Sharing with you all experience by Sai brother Biswanath ji and few of the devotees whom he interviewed residing in Nadia district in West Bengal and who visit Shibpur Sai Baba Mandir .

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Om Sai,

I would like to narrate my experiences during my second visit to Sai Baba temple at Sibpur, Nadia district in West Bengal.

It will be a great service if you post this article in your blog for the benefit of all Sai devotees.

Like my previous darshan of Sai Baba in this temple, I felt the similar glow in Sai Baba’s face. He seemed to me sitting there alive, smiling at all the devotees.

There are aratis held 4 times a day - early morning at 4:45 AM, noon arati at 12 PM, evening arati from 6:30 PM till 9:30 PM and the night arati at 9PM.

The evening arati is splendid, goes on for 3 hours continuously. The devotees who are very poor farmers of the village come regularly during the aratis. I spotted a dog and the locals told me that this dog is present everytime during the arati. He has not missed a single arati.

During the evening arati I had the desire to take a small video of the arati and keep it to myself. An inner voice told me to stop taking the video and concentrate on the Puja and Arati. I did not listen and continued taking the videos. I tried to take two videos during the evening arati period. When the arati was over I tried checking how the videos have come. Lo! To my surprise there were blank screens. None of the videos were recorded. I understood that I have to take Baba’s permission to click his picture here. Next morning during the Kakad arati I asked Baba for his permission to take his morning arati video. I looked at Baba and he seemed to be smiling. Happily I took the video. It was recorded this time! I understood that nothing in this universe moves without Baba’s permission and grace.

I was hearing on my way about the various leelas Baba was performing to his devotes in this village. I thought of meeting those devotees directly and hear from them about the miracles here. I met the poor villagers and compiled all the experiences they had. Let me state here the Shibpur village Sai Baba devotees experiences here.

• Sometimes in Sep 2009 a PWD Engineer’s wife called up the President of this temple Amit Biswas. She told him that she has a happy married life but this life seems to be vacant without a child. They are married for 10 years now without an issue. The couple had visited many doctors and have taken all the medical help required but of no use. One day while coming in a vehicle she has seen Sai Baba’s picture in a shop. She asked Amit whether she can have a darshan of Sai Baba and offer puja to HIM. Amit invited him to the temple to offer Puja to Sai Baba. When she had the darshan of Baba she cried bitterly before Baba and prayed for a child. Baba blessed him with a beautiful child 10 years after their marriage.

• Guddu Gurung and Saina Guru are from Nepal. They are working in this village as watchman. They were childless. One by one four children died before their birth. Doctor’s said that Saina had some internal problem in ovary and she was not able to bear child. They consulted many doctors, finally went to Vellore for treatment. But still no cure. Finally they got a beautiful daughter after offering Puja to Sai Baba in Sibpur temple.

• One day the daughter of the priest of the temple saw that her lower portion of the face has been blackened. There were black spots on this part of the face. The priest was worried. He did not consult any doctor. Rather with full faith and devotion he smeared Baba’s Udi on her daughter’s face and prayed to Baba to remove these black spots from her daughter’s face. Miraculously after 7 days these black spots vanished on its own and the girl looked normal like before.

• A child was born to a couple after 14 years of their marriage after offering Puja to Sai Baba at Sibpur temple.

• One day a devotee came for Baba’s darshan. He had severe stomach pain for quite a few days. The pain was so much that it was impossible for him to sit in this temple. With great devotion he prayed to Baba and took His UDI mixed in water. Within minuted the stomach pain vanished and he never felt that pain any more.

• There was one Sai devotee who lives in a nearby village called Gopinathpur. He had paralysis. He could not move his limbs. He consulted many doctors, took physiotherapy courses but of no use. With great difficulty and full devotion, this devotee paid darshan to Sai Baba at Sibpur temple. On his return slowly his paralysis was gone and now he can run and walk like normal humans.

• A devotee named Sunil Das had a 16 days old son. Suddenly this child stopped taking any type of food and was continuously crying. This went on for 3 days with no food and continuous crying and shivering. Doctor’s medicine failed to cure this child. Finally they brought this child to Sai Baba, laid him near Baba’s seat and the priest touched the child’s head taking Baba’s name and applied Udi on his forehead. He child immediately stopped crying and was rather smiling. He drank the entire bottle of milk in from of everyone present there and started behaving normally.

• An old devotee of Sai Baba named Tarit Pal had a daughter who had her face paralysed. Tarit took her daughter to many doctors but none could cure her. Finally Tarit started bringing his daughter to Sai Baba’s temple every day and applied Baba’s Udi on that portion of her face which was paralysed. Slowly her paralysis was gone and recovered completely by the grace of Baba when all medical sciences failed.

• There are many instance in this village where girls get married after offering Puja to Sai Baba at Sibpur temple.

• Balai Ghosh of Krishnanagar was in deep poverty. He did not have the money to meet the basic means. He tried to get a job but could not succeed. He was totally frustrated and decided to end his life. Suddenly he got an inner message that if he donates Rs. 500/- to Sai Baba temple in Sibpur his bad days will come to an end. This poor fellow now has nothing left with him save his bicycle. He decided to sell of this bicycle for Rs. 500 and donate this amount to Baba as dakshina. He sold the bicycle for Rs. 500/-, went to Sai Baba temple a Sibpur and kept Rs. 500/- at Sai Baba’s feet and returned home. After exactly seven days a distant relative of Balai came to meet him. Balai has never seen this relative. He offered Balai to join him in his business as partner. Balai need not to invest any capital for this. This relative of Balai had business of manufacturing and repairing batteries. Business grew well. After one year Balai decided to find out how much money he could profit from this business. His banker told him that he has made a profit of Rs. 5 lakhs in one year. This is the chamatkar of Baba. Baba has turned this beggar to a rich man today. Balai offered Rs. 500/- to Baba and Baba returned him 1000 times that money to him. Om Sai Ram.

• At least 3 to 4 devotees told me that they have seen at midnight between 2 Am – 2:30 AM that a round ball shaped object, brightly illuminated swayed between the top of the Neem tree to the top of the temple. This ball swayed 2 to 3 times and then suddenly vanished.

• Recently a week back evening Aarati was going on in the temple. The President of the Shibpur Sai Baba temple Amit Biswas looked out side the temple and saw Sai Baba waring his dhoti, kurta and Kafni madly dancing to the tune of Kirtan. Sai Baba was dancing till the Kirtan was going on and then suddenly vanished. This incident was told to me By Amit Biswas himself.

• A lady suddenly discovered that her husband was having illicit relationship with a neighbourhood girl. She never expected this thing to happen after 15 years of their marriage. The husband was not interested to stay with her any more and used to quarrel. The lady was morose and cried. She went to Sai Baba and prayed to him to return her husband back to her. If her husband comes back to her snapping all relationship with the girl then the lady promised to offer Payasam to Baba. After one month she got her husband back. He has snapped all relationship with the neighbourhood girl.

• The temple is getting built with the donation of Sai devotees. One great Sai Baba devotee Shri K V Ramani donated huge sum during he start of the temple. One day it so happened that the ceiling work has to be done next day and Rs. 5000/- was required to be paid to the masons. If the masons do not get the money they will not work. That night not a single penny was there with the temple authorities. They were worried how to resume the temple work the next day. From where to arrange Rs.5000/-. They kept faith in Baba and went to sleep. Next day morning a person came with his family to have darshan of Baba at the Shibpur temple. He has come from Dubai and heard about this Sai Baba temple from a friend in Kolkata. He paid darshan to Baba and did Puja. Then he signed a cheque of Rs. 5001/- and gave to the temple authorities as dakhina to Baba. When Baba is there why take tensions on your head! Such is the leela of Baba.

• Cows in the village suffering from Anthrax gets cured after drinking water mixed with Baba’s udi. A cow gave birth to a calf after 6 years when udi was smeared on his head and udi mixed in water was offered to the cow.

• Every year during the annual festival of Sai Baba temple at Sibpur a gentle man Samir Bhattacharjee takes the responsibility of arranging food for 10,000 people at the congregation. Last year this person was ill. He had open heart surgery and was not in a position to take this huge responsibility. The temple authorities thought of celebrating the festival in a small way this year. Somehow at the last minute the temple President Amit Biswas appealed to the devotees to contribute whatever they can for the feast. Suddenly a huge gathering of people came with rice, pulses and vegetables. They came with so much of these items that not only 10,000 people were fed but many took the food items home as prasadam. Baba is omnipotent and omnipresent. It is difficult to understand his leelas!

• I stated in my earlier mail that the President of this temple Amit Biswas had a dream of Sai Baba. Sai Baba ordered him to contruct this temple and Baba said that he will arrange all means to get this temple constructed. I persuaded Amit Biswas to tell me more about the dreams and he narrated like this, "I saw in my dreams a bright illumination of lights… as if thousand and thousands neon lamps were lit. I was bewildered. Then I heard a voice saying I am Sai Baba. Your great grandfather used to worship me in this temple every day for hours together. I was very happy with him. After his demise there is no puja. The place has become a jungle. I am longing for devotion and Puja here once again." Then Sai Baba said these things in the dream -
  1. I order you to construct my temple and offer me puja every day.
  
  2. Whoever stands near this Neem tree will feel my presence here. The Tree will remove all his sins.
  
  3. For the construction of this temple I will be present to perform my work. The temple construction work should not stop.
  
  4. None other than my Real Devotee will be able to donate for this temple.
  
  5. Whoever come to this temple with full devotion and have my darshan will get all his/her wishes fulfilled.
  
  Amit said that Sai Baba told many more things in this dream but he cannot make them public.

Many temples of Sai Baba came up with the blessing of Baba and due to the donations by devotees. But this is the only temple which is getting constructed in a big way by the ORDER given by Sai Baba.

Om Sai Ram. Om Sacchidananda Sad Guru Sai Nathaya Namah!

May Sai bless us all!

Regards

Bishwanath Banerjee


© Devotees Experiences with Shirdi Sai Baba

Few experiences which i receive are sometimes inter-related to one another. While reading other's experiences, the readers find similarity with their own experiences and are encouraged to share their own experiences. Here is such an experience. About one month before an experience of Sai brother Kishor ji was shared as to how he faced shortage of money in Shirdi and was helped by Sai Baba. This experience inspired Sai brother Puneet ji to share his own experience of similar nature.

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Puneet ji says : I just finished reading brother Kishor's experience on how he managed to get cash from UTI ATM. It reminded me of my experience when I went to Shirdi first time in June 2009.

It was the first time in June 2009 when I went to Shirdi. Ahhh... such wonderful darshan I got there. In fact, my experience started in the train itself. Just half an hour before when I was about to reach Kopargaon station, I got a call from one of my very good client that why didn't I tell him that I have left for Shirdi. He was so kind to me, that he got me to attend aartis from the front, through VIP entry. I thank him and of course our Deva ji for such wonderful darshan. (Although, I sometimes feel that I should not have used VIP route to take darshan, but then I leave that also to the marzi of Deva ji).

Now coming to my ATM related experience, the evening when I was about to leave, I didn't have any cash. I was on the main road, so I checked the UTI ATM, but (unfortunately) it was out of order. Then I checked another ATM (don't remember which Bank it was..its near to UTI ATM), but it was also not working. Then somebody reminded me of the ATM inside the Samadhi Mandir comlpex. Wow... I simply ran there, not just to take cash, but to have a last glimpse of our master Sai Baba from the window which shows His left side of the face... I got a chance to bow to Him in front of Him once again. Don't we feel like seeing our God again and again number of times?? I now feel that He wanted to say that listen kid, now you are going back doesn't mean that you should forget me.. I am with you, infact have been with you even when you were not aware of it. These small small miracles happen just to multiply our faith on God. (One may also read my first ever experience which I posted on 1st April 2009 on this blog. That time I had not even gone to Shirdi before.)

I want to say one more thing. Some events, good or bad, happen in our lives to change our life completely. Sainath is there to catch us in His arms when we are falling from Mount Everest. Lets all have full faith in Him and never let our attention shift away from Him. We all love you from the core of our hearts Deva. Lastly, I would like to wish everyone, A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.

JAI SAI RAM

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References :

• Sai Baba Provided Timely Help in Shirdi - Sai Devotee Kishor

• Shirdi Sai Baba Devotee Experience - Puneet

© Devotees Experiences with Shirdi Sai Baba

Forwarding herewith the experience of Sai brother Rajeev ji. It clearly shows how Shraddha and Saburi are important in the path of devotion to Sai Baba.

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Dear Hetal Ji

I request you to please post my experience in the blog.

|| ANANTKOTI BRAHMADNAYAK RAJADHIRAJ YOGIRAJ PARBRAHM ||

|| SHRI SACHINAND SADGURU SAINATH MAHARAJ KI JAI ||

|| OM SHRI SAI NATHAYA NAMAH ||

|| OM SAI RAM ||

I want to share the Blessings and SAI KARAM on us.

Last month we faced two critical situation one to my near brother-in-law, very close to us, and second my daughter Riya’s admission in LKG.

Brother-in-Law is sincere devotee of SAI BABA. He was en-tour to BABADHAM (SHIV MANDIR in DEOGHAR, now in JHARKHAND) when he had severe pain in chest. After local checkup, he came to Delhi. As we are not financially strong, it was a challenge where to get doctor diagnosis. Taking SAI BABA's name he went to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and was diagnosed and told that heart's three veins are blocked. One 90%, second 65% and third 80%. In two ways it can be cured - ballooning or by-pass surgery. Ballooning will require around Rs. 4 lacs and the patient can start day-to-day work in 7 days. By-pass surgery require around Rs. 1 lac and 45 days rest. We opted second option i.e. by-pass surgery.

We were very worried what will happen to Riya's admission. My son was studying in St Francis School, Indirapuram and we wanted her to be admitted in same school, so we had not applied for any other school.

My wife and we usually visit SAI DHAM MANDIR in NOIDA, we went to Mandir and asked BABA to do justice and get both work done. We put first priority to operation and second to admission.

By the grace of SAI BABA brother-in-law's by-pass surgery operation was successfully conducted and was discharged in four days (miracle). After 40 days of rest he joined his office work with double energy.

Riya's admission was in three phase, 1st - Written Test, 2nd - Lottery and 3rd - Interaction with Parents. Out of thousands of students by grace of SAI BABA Riya was selected in 1st Phase. All the serial numbers of selected students were written on small chits and kept in a glass jar. Twelve parents were called for picking of chits. This process was to select 110 confirmed admission and 10 waiting-list students. Process started 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110 names gone, but Riya’s number was not announced, I cannot tell you the trauma I felt while names were announced from the stage, but back of the mind I was confident that whatever BABA will do that will be the best. Waiting list 1, 2, 3, gone I dialed to my wife, 4 gone, she picked phone said hello, 5 gone, I told Riya's name was not selected in confirmed list, 6 gone, she was shocked, said why BABA has done this, 7 gone, I replied may be BABA has something else in His mind, 8 gone, wife replied but we needed this admission, Riya's number was announced, I told her BABA has accepted our pray and she is selected.

So BABA has accepted our both requests, Riya also got admission. We later on understood we had asked operation as our first priority so BABA put more force on that. We know BABA is the ultimate destination and Marg-darshak.

We should not force BABA to do what we want, we should wait for BABA's decision and direction for whatever we do in our life.

With this I conclude my story.

JAI SAI RAM, OM SAI RAM.

JAI SAINATH

Thanks
Rajeev Singh Parmar


© Devotees Experiences with Shirdi Sai Baba

In this post i am sharing two experiences which surprisingly deal with the same subject matter.

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First Experience by Sai sister Shilpa ji

Sai sister Shilpa ji says : Dear Hetalji,

Om Sai ram. I am Shilpa Tiwari from Mathura. I am married and staying with husband in Canada. I am a regular visitor of your blog and really appreciate all the good work and services you are doing. Thanks a lot for providing such a wonderful blog which has helped us in various ways to get closer to Baba.

Baba came into our (me and my husband) lives before 2 years through a friend of mine. Since then Baba has blessed us with many leelas and this is one of those. I had promised Baba to post my experience on your blog and here it is.

This happened four weeks ago, when I got up in the morning I had sore throat and little cough. For 2-3 days I ignored it and didn’t take any medication other than few home remedies. After that, it turned into some infection and the cough increased. Because of the irritation in the throat and cough I couldn’t sleep in the night for 2 days continuously. Then I went to the doctor (which I didn’t want to) and doctor prescribed some medicines based on symptoms. Though medicines reduced the symptoms, it didn’t cure me completely.

After a week of taking medicines, again the cough got severe, there was throat irritation and also breathlessness. I was really distressed due to lack of sleep and pain.

Meanwhile, one of the Thursdays I prayed to baba for His help. I started saptah parayan on the same day, used to chant Baba's name as much as possible. Also, started taking Udi mixed with water at night. From the third day of the parayan, the cough started reducing along with other symptoms. I completely got cured by seventh day of parayan due to Baba’s grace.

Thank you baba for everything. Please be always with us and bless us.

Jai Sai Ram.

Regards,
Shilpa

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Second Experience by Sai sister Nishi ji

Sai sister Nishi ji says : Sai Ramji Hetal ji,

First of all, i want to tell you that you are doing a very fantastic job and i am very thankful to you for that.

Initially, i was not a devotee of Sai and as such was not much familiar about Him. In fact when i was in India, i used to visit Shirdi with my parents, but not with faith. I started believing in Sai after i came to Canada, after some experiences.

I would like to share one of those experience with all Sai devotees. Few days back, i was suffering with severe cold, cough and fever and none of the medications were working. Because of that, i could not sleep during the night. My condition was worsening day by day, i could not breath, i used to cry in front of Sai during the night when everyone was asleep. I prayed to Sai to forgive me if have done anything wrong. I even told him that i would start doing a one week parayan, if my condition gets better.

And to my surprise, in the morning, i was feeling much better. I could even sleep that night. It was really a miracle. I am very thankful to Sai for listening to my prayers. I am still looking for a good job and i am sure, Saibaba has something good in store for me.

Omsairam
Nishi Naik


© Devotees Experiences with Shirdi Sai Baba

Sharing with you all experience of Sai brother Sindhusai ji.

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Dear Madam,

I am grateful for this website that provides me with an opportunity to share my thoughts regarding Shri Shirdi Sai Baba. I had known about him since my teenage years as there was a Sai Baba temple near my home and I used to visit it once a while. I do not remember who told me about this temple or when, but I was impressed by the life-like marble statue and the benevolent eyes. I had always been aware of this Saint's great powers but really did not know much about Him or His life until recently.

Life throws a lot of good and bad at us. We rejoice when we are successful and things seem to be going our way and feel dejected when they do not turn out to our liking. Like winter follows summer and vice versa, happy days follow miserable ones, only to bring back happy days again. What stands us in good stead is our devotion to Truth and God and Saint or a Sadguru. After so many upheavals in my career finally, I thought I had found my niche where I thought I'd like to stay until I retire. Things were going well smoothly for almost eight years. Now the promise of a secure career is gone. The job is still there but insecure with no hope beyond January 2010. During the happy times, I had not thought much about Saint Baba, as is human wont, other than placing flowers at his feet along with rest of the Gods. Nothing brings us closer to God than trouble and misery. And for this I am thankful. For I picked up a copy of Sai Baba's life history and started reading it in the hope that it will give me some relief. I also read a great deal about Him online. Initially with some skepticism, some hopes He'll provide a miraculous relief - may be. Later on for the real affection it had inspired in my heart for this Godly saint; for His compassion in taking on Himself other's ailments, for His care in feeding the hungry, for His immediate response to life's numerous little problems. The more I read, the more I am convinced that He had entered my life of His own accord and that probably was the reason why He has made my job insecure. Irrespective of the outcome in January 2010, I pray to Him to guide me and sustain my love for Him. I suffered from severe toothache over the weekend before an important presentation at work two weeks back. The pain was so much that I lost all hope of giving this presentation the next week and was about to cancel it and prepare for the tooth to be extracted instead. Then I took the Udi prasad which I had obtained from Shirdi temple, and needless to say, the pain vanished with just one application and I gave the presentation to an admiring audience. If I had ever doubted Your love for me and all creatures, dear Baba, please forgive me as a mother would forgive her erring child and bless me as You always do. Please enter into every suffering soul's life, just as You entered mine, and give them the coolness of Your Compassion.

Sai Devotee.


© Devotees Experiences with Shirdi Sai Baba

First of all let me share with you few sweet lines written by one of my Sai brothers who wishes to be anonymous.

Teri Chahton Ka Aisa Hua Hai Asar Baba,
Jidhar Dekhta Hoon Ab Tu Hi Nazar Aata Hai Baba,
Darshan Ko To Pehle Bhi Aata Tha Jaane Kyu,
Ab To Bus Milna Julna Chahta Hoon Baar-Baar Baba.
Shirdi To Pehle Bhi Gaya Tha, Jaane Kitni Baar
Ab To Tera Nagar Bhi Lagta Hai Apna Ghar Baba

In this post i am sharing experience of a Sai sister who does not want her name to be disclosed.

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She says : Sai Ram Hetalji i reside in Delhi. I started worshiping BABA after meeting a stranger in the train last year. She asked me to observe Thursday fast it will help me to get a good job & i collected all the information about Sai Baba from your blogs. I must say your blogs are such platforms for Sai devotees which gives us the opportunity to associate as a Sai family. This is true that i became a Sai devotee after reading your blogs thnanks a lot for such a wonderful gift to Sai devotees.

Hetalji i would like to share my experiences with all, it is long but you can edit it where required & please don't disclose my name & mail Id.

Sai Ram to all

My association with Sai Baba goes back to past 1 year when i was traveling for my hometown, i met a lady who was a devotee of Sai Baba. She started talking to me and told that her whole family observes Sai Vrat & this is very much fruitful and Baba fulfills all the wishes of His devotees. I was in the last semester of my MBA but due to recession facing problems in getting a good job. After coming back from my home-town, i planned to observe the Sai Vrat from coming Thursday and purchased Sai Vrat Katha book. I observed the fast from next Thursday with lots of happiness in my mind. That was the time when i started coming closer to our beloved Baba. After one Thursday i wanted to know much about Baba & surfed on internet to gather much information & came across your blogs which undoubtedly helped me to became a true Sai devotee & provided me with all the information about Baba. Every day i use to read experiences of devotees & gather information about Baba & used to tell everything to my husband. One Thursday i got the opportunity to visit Lodhi Road Sai Baba temple which is very much famous in Delhi. This was the first time when me & m y husband visited a Sai temple. We were so happy that day. Day by day i was feeling a strong association with Baba. It was the time when we really needed Baba's help because my husband's business was not doing well & i was also jobless. In April'09 i was reading a experience in your blog while reading this thought came in my mind that observing fast may not be enough to please Baba, so i decided to quit my favourite food rice until i get the job & my husband's business settles down & then i will offer rice to Baba in Shirdi then only i would eat rice. I kept observing the fast & praying to Baba. I completed 11 Thursdays and then i did the Udyapana by distributing the food & Sai Vrat Katha books in Sai temple. Till that time i had a small picture of Sai Baba. I wanted to have an idol of Baba at my home. I purchased Baba idol with His Singhasana (throne) from Sai temple. I wished that my husband can do the Sthapana (installation) of Baba at our home as my husband has lost his faith in Baba. He just came to temple to accompany me. Baba listened the voice of my heart & some circumstances arose & we had a fight & i packed all the God & Goddess photo along with small temple we have at our home. I stopped talking to my husband. I went to the kitchen somehow my husband realised my faith in Baba & when i entered in the room. I saw my husband placing Baba in the temple & worshiping him. I was surprised & thanked Baba for listening to my heart's wish. At the same time i went for so many interviews but nothing went positive anywhere, day by day i was losing hope but every time some incident took place which made me feel that Baba is there to help us. My husband had lost his faith on Baba and he used to tell me not to do any fast & worship. I used to talk to Baba to make my husband realise His presence. Everything was going negative for both of us. One day i came to know about Sai Satcharitra parayan. I was searching for Sai Satcharitra. I came to know about free delivery of holy book through this blog. I started parayan from next Thursday with lots of happiness & hope in my heart but again nothing turned positive for us. One day we planed to go to Shirdi & easily we got the tickets in peak season of June. I was so happy as i was going to Shirdi for the first time when i reached to Kopergaon station i had tears in my eyes and happiness in my heart even my husband was happy too. We reached Shirdi in the afternoon & went for darshan in the evening & arti. We prayed to Baba to provide us with a proper life settlement which is not possible without my job & my husband's business. I promised Baba to offer my first month salary in Shirdi. We went for Kakad arti in the morning next day. We both prayed for the same. Here i would like to mention that we married without our parent's permission. Even our parents are not aware with our marriage because we both belong to different casts & our family would have never allowed us for the marriage. We planed to talk to our families after a proper settlement so that our parents cannot oppose.

But situations were becoming worst day by day. Me and my husband were losing our faith in Sai Baba but i always kept in my mind Baba's words Shraddha & Saburi and talked to Baba in my lonely times & cried to help us. One day my husband had a major cut in his palm. Due to pain, he was not able to sleep. I took a pinch of holy Udi and applied on my husband's forehead & the pain vanished away miraculously. My husband slept. Next morning i asked my husband about Udi Ma's miracle & he accepted it. I started observing the Thursday fast again but still i was not able to complete this fast. Every time i observe the fast & could not continue due to different reasons. The time was passing but we could not stand on our feet again. Our hope was losing. I used to complain Baba. My husband stopped worshiping Baba & asked me to do so but i asked him to have faith in Baba. He is there to take care of us. One day i got an interview call from one of the good MNC's. I went for the first round, everything was good but again nothing positive came to us. After a month when we had lost the hope for that interview i got call for 2nd round. I was suffering from jaundice & was not feeling well. But i went for the same. We both were very much hopeful as interview was good. I was supposed to get the feedback within next 3-4 days. Again i didn't get any positive feedback & cried a lot before Baba. I was so much depressed & challenged Baba to give me a job. This was the time when we both had totally lost our faith in Baba. But after 2 weeks, i got a call from the same company they wanted me to join within next week. I was in my home. At that time my parents were happy & my husband was so much happy. We both thanked Baba. I apologized Baba for losing faith in Him & promised as soon as i will get the offer letter i will post my experience in your blog. On December 15, i went to office for joining. I was waiting for the joining formalities. Four hours passed but nobody was there to complete formalities. Being MBA i was interviewed for a very good profile but in the evening i got to know they are offering me a secretarial profile. This was a cheating and nothing else. When i came from the office i cried alot & asked Baba why Youhave made fun of me? Now everybody is asking me about my first day in the office. My family was concerned about me. But i cannot disclose what happened with me. I had so many complaints for Baba because everything was dependent on my job. We wanted to convince our parents for our marriage & we dont have financial strength. All our life is depends on my job & my husband's business. Baba gave us everything we asked but He is not providing us the financial security by my job. Today my husband doesn't trust on Baba & stoped worshiping Him. Even i am angry with Baba for what he has done to us. But i still have hope. 10 -12 days earlier i was crying while talking to Baba at bedtime & i had a dream that night that i was talking to Baba sitting infront of each other & Baba gave me a hug. I dont remeber the conversation & after that i went a Shiv temple & saw a big Shivling made of silver. The priest asked me to worship but i could not do so because i did not had a bath. Next morning i was trying to understand the meaning of this dream but still i am not able to understand. After 2-3 days my husband came as he comes once in a month to meet me. We had discussion about our settelment issue & he accepted that he dont trust Baba now. I can not make him to do so i prayed Baba to realise my husband Your power & Your presence with us. After a week i had a dream that i am at my hometown. I saw that there is a temple of Baba at my neighbour's home. Just infront of my parent's home & i saw Baba's idol with a Sheshnag Mukut on His head. I would mention here that there is no Sai temple in my hometown & there is a hidden wish in my heart to built up a Sai temple in my hometown. If i would became capable of it but i could not understand the meaning of these dreams. But still have hope that Baba will surely provide us with a settlement & our parents will accept our marriage & my husband will start worshiping Baba as earlier. I request you all to describe me the meaning of my dreams if any one can.

Baba i have faith in You. You are our only hope please. Help us as You know we really need your help & please gorgive me & my husband for our sins.

Sai Ram


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In this post i am sharing two experiences of Sai sister Anuradhaji.

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Anuradhaji says : Dear Hetalji,

Om Sai Ram and Thank you very much for doing this noble work. You don't know how many souls like me are getting benefited from your work. I am a frequent visitor to your blog. May Sai Ram bless you and your family. I know I have no body but Sai Ram as my savior. Please publish my experience(s) on your blog for all the devotees to understand the SAI MA will help you no matter what you ask HIM.

"I have felt direct presence of and help from Sai Baba many times in my life. Two of them are listed here:

First incident which I can recall happened during my trip to Shirdi with my husband around 15 years back. We couldn't get any hotel accommodation in Shirdi and were walking from one hotel to another carrying our luggage with no luck. We were very upset about it and were praying to Sainath to help us. Suddenly an old man in white clothes approached us from behind and asked "Kya aap log hotel dhoodh rahe ho?" (Are you looking for a hotel room?) and we said "Haan, bahut pareshan hain." (Yes we are very upset about it.) Then he asked where are we from. We told him we are from Bhopal. After listening to us he pointed to one hotel and told us to go to that hotel and tell them we are from Bhopal and we will get the room. We were skeptic about it but had no choice, so we did what that old man told us to do and BINGO we got the room. We were very happy about it and thanked that person. I later realized he was no other than my SAINATH, who came to help when we needed HIM.

Most recent incident happened just four days back on December 24, 2009. Now I live in Austin, TX. We were going on a 8 hour long road trip. After about half the distance and 4 hours later we found our car low on gas (petrol). We kept looking for a gas station but strangely there was NO gas station for almost 40-50 miles stretch of the highway and then finally our car stopped. We somehow managed to pull it to the side, started praying to Sadguru Sainath Maharaj to help us and started making phone calls to the roadside assistance service to come and help us thinking it will take at the most 10 minutes for the call and 30 minutes for the service provider to bring us gas and we should be on the road in 40 minutes or less. During all our previous calls this is how long it took them. Also as we pay the monthly cost for the road side service we don't need to pay anything when we really need them. But something else was in store for us that day. As it was a holiday and Christmas time the roadside assistance company took almost an hour to find a service provider and told us that the service provider is demanding $175 to get us two gallons of gas. My husband and I got very upset about it but considering the holidays, urgency and no other help in sight we had no choice and we said OK we will pay the money just ask him to get the gas.

Now we started waiting patiently, tried asking for help from cars passing by and kept on praying to Sainath to help us. Forty more minutes passed, we were stranded on the road for almost 1 hour and 40 minutes still no sight of the company who was suppose to bring help. My husband called that company and the person on the phone started acting strange, asked him to give credit card details on the phone before he can come and they had an argument as my husband insisted that we will pay only when we get the help. After the hot discussion the other person hung up the phone. All of us got angry, frustrated and worried about the entire messy start of our long awaited vacation. Still we kept praying to Sai Baba and had a strong faith that HE will help us.

Finally after about 15 more minutes we saw a white truck stopping behind our car. We were happy to see that help arrived and assumed that that the truck belongs to the service provider who hung up the phone. A man got out of the truck, walked to us and asked if we needed the gas. My husband said yes and asked him if he belongs to that company. We were very surprised to here that he had nothing to do with that company and he told us that the police department called him and asked him to deliver gas to us. We were shocked to here this miracle as we never called the police department, no police car ever came to help, and no one but the service provider knew that we were out of gas. We thanked that person, got the gas, paid him the cost of gas and were able to be back on the road after two hours. Later we realized that we did not thank our savior enough and wanted to give him some extra money for helping us. The person who got us gas was driving behind us for a while and after few minutes when we looked back there was no white truck behind us! We then realized it was another leela by our beloved Sainath Maharaj who came to help us when we needed HIM. Jai Sainath."

Om Shri Sai Nathay Namah!
-Anu

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My mother’s experience with Shri Shirdi Sai Baba

This is the true story of how Shri Sachchidanand Sadguru Sainath Maharaj saved my mother’s life in September 2007.

My mother and my entire family has great faith in Shri Shirdi Saibaba. As a child I have memories of visiting Shirdi many times. This faith grew stronger during one of the toughest period in our lives. My mother fell sick during September 2007. As both my parents and my brother are doctors it seemed normal for them and the treatment started. Suddenly her illness became severe and her whole body started swelling and she started acting strange. After few tests and consultation with local doctor friends my father and brother decided to shift her from a small town in Madhya Pradesh to the closest city Nagpur with renowned hospitals and doctors. As soon as they reached Nagpur, the doctors diagnosed her with a serious condition called “Septicemia”. ( Septicemia or Blood Poisoning is a serious, life-threatening infection that gets worse very quickly). This was shocking for everyone as the survival rate for septicemia is only 50%.

Doctors started the treatment but her condition deteriorated day by day and she became unconscious. The doctor told my brother that now anything can happen, inform anyone you would like to come. That is when I received the most dreaded phone call in my life. My brother called me and said “Come here as soon as you can. Amma’s condition is getting worse”. I immediately made arrangements and flew the next morning. From the moment I got the phone call I started praying to Sai Baba to please keep her alive and give me a chance to see her and talk to her. That was the most dangerous night in my mother’s life. Back in India my three siblings and my father continued praying all night to Sai Baba to save her life. I reached India on Thursday September 27th 2007 morning. From the airport we drove straight to Shri Sai Baba temple in Nagpur and all four of us prayed to Sai Baba to save her life. When we reached hospital I was shocked to see her in such a bad shape but we got the good news that she is better than the last night. She started getting better little by little and finally when the doctors took her off the ventilator and she was able to talk, she called my elder sister and said she wants to tell her something. She said: “I had a dream last night and I saw that Sai Baba is taking my head and I am praying to Him to leave me on earth. I told Sai Baba that my Sai is my husband; he is crying and so are all my kids, please let me go and He brought my head back and attached it back to my body”. We were pleasantly surprised to hear that Sai Baba did hear our prayers and returned our mother back to us. It was like another birth for my mother. She had to stay in ICU for three weeks and it took her couple of months to recover completely from that illness. But since then our faith in Shri Sai Baba is stronger than ever. I know He is watching and protecting me and my entire family from all the evil forces. I know He will save us from all the troubles.

I have learned the real meaning on “Faith” and “Patience” from this experience. I wish everyone reading this story will do the same.


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This blog has been blessed and dedicated totally to devotees who wish to share their experiences with other fellow devotes. It has always been a pleasure for me to put forward the experiences. In fact its a proud for me to be a medium and feelings of being connected gathers me all the time while working here. It is always glad to know that devotee readers have liked it and many thanks to Sai Baba for this. Many a times while reading and posting experiences i was left over with wet eyes and realise the power of this Supreme One again and again which has tied all of us together. Today i would like to share my family's experience with you all. Before going further my heartiest New Year wishes to all fellow devotees and Sai family. Let's all pray together to Sai Baba to give us happiness and peace of mind all the year ahead and make us strong enough to face calamities and bad conditions which are an important constituents of our lives to be able to realise the importance of happiness and strong presence of Baba.

Sai Baba's plannings are always ahead of our intellect thinking, but when they take shape we realise the purpose behind them. Baba has his own peculiar way to make us understand that he is always with us, but in times of calamity He is ahead of us to make situation easier for us to bear. No doubt Baba is present to take care of us in every fraction of second of our life, but when a child is suffering from bad health, he needs special care and affection. My mother and whole of our family realised this. Merely knowing things and realising them, are two different facts. Many times we come across devotees saying that Udi cured their disease and made them hale and hearty. Here is one more instance as an addition to it.

My grandparents, maternal uncle and parents were traveling from Maharashtra to Gujarat last week. They had been there for some good cause and Baba accomplished all the work very easily which was not all expected being fully aware of happenings in future. When my parents were leaving our home, my mother prayed to Baba, "Take care of my kids, Baba". I just said, "Yes Baba will take care of us, but is He not going with you?" My mother replied in affirmative and they left. At that time we were not all aware that Baba had been with them in reality.

After three days they all were returning home. Train was in evening and my parents were to reach our town (Baroda) early morning next day and my grandparents and uncle were to continue their journey till Jamnagar (in West Gujarat). At railway station my grandpa was feeling uneasy and his hands were shaking. My mother noticed this and she quickly alerted my grandma and uncle. They replied that it was usual for his hands to shake. My grandpa is of 85 years of age, but this has never been an obstacle to him and he just goes on and on. At this age he works for about 6 hours and is always active to do any kind of work. More than everything, he does not suffer from any severe health problems. But that day he was sounding low and did not like to talk which was otherwise with him normally. Though my mother was told that everything is normal, her mind was not ready to accept it. She could sound something unusual with her father. They boarded train and after 10 minutes the train started, my grandpa's health deteriorated badly. His legs stopped working, he was not able to speak and was suffocating. He could not explain what was happening to him. More worse, he was not able to understand what others said to him. Since they were traveling there was no question of immediate treatment. My mother had Udi with her and she applied it to his legs and chest and administered some of it to him. Even when they were waiting for train, she applied Udi to his hands and then immediately shaking of hands stopped.

One option open to them was to get down at any unknown station and rush for treatment. This could not also be materialized because it was a fast train and stoppage frequency was less and train did not stop for more than 5 minutes. In this situation, it was not at all possible to alight. Even then it was decided to quickly get down a train, but before they could make it, train started.

My parents then went in search of ticket collector who might help in some way, in train itself, but could not find him anywhere. All the options which were expected, were just turning their way back. On the other hand, my grandpa was down with dysentery suddenly. He was given medicine, but only half of it went inside as he could not open his mouth properly. This made situation go worse. He was not able to walk and his mind was not responding in anyway that he can move forward on his own at least one step. My mother was continuously doing Naam Jap of Sai Baba and praying to Him to cast His merciful eye.

The whole night passed in utter anxiety and worry. In the morning, as per schedule and plan, my parents were to get down at Baroda, but my uncle requested them to accompany him when my grandpa showed his desire to go to home and not to get treatment in Baroda. Twelve hours passed without any treatment and deteriorated health, now again twelve hours were ahead. I was informed about this on phone early morning and i was tensed to know about all this, but i had firm faith in Baba that He will take care. I started praying Baba mentally and also requested other devotees to pray by circulating a mail in various groups of Sai Baba.

Now at about 9 am my grandpa moved three-four steps without anyone's support. His purging had stopped and was looking better. He was able to speak also, but had gone weaker due to purgings. He was given electral powder (a medicine given by dissolving in water to give instant energy). In the evening they reached their destination. My grandpa himself open the gate and entered into house without anyone's aid. Moreover he could himself explain to doctor what all had happened to him. Medicines and other energy syrups were advised by doctor. It was a miracle, indeed Baba's miracle and grace. Exactly before 24 hours, no one was expecting this situation, but Baba did take fullest care. I thank Baba to be with us and take our care in the time of calamity and also thank all those who had prayed for my grandpa. Now he has fully recovered and is back to his work from this New Year Day bidding good bye to his sufferings and bad health with the last year.


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