HIS HOLINESS SHRI SAI SHARAN ANAND WAS BORN BY BABA'S GRACE AND BABA GIVEN HIM SANYASA AND THEREBY SADGATI
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Shri Prangondji and his wife Manigowri came to Baba for His darshan. Baba
blessed them. Afterwards his Holiness Shri Sai Sharan Anand was born to them
on 5-4-1889 at Mota village, Bardoli Taluka in Surat District, and named by
them as Shri Vaman Rao Prana Govind Patel. When he was three years of age,
he fell sick and the parents have faith about his survival as it was beyond
medical treatment. At that time Baba as a Fakir gone to his house and given
His UDI and asked his mother to give it to her son mixing it with water and
told her as there was a scat in his right side back, he would become a
"SATPURUSHA". The UDl was administered to him and the child was
miraculously saved by Baba. He had his primary education at Surat and
Ahmedabad. In hia age of 13, he gone to Somanath Mandir. There Baba given
him darshan as a Fakir. He has finished his B.A. Education in 1910 in
Elphistone College, Bombay and he passad his LL.B. in 1912. He used to
question his college Professors whether the God is Phenomina or Neomina".
The Professors were net able to reply. The Vaman Rao gone to Bombay
along with his father to take darshan of Sri Balakrishna Maharaj a
follower of Shri Akkalkot Maharaj. Vaman Rao put the same question to the
Maharaj also. The Maharaj got angry with him and given him two books,
one the Saritra of Shri Akkalkot Maharaj and the other Ekanath Bhagawat and
asked him to read them. He read them and questioned his father whether there
was any such Maharaj. His father replied that there was Shri Sai Baba
Shirdi. Vaman Rao came to Baba's darshan first in 1911. At the very first
instance on seeing Vaman Rao, Baba told him "why are you worrying that there
is God or not God". There is God. Vaman Rao joined the Solicitors firm
in 1913. He came to Shirdi in 1913 when there was vacation holidays for
the Court. On the expiry of leave, he requested Baba for permission to go
to Bombay, but Baba has not permitted him to go nearly for one year on one
plea or other. As he was not gone to his house, his parents worried
about his whereabouts and consulted astrologers, "They have told them he was
in God's place (SHIRDI) without any fear, if not it was danger to
him. Afterwards Baba given him permission to go. He came to Shirdi again
in 1916 all on a sudden when he came to the railway station to send off
his friend for Shirdi Baba told Vaman Rao that he was expected him
at Shirdi. After twenty one days Baba allowed him to go to Bombay.
During this period one day a big stone was fallen on his head bleeding
when the building of Buty's wada was going one. Baba sent medicines
for this. By baba's grace no wound was visible on his head. Vaman Rao
told that at that time of bleeding he was fully emerged in Divine joy.
Only after this incident he became a staunch devotee of Baba. After
three years, he was made Head Master., Model High School, Ahmedabad. He
came to Bombay in 1921 and became Managing Clerk in Messrs Ganga And Sayani
Co. Bombay. He wrote books on Baba (viz.) Gurusmriti in 1932 in
Gujarathi language and in 1946 about Baba's life in Gujarathi by name Sai
baba. Baba has given him Sanyasa in 1952 in Dakor as a Fakir, and
thereby he was named as Shri Sai Sharan Anand. In the
year 1961, He wrote a book in English Called "Sai Baba
the Superman". A devotee has given Baba's padukas telling that
Baba wants to handover them to Him. At first He refused and then accepted
and installed it in a place in Ahmedabad wherein a pucka Sai Baba Mandir was
errected and named as "Vishnu Dharamalaya'' where so many devotees
are now flocking there to get Baba's darshan. He told "That from 1952 Baba
was with-Him and getting His service to the devotees through Hi'-n After
many years of Baba's service to the devotees as His Holiness Shri Sai
Sharan Anand, He merged with Baba on 25-8-1982. Such a blessed soul by
Baba has given foreward to this book.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be
there !!
( Adopted from AMBROSIA IN SHIRDI by Ramalingaswamy, Life Member of Shri
Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi at Munja Baba Sthan, Shirdi)
for more literature on Sai Baba and consolidated stories of "Ambrosia in
Shiridi" please visit
www.saileelas.orgALLAH MALIK!
Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM
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