Quote from: keerthisai on January 05, 2007, 12:19:00 PM
OM SAI RAM
KAvitaji
Can you give the address and location of the SAI temple at WEST MAMBALAM.
Thanks
Keerthi
JAI SAI RAM
Dear Sai Family Members,
OM SAIRAM
Though I had asked the above question to KAVITA DIDI, on the 5th Jan 2007 and she promptly replied on the 06th JAN 2007, Baba's call for me for that temple was only on 07th AUG 2008 ( nearly after 19 months) Yes this week THURSDAY i had been to the temple at WEST MAMBALAM, Chennai.
We reached at 4 pm there persuming the BABA temples would either be open fully on THURSDAY or will open by 4pm. But we came to understand that temple opens for evening darshan at 4.30pm and the aarthi is at 6.30pm, we just shopped around came back at 5pm and felt great to be in the temple, BABA was looking gorgeous fully decked up ready for aarthi.
Since we had to go somewhere by 7pm we could not stay there much longer, but we really missed the aarthi and prasad, but still we left, hoping to go to MYLAPORE for night aarthi at 11.30 midnight. we were on our way to annanagar, since it was office time, there was a traffic jam and hence our driver turned through some midways to avoid getting stranded in the traffic.
What a surprise, just while passing besides the famous VADAPALNI temple (LORD KARTHIKEYA) we heard BABA's bhajans, located the temple by enquiring, we hoped it be a house where they were organising BHAJANS being THURSDAY.
To our astonishment that was a BABA's temple unknown to us, BABA had brought us on his own fulfilled our desire of prasad and aarthi, the temple was too small just 10 X 8 ft and hence they organise in such away that everyone gets a chance for aarthi instead of the whole crwod at 6pm aarthi which would really be a disturbance to the traffic/ public. the aarthi is placed in front of the PADUKA, devotees bring milk and devotees join the queue themselves do abhishek to the PADUKA with the help of the PANDIT next to it, the queue moves forward and we wave aarthi to BABA ourselves and pray to BABA one foot away from the MOORTHY, then come around BABA and there you are given milk, prasad & UDi. The devotees queue starts from 4pm and goes own upto 10pm, we were told by the PANDITS there. everyone are given achance and there by the crowd is also managed.
BABA knew that we were missing the PRASAD and AARTHI and how the oppurtunity was given to do it ourselves. if we would have been in WEST MAMBALAM temple we would have just witneseed the aarthi, but BABA allowed us to perform aarthi on our own, not only aarthi but also abhishek in this temple on our way, Thanks BABA for listening to us always.
THANKS BABA for evrything you have given us and being with us always.
THANKS & RGDS
KEERTHI
JAI SAIRAM