9. HOW BABA INSPIRED SHRI M. K. RAJAGOPALA-CHARY TO BUILD BABA'S MANDIR AT NELLORE (A.P-)

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Doctor M. K. Rajagopalachari of Nellore has got a photo and UDI of Shri Sai

Bafca, Shirdi, through Rao Saheb Chandu Subbaiah Setty after his return

from Shirdi visit, as he is his family doctor. He put the photo on the top

of his Almyrah in his dispensary in Rajaji Street, Nellore without evincing

much interest and in a most casual way. After some days, the doctor had a

dream one night. A tall Fakir in long torn gown walked up to him and showed

some wounds and eruptions on his skin below his two knees and asked him to

dress up his wounds. Seeing the Fakir, the doctor was wonder struck with his

extraordinary appearance, graceful and kind personality and the doctor

immediately dressed up His wounds in his own hands with great care and

interest. Then the Fakir said that he was very much relieved of the pain and

blessed him and left. After two or three days of this incident while the

doctor cleaning the dust and debris on the Almyrahs and he happened to look

at the Baba's photo and that the portions down below Baba's knee was eaten

away by white ants and this condition reminded the doctor of the incident in

his dream, The doctor became to know that the Fakir who blessed him in his

dream was no other than Shri Sai Baba Shirdi and his eager grew more to know

about Baba. In 1939, he invited his Holiness B. V. Narasimhaswamy to

Nellore. The Swamiji gave lectures about the life and leelas of Shri Sai

Baba. In October, 1940, the doctor made a trip to Shirdi. He met His

Holiness Shri B. V. Narasimhaswamy and Shri Kesavaiah Swamiji. The doctor

returned from Shirdi with a firm determination to build a regular mandir

immediately after his return to Nellore. Accordingly with his tireless

effort along with other Sai devotees a pucka mandir of Shri Sai Baba Shirdi

was erected at Nellore with a Mandali by name "The Nellore Shri Sai Baba

Baktha Mandali" for its maintenance.

Surrender Shri Sai Completely I Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there !!

 

(Adopted from 101 stories of Sai Baba after his Mahasamadhi as published in

the rare book Ambrosia in Shridi by Sri Ramalingaswamy)