From the pages of " The Eternal Sai "

[Shammi]

I am just reproducing this from the book ( the Eternal Sai ) that i have for all my dear sai  bandhus

Mrs Hira Bai Iyer  W/o Later Sri Rao Saheb  Vp Iyer wites about her husband as follow:

THey have six chikdren.  Sri  V P Iyer was a sugar  technologist  who worked for various  sugar mills; he
worked  on a contract  , at  different places. Mrs  Iyer stayed at Lucknow with her children  to give them education . In 1944  he got a contract to work in Laskhmiwadi Sugar mills, near Kopergaon  , Maharasthra.
Because  of its nearness  to Shirdi Sri Iyer would  take very opprotunity to be in Sai  baba temple.
he has  expressed often that his wish  was to be near Sai Baba  always. In May 1945 , the sugar
season was over and his contract with the  factory came to an end , and he had  planned  to leave for  Lucknow on 27 th May  1945 , his two sons has gone to Lashmiwadi to spend their holidays with their father.

On 26th evening  he went to shirdi to have darshan of baba. At 2 a.m. on the 27th  he woke  his sons  statin that he was not well .. The  doctor  was summoned  and medicine was  given ..  He was lying  with his eyes  closed and  would open   his eyes at times only to look at babas photo. At 4:30 p.m. he opened  his eyes and beckoned to a person  standing near him  to bring the Baba  photo  and place it on his chest .. Embracing the  photo of Baba and crying " Baba SAi Baba "  he smilingly  breathed his last.

Baba heard the prayer of his devotee that he shuld be always with him and he has kept him near  Him forever..

Sri Iyer  had endeared himself to all sections of people at Shirdi  and they approached the Samsthan and requested  that a  Samadhi be built  for Sir Iyer , which was  agreed to . His ashes were buried  and a  Samadhi was built and his name  engraved on it . There are a  few samadhis to the right side of the entranceto the Lendi Garden and one of them is that of Rao Saheb  V P Iyer


Bow to Sri Sai - Raksha Karo Deva !!!