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Claimed miracles
Sai Baba's disciples and devotees claim that he performed many miracles such as
bilocation, levitation, mindreading, materialisation, exorcisms, making the river Yamuna,
entering a state of Samadhi at will, lighting lamps with water, removing his limbs or
intestines and sticking them back to his body (khandana yoga), curing the incurably
sick, appearing beaten when another was beaten, preventing a mosque from falling down
on people, and helping his devotees in a miraculous way. He also gave Darshan (vision)
to people in the form of Sri Rama, Krishna, Vithoba, Shiva and many other gods
depending on the faith of devotees.
According to his followers he appeared to them in dreams and gave them advice. His
devotees have documented many stories.
On 15 April 2010, in Wellington's Lower Hutt Suburb, Wainuiomata in New Zealand, a
Sri Lankan Christian Developer was developing a new Subdivision, in his 10 acres of
land.
While digging the field, a Digger found a solid object, about 6 to7 feet under the ground.
He stopped digging immediately and lifted this object out of the ground.
The Developer, on seeing chennai to shirdi flight package that this solid object was the
Statue of some Deity, halted further digging and got the Statue cleaned.
He then called a Hindu Priest to identify the Deity, as he himself was not sure about it.
The Statue roughly 2 feet tall, happened to be of Shirdi Sai Baba in a sitting posture.
Soon, water started coming out from the place where the digger had found Baba's Statue
and slowly it turned into a small pond.
Hence, Baba's Statue was put on a small wooden pallet and now rests floating in the
pond, at the same place.
Also, apparently the Developer has decided to leave this particular spot untouched and
re-develop another area.
In various religions
Hinduism
During Sai Baba's life, the Hindu saint Anandanath of Yewala declared Sai Baba to be a
"spiritual diamond." Another saint, Gangagir, also called him a "jewel." Sri Beedkar
Maharaj greatly revered Sai Baba, and in 1873, when he met him he bestowed the title
Jagad guru upon him. Sai Baba chennai to shirdi flight package was also greatly
respected by Vasudevananda Saraswati (known as Tembye Swami). He was also revered
by a group of Shaivic yogis, to which he belonged, known as the Nath-Panchayat.
According to B.V. Narasimhaswami, a posthumous follower who was widely praised as
Sai Baba's apostle, many Hindus regarded Sai Baba as a Muslim. This attitude was
prevalent up to 1954 even among some of his devotees in Shirdi.
Zoroastrianism
Sai Baba was revered by prominent Zoroastrians such as Nanabhoy Palkhivala and Homi
Bhabha, and has been cited as the Zoroastrians' most popular non-Zoroastrian religious
figure.
Meher Baba, who was born into a Zoroastrian family, met Sai Baba once, during World
War I, in December 1915. Meher Baba was a youngster named Merwan Sheriar Irani,
when he met Sai Baba for a few minutes during one of Sai Baba's processions in
Shirdi. This event is considered as the most significant in Meher Baba's life. Shri Sai
Satcharita (Sai Baba's life story), makes no mention of Meher Baba. But in Lord Meher,
the life story of Meher Baba, there are numerous references to Sai Baba.
Meher Baba credited his Avataric advent to Upasni, Sai Baba, and three other Perfect
Masters: Hazrat Babajan, Hazrat Tajuddin Baba, and Narayan Maharaj. He declared Sai
Baba to be a Qutub-e-Irshad (the highest of the five Qutubs, a "Master of the Universe"
in the spiritual hierarchy).
In culture
Sacred art and architecture
There are many Sai Baba temples in India. There are also temples located in countries
outside India, including in the United
States, Netherlands, Kenya, Benin, Cuba,Canada, Pakistan, Australia, United
Kingdom, Germany, Japan. In the mosque in Shirdi, in which Sai Baba lived, there is a
life-size portrait of him by Shama Rao Jaykar, an artist from Mumbai. Numerous
monuments and statues depicting Sai Baba, which serve a religious function, have been
made. One of them, made of marble by a sculptor named Balaji Vasant Talim, is in the
Samadhi Mandir in Shirdi where Sai Baba was buried.
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Claimed miracles.doc

  • 1. Claimed miracles Sai Baba's disciples and devotees claim that he performed many miracles such as bilocation, levitation, mindreading, materialisation, exorcisms, making the river Yamuna, entering a state of Samadhi at will, lighting lamps with water, removing his limbs or intestines and sticking them back to his body (khandana yoga), curing the incurably sick, appearing beaten when another was beaten, preventing a mosque from falling down on people, and helping his devotees in a miraculous way. He also gave Darshan (vision) to people in the form of Sri Rama, Krishna, Vithoba, Shiva and many other gods depending on the faith of devotees. According to his followers he appeared to them in dreams and gave them advice. His devotees have documented many stories. On 15 April 2010, in Wellington's Lower Hutt Suburb, Wainuiomata in New Zealand, a Sri Lankan Christian Developer was developing a new Subdivision, in his 10 acres of land. While digging the field, a Digger found a solid object, about 6 to7 feet under the ground. He stopped digging immediately and lifted this object out of the ground. The Developer, on seeing chennai to shirdi flight package that this solid object was the Statue of some Deity, halted further digging and got the Statue cleaned. He then called a Hindu Priest to identify the Deity, as he himself was not sure about it. The Statue roughly 2 feet tall, happened to be of Shirdi Sai Baba in a sitting posture. Soon, water started coming out from the place where the digger had found Baba's Statue and slowly it turned into a small pond. Hence, Baba's Statue was put on a small wooden pallet and now rests floating in the pond, at the same place. Also, apparently the Developer has decided to leave this particular spot untouched and re-develop another area. In various religions Hinduism During Sai Baba's life, the Hindu saint Anandanath of Yewala declared Sai Baba to be a "spiritual diamond." Another saint, Gangagir, also called him a "jewel." Sri Beedkar Maharaj greatly revered Sai Baba, and in 1873, when he met him he bestowed the title Jagad guru upon him. Sai Baba chennai to shirdi flight package was also greatly respected by Vasudevananda Saraswati (known as Tembye Swami). He was also revered by a group of Shaivic yogis, to which he belonged, known as the Nath-Panchayat. According to B.V. Narasimhaswami, a posthumous follower who was widely praised as Sai Baba's apostle, many Hindus regarded Sai Baba as a Muslim. This attitude was prevalent up to 1954 even among some of his devotees in Shirdi. Zoroastrianism
  • 2. Sai Baba was revered by prominent Zoroastrians such as Nanabhoy Palkhivala and Homi Bhabha, and has been cited as the Zoroastrians' most popular non-Zoroastrian religious figure. Meher Baba, who was born into a Zoroastrian family, met Sai Baba once, during World War I, in December 1915. Meher Baba was a youngster named Merwan Sheriar Irani, when he met Sai Baba for a few minutes during one of Sai Baba's processions in Shirdi. This event is considered as the most significant in Meher Baba's life. Shri Sai Satcharita (Sai Baba's life story), makes no mention of Meher Baba. But in Lord Meher, the life story of Meher Baba, there are numerous references to Sai Baba. Meher Baba credited his Avataric advent to Upasni, Sai Baba, and three other Perfect Masters: Hazrat Babajan, Hazrat Tajuddin Baba, and Narayan Maharaj. He declared Sai Baba to be a Qutub-e-Irshad (the highest of the five Qutubs, a "Master of the Universe" in the spiritual hierarchy). In culture Sacred art and architecture There are many Sai Baba temples in India. There are also temples located in countries outside India, including in the United States, Netherlands, Kenya, Benin, Cuba,Canada, Pakistan, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan. In the mosque in Shirdi, in which Sai Baba lived, there is a life-size portrait of him by Shama Rao Jaykar, an artist from Mumbai. Numerous monuments and statues depicting Sai Baba, which serve a religious function, have been made. One of them, made of marble by a sculptor named Balaji Vasant Talim, is in the Samadhi Mandir in Shirdi where Sai Baba was buried. chennai to shirdi flight package