On Sunday, the 13th day of December, 1964, Baba was at Venkatagiri Town. He had
reached the place a few days earlier in connection with a heavy schedule of
discourses in the Chittoor and Nellore Districts, in Andhra Pradesh. But, Baba
is not bound by the limitations of space and time. On that very day, about 8
a.m., "Baba surprisingly appeared in front of my house", says, U. Ram Mohan
Rao, Superintendent of the Junior Technical School, Manjeri (28 miles south of
Calicut on the West Coast, in the State of Kerala). As the crow flies, the
distance between Manjeri and Venkatagiri will be more than 600 miles! But,
distance is only a game that Baba plays to keep us, poor mortals, apart.
We shall listen to Ram Mohan Rao describing this visit. "I and my wife were
indoors with our daughter. The maid told us that a Sadhu had come. We went out
to see who it was and we were surprised to see Sri Sathya Sai Baba! Baba said,
Hari Om, Santhih Santhih Santhih"; we prostrated ourselves at His Feet. We led
Baba into the office room, but, on the way, He saw our Puja room where His
photo was hung, along with several holy pictures. He said He would sit in the
Puja room itself. He told us that he had come to us that day, being very
pleased with the Bhakthi of Sailaja, my daughter. He asked me to send word to
devotees, if any were available, for Bhajan and Pravachan." "He sent word to
his neighbours and people collected immediately", says Ramesh Rao, his cousin.
He sang "Nandamukunda Sayinath", "Om Bhagavan", "Jayaram Jayaram", along with
the Bhakthas. After Bhajan, He talked to me in Tamil, to my wife in Canarese
and to the others in the mixed dialect of Tamil-Malayalam. He Blessed us by the
gift of a Sankhamala and placed His own photograph on it. He told me that my
father had decided on a rite to propitiate the Snake-God (Sarpasamskaram) at
Bangalore on 25th February, Thursday ('My day' He added), but he told me that
he need not perform it, since He had ahead wiped off the calamity it was
intended to avert and the sacrilege it was designed to atone.
He took some light refreshment. Then, told the persons around Him that all will
be anxiously awaiting Him at Kalahasti. So, He took leave of us and asking us
not to follow Him, went through the gate. He disappeared in a few seconds. We
all felt happy at this unexpected Darsan and were struck by the 'disappearing
miracle', within the twinkling of an eye.
Nor was this all. There are a few more paragraphs in the letter, which I am
quoting: "24th December, Thursday, was a holiday; we felt lonely since our
Sailaja was away at Mangalore. So we went out in the afternoon to visit some
friends and returned home at 6.30 P.M. We were shocked to see the lights
burning within the house. My wife asked me whether I had forgotten to switch
off all the lights. I first examined the lock of the main door and, finding it
intact, went round the house to see whether the other doors were bolted from
within. They were o.k. Then, both of us came to the front door, opened the lock
and walked in. We found everything intact; all the lights were on. We saw Baba
sitting in our Prayer Room! We prostrated ourselves at His feet. He asked us
(in Kannada) whether we were afraid! We replied that we were very lucky and
that we felt very happy! Baba said that He had come because we were lonely and
sad. 'Let us sing Bhajans. If Sailaja were here, she would have liked to sing',
He said. He sang a few Bhajans, He took food and later, we discussed some
general topics together. Then, Baba retired for the night.
Early next morning, Baba had His Bath; he had coffee with us and then,
discoursed on Bhakthi and the Basic Truth of Nature. All of a sudden, we saw a
rosary of Rudraksha beads in His Hand; He put it on my neck with His Blessing,
with the direction that I should wear it during my Sandhya rites. After those
rites, I was to place it on Baba's photograph. We had breakfast together. The
Puja room was decorated specially with garlands and flowers. Bhajan began.
Meanwhile, devotees came to know that Baba had come; so they too assembled for
Bhajan. Baba discoursed on Bhakthi in the Tamil-Malayalam dialect. He granted
every one the coveted interview.
At 12 noon, Baba himself waved the Sacred light of Mangalarathi and distributed
Prasadam, to every one present. The quarter kilogram of dates that I had,
sufficed for 150 persons! We had our lunch with Baba. He rested for a couple of
hours and we had 'tea' at 4.30 p.m. Then He told us that several devotees were
eagerly waiting Him at Kalahasti. He blessed us again, when we fell at His
Feet. At 5. p.m., He went out on the road through the gate and suddenly
disappeared. What a wonderful miracle! We could not believe our own eyes!
- taken from :
Sathyam Shivam Sundaram. The Life of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba - Part II -
By Shri. N. Kasturi.
Sai Ram
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