Guest guest Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 1. SAI BABA OF Shirdi is a name to conjure with. In fact, his name is used as a sacred and powerful mantra by thousands of persons. He is not a non-historic or remote personality, but one who was with us in the flesh till 1918, moving familiarly with tens of thousands and that for decades. A short account of Sri Sai Baba will be interesting and will also prove in many cases the turning point in the lives of numerous readers, as it has done in the past. 2. Of Sai Baba’s birth, parentage, and antecedents, no person that we have met can give any account. But Baba himself gave some hints which have been verified and worked upon. He seems to have been born some time between 1820 and 1850 A.D. in the village Pathri, in the Nizam’s State. His parents were Brahmins who handed him over at a tender age to a fakir. After the fakir’s death, some five years later, the child passed in the care of his Guru Deva, Gopal Rao Deshmukh, a great bhakta of God Venkateswara of Tirupati. After a splendid period of ten years of intense love and devotion towards his Guru-God, the boy obtained the Guru’s grace. As directed by the Guru, he went westward and came to Shirdi in the Bombay Presidency (Ahmednagar District), and after some wanderings, settled and spent the rest of his life there. He passed away on the 15th October, 1918 (3 p.m. Vijaya Dasami Day, after Ekadasi began). The tomb erected over his remains is now the Sai Mandir attracting the devotion of persons from all parts of the country. WHO IS SRI SAI BABA OF SHIRDI?By Shri H.H.NARASIMHASWAMIJI (Founder)All India Sai Samaj (Regd.), Madras - 600 004. http://groups.msn.com/ Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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