Guest guest Posted May 22, 2003 Report Share Posted May 22, 2003 Beloved Sairam, In my recent posting to our members "Your place is your Shirdi" there is a mention of a place Ukrool near Mumbai. The Baba temple in this place had the significance of presence of Baba witnessed by Sri. Keshavrao Pradhan. Some readers of this article wanted to visit this Mandir, any Saibandhus have details of this Mandir and how to reach the location etc. may kindly forward details. Ever yours in Sai Seva Sivanandam --------------------- YOUR PLACE IS YOUR SHIRDI One Mr. Keshavrao Pradhan stayed at Ukrool near Mumbai. Though he had heard of Sai Baba he did not believe in Him. He did not visit Baba till his friend compelled him to do so in 1916. Later he was quite changed. He repeatedly visited Shirdi and invited Baba to Ukrool. Baba simply gave him a picture of himself and said, "Go to your place and raise a temple of this (i.e., his form which you call Baba). Don’t come here again. Go!" When Pradhan again visited him, Baba said, "When I have come to your place, why are you here? Your place is your Shirdi now!" Pradhan submitted that he had not the confirmatory experience of this fact. Later Pradhan raised a Mandir at Ukrool and installed a idol of Baba in it. Ever since Baba spoke the above words, those who lived nearby the Sai Mandir, including Pradhan and his family, had strange experience. At night they used to hear the sound of Mandir doors being opened, saw from a distance, Baba’s physical form moving in the precinct of the shrine. Finally, they saw him withdrawing into the Mandir at about 3 a.m. and closing the doors of the Mandir. Several leelas of Baba took place there and the number of devotees visiting the shrine rapidly increased. Even after Baba’s Mahasamadhi the devotees had clear proof of his spiritual presence there. For instance, in 1940 the temple was being renovated after Pradhan’s demise. But the funds were not forthcoming. A devotee named Narayan Purohit undertook parayana of Sri Sai Satcharitra to secure Baba’s help in the matter. In three or four days Baba appeared in his dream, moving about the precincts of the temple saying, "Where is my Dhuni? If there is no Dhuni, how can this be Shirdi? How can the temple be complete?" Then he threw stones at all, fuming and fretting. Accordingly, with the consent of the trustee as Dhuni (8’ x 4’) was made. Sri A. R. Walewalkar, son of Dabolkar (the author of Sri Sai Satcharitra) lit up the Dhuni on 7-4-1949 at 10. A.m. He stayed at Bhivpuri (which is close to Ukrool) under the instructions of Baba in a dream. (Written by: Pujya Acharya E. Bharadwaja in Sai Baba the Master) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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