Banger of a Leela - Shirdi!

Sai Ram.

Today I had the opportunity to come to Shirdi after a couple of years. The moment I landed, one thing hit me immediately: the heat. Bangalore has been all rain and cloudy skies lately, but Shirdi was blazing at around 43 degrees. Proper peak summer.

I had also barely eaten all morning. Just coffee. That’s it.

At Bangalore airport, I thought, “No point eating now, I’ll have something properly in Shirdi.” I wasn’t too hungry then anyway. But once I reached, checked into the hotel, and settled down a bit, hunger suddenly entered like a full cinema villain entry.

Now, I have a few favourite food spots in Shirdi.

First, I went to Sai Sagar. I really like that place. Their misal pav is excellent, tiffin items are solid, uthappams are good, vadas are crunchy, pongal is comforting, and even their North Indian and Indo-Chinese food is decent. But somehow, when I looked at the lunch meals section, nothing called out to me.

So I walked to another favourite of mine: Swami Madras.

Again, lovely place. One of the older restaurants in Shirdi. Their upma, uthappam, coffee… all consistently good. But there too, I looked at the lunch menu and felt… no. Not this.

At this point I just wanted one deeply satisfying meal. Something that makes you sit back afterward and think, “Yes. Life is okay.”

So I started walking around thinking maybe Andhra meals somewhere, maybe some proper thali somewhere else.

And then suddenly the thought came:

“Why not just go to the Prasadalaya?”

I thought okay, let’s walk. What’s another 10 minutes in 43-degree heat anyway? At that point the sun was roasting everybody equally like a universal air fryer.

I started walking from Pimpalwadi Road toward the main gate. Then I saw a board:

Prasadalaya – 500 meters

That’s when my confidence started negotiating terms and conditions.

I looked around and saw all these nice restaurants nearby. Sai Nivedyam, Sai International and others. I almost gave up and thought, “Forget it. Let me just go eat comfortably somewhere.”

Exactly at that moment, while I was crossing the road, one gentleman suddenly came from behind and tapped me.

“Are you going to the Prasadalaya?” he asked.

I said yes.

He immediately said, “Come, let’s go.”

No introduction. No context. Just straight guidance delivery.

We took an auto together. ₹20 per head. Within a few minutes we reached.

He then told me, “Sir, I already have a chit, so I’ll go ahead.”

At that point I still had no idea what chit he was talking about.

Inside, I saw two lines. One was for the free prasadam section, and another where you pay ₹50 and go upstairs for meals. I thought the paid section would be quicker, so I joined that line.

Then I noticed everybody there had receipts in hand.

That’s when I realized the “chit” mystery had returned for Season 2.

Someone explained to me that I first needed to stand in another queue, buy the coupon, and then come back to this queue.

I looked at the counter.

Absolute crowd.

That’s when I internally looked upward and said:

“Baba… I’m hungry. What exactly is this game plan?”

Then suddenly I thought maybe Baba was redirecting me toward the free prasadam line instead.

So I walked there.

I asked one staff member, “Sir, will this take a long time?”

He casually replied, “No sir, line is moving fast. Just go.”

So I entered.

Now this queue was like a spiritual labyrinth. Zigzag barricades everywhere. You keep walking and walking and slowly lose all sense of geometry.

Then suddenly, once again, I noticed everybody had receipts.

Again.

At this point Baba was basically running a full suspense thriller.

I asked the man in front of me, “Sir… even here we need a receipt?”

He said yes.

Apparently, people who had Baba darshan were given some receipt while exiting, and that was needed for prasadam.

My heart dropped slightly because by then I was already deep inside the queue maze.

Then, before I even asked him anything further, he looked at me and asked:

“You don’t have a receipt?”

I said no.

Immediately, without hesitation, he pulled out a bunch of extra slips from his pocket, took one, handed it to me, and simply said:

“Go.”

That moment hit deeply.

It genuinely felt like Baba was saying:

“Just keep moving. Don’t overcalculate every turn. Don’t assume you know the destination. I’ll redirect you when needed. I’ll send people when needed. Just flow.”

That was the real prasadam even before the food.

And then finally, I sat down and ate.

Simple food. Beautiful food.

Rotis. Two dals. One worked perfectly with rice, the other with roti. A nice aloo-based subji. Sweet sheera at the end. Everything unlimited. Everything served with care.

Not restaurant luxury.

Something better.

That feeling of being fed.

Properly fed.

I came back to the hotel afterward just smiling to myself.

What a way for Baba to begin this trip.

Absolute banger of a leela.

Sai Ram.

Why we would do good to ourselves by not emulating Singapore!

We all have great aspirations about our country's development. All of us would have some or the other time felt that India must follow a Singapore (if not a US style) type of development.

Recently I had been to Singapore for a few days, and I ensured to travel the length of the city using their public transportation, mainly the MRT. I try to do this wherever i travel to (and of course time-willing). There is no question about the development of the place. Fantastic infrastructure, great roads, streamlined traffic, superb hotels and shopping spots, and what not! Well, what i loved the most was the degree of the cosmopolitanism imbibed in the place!

Well, i guess i have digressed a bit already!

I took some time to talk to some cab drivers, a few locals, etc. throughout the few days that i traveled across Singapore. What i got to know was there was a big 'entry barrier' (if i may say so) to owning a car to owning a property and so on. Basically, for the various so-called luxuries you would ideally look for, you have an entry barrier. Besides, we all have heard of Singapore having gone through the exercise of demonetisation. And i'm sure we hate this! :)

Basically, what i am coming to is - we do not have strong barriers to almost anything here in India. 

Ya man, i don't see any point seeing our country develop to the level of a Singapore only in turn to have my hands tied! We are a Nation where we have our own (albeit low) standards of discipline and lifestyle. Thus, i understood, we are in an amazing country, where we live our lives to the fullest, albeit with problems here and there! 

Or may i go one step ahead and say, physical development of the country is not the only great development. People's happiness more than anything, is! And i am sure we Indians are a happy lot.

Let's stop cribbing about our Nation and remember to recall the larger benefits our country offers whenever we feel our country is highly developed!

the Orange Darshan

Date : 28th October 2009

"What to wear ? "
"hmm.. quite a few shirts are there"

"dhoti??"
"hmm.. ya.."

"ya! thats the best way i feel i want to"
"and then ? our favourite green shirt?"

"hmm.. no im wearing it now.. but for tomorrow.. hey! how about the kurta?"
"super!"

It was already close to 550PM. The shuttle (of my first company Avaya in Pune) from Magarpatta City to the city would leave by 6PM. I thus, took one extra set of clothes and made way to the shuttle stop. Thankfully there was no important work in the office, so i could leave early.

The bus started. My 1 day old 'new friend' had invited me home so that we could go to Hadshi together. Baba had arrived that day to Hadshi village enroute Pune.

I was extremely excited already and a couple of incidents that day at my friend's home took me to an entirely different level of existence.

First:
The agenda of BABA's Visit was to inaugurate the magnificent Panduranga Kshetra built by the famous industrialist "Shivaji Jadhav". Right from 2003, the latter patiently waited and prayed to BABA to inaugurate the temple. However, Swami had only decided to inaugurate at this point of time.
On introspection, i realised that "i too was considered in HIS Plan" of His visit. Had HE come over even a few months earlier for this visit, i would not have fitted into this Blissful Scheme of the events!

Swami says that HE is like an engine that waits for a number of carriages to be attached so that HE can pull all of them together at one go! But why me ? What a great fortune has been bestowed on this pretty ordinary soul ?

Second:
My friend had one VIP Pass, which would allow one to take a closer Darshan. The entire family did not take the VIP pass and straightly passed it on to me! I was thrilled further!

Third:
My friend gave me a drop of the nectar that continuously flows in an Ashram at Mysore. It was materialized by Swami.

Fourth:
There was one Dream i got in the night, which practically looked very real to me. I saw that Swami showed me that HE was present in the lifesize picture of HIM that was in the hall.

Date : 29 October 2009



The next day, my friend and i left for Hadshi village, about 60kms away from Pune.

As the taxi reached the foothills of the hillock, where the Panduranga Kshetra Mandir was built, i started recalling the place slowly and steadily.

I got a SHOCKER of my LIFE!

45 Days prior to this, when no one knew of this visit of Swami, Swami showed me in my Dream that this is the path i would be taking to see HIM. Further to this, in that Dream, HE had even acted as a priest to "Lord Panduranga", which is what exactly happened here in reality!

Thus, the last 12 hours were unimaginably crazy!

Now, the TIME arrived!

As the car reached the hillock's top, my heart started beating harder. This was my first visit to see Swami. I was unable to comprehend that 'I am physically in the radius of GOD' and was very excited! What a proximity to cherish!

As i walked in, the SevaDal led me to the VIP seats' area. I was in a white (slightly creamish coloured) kurta. I also had worn a Dhoti. I sat down on one of those seats.

I was fortunate to see Swami from a close distance. After a while, Swami decided to go to HIS Residence. I still recall those beautiful moments when Swami was taken in a make-shift lift that was very near from the place where i was sitting.
Every moment looked so beautiful and i felt that each moment was running fast.

HE was to come back in the evening where HE had planned to give us a Discourse. The evening session was extremely touchy! The way HE made HIS Entry like an awesome HERO, and with high pitched yet pleasant Vedam chantings being sung by HIS Students and other Devotees put me in extreme Bliss.

My mind finally agreed, "this is how GOD must be, and this is the way I wanted HIM to be!"

Suddenly a very unusual thing happened to me, where i started weeping profusely. I was unable to take the Divinity in front of me, perhaps! The beautiful bhajans that were sung in HIS Presence still remain my heart-favourites!

Those precious moments.. The real moments in an otherwise transient world.. these would remain etched in my hearts for eternity by HIS Grace!

Now, Swami is not seen in HIS Physical Presence.
I was always interested to know if i would have seen Shirdi BABA in one of my previous lives? or seen Krishna in one?
But.. now they all seem to have satisfied and answered by this beautiful Orange Darshan!

4 Chapathis for my friend, ma!

"Anand! its already 11pm da.. "
"yes ma.. my friend is just coming.. just 2-3 minutes.. he is near B'lore Central.. just 2mins"

Rightly so, in about 2 minutes, the bell rang. Mom opened the door, and she seemed to complain to herself mentally that her eyes are deceiving her. She tried to rub her eyes and re-focus her sight on to the 'visitor'!

And then.. a beautiful smile with a huge shock.. probably like a rainbow during the rains! Yes, a very rare expression on her face!

She asked me " so you are the 'visitor' you were talking about ? " while gently patting me a couple of times with love!

"Shocked as well as surprised that you came", she told me.

Exactly 24 hours earlier to this, I was dillydallying the decision whether to go home or not!
My left "mind" questioning me  whether spending a solid 13k for travel for just about 5 days at home was worth, and simultaneously my RIGHT "mind" telling me to do just the RIGHT thing! Ya, it suddenly put a huge list of advantages that this journey would gift me with! Right from getting my speakers and camera, to eating home food, to car driving, and getting some food stuffed back to hostel : everything suddenly seemed to suggest me that i have no alternate but to travel!

With an act of "detachment" i asked my left mind to be 'LEFT back'!

Thus, it took a final 2-3AM in the morning for me to book tickets!

Now my left "mind" wanted to become a bit 'right' so that it does not get 'left' out! It suggested me to carry out a small prank on my mom!

"How about throwing a surprise to her ?" - asked my left mind.
"Good idea Mr. Left Mind!", said the right mind, rather sarcastically, and which continued " But! Dont you see there's a big flaw in your foolish idea!?? "
" Uh ?"
"We can't control our hunger and we will be reaching at 11PM+, and you want amma to cook something for you then, when she should actually be hitting the bed!?? "

I interceded the 'divided minds' and assured that i would take care, thanking them for their inputs!
Next day morning, mom as usual calls up, and after getting to know that i have holidays, said, " had you known you had some 4-5 days of leave earlier, you could have booked your tickets to home.. anyway, no problems..".

The trio(the left mind, the right mind, and i) chuckled with pride in the super-surprise that was to be delivered to my mom!

"ya mom.. true that.. anyway.. "

And then my right mind poked me,  " dude, what about food ?? tell her to cook something!"
That's when i told her that " Ma, my friend is coming to our home.. please cook a bit extra for that guy, of whatever you cook!"

My mom told " ok i am gonna make chapathis for the night, as its 'Sravanam' day".
"arrghh! chapathis :/ " - retorted my right mind silently.

"Ya sure ma.. anything would do.. make 4 Chapathis for my friend, ma!"

My mom suddenly seemed to start do some CBI work and started asking "my friend's" name and phone number. I convinced her that I would give it to her in the night and told her that "he would reach only by 11PM".

Thus ended the drama's prerequisite!

I ensured not to tell anyone of my visit to make it entirely a big surprise! The following days, my relatives called me up congratulating me of my plans to trounce my mom's boredom of the previous days, when virtually no one was at home with her!

Surely, she would be charged on for a few more days with this surprise package! :)

my first bite.. at Indore..

The Day arrived.. July 3rd.. it was time to leave to IIM Indore.. Lot of thoughts - should i have continued in technical lines or should i leap into management lines that i have no exposure to! Last morning, that is, July 2nd, i had got up from my sleep contemplating whether i must get back to Cisco and forget all about this IIM stuff.. one of those very rare days, where sleep seemed to be a remedy for reality.. Now, back to 3rd July, i knew i had to leave home to Indore in a couple of hours.. A lot of my peers from Bangalore took the 6:30AM flight to Indore.. i took the 12PM one but that had no one accompanying me.. There was a connecting flight at Mumbai that i had to take to reach Indore.

It was, in fact, Guru Poornima day.. I was unable to go to Shirdi Baba's Temple near my house on this very auspicious day.. however, with a few tears, and as though i forgot that i was away from my family for about 5-6 years already before Cisco and that this was no big deal to me, i was a bit upset leaving Bangalore..

Somehow the day went by, with my reaching Indore airport by 830PM.. Some fellow students in the same flight (in the connecting flight), who were to join IIM Indore as me, went along with me in a cab to the college.. These guys became my neighbours at hostel for the next 2 years..

On the way to IIM, the car came to a sudden halt, midway.. i was wondering whether someone wanted a drop.. it was well past 930PM, and it was dark.. The roads seemed quite empty.. A stranger tapped on the window.. On sliding down the window, the person passed on some "sabudana khichdi" in a leaf-cup.. he further mentioned that this was "Shirdi Baba Mandir Prasad" !

my mind came to a sudden halt.. i was hungry.. and more hungry for some strength.. and was not at peace basically..

this incident put them all to rest at one go! a master stroke, as HE always does..

now the strength flowed into me.. Peace reigned in.. GuruPoornima Prasadam reached me!.. and most importantly, the message that Sai Satcharita conveys, "food offered is a sign of success!, hence accept it with humility..", continuously rang in me.. i realised it was Baba's Sign of Blessing before my joining IIM.. thus, it took a few kilometers of the cab drive for me to comprehend what actually happened.. i was reminded of Swami's Words which were close to "I wait to act like a train engine, where a lot of bogies will be pushed at one go.. "

and hasn't HE kept up HIS Promise, as always.. that "I Will be ahead of my devotee, waiting for him, wherever he goes!" :)

The Giant Bird's Beak..

my sight withdrew.. i felt my body being pushed or shaken rather very vigourously.. the sound of some cries reduced and became a nil.. i regained my vision, but somehow was finding things to be too silent..

my kith and kin were shaken.. i could see them lament over what looked like my physical frame.. i felt myself to be flying away from them, though my physical frame remained laid there.. i tried getting back near my body, but i felt like getting pulled away.. when i turned back to see who or what was pulling me, i saw i was about to hit the ceiling.. i closed my 'eyes'.. an instant later i found myself way above my building where i stayed..

i saw some people with me.. but could not clearly make out their faces.. or could only roughly see an outline with some orange and white coloured figures..

i heard them speak something to me, and was surprised how i am able to hear.. they read my 'mind' and one of them told me "when you generally dream during your sleep, how did you hear to the conversation in your dreams? similar is the case here..". Seeing me puzzled, it went on to further tell me "this is the Astral Plane.. not the physical plane which you think it is.. "

there was a clear unease happening in me.. immediately a huge bird came in front of us and greeted the others and immediately picked me with its beak and started flying.. i tried freeing myself only to realise that i did not how to "fight it out" , and got to terms that i am not at a physical level.. also it gave me a strength that i am not going to be eaten away by that giant bird..

i was chucked away into some other location, somewhat hazy again.. i could not construe anything around again.. there seemed darknes.. i could not even feel myself.. i could clearly understand that this is something unimagined of.. i was worried whether this was some eternal trap.. and felt like crying only to realise i cant..

"Son.."- came a voice.. i clearly could see nothing.. a small streak of light made its way in.. constantly changing from white to orange to green and back to orange, the voice spoke further.. "fear not.. u are in no trap.."

"oh.. im seriously glad i could find someone.. who or what are you ? "- i asked, ofcourse with a fear whether i will lose this "new-found-friend.."

"i am your oldest friend.. in fact by asking who i am, you are asking who you are.. i am you.."- said the voice.

i immediately realised i was getting an answer from the voice each time i just "think", though i don't blurt it out.. it was more like a telepathic conversation? interesting!

"ok, then who am i exactly.. i dont even know what i have to do now.." - i told rather helplessly understanding i am having no physical form to be identified with..

"i told u right, u are me..".

"i'm pretty confused here.. what's happening.. i cant comprehend.." - i despaired.

" u know finite automata right.. u could comprehend it.. its as simple as that.. your state has now changed.."
i suddenly felt an energy in me and i felt happy, some strange feeling.. i was all 'smiles'..

i told myself "wow, i have the capacity to understand a lot.." and immediately a sunken feeling set in..

"your ego gives u this sunken feeling.. give up thinking about urself.."

"how do i do that ? " immediately i noticed i am able to see some face in that light-energy-figure..

The voice responded to my puzzled look, "these are characteristic changes.. even you look the same to me as what i look to you..".

i was impatient and asked "what am i to do here "

"u are energy.. and i am the source of energy.. many such energies have already merged together and that's what u see me as.. now u may merge in me if u wish,,"

"WISH? in case i dont want to ?"
The voice told "hmm.. i give u a choice.. u can go back to your physical body.. but u will have to come back to me later, which is unavoidable.."

"oh i have to come back ? "- thus i could not decide at first..

i decisively told "i have some desires left.. "  

"you may go back.. while u realise your desires and goals, ensure u are of help to all.. i will call u back to me later.."

The light intensity reduced slowly.. and then got fully diminished..

i again felt being carried away.. 

i could suddenly spot my building.. my mind shouted "wow, back to physical plane.."

I could now see the giant bird which was carrying me in its beak.. it threw me from above the building..

It told me "your dream is over for today.. go back to the physical plane.. adieu.."

i got up with thud.. tension clearly writ.. saw SAI's Pic on the wall, and told "phew, thanks!"
Swami from the Pic smiled back , i felt..

MOM called out to me "anand... coffee ??"

"mummyyy"- i shouted and ran towards her.. a sigh of relief..!!! So, was it a Dreamyy dream?!! :)

the chit that took me to Hadshi !! :)

Dear Friends,
Let us understand that a true Knowlege-Seeker won't be prevented by anything, even Science.
A true Knowkedge-Seeker would want to accept the challenge of understanding how things happen, however unbelievable, rather than blindly say"it can't happen!!". :)
may Knowledge Grow!! :)
By sharing this message to my friends, i start off to run through the post.
(this is not meant to hurt anyone in anyway. Cheers!!! )


I wept from the bottom of my heart. It was tears of ecstacy. I had never thought this beautiful Day, the Divine Thurdsay (29-OCT-09), would have come so quickly.

The LORD, my beautiful LORD, who leaves millions of us in BLISS finally made way to the temple stage for a discourse.
HIS entry was grand, amazing, and beyond words to explain.

The Vinayaka Sthothram that that was sung as a sign of welcoming our beloved Swami carried a Great Energy, and it went on to raise my awareness that the ENERGY is nearing me. :)

Drumbeats, Trumpets, and all the grand instruments used elated me that my HERO is making HIS Entry. Feel it to know what i am trying to convey. :)

Lots of crowd around HIM, i have not yet caught HIS Glimpse this evening, the crowd was running towards the dias with BABA among them. The Energy in me rose touched its pinnacle, and lo!! the LORD with HIS Divine Smile makes way. The beautiful saffron Robe was the first
Thing i noticed.

"victory to SAI" filled the air.

Bhajans that followed filled my heart, not with silence, but Peace, or something even purer!! Yes.. it was Ananda!! BLISS!! Even the minutest of doubts got cleared seeing the LORD.

"I ART THOU" - said my soul!! YES, for once i am my Atma. :)

Tears of Joy flowed down strongly. This is my Destination, i felt.

MY mind thanked Revathi for giving me a vip-pass, which hence brought me so close to Swami.
Swami's Discourse followed. What an Orator, but obvious!! The LORDmade Geetha simple to our ears.


Earlier in the morning, I saw BABA at the same distance, but this time, BABA was there earlier, and clearly showed me signs that HE did see me enter. Each time i doubted, i got an acknowledgement. HE takes it as a challenge to solve my doubts, and convinces me comfortably. :)

I being a fool, how did i deserve HIS Great Darshan!!
My mind reeled back to my past.
How did i come here??
What pulled me here??

"Revathi gave me a vip-pass, n i came.."

How did Revathi know me?
"2 days before this, she became my friend through orkut, and since she too was in pune, hence i could take her help."
(Revathi never cared i was a stranger. Her family invited me to their home the previous day, so that we could leave together early in the morning, next day. BABA took care about my reaching her home with the most comfortable of ways, and with ZERO rupees travel!!)

OH!! How come u went to Pune?
"Avaya.. job!!"

Oh!! how the job??
"Campus recruitment from NIT Nagpur.. it is a huge story to explain

how BABA made my interview finish in 10 mins!!" :)

Accha!! How the NIT Nagpur??
"ohh!! that i put a chit in front of BABA(in a temple in Bangalore) to choose between NIT Nagpur, and RVCE, B'lore".

Great!! So had the chit been RVCE, Bangalore, ..??
" NOOOO!! how could i have met my Lord here in Hadshi Village, 50kms from Pune today. I once had a dream where BABA assured me that the chit was chosen according to HIS Wish and for my Welfare."

Oh,come-on, u could have met Swami somewhere else, right??
" NO CHANCE!! I was in Bangalore , from childhood. Yet, i could not go to HIS Ashram even once in Bangalore(where HE stays in Summers) and Puttaparthi(150kms from Bangalore). Why that, HE never allowed me to have Faith in HIM then! :(

Here i need to mention the greatest miracle for me. BABA came in my dreams 2 months back , when then, this Hadshi visit of His was never even known to anyone. In the Vision, HE makes me realise that i would first see HIM in a place similar to Hadshi, and the details were similar."
( I here wish to avoid a lengthy and detailed explanation.)

Now, back to Hadshi village. Swami finished HIS beautiful and punchy Discourse. A point HE made in between, made me whistle for HIM, which i wanted to from long. :)

Earlier He had materialised a Golden Ring for a devotee. I was lucky and fortunate enough to have witnessed that Miracle. :)

Then Bhagawan accepted Arathi, and made HIS Way back to HIS Residence. And similar to the entry, the exit was awesome.

The next day(friday) at office, i was restless.
"what was happening in Hadshi..?" - I wondered.
Another friend of mine, Shweta, gave me a gist of the day, which ended up making me restless to have missed HIM.
I felt bad i could not make it to Hadshi, as i was worried if that would leave a bad impression at office, that i bunk a lot!! :D

Thus, HE made me long for HIM that day.
This longing, which i got, HISWILLING, made me decide that i will make it to Mumbai for HIS Darshan there.

" OK, it is friday night now!! NExt evening, BABA is giving Darshan in Goregaon, in Mumbai. How do i go?? Where do i stay? "- puzzled my mind.

I called up Rohit Sahare and told him i am staying at his place for the weekend, without even asking if he is ok with it or not!! :D

Later, next morning, on reaching rohit's place did i understand, that my BABA will come to a Hall in Goregaon which is hardly a 10-minute walk from rohit's place. I didn't know Rohit stayed near Goregaon!! This itself i felt to be an acknowledgement of the feeling that BABA indeed is doing it all for me.

Next day, at Worli, in Jambooree Maidan, BABA gave another Darshan.
Here, the SevaDal did a great job by providing free biscuits, packaged water (all unlimited) to 50,000 people atleast!!

Such is the Magnet called GOD!! :)
The Mysore-Pak prasadam i had was the best in my life.(believe me!! :) )

My friends forced me to stay back for BABA's Darshan at Brabourne Stadium that evening. BABA made me to leave, as i had already booked my tickets for the evening. However, my College-mate Mohnish Chawda attended the function there. When he prayed for me, BABA showed a signal, and simultaneously i called him on his mobile. All at the same time!!
Non-believers will call it co-incidence!! LOL!! :D

Once this fool had no idea about BABA. But this one week, or the last 3 days, gave me the greatest fortune, for i had 3 Darshans of my LORD in different locations all in 3-4 days!!

Thus the Chit landed me here, in ecstasy!! or rather was it not my LORD, whose Mercy and Infinite Love brought me here!!

om SAIRAM