SAI KRIPA (December 1983) by K. Ramakrishna Sastri

[Guest guest]

Dr. Shri Hari Rao of Tirupati closely known to a friend of mine had been at

Shirdi for the last three months. (We had no personal acquaintance with

him) We wanted to meet him thee. After arati that afternoon we sat before

Baba in the main hall. One bhakta was telling a group of people before him

about Shri Sai Baba and Shirdi. He was talking to them in Telugu. We took

him to be the Tirupati doctor. We made enquiries. To our surprise and

happiness he was Shree J.V. Subbaiah Lecturer Ongole who came there with his

parents and they were our neighbours at Ongole. (Incidentally he is

responsible for the construction and maintenance of Shree Sai Temple in

Kothapata, Ongole) We could meet his parents in Dwarakamai that evening.

As we were chatting, a woman with three children came to me and said,

“Namaste Sir.” I was taken aback. I did not remember to have seen her

before. She was my student a long time ago. She came there from Chirala

(Andhra Pradesh) with her husband and children for Shirdi Yathra what a

happy occasion ! I could meet many Andhra devotees during my short stay

there.

On enquiry Shri Subbaiah told me how to recognize our Tirupati Doctor. He

said, “you can see him at Dwarakamai or at the Samadhi Mandhir during arati.

You can easily recognize him. He always carries his Sai Sacharit wrapped in

a Bhagwa (saffron) cloth”. The same evening we could easily find out

doctor. Our attraction to him was like a piece of iron to a magnet. We

were attracted naturally. During our three days stay at Shirdi he was

always with us and he introduced us to all the important people in Shirdi.

He was our ‘guide’ at Shirdi. We had a brief but pious stay there for three

days praying Shri Sai and performing poojas.

On our way back we visited Hyderabad, Bhadrachalam and Vijayawada. The

journey was memorable for we had no difficulties at all and we could be back

at Tirupati on 20th as scheduled.

Of course the marriage went on perfectly well without any hitch. The bride

’s family is also devoted to Shri Sai. We at present are preparing for a

visit to Nellore to attend the Sai Devotees convention at Nellore, to be

held on 7th, 8th and 9th January 1982.

Our long felt desire was fulfilled by the grace of Shri Sai without whose

will and guidance we could not have gone there. He gave us an opportunity

to meet His other devotees, who were known to us. We have a plant to visit

Shirdi again during May this year. We pray Shri Sai to bless us as usual

and to have our desire fulfilled.

K. Ramakrishna Sastri

Tirupati (A.P.)

 

 

 

(The experiences of Devotees as published in Shri Sai Leela Magazine, can be

read at www.saileelas.org/magazines/SAILEELA/exp.htm)