When the boy Sathya Narayana Raju (born in the village of Puttaparthi) was in his teens, he claimed to be the reincarnation of the fakir Shirdi Sai Baba, who was not well known in that area. Shirdi was, at the time, just a small village near Kopergaon in Maharashtra. It has now become a place of pilgrimage for millions of devotees because Sai Baba spent his life there. Sai Baba lived in Shirdi upto the Dussehra of 1918. Hemadpant in his Sai Satcharita, recorded the experience of euphoric devotees in Shirdi as they served their Lord who, in turn, showered them with His blessings and His love as He led them on the spiritual path of self-less service and devotion. On Dussehra day of 1918, Shirdi Baba cast off his mortal coil and took Mahasamadhi to save the life of His most beloved devotee Tatya Patil. Sharada Devi, alias Pedda Bottu, who lived at the time of Shirdi Sai Baba, said that Sai Baba predicted his rebirth in Andrah Pradesh to her. When Sharada Devi heard about a man in Andrah Pradesh calling himself the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba, she immediately went to see him. Sathya Sai Baba immediately recogized her, called her close and told her about being with him in his previous body at Shirdi. Since that time, there have been many testimonies from people all around the world who claimed to see the Sai Baba of Shirdi in Sathya Sai Babas physical form. Devotees also attest to dreams, visions and miraculous appearances of the Fakir in association with Parthi Sai Baba.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 13:39:24 +0000
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