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Shirdi Sai and Sathya Sai are One
and the Same
By Arjan D. Bharwani
30. DARSANS OF ISHTA
Shirdi Sai blessed His devotees with
the darshans of their favourite Deities. To Police Inspector, M.S.
Nimonkar, He appeared as Hanuman. To Balwant, He manifested as
Dattatreya in the Trimurthi Roopa To Mauli Sastri as Golap Swami:,
to Megha as Lord Siva:, to a Brahmin doctor from South Africa and
Ramdasni from Madras as Rama:, to Krishna bhakthas as Krishna To
B.V. Deo and his sister as Ganesh. To the Deputy Collector of
Bombay as Lakshminarayan and as Vithal to Kaka Dixit.
Similarly Sathya Sai has given
darsan to Swami Abhedanananda as Ramana Maharshi and to R mananda
Rao as his guru Ramdas. As Krishna to His childhood play mates,
Juthika Roy, Dr. Banerjee of the lndian lnstitute of Science _
Bangalore, John Hislop and to Swami Abhedananda As Jyotir
Padmanabham to Purshotamananda in Vasishta Guha:, as Lord Ganesh
to Swami Amrithananda of Ramanashram; as Rama to both the late
Rajas of Venkatagiri and the famous singer Nagaratnarnma To Smt
K.R.K. Bhat, He appeared as Subramaniam-complete with Somasutra,
Cobra and Vilayadhan. He gave darshans of the Dasavatars including
Kalki avatar (as Himself) to a devotee of Kamalapuram with his
family members. As Sesha Sai to devotees at Masulipatnam. As
Panduranga to disappointed devotees who were; unable to go to
Pandharpur due to heavy rains. As Mahavishnu in Vaikuntha
reclining on the Sesh Serpent during the inaugural Vedapurusha -
Sapthaha Jnana Yagna As Kalki avatar to Hilda Charlton. A vision
of Narasimha to the Srivaish- nava Brahmin at Mysore and to a
non-believer relation of his Jyoti-Swarupa to some very fortunate
devotees and a college student near Sahebeheruvu. As Kartikeya to
Soundrarajan:, as Mahalakshmi to Kumari Leela Mudaliar and as
Lakshmi to a couple performing Lakshmi Pooja in Hampi:, as Siva to
Jegathesan and as Dattatreya to the doctors and the Sen family at
Goa. As Shirdi Sai to Dr. K.C. Pani in Washington, Smt a.P.
Kombrabail, Shri M.A. Venkataramana Naidu and many others. Even
now His Sathya Sai Form is visible in the Linga, along with His
Shirdi Sai Form at the Siva Temple at Kothanaghatta, Mysore State.
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