrams, and received many blessings from Him. However, in 1990, when Gopalakrishna went to Baba's ashram at PUTTAPARTHI for the 65th Birthday celebrations, due to the massive crowds he was unable to see Baba the way he wished, and therefore told Baba internally, "Next year I will celebrate Your Birthday in my own home, so please come there to receive my worship!" Clearly the Lord was listening, for the next year on Baba's birthday, on 23rd NOV. 1991, while Gopalakrishna was performing a puja in his home;

Baba suddenly appeared before him in a living form, manifested a beautiful CHANDRA MOULISHWARA LINGAM and gave it to Gopalakrishna. In those precious divine moments Baba told him, "Perform the Rudhrabhishekh to the sacred linga on every Monday and distribute the holy consecrated sacred water (Tirtham) to the people." This is being done continuously from 1991 onwards without a break. (Every Monday morning in the Old temple 07.00 - 09:30) There are innumerable instances where people have been cured of mental and physical ailments by partaking of the

consecrated water. The linga is elliptical in shape. The full moon is depicted in the background with the "Jattha" (tuft of hair) of Shiva in the foreground. Prof.

Anil Kumar narrated this incident in the Divine presence of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba and the same was also published in "Sanathana Sarathi" (official magazine of the Sri Sathya Sai Organisation) in the month of July 1992.

Sri Sai MandiramNo.1265, 8th 'B'cross, 1st 'E'main,2nd Phase, Girinagar, Bangalore-560 085 http://www.saibaba-aclearview.com/contents2.html http://www.saibaba.ws/articles1/swamigopalakrishnababa.htm