Dwarakamayi

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Significance of padukas near Dhuni in the Dwarakamai?


Spot where baba used to sit in by the Duni.

subhasrini
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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.

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Give the names of the houses baba used to visit daily?


(1) Vaman Gondkar,

 (2) Vaman Sakharam Shelke,

(3) Bayajabai and Ganapat Kote patil,

(4) Bayaji Appa Kote Patil and

(5) Nadaram Marwadi

subhasrini
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.

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Dwarkamayi also means _______?


   Many-gated mother

subhasrini
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Significance of bell in the Dwarakamai?

This bell is setup during baba’s time, which would rang at 4:30am, 11:30am, 8:30pm to signal the villagers for arathi.

subhasrini
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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.

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Significance of tortoise in Dwarakamai?


(This the place where Sham sunder used to bow, and the original location of the stone on which Baba sat, which was moved when the mosque was extended after Baba’s mahasamadhi. Tortoise traditionally is associated with the qualities of protection. (Mother tortoise protecting its children with its vision)

subhasrini
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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.

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Which arathi was performed in Dwarakamai during baba’s time?


Only the noon arathi

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Padukas in Dwarakamai:


a. Padukas in front of baba’s portrait inside the Masjid
b. Padukas at the bottom of puja pillar where baba used to sit
c. Padukas at the bottom of the baba’s picture on the stone in front of Masjid
d. Padukas by the cooking area, where baba used to stand
e. Padukas by the cooking area on the wall, where baba used to lean

subhasrini
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.

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Give the names of devotees, who are responsible for the origin of keeping a bag of wheat in Dwarakamai?

A devotee Balaji Patil Nevaskar and his landowner came to baba for arbitration (settlement). After which Nevaskar started sending whole of his crop to baba, keeping none to him. This eventually became a tradition where the bag of wheat is replaced on the day of Sriram Navami of each year.

subhasrini
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.

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Under whose commission is the portrait inside the Dwarakamai Masjid has been painted?


  M.W. Pradhan

subhasrini
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.

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Verse inscribed on paduka’s under neem tree



Sada Nimbhavrikshasya mooladiwasat
Sudhasravinam tiktamapi-apriyam tam
Tarum Kalpavrikshdikam sadhayantam
Namameeshwaram Sadgurum Sai Namtham

subhasrini
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.

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What are the different items that we see in Dwarkamayi?


Padukas, grinding stone and wheat bag, Kolamba, Nimbar, water pot, dhuni, bathing stone, 5 sets of padukas, puja pillar, animal statues, tortoise tile, cooking hearth and wooden post, bell.

subhasrini
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.

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There was only one instance when baba placed the padukas on his feet and gave them to a devotee as a blessing, who is that lucky devotee?  


 Mrs. Pradhan  


subhasrini
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
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What was the guruji's explanation to the meaning of Dwarkamayi?


Dwar-ka-mai: the mother(mai) waiting at the door(dwarak) to nourish her child.

Just as a loving mother will allow her child to continue playing happily

until he or she gets weary or hungry, and will then offer whatever her child needs,

so our motherly Sai Baba is waiting to receive us.  
 

subhasrini
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.

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What is the meaning of Dwaraka given by N.V.Gunaji?

   a place open to all four castes of people
 

subhasrini
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.

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Give the names of the devotees, who were determined to do some reconstruction of mosque?


  Nana Chandorkar, Nana Nimonkar
 


subhasrini
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.