Sairam,thorugh
Baba's grace the Dubai people got to experience the
presence of shirdi Baba here! They?re no words to explain this, rather
to say it's beyond words!
One Mr. Vasu Shroff an industrialist is a devotee of Baba. About 2
years back he had gone to shirdi and prayed to Baba asking him as to
when He was coming to Dubai. When he opened his eyes he saw a piece of
paper on his lap. It said, " I will come on the 15th of April 2004"! .
There is a Shirdi group, which conducts sathsang every Friday at a
place in Jumairah [Dubai]. They had a got an idol from Shirdi and
wanted to install that. Since Baba told MR.Vasu that he will be coming
on the 15th of April, they wanted the installation on that day. Baba
came in Vasu's dream telling him that he will give him darshan at 2am
on the 15th. Round the clock preparations were going on for the
installation. At around 1.30 am Mr Vasu asked all the people working
there to go home. Baba had told Mr. VASU THAT HE WANTED SOLITUDE AND
THAT ONLY 4 PEOPLE, CAN SEE HIM. MR. Vasu had slept off and Baba
appeared in his dream and told him " I am waiting outside the villa
when are u coming" [ Mr. Vasu's residence is elsewhere].
Baba also told him that he wanted his driver Sharma to welcome him.
So when MR. Vasu went to the villa he saw that the doors were open and
all the lights were on at 2am! He saw Baba as 30-year-old man. Baba
sat in the mandir and wrote messages in 11 slips of paper. Baba
materialized rudraksha mala for Mr. Vasu.He gave one small
vijayasthamb[for victory]. Baba said whosoever prays touching the
vijayasthamb with pure devotion will get success in life. Baba wore
old padukas and came there. Baba said that they belonged to, lord
Siva. MR. Vasu asked baba to give his footprints in chandan. A cloth
was spread and Baba gave his footprints in them. About 9 of them are
there going towards the shrine! Then he came out and went to the
opposite room and said that he wanted to take rest for sometime. Now
they have named the room as Dwarakamayi. Meanwhile one lady whom MR.
Vasu had informed [one of the 4] called. Then Baba went and sat in Mr.
Vasu's car.
Then HE kept the padukas on MR. Vasu's head. Then MR. Vasu went around
the car 7 times with Baba sitting inside. By that time the lady
arrived. She got His darshan! Baba gave her 2 mangoes and blessed
here. Then he asked Mr. Vasu to get into the car and take him the
Sonapur temple. Mr. Vasu had lost his daughter about 7 years ago. When
the car reached the temple he saw his daughter standing there at the
entrance! Baba told him " u were worrying about her now she is with
me!" then Baba got down from the car and went to the temple. His
daughter merged into Baba and Baba went into the temple and
disappeared. All things, which he has materialized, are kept in the
temple for everyone to see. He also told that when he wants the
padukas it would come back to him. The old wooden padukaas, the mala,
the writings and the vijayasthamb can be seen by everyone. Baba also
lit the akhanda jyothi there and it is still burning. They are going
to convert the whole place into shirdi! The pujari from Shirdi has
also come for this purpose. The installation is over and the regular
aarthi goes on like it happens in Shirdi. What can be said about HIS
grace! As said before it is just beyond words!
Sairam
S.Krishnamachari Santhanam.
Source: THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI
Published Bi-Weekly
Issue 9/2004