After serving in the Indian Air Force for a longtime at different places,
Mr. T.Narayana Reddy (65) settled at Puttaparthi with a view to spending the
rest of his life in the service of Swami. He was a witness to many Sai
miracles. He says the Following :
'One of my well-wishers gave me a Photograph of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai
Baba in 1964. As far as I recollect, it was the first time Swami had entered my
life.
While I was working in Agra in 1968, we used to attend Bhajans of Swami
wherever they were held. In the house of a Malayali family, many miracles used
to take place. Vibhuti, Kumkum and sugar candy used to come from Swami's
Photograph. Once some oil also came. We, too, went and saw these things.. In
1969, it literally rained candy sugar like hailstones!
We also held Bhajans in our house. Once a little quantity of vibhuti came
from a Photograph of Swami in our house. We arranged a separate Mandir for
Swami in our house. My wife used to decorate it, with colour papers, with
devotion. She placed in it Photographs of other gods and goddesses also.
One day, I returned from office and placed the bundle of currency notes I
received that day as my salary before Swami's Photograph in the Mandir. My wife
was not in the house. As it was time for the evening Haarati, our nine-year-old
son was enthusiastic to perform it. I agreed, but when he was giving Haarati,
the colour paper-decoration in the Mandir caught fire by his inadvertence. I
rushed to remove the Photographs of gods, etc and save them from being gutted.
In my hurry to remove the Photographs, my mind did not think of the
salary bundle lying there. Just at that time, one of the colour paper garlands
fell down burning, on the bundle. The garland burned on either side, but not on
the top portion of the bundle of notes. By Swami's grace, my salary was
untouched by the Fire-god. We felt it very strange that the bundle of currency
notes did not catch fire at all when a burning paper garland fell on it!
Om Sai Ram
