BABA'S KAFNI

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STORY OF BABA’S KAFNI

(From the Dixit Diaries)

The devotees would often use Tatya to make Baba agree to things which they felt

he would not agree to under normal circumstances. They felt that as Tatya was

loved and cherished by Baba, and as Baba never refused Tatya anything, he could

prevail upon Baba. The devotees wanted to see Baba glittering with all the

accoutrements of a potentate. They therefore got Tatya to cover Baba with rich

clothing and make him wear a coat and a crown during the Chavadi Festival.

Under normal circumstances Baba would never even change his kufni daily, let

alone wear such glittering and rich clothes. When the kufni got torn, Baba

would take a thorn, and making a hole in it for the eye, patiently use it as a

needle to stitch up the holes during the afternoons when he was free. If any

devotee presented him with a new kufni, he would refuse it and say, "An old

kufni is good enough for this poor fakir." When it got too bedraggled, Tatya

would come and sit with Baba, and talking of this and that, would say, "Why

Baba, your kufni is indeed badly torn." He would slyly insert his fingers into

the holes and wriggling them around would make the holes so big that further

repair was impossible. Baba would notice this, and shouting at Tatya would burn

his old kufni in the dhuni and wear the new one. Sometimes he would repair the

big holes made by Tatya and wear the old one again.

(from Marathi magazine Sai Leela Masik)

 

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