January 2009

Baba’
Baba’s
s Punyatithi Sai Baba's Murti Sthapna
Sthapna Anniversary
Celebrations At celebrated in Canbarra, Australia
Columbus, Ohio In Hindu Temple & Cultural
Centre, the Sai Baba
of Canbarra. From
Sydney two buses
For Sri Saibaba Temple the participation of over 700 Temple of Canbarra, carrying Sai
Society of Ohio, past couple devotees from Columbus Australia, the 5th devotees went to
of months have been the and near by cities. Special anniversary of Sai Baba's Canbarra to attend
busiest periods with many pujas and Bhajans were Murthy Sthapna was the function. A
celeberated with full program of Sai
devotion and great Bhajans was
enthusiasm. Many devotees organised by Mr.
were present there to avail Kumar Advani. Mrs.
Baba's blessings. The Sangitha, Mr.

Mrs. Ragini, Mr & Mrs. Naga

celebrations including
Dussehara Celebrations,
followed by three day
Yagnam and Diwali
celebrations. The Columbus
city has got a chance to
witness the real essence of
Hindu culture with the vedic
and cultural ceremonies
performed in and outside the
Sai Baba Temple.
Dussehara Celebrations:
Baba’s 90th Punyatithi day
was celebrated at Sri Sai
Mandir Columbus, Ohio with
Reddy, Bhushan, Mr. Tarun and Ms.
M r . Jayanti recited Sai bhajans
R a o , in their melodious voice.
M r s . After Aarti mahaprasad
advisor of Shri Sai Sumiran Lata, Mrs. Nancy, and artist was distributed. All devotees
Times, Mrs. Anibha Singh from Bhaj Man Re Bhajan were given one bag of
also visited the Sai temple Mandal Mr. Tiru, Mr. Alind, prasad.
Shirdi Sai To arrive In
Shanthidham At Bangalore
Sri Sai Santoshi Maata commencement
Charitable Trust (SSSMC function was
TRUST) at Bangalore has organized on 14th
plans to construct Sai Dec 2008 which was
performed followed by Maha Temple at Bangalore. The attended by about
prasad. c o n s t r u c t i o n 500 Sai devotees.
Sri Datta Sai Yagnam – At Sai Sri
the proposed temple Vishwa
Chaitanya
grounds at Lewis Center,
Swamy
Contd. at page 2 of Zee
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(Telugu) fame was the Chief Guest for the
function. Swami did the construction initiation
and also lighted the lamp. He also gave
his blessings for early completion of the
project. Contd. at page 2

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Hansraj beats the cat Shri Sai Kriti
and welts appear on 2008
Baba's back
Hansraj Vaani had asthma: finished eating, she
it was very severe and
tormented him day and
night. He was advised by
Narsinga Baba Maharaj of
Nasik to seek refuge at
Baba's feet. Hence he and
his wife came to Shirdi and
made it their home.
Baba cautioned Hansraj,
and told him not to eat curd,
or acidic and pungent food
items. But Hansraj loved
curds and felt that the meals
was incomplete without it. In
fact he felt he could give up
his life rather than give up
eating curd. He forced his
wife to prepare curd daily so
he could have it for lunch.
They had lunch after the
noon aarti, and while they
attended it a cat would
sneak in and eat the curd.
This bothered Hansraj a lot,
as he had to have the meal
without it. So he devised a
plan, he asked his wife to
keep the vessel in a sling
and hang it from thereafter.
Nonetheless, the cat
somehow managed to eat
it. One day he decided to
catch the cat in the act and
give it a good thrashing. He
waited with a stick in his
hand for the cat to commit
the act. Indeed the cat came
into the house and
somehow managed to
climb up and eat the curd.
As soon as the cat had
Contd. from page 1
Shirdi Sai ... Bangalore
Quite a few number of
devotees voluntarily came
up and announced their
donation to the Trust. All
hereditary trustees, life
trustees, and trustees were
duly honored by the
management committee of
the Trust which comprised
the following- Shri
A.N.Purushottam.Shri
Prakash Nerwani, Shri
A.G.Kulkarni, Shri Meda
Ramakrishna, Shri
V.Sainath.and Shri T.G.
Venkateshwara Gupta.Shri
Meda Ramakrishna has
taken up the total
responsibility for early
On Thursday, the 4th Dec
recital of Shri Sai Kriti
paath was organised by Mrs.
Meena Kapoor at her
descended and Hansraj
gave her a good thrashing.
In the evening Hansraj
went to the Dwaraka Mai,
where Baba was sitting
along with his devotees.
Baba looking at Hansraj
said, There is an Uptiya
(one who does the reverse
of what he is asked to do)
who wants to die by eating
sour and pungent things, but
I will not allow him to do so.
I went to his home in the
form of a cat to eat the curd
and he gave me a good
thrashing." Then Baba
exposed his back and there
were red welts from the
beating.
Many a time Baba
appeared before his
bhaktas to assure and
satisfy them. But he did so
in unique and different
roopas (forms).
"Sometimes I am a dog.
sometimg a pig, a cow, a
cat, a fly and an aquatic
creature. In various forms
do I move about in the
universe. Know that I like
only him who sees me in all
living beings. so give up this
sense of differentiation, this
is the way to worship me"
said Baba to Mrs Tarkhad
when she fed a hungry dog,
and then a mud splattered
pig. Courtesy
Ambrossia In Shirdi
execution of the project and
is spending maximum time
monitoring the progress.
Shri G.Laxminarayana,
Chief Advisor to the Trust
explained in detail about
Shanthidham Project and
also highlighted the future
plans of the Trust to help the
poor an needy.
The function concluded
with vote of thanks by
M.V.S.Appa Rao, s Sai
devotee and resident of the
colony.
After the function all
devotees present were
given Sai Maha Prasadam.
-G. Laxminarayana
residence in Sydney
(Australia). The cassette of
Shri Sai Kriti was played and
the devotees sang along. Shri
Sai Kriti is written and sung by
Shri Surendra Saxena,
popularly known as Saxena
Bandhu. Shri Sai Kriti is the
gist of Shri Sai Satcharitra.
Everyone present there was
engrossed in the recital. The
paath of Shri Sai Kriti is
organised every thursday by
Sai devotee Mrs. Anibha Singh
in Sydney.
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The Miraculous Udi
I am a sai devotee since last
five years. I have one
daughter who was recently
born. Her name is Sai
Nirmala. In my family we are
giving respect to Baba as
our boss. When my child
was five months old she
suffered some pain in her
throat we went to the child
specialist. He checked her
throat (inside) and showed it
to me that there was a little
(pepper size) white color
infection there. So doctor
gave some medicines and
asked me to come after one
week. We have given the
medicines as per his advice
and after one week we went
again, still the infection was
there. Then he advised us to
go to ENT specialist and
asked to stop the medicine
which was prescribed by
Contd. from page 1
Baba’s Punyatithi, .... Ohio
this rare historical and divine
event was performed
meticulously by 4 vedic
pandits assisted by 5 able
purohits drawing huge
number of devotee
particpation even at the
semi-sustainable weather
conditions. Appreciations
and good wishes overflowed
from various sources
including Mr.Windell
Wheeler (Mayor, Delaware),
Mr.Eagen (Orange County
Chairman)
Parivara Devata
Samprokshana-
On the very same days of
this grand yagna, Idol
sanctification was done to
the three pancha loha utsava
murthis of Sri Natya
Ganapathi, Sri Raja
Rajeswari, Sri Abhaya
Anjaneya
Diwali Celebrations –
Diwali was grandly
celebrated at the temple
premises with Lakshmi
Pooja with more than 108
Animated movie based on
the Life, Miracles &
Teachings of Shri Sai Baba
has just been released on
VCD in Shirdi by the Shri Sai
him. We prayed to Baba for
her. In my family we all were
very upset for her. I have got
“dhuni vibhuti” thru my friend
who is also a Sai devotee. I
mixed the vibhuti with the
milk and gave immediately to
her. We did not meet any
ENT specialist. After one
week we went to the same
doctor who is child specialist
for vaccination. Before giving
the vaccination he checked
her throat but to our great
surprise there was no sign
of infection or no white color
was seen there. We did not
give any medicine for the
infection. Really Baba is a
greatest “hakkim”(doctor).
Till now whenever she
suffers Baba is saving her.
Jai Sai Ram !
Courtesy Sai Vichaar
varieties of dishes,
Annakoota Pooja to Lord
Krishna, and Sri Chakra
Pooja with deepa
alankarana. Children
happiness on this occasion
seemed much brighter than
the burning sparkles in their
hands. There was an
overwhelming response and
devotee participation, some
of whom travelled from other
cities for this rare devotional
events performed by Sri
Saibaba Temple of
Columbus. Most of the
devotees have strongly felt
the presence of Baba all over
the temple and the temple
site premises at Lewis
center, Columbus, Ohio.
Lots of compliments were
exchanged and bestowed on
the society and countless
volunteers who involved with
the success of this great
event, Datta-Sai Yagnam for
World Peace and
Prosperity.
-Varaha Appikatia
directed by Mr.Kishore
Bhaskar and music by Shri
Anoop Jalota is released in
both Hindi And Marathi
languages. Pratibha Rajput
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Sai Baba
Sai Baba the saint, God who
incarnated on this earth
entirely and wholly for the
upliftment of his devotees,
living all His life in a
dilapidated masque. He
taught people how to live a
simple spiritual and
contented life to be happy in
what God has ordained for
us, to be contented with the
basic minimums of life to
perform one’s karma with full
dedication, honesty,
sincerity and amidst all this
always chanting the Lord’s
name with full faith in the
power of His name and
grace.
He performed leelas as we
call them the deeds
performed by the incarnation
Sai in a bodily form. leelas
were basically his every day
interactions with one and all
but were given the name
“leelas” as behind each such
action was always hidden a
deep divine message of the
Lord. A message that would
either fulfill itself with the
passage of time on its own
or by Sai’s grace open its
true self right there and then.
Many such Leelas have
been depicted in the most
sacred granth - The Sai Sat
Charita and each leela is a
deep divine message of Sai
Baba to humanity to uplift
from the gutters of
selfishness to the epitome is
selflessness. This sacred
Granth is our Bible, Guru
Granth sahib or in fact the
Bhagwat Gita itself. It not
only gives us to rise from the
darkness of Maya to the light
of spirituality but also takes
us out of the small ditches
& pits we keep falling into
while traversing this path of
life, fully engulfed by Maya.
Sai Sat Charita is the ‘Light
of the Lord’ which takes us
from materialism to
spirituality, form darkness to
light, from Maya to Mayapati
and from the wheel of Karma
to the eternal take-off
towards spirituality and
moksha. For our own
enhancement for our own
utthan, we must read the Sai
Sat Charita every day.
It is not important to do
formal pooja but more
important is to cherish, love
& call God from the depths
of your heart. Lord is
ominipresent. He is not
bound by the four walls of a
temple nor is he only present
in formal rituals, instead he
is always inside us, with us,
around us, it is just that we
have to realize this fact and
remember them always with
love and a devoted heart and
be restassured you will be
able to get His feel in your
own heart beat. More
important is love rather than
formal pooja to which God
responds. While doing all
your duties, if you remember
Him always, then that is a
bigger upasana rather than
going to the temple for 10
minutes and lighting a lamp
in two minutes and just
forgetting the Lord the whole
day long.
So with the NEW YEAR ,
let us just try to peep within
our own self and analyse
how much did we really
remember or loved Sai
genuinely. How much was a
mere show off or a selfish
venture. You will get your
own answers but please be
honest to your own self and
see where you stand and
promise your own self to
enhance your present
position further to go closer
to Sai, to increase your love
towards Him and not moving
closer to this false
materialistic world and just
fooling your own self by
calling mere formal pooja
bhakti and mere selfish
venture as love towards the
lord.
S.K. Kapur
Delhi
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My Experience about Sai Baba
For the protection of the
virtuous and for the
destruction of the evil, the
Almighty manifests Himself
in a form and a name
chosen by Him. Bhagawan
Sai Baba of Shirdi is one of
such manifestations of the
Divine who has descended
on the earth to save
humanity from moral decay.
The Divine Will was
evidenced right from the very
inception of the Avatar i.e. the
secrecy of His birth. Nobody
can Vouchsafe Baba’s caste
or the place of his birth
excepting several vague
theories put forward by some
of his contemporaries. He
was loved and worshipped
by Hindus and Muslims alike.
People coming from all
areas and from all faiths
flocked to Shirdi to prostrate
at His holy feet for their
salvation. He was a Hindu
living in Masjid. He was a
Muslim for whom the
Mosque was “Dwarka Mai "
He is a servant to his
devotees having no
limitations of caste, creed or
religion. Everyone has a right
to demand anything he
wants from Him. He is father,
mother and sadguru to the
entire humanity. Every
minute aspect of this Avatar
was so precisely moulded
with meticulous care by
Baba Himself, with a specific
mission of establishing
harmony among Muslims
and Hindus. He is an
incarnation of the Supreme
Power reflected in different
faiths. His teachings
represent the gist of different
faiths. Any attempt to
describe this Deva and His
glory can only be a part of it
and not the whole. “If a man
utters my name with love I
shall fulfill all wishes,
increase his devotion and if
he sings earnestly my life
and my deeds, him I shall be
set in front and back and all
sides" (Shri Sai Satcharitra)
The above assurance of
Baba is a matter of personal
experience for several
thousands of devotees, who
look to Him and who are
looked after by Him. In this
connection I wanted to
narrate my own humble
experience with the
blessings of Sai Baba which
I think will appeal to all those
who admire the supremacy
of any faith by scientific
reasoning or logic.
It was in the year 1970 that
I happened to go to Bombay
on some personal work. As
it happened to be my first
visit I went for sight-seeing
to several places in and
New Delhi - January 2009 3
study of several books
around Bombay Suddenly I
felt that I should go to Shirdi available at Shirdi which
and visit the Mahasamadhi makes one to feel that He is
of Sai Baba more out of not merely a super-human
curiosity rather than form but the omnipotent God
devotion. But the visit was to Himself. Since then my faith
be put off because of my in Baba was steadily
brother-in-law’s arrival from growing. One of my close
the United States. I was very friends was blessed with a
much disappointed and daughter. Unfortunately she
silently prayed to Baba that had an attack of paralysis
if He were to be a God. He and as a result of which she
should bless me with an was not in a position to move
opportunity to go to Shirdi. In her hands. My friend felt very
the meanwhile a very unhappy as the treatment
interesting thing happened. given by doctors did not
We received a cable that my produce the desired results.
brother-in-law’s scheduled He had lost all hopes of
arrival had to be postponed recovery and felt dejected. I
on account of his prolonged gave him a little vibhuti which
stay enroute. Thus the I brought from Shirdi and
seeds of faith were sowed asked him to apply it to the
in my heart by an affected hand with complete
faith in Baba’s mercy.
u n e x p e c t e d
Though he was not
accomplishment of my
desire. Immediately I was in personally a believer in
search of a person who Saibaba he consented to do
could, help me with the it on my persistence. He told
details of the pilgrimage. me that he would worship
When I was proceeding Baba as God if the Vibhuti
from Andheri to Dadar by helped the recovery of his
electric train I surprisingly child in any way. With the
came across a devotee of application of vibhuti there
Sai Baba who guided me was a tremendous
with minute details. Thus the improvement and very soon
the baby recovered
very first visit to the Shrine
responding very well to the
proved to be a preplanned
medical treatment which
sankalpa of Baba Himself to was a big surprise even to
draw me towards Him. After the Physician as he himself
taking a bath I went for a was not quite confident about
darshan which made me the outcome of his trial. The
extremely happy. For a grateful father of the child
moment there appeared has become an ardent
nothing but Sai Baba’s form devotee of Sai Baba. Such
in everything I saw in Shirdi. was the kindness of the
I prayed to Baba that He Saint who responds to the
should help me with His call of humanity if only the
Grace and give me solace persons look to Him.
and comfort throughout my Shri Y. Nagarjuna Rao,
life. I happened to make a Hyderabad.
Jai Sainath
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