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Shirdi Sai and Sathya Sai are One
and the Same
By Arjan D. Bharwani
7. MYSTERIOUS MATERIALISATION OF SHIRDI SAI PORTRAIT
Bhagavan Baba's sister Venkama,
had been pestering .Him to materialise a picture of Shirdi Sai.
She had heard many bhajans composed by her brother which gave a
beautiful description of the majesty and splendour of Shirdi
Sai, Dwarkamayi, Samadhi-Mandir, Udhi, the Margosa tree
there and a number of strange phenomenon associated with Shirdi.
Assessing her devotion and keen desire, Baba promised to give
her such a portrait on a particular Thursday. A day prior to the
promised Thursday Baba left for Uravakonda. On the night of the
promised Thursday, when all were fast asleep at Puttaparthi,
some one called out "Ammayi "' at her door. She got up, lit a
lamp and began a search. Behind one of the jowar hags she found
a rolled up white paper. On picking up and unrolling it, what
should she see, but the promised portrait of Shirdi Sai!
Another such incident occurred
with one Kunjappa Sadhu, the head of the Thanjavur Vijayapuram
Durga Ashram. This venerable sage happened to be physically
handicapped and a patient of diabetes, hence he could not
undertake a long journey to Puttaparthi for Baba's darshans.
Very early on the morning of 17th June 1965, someone knocked at
his door. Kunjappa opened it. There stood an unknown visitor
holding a picture in his outstretched hand. He handed over this
and instantaneously disappeared. The picture left behind was
that of Shirdi Sai. The sceptic friends of the Sadhu did not
believe that Parthi Baba could have come all the way to
Vijayapuram and yet was unable to enter Kunjappa's room. Next
day, however, Kunjappa felt something on his bed – Lo! one more
copy of the previous one'.
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