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A Master of Nature
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
It was on a cloudy June evening
that Sathya Sai Baba was addressing an open air meeting at
Mercara. The sky was overcast and gloomy rumblings of
approaching rain could be heard, not far away. In fact, the rain
poured on the hills on the horizon, stepped nearer and nearer,
and came as far as Mahadevpet, half a mile away. Baba spoke
quietly and calmly, holding the audience spell-bound, for over
an hour and a half; at the end, He said, " Now, you can go home,
for in about ten minutes you will get the rain that ought to
have drenched you by now. "And, wonder of wonders, the rains
came, as announced, ten minutes later, to the very second!
The Chitravathi River at Puttaparthi is subject to sudden
floods, for it rises in the Nandi Hills and heavy rains in that
region in Mysore State will bring down the waters many feet deep
all along the miles. The Prasanthi Nilayam was built on an
eminence away from the village to avoid these periodical floods
which in some years invade the old Mandir, entering the prayer
Shed, the kitchens and all the surrounding area. On many such
occasions, Baba has stood on the edge of the water and said, "Ganga!
It is enough, go back." and the waters have not risen more. Some
years ago, during Navarathri, when the (Narayana Seva) feeding
of the Poor was on, it rained all round the Nilayam, but not a
drop fell in the precincts where people were being fed!
From: Prof. M. Kasturi, Sathyam Sivam
Sundaram (The Life Story of Sathya Sai Baba), Part I
http://www.saibaba.ws/avatar/sss/sss1.htm
Source:
http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/pages/bhagawan/miracles/Nature.htm
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