Pushkar to Holy river Bima

[Guest guest]

My dear friends and like minded persons

 

It is really a painful matter I could not remain in touch with you for the

past one month due to continuous ill health and other health problems. Perhaps

this is the only one of the biggest time gaps which we have in mutual exchange

of opinions.

 

Any way, The Holy Pushkar to Bima River started on 28th of October and amidst

all odds myself and my team left for Maktal in Mahaboobnagar District where the

river enters Andhra Pradesh and later joins River Krishna. The origin of the

Bima River is Bhimashankar near Pune on Sahyadri Hills. It is a jyothirlinga in

the name of Bhimashanker and the river originates from the lotus feet of Lord.

Our plan was to reach the place on 3rd and organize a medical camp and also

annadaana camp as is being done at every Pushkar for the past twenty years or a

little more. But Lord drove us to the Holy place on 5th November where we

enjoyed a nice and most enjoyable time in the river and later in the evening

hours left for Kuruvagadda – or Kuruvapuram as narrated in Guru Charitra of Lord

Dattatreya. Lord Sri Paada Vallabha stayed in the island and performed his

Tapus.

 

The evening time of 5th remains to be in our memories, for, that evening we

sat in a dingi – a small local boat made up of bamboo and that was the sun set

time Soon the sky was bright with the moon light of the full moon day and the

waters of Krishna river started sparkling. The Divinity of nature and the

beauty of water – none of us are able to put down on this small paper. We could

understand why the great poets encircled through the SARAT CHANDRA – the full

moon of the Season when sky is bright and atmosphere pleasant. We reached the

island while we were in our divine dreams in the small dingi boat. Interesting

it is, that day Sri Paada Vallabha Swamy was decorated as Lord

Dattatreya. The island provided accommodation to the temple staff; to a few

cows; and many such the prominent being a very big banyan tree probably of 6000

years age. We offered prayers to the Lord and to the age old tree and offered

rice and jaggery to the cows AND MOST RELUCTANTLY left the island once again in

the dingi boat.

 

Richness is not in the money we earn – richness is in the aesthetic senses and

in the perception. We were considered to be the richest – the richest, I

confidently repeat. Any one who desires to have such experience may have to

wait for another 12 years when again the pushkar to the Holy river Bima starts –

and that should be during Sarat Ritu and the Dingi should be available and the

temple to remain open – oh! so many ifs and buts.

 

It is HIS desire that this small group of HIS children to have a darshan in

this fashion – in the most memorable way of a LIFE TIME. As usual we offered

prayers on most of your behalf who have been continuously in touch with us.

Therefore, a part of our rich earnings are already shared with you.

 

Yours affly HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI

 

Adhyatmika Ratna, Sri Yaaga Vidya Praveena, Vedanta Visarada Dr P V Sesha Sai

Aswamedhayaaji 1-9-52/F/3, MCH NO 2859, Road No. 19, Ramnagar, HYDERABAD, India

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11th November 2006