Hari Kanoba's Sandals

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Hari Kanoba's Sandals

Hari Kanoba started from Bombay with friends for Shirdi to test Sai

Baba. He wore a lace turban on his head and sandals on his feet. Going

to Baba, he left the sandals out and took darshan. When he came out, his

sandals had disappeared and could not be discovered even after search.

Then he went away to his lodgings.

Baba, picking up the sandals, called a Maharatta boy and said: Boy,

perch these sandals on the top of a stick and go out crying, " Harika

Beta, Jarika Peta " . If anyone claims the sandals, ask him if his name is

Harika Beta and also if he has a lace turban and, if he has, give the

sandals to him. When the boy came near Harika Beta's lodgings, he

claimed the sandals, saying that his name was Hari's son and showing his

lace turban. Kanoba was his father's name. It means Hari; and Hari

Kanoba being his name, Baba's Harika Beta resembled it very much and he

wondered how Baba discovered his name and sent the shoes.

(Source Sai Baba Charters and Sayings)

<http://www.saileelas.org/books/babasayings.htm>

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