Unique Sai Miracle

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Unique Sai Miracle

By Mrs. Rathna

Chandrasekhar

 

Baba gave me an opportunity to visit Shirdi from November

16 to 18, 1998, along

with my nephew, Dr. G. R. Vijayakumar, and his wife Seetha.

My nephew generally performs 'Pradosh' pooja to Lord Mahadev and while planning the trip, he asked us to leave Bangalore after finishing the Pradosh

pooja on November 16. Somehow this was not convenient and we had to plan in

such a manner that we would be in Shirdi between November 16 and 18. My nephew

reluctantly agreed saying that Sai-willing still he could perform 'Pradosh pooja' on November 16.

 

We reached Shirdi on the 16th forenoon. We had darshan to our heart's content. In the evening, we went to

the Mahadev Mandir in the

precincts of Samsthan and enquired the priest about

‘Pradosh’ pooja. The priest

said that such a provision is not there and individual devotees could offer

worship to the Shiva Linga. My nephew was

disappointed. He asked us to fetch some flowers and other offerings and

meanwhile, started chanting 'Rudra' and 'Chamaka' hymns preparatory to Abhishekam.

 

Lord Sainath always provides

where He guides. At this moment, a miracle occurred. Even before we started to

get pooja materials, a middle aged lady appeared there from nowhere. She

brought a basketful of Bel-pathra, Bilva fruits, flowers, seven litres

of milk, a pot of curds, a little quantity of honey and sugar, apart from other

pooja materials. She placed all these things at our disposal and wanted to

perform pooja to Lord Mahadev on behalf of her son.

 

We were happy at the turn of events. We performed,

‘Panchamrit Abhishek’ to the Shiva Linga, offered ‘archana’ by reciting ‘Trishathi’ and finally did ‘Arathi’,

which coincided with the evening arathi to Sai Baba.

The final outcome was that my nephew could perform ‘Pradosh’

pooja in a much better manner on the holy soil of Shirdi, than he had ever

performed at his hometown earlier.

 

Sai Baba is close behind our thoughts and He is there

to fulfill each one of our needs and desires in His own inimitable manner.

(Source Shri

Sai Padananda Jan 1999)