Baba's clothes

[SS91]

Baba would look very neat and clean even when he did not bathe.

He would wear a green cloth after bathing, and after rinsing his

kufni, place it near the dhuni to dry.

He would put it on again after it had dried.

He wore it at all times except after the bath.

His kufnis were made of coarse cloth.

The devotees would plead with Baba to change them when they became

too old and torn, and only then would Baba wear a new one.

Tatya would be bent upon making Baba throw away his bedraggled and

torn kufni for a new one.

He would go close to Baba on the pretext of talking to him and

saying, “Baba, what is this? Your kufni seems to be torn!” and would

put his fingers in the holes and tear them to make them even bigger,

thus making them impossible to mend.

He would then feign innocence and insist on Baba changing it

saying, “Baba, your kufni is badly torn, you must change it

immediately.”

Baba could then no longer avoid wearing a new one.

He would call for Kashinath Shimpi, a cloth merchant and

say, “Kashinath, get me a kufni!”

Once Kashinath brought it, he would pay much more for it than it

cost.

He would wear the new kufni and throw the old one into the dhuni.

Normally whenever Baba wore a new kufni, he would distribute new

kufnis to the poor fakirs and other sadhus at the mosque.

 So it was a festival for them whenever Baba changed his kufni.

 Once in 1914 Baba was distributing kufnis at the mosque.

A devotee called Narke who was standing there wished that he too

would get a kufni from the hands of Baba.

The moment the thought entered his mind, Baba turned to him and

said, “No, the Fakir is not agreeable to your getting a kufni.

What am I to do?” Baba would sometimes call a barber called Bala and

have his head shaved.

He would also have his moustache shaped by him and reward him

handsomely.



OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
Let us pray at the feet of Sai Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him.

[SS91]

Sri Shirdi Sai Baba's Kafni cloth 
"Whenever Sai Baba's Kafni or Langot were worn out or were torn,
he never gave it to anybody, rather he used to burn them to ashes in Dhuni.
and it was not compulsory that the clothes of Sai Baba had to be old in order to burn them.
Sometimes he even used to burn clothes which were used for a short time & sometimes he would repair the worn out clothes and use them.
When Sai Baba's clothes were torn, Tatya Patil used to tear them more by his fingers.

 
The clothes of Sai Baba had immense powers in it. Once Sai Baba gifted His Kafni to Mhalasapati.
The result was that till his death Mhalasapati lived like a Sanyasi while also taking care of his family and social attachments.

In another instance, Sai Baba gave his Kafni to a devotee named Muktaram.
As the Kafni was dirty, Muktaram washed it and placed it in Wada (Dharamshala) to dry. After this, Muktaram went for Baba's Darshan.
Vamanrao was present where the Kafni was kept for drying in Kaka Saheb Dixits Wada.
A voice came from the Kafni - "See, Muktaram has brought Me here and hanged upside down."



Vamanrao immediately took the Kafni and wore it himself. After wearing Kafni, Vamanrao went to Dwarkamai.
Sai Baba got angry when He saw the Kafni worn by Vamanrao. But Vamanrao was determined to take Sanyas when time came
and after this incident Vamanrao went high up in the matter of spirituality.




On Tuesday 15th October`1918, the day Baba took Samadhi,
an old Cloth Bag that Baba never allowed anyone to touch was opened and in it a Green Kafni and a Green Cap were found,
which were given to him by Kasi Ram, the tailor.

Baba had worn them also but later preferred white robes only.
And, along with other items, this bag was also placed with Baba inside his Samadhi.

Nowdays, Baba's other regular worn Kafni is kept at the "Sai Baba Museum" in Dixit Wada at Shirdi





JAISAIRAM






 

[Apoorva]

Thanks for this. It was so nice to read.

Om SaiRaam