When the merciful father is the wrath incarnate, it will be for a purpose. When Sapatnekar sought Baba after losing his only son to throat disease, Baba tested him for a long time before giving him the best comfort of his life, His Company! Had Sapatnekar known earlier about the omniscience of Baba, perhaps he would not have belittled his friend's faith in Baba during his younger days. When Haji Siddiq Falke, proud of his pilgrimage to Mecca did not recognize the Supreme in Baba, he was made to realize his mistakes soon. Completely grounded by Baba's impossible questions, Haji opened his eyes, realized his misconceptions about his own spiritual experiences and was enlisted in Sai's darbar.

Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari said, "When intelligence matures and lodges securely in the mind, it becomes wisdom. When wisdom is integrated with life and sprouts in action, it becomes bhakthi. Knowledge when it becomes fully mature is bhakthi. If it doesn't get transformed into bhakthi, such knowledge is useless tinsel. To believe that knowledge and bhakthi are different from each other is ignorance". Bhakthi or devotion is the ultimate and perhaps the only means of realizing Baba completely.

Thus, when knowledge leads to wisdom, the wisdom must lead to devotion. Mere assimilation of facts is purposeless unless they are used to realize the truth, by Sadguru's grace. The intellects of Sapatnekar and the spiritual superiority of Haji were mere collection of facts and once they realized the wisdom of truth by Baba's grace, their transformation was swift and complete.

Sustaining faith in Sadguru, nurturing the thoughts of surrendering to Sadguru, and fostering devotion as the utmost virtue to realize Sadguru is a challenge amidst pursuit of knowledge and the intellect. The narrow footpath near Barvi well that Baba wanted Haji to tread refers to the same challenge Logic, synthesis and analysis, may help one in securing the knowledge but it is the devotion that helps one truthfully realize Sadguru in all His magnificence.
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Contributed Article: Wanted - Total Faith

Das Ganu Maharaj started his career as an ordinary constable in Police department and gradually rose to the level of Police Inspector with the help of Baba. No one could under-estimate the work of Das Ganu Maharaj as he was instrumental in spreading Sai Baba's divine glory to all parts of Maharashtra state with his keertans. His work had been recognized by Baba Himself and appointed him permanently to perform Keertans in Shirdi during Ramanavami festival. Once, Das Ganu thought that, he should go to Prayag for a holy Tirth bath and came to Baba to get His permission for doing so. Baba replied to him, "It is not necessary to go so far. Our Prayag is here, beleive Me!" Then, wonder of wonders! When Das Ganu placed his head on Baba's Feet, out flowed streams of Ganga and Yamuna water from both the toes of Baba. Seeing this sakshatkar, Das Ganu was overwhelmed with feelings of love and adoration, and was full of tears. He took the holy Tirth and sprayed over his head and hesitated to drink inwardly due to his dilemma that Tirth is coming from a Moslem saint, being a Brahmin, his mind is not matured enough to drink. Baba knew his mind and his suspicious faith towards Him. Baba was evidently waiting for development of the requisite faith and earnestness in Das Ganu. At another occasion, Baba asked Das Ganu to do Naamasaptah. He replied that he would do it, provided he was assured that, Vitthal would appear at the end of the 7th day. Then Baba placing His hand on His chest assured him that, certainly Vitthal would appear, but devotee must be earnest and devout. Das Ganu read his saptha of Bhagavata, but failed to get sakshatkar. Evidently Das Ganu waiting for Vitthal vision for long time, one day he asked to Baba " Baba, you have been long putting off my request. When will you give sakshatkar?" Baba replied, "You see Me, That is sakshatkar. I am God". But Das Ganu was not satisfied with that answer because of his faith towards Baba was not total. Until his lifetime, Das Ganu did not get any chance and he considered that it was not in his destiny (Prarabdha) to have a sakshatkar of God Vitthal vision. Contrary to Gas Ganu's experience, with total faith on Baba, Kaka Saheb Dixit saw Vitthal in a vision after the completion of Saptah. Baba recognized Dixit's sincere devotion and earnestness and helped him to have a darshan of Lord Vitthal.

"I rest there, where there is full of devotion" Sri Sai Satsaritram Ch.XIII.

(Contributed by N. Sivanandam, Coimbatore, India)
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Experiences of Devotees

Sai Sudha, Bloomington, IL
I am very happy and lucky to be a part of Chithra yatra. I am very happy with the response from people I and around Blomington. Slowly, the host homes are increasing in number. We have a group of Sai devotees here and are planning for group bhajans. I have Baba at my place and experienced few miracles of Baba. My cousin was suffering from brain tumor. My brother in law lost his job due to layoffs in Switzerland. I prayed to Baba and did Parayana for one week. Surprisingly, after two weeks, my cousin was out of danger and my brother in law found a job in a good company. I felt it is all because of the presence of Baba. I would like to listen such miracles of Sairam from Baba's hosts and Baba's volunteers. Baba helps all devotees in overcoming their problems. SaiRam is the only God I/we have.

Vijayalakshmi
This time I have decided to stay in Shirdi for one month. On December 17th last year, I reached the Holy place, where our Sachidanadaprabhu lived and blessed thousands of people. When I touched the land, my feet felt great vibration. My heart filled with joy, because I am walking on the soil, where Baba spend all his life time with great disciples like Sri Mahlsapathy, Sri Bagoji, Sri Shyama, Sri Dasganu, Sri Tatya, Sri Sadguru Upasani Maharaj, and Sri Bhate. After some time I remembered the pain of my injured finger of my left foot, which I had while I was on bus journey. A great surprise, the pain vanished, when my feet touched the land. That is the love and parental affection of our Sadguru Sri Sainath maharaj. Whenever I visit Shirdi, I stay at an old age home about 10kms far away from main Mandir. Every day I used to walk to mandir and Sri Sivanesan Swamy mandir. On the way the villagers, working in the field, singing Marathi devotional songs offered me Jamaun fruits, Onions, flowers and groundnuts with a smile. Some time I got a bicycle lift to mandir. The Shirdi people are so affectionate. Surprisingly my diabetic comes under control during this time. I remember Baba words-"whoever is destined to be struck will be caressed."

CHAWADI FUNCTION; Every Thursday the devotees of Shirdi conduct the colorful function, a musical procession Dwarakmai to Chawadi where Baba used to sleep on Thursdays. They started this function on 10th December 1910 onwards. Baba led by Sri Tatya followed by Horse named Shyama, followed by Sri Thulasi pot, musical band, and bajans of devotes. Now the same tradition carried by Tatya's family members carrying Palanquin with Baba photo. While visiting Shirdi one should not miss this function.

SHRI RAMA NAVAMI FUNCTIION; It is very important function in Shirdi celebrating from 1919. Late Gopal Rao Gund incited this function as URUS, on Shri Rama Navami day. In Urus function, colorful flags and sandal paste carried to the tombs of Muslim Fakirs. Both Muslims and Hindus performing this function without any differences till today. His mission's aim is religious harmony. Baba said," One God, one Universe, one pure Sprit that is all the truth." Everywhere colorful Rangavallis are painted, roads are cleaned, flags, musical bands, Nagarsankrithans, bajans, Harikathas. Thousands of peoples reached Shirdi from the corners of the country. Palanquins carried by hundreds of devotees walking on the way to Shirdi from the remote villages, singing bajans, dancing in groups, chanting Baba's name. It was like an ocean of devotes covered entire Shirdi. All religious groups from the different corners of the country participated with joy and great devotion. His invisible mission supervised the function successfully. Baba is omniscient. In one contest Baba said," My vigilant supervision is ever on those who love Me. Whatever you may be, ever bear this in mind, that I am always with you, wherever you are and at all times."

A Sai devotee
I would to like one incident that took place three weeks ago. I was in a major accident. I hit a curb, the car went over the curb and just went down the hill and bashed into the tree. My friend was sitting beside me she was perfectly fine. I just had couple bruises and cuts and a black eye. I got better within 5 days. Seriously all I was thinking at that time that I was about to die because it seemed like the car was flying. Baba saved my life, because if you believe in him with complete faith he comes to help you no matter how bad the situation may be. It was a miracle how Baba my life was saved in this major accident and I was fine within few days, all my pains were gone within couple days.

Sunanda Degambod, Srilanka
This is about a newly wedded couple from Sri Lanka. They were coming home, late in the night. The young couple had to get a second bus from Colombo and was lucky to catch the last bus, almost in the midnight. The couple could secure the rare-most seat. Soon a gang of youngsters entered the bus and started making annoying remarks to the bride. Very strange, an old, tall man in white got into the bus and sat in such a way that the gang could not see the girl! However, their abusive shouts continued. The bus came to a roundabout, and for no reason, members of the gang started jumping out of the bus one by one. The whole saga was over, and the "old tall man" who rescued the young couple also got down at the next stop. The couple looked back through the rear window to catch a glimpse of the Good Samaritan, but he had dissolved into thin air.
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Devotees say...

K. Darbary, Mumbai, India
Sai Vani! What a wonderful gift to all SAI Bhaktas! Thank You for making this delightful experience possible for us through the medium of the web. SAI VANI a veritable treasure trove for all of Beloved Baba's children.

Lakshmi Lavanya
This is for one of the Sai devotee looking for Sai Amrithvani. Sai AmrithVani is available at http://www.saibaba.org/amrithvani.html

Madhu Kumar Nedunuri
We believe in Baba and what all we are today is only because of his divine blessings. In many situations we have practically experienced his miracles. I lost my project and I was not getting any opportunities for couple of months. I started doing Parayanam and prayed that I will do it regularly once in a month. I believe the very next week I got a project, which I would be finishing this weekend. With his repeated blessings I am very much confident that I will get back another project as and when he wishes me to join and start working.

Leena Dalal
I had a wonderful experience today that confirms what Baba had said "I am with you all the time" and I would love to share it with all Sai Bandhus. I live in Los Angeles, CA and there is a trucking company here, whose name is 'SAIA MOTORS'. (I don't know where it is or what they do). They have trucks moving all around that have the words 'SAIA' written in big letters on them and I love to see a truck whenever I am on the road. I have to change a couple of freeways to go to work. Almost everyday I see a truck with SAIA written on it when I am changing the freeway. So I was thinking yesterday that I am so lucky, BABA is with me on all the crossroads of my life, I am blessed to have his guidance. And today an amazing thing happened that proved that what I thought yesterday was wrong. As soon as I got on 105 I saw the SAIA truck. I usually go at 75mph, but today I decided to follow this truck and see my SAI in front of me, so I slowed down and went at 60mph thru out. I thought how wonderful, yesterday I was thinking that Baba is with me on all the crossroads and HERE HE COMES to tell me that "I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS", not just on the crossroads, I was so delighted when these thoughts crossed my mind. I thank Baba for being there. I have full faith now that "GOD LIVES IN ME AS ME" and that we should, RESPECT ourselves, and LOVE you because this body is a temple of GOD.

I want to end with the icing on the cake, as I was departing from 'SAIA' there came a car besides me, guess what the number plate said 'U AND GOD'!

Vishaal
Dear Uday, I read your experience and something just prompted me to put in my two bit. Your experience is definitely sad and painful to hear. I am sure that you are going through a tough period in Life. But maybe what pains you more, is the fact of comparing your previous position (of wealth and success) to you present state. If you go one deliberating the "Why" of Life, you will never move forward. We can only see what id just ahead of us and not even around corners. I humbly think that this is Baba's way of making you more detached to the worldly attachments. It is said in the Isha Upanishad and reiterated in SSC that a sage stands unruffled in state of happiness and sadness (in good and bad times). Both are but a state of mind and one precedes the other. But this is your test - of you having unquestionable, unshakeable Faith in your Guru and having Patience to see you through the rough ride. Till today we take Neem with Gud on occasions to remind us that there is Bitter with the Sweet. I am sure that when the going was good, you were happy and did not question that happiness, then why so for the downturn? Rest assured that Baba is following each and every step of His devotee and will pull you through the so-perceived rough weather unscathed. Have FAITH & PATIENCE and unconditional surrender to your Guru and see the Light unfold. You may get much more than just material wealth or after this experience who knows, you may not desire wealth! Everything will be all right as does always, by the grace of Baba.

Lakshmi
In our day-to-day life we go through different phases like tensions, happiness, sorrow, worries. All these are connected to our previous deeds and some are to test us to make us stronger. Real pain is when we see someone who love suffers in the hands of fate. My brother is 28 years old and is struggling to find a job, not yet settled, confused totally. All his friends got jobs and some are married. He acquired good education but lacks confidence and doing some courses in software. He spent lot of money toward these courses. Sai please be with him and guide him. I am writing this letter with tears in my eyes, I called him on phone and his voice was so depressed. Whenever I read Sai Vichaar my faith in BABA increases and my own experience prove that Baba is with me. Please listen to my prayer and help my brother in his career. Baba, please help my brother.
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Prayer Club

Sanjay
I am need of good job I am deep trouble in my current job I pray to Sainath To bless me So that I can get new good job. I vow that as soon as I get new good job I will visit Shirdi for his blessings. All the devotees please pray for me.

A Sai devotee
Baba, You know what's going on in our lives. We completely surrender to you and have full faith in you. You alone can set things right. Please give my husband a job. I will be ever grateful to you. Baba forgive us if we have done any mistakes in the past. Please do not punish us now for any of the sins we made. You alone can make things happen Baba. I request all Sai devotees to kindly pray on our behalf.

A Sai devotee
Dearest Sairam, Baba you are always with me and had helped me to come out of difficult times. I don't have words to talk about your miracles. Thank you for all the things you have done in my life for the past year. I feel I am doing mistakes without my knowlegde and thats the reason I started having so many problems now. As you are aware, my marriage is getting postponed for the past 1 year, my sister didn't get a good job, so far none of the alliances matched to my sister, how ever hard I work in my office I am not being recognized. I get depressed most of the times. I cry almost every day, tell all my problems to you, Baba, please give me patience and self confidence to over come all these problems and give me peace of mind.

Subramanian
Koti Pranams at you lotus feet Baba. Baba I seek your blessings for migrating to New Zealand, please bless so that things happen smoothly also Baba of late I am not keeping good health please take care of my health. Baba my wife is pregnant and the delivery is due in August first week please take care of her.
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Quotation of the Week
"When intelligence matures and lodges securely in the mind, it becomes wisdom. When wisdom is integrated with life and sprouts in action, it becomes bhakthi. Knowledge when it becomes fully mature is bhakthi. If it doesn't get transformed into bhakthi, such knowledge is useless tinsel" - Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
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Question of the Week

Q. "How do you know Sai has accepted you and has forgiven you? How do I pray to Him so that He listens to my prayers"?

A. by BL Venkatesh moorty
Salutations to the Lotus Feet of Sri Sainath. Chapter 11 of the Sri Sai Satcharita says: There was no knowing when Baba would accept a devotee. That depended on His sweet will. This is clearly illustrated by Haji Siddique Phalke's story. Baba accepted him 9 long months after he first arrived at Shirdi. When Shyama pleaded to Baba on Phalke's behalf, Baba said, "If the Fakir(Allah) does not allow, what can I do ? Without His grace, who will climb into this masjid?" However, Hemadpant has time and again spelled out in the Satcharita the easy way of attaining Moksha, viz. the constant company of great saints (Sadgurus) and remembering of His glory and Name. (In Chapter 42, Baba Himself says: "He who loves Me most, always sees Me. He ceaselessly meditates upon Me and always chants My name. I feel indebted to him who surrenders himself COMPLETELY to Me and ever remembers Me. I SHALL REPAY HIS DEBT BY GIVING HIM SALVATION (SELF-REALIZATION). SO LEAVING OUT PRIDE AND EGOISM AND WITH NO TRACE OF THEM, YOU SHOULD SURRENDER YOURSELF TO ME, WHO AM SEATED IN YOUR HEART".)

Thus, it is clear that a devotee need not, in the least, worry as to when Baba would accept him and hear his prayers, or forgive his wrong deeds. As Baba Himself advises in Chapters 18 and 19, in His exhortation to Smt.Radhabai Deshmukh (to give up her indefinite fast): "Have FIRM FAITH (Shraddha) in your Guru. Practice Saburi (PATIENCE OR PERSEVERENCE). It will ferry you across the sea of this mundane existence. Saburi is manliness in man; it removes all sin and afflictions, gets rid of calamities in various ways, and casts aside all fear, and ultimately GIVES YOU SUCCESS. Saburi is the mine of virtues, consort of good thoughts. NISHTHA (faith) and Saburi (patience) are like twin sisters."

So, in my opinion, if a devotee has indeed surrendered his everything (including his 6 internal weaknesses like desire, lust, anger etc) at the Sadguru's Lotus Feet, he can rest assured that Baba will accept his devotion sooner or later, and answer his prayers. And if he realizes his wrong deeds and mistakes and GENUINELY BEGS PARDON to the Sadguru, He will indeed pardon him, and not only that, show him the PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (The best course for us is to surrender our body, speech and mind to Your Feet and always chant Your name for destroying our sins: Satcharita Chapter 46). All this is easier said than done. So devotees must, as said earlier, constantly remember His names and read about or hear His leelas, so that the mind is always occupied with good thoughts. As Hemadpant concludes in Chapters 18&19: "Those who lovingly sing Baba's fame and those who hear the same with devotion, both become one with Sai". To the second part of the question as to "HOW TO PRAY TO SAI SO THAT HE LISTENS TO HIS PRAYERS", I again quote from Chapter 11 of the Satcharitha: He was a stream of affection and motherly love. He called out His devotees and said," Was I angry with you? If a mother kicked her children and if the sea turned back the rivers, I would neglect your welfare. I am your slave and shall always stand by you, whenever you call upon Me, and I always long for your love". So, as said in Chapter 10, "Give your mind to Sai and His stories, and then He is sure to bless you. That is the easiest path." Jai Sai Ram.

A. by Shyamala Hari
One of the Namas in Sai Ashtotram is Jagatpita which means Sai is the Father of the world. Lord Venkateswara is addressed as Jagatkutumbi meaning that the whole world is His family. In a verse in the Phala Shruti of Vishnu-sahasranama, Krishna tells Arjuna that one may want to recite all the 1000 Vishnunamas to praise Him but He is pleased even with a single verse and does not require that a devotee should read all the 1000 names. In Gita Krishna also said, He is very pleased when a devotee offers Him even a leaf or a flower or even water. So, He is only too ready to accept us. What is offered does not have to be a luxurious object. All that it takes to please Him is a sincere and pure heart full of devotion and love for Him. There is never a question of His not listening to our prayers or not accepting us. Often, if we have offered prayers asking Baba to fulfil a desire of ours and it turns out that the desire is not fulfilled, then we think that He has not accepted our prayers. This is due to lack of complete trust in Him. If we believe in Him completely and surrender to His will completely, then we will accept whatever happens in our lives as having been ordained by Him because He thought that it is good for us. In the Sapatnekar's story, Sapatnekar was heart broken by the loss of his son and approached Baba for relief but Baba yelled at him with a "Get away". This response from Baba went on for about a year. So, for some time, it did seem like he was rejected by Baba. Meanwhile Sapatnekar's wife served Baba with selfless and pure devotion. Pleased by her devotion, Baba forgave Sapatnekar and explained to him why He had been angry with him earlier and blessed Sapatnekars with a child. Baba was angry with Sapatnekar because he was inwardly blaming Baba for the death of his son. The point to note here is that Baba forgave Sapatnekar because of his wife's devotion and sincerity and because of Sapatnekar's perseverance in seeking Baba's acceptance although he did not even realize what he did wrong. So, Sai is ready to forgive us and accept us. All that we need to do is not to give Him up under any circumstances.

Regarding how to pray so that He listens to our prayers, the two well known stories of Gajendra and Draupadi tell us how to do this. In the Gajendra Moksham story, the elephant was fighting for life, with the crocodile. As long as the elephant was struggling on his own, Vishnu did not come to his rescue. When the elephant had no strength left for any further struggle, he screamed to Vishnu, saying you and You alone can save me, there is nothing I can do. Then Vishnu rushed with His Sudarshan and saved the elephant. Similarly, in the Draupadi story, Draupadi was clinging to her sari with one hand while Dusshasana was pulling it away from her body. She lifted the other hand towards Krishna and praying to Him to rescue her. She was not rescued as long as she was trying to protect herself with one hand. Finally, in complete surrender and forgetting about protecting herself, she lifted both arms towards the lord. Immediately, the saries covering her became infinitely many. Sakuni's hands were tired but he could not remove them all. Thus the moral of these stories is that a prayer with complete surrender of ego is what God responds to. It is not that He has not been hearing us until then because He witnesses everything all the time. But He involves Himself and takes our burdens on Himself only when He sees complete surrender on our part.
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Sai Activities

Gurupoornima celebrations in the Bay Area, CA
Shirdi Sai Devotees invite you to join us for Gurupoornima celebrations on (Sunday) July 28th, 2002 from 5:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. This includes Sai puja, bhajans, Saicharitra readings, aarti and prasad. The venue is at: Club House, The Grove Apartments, 243 Buena Vista Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 For further details or directions please contact: Aparna/ Ajay Ganti at (408) 738-1305, Savita Jayaram at (408) 615-8389 or email us at aganti@yahoo.com or savita_jayaram@yahoo.com

Sai Chitra Yatra, Tustin/Irvin
I am one of the anchor homes of Sai Chitra Yatra. I live in Tustin/Irvine. I'll be traveling for a couple of months. So if anybody is interested in taking the picture of Baba home (been a host home for the Sai Chitra Yatra) please do send me a mail at prerana1975@yahoo.com. I would appreciate it if you could write to me within this week or at least by next Monday.

Gurupoornima 2002, Shirdi Sai Satsang, Twin Cities, MN
Shirdi Sai Satsang, Twin Cities Minnesota invites you to join Guru Poornima Festival on Saturday, July 20, 2002 at Hindu Mandir, Polk Street Minneapolis. The program will begin at 4.00 PM and will include Shirdi Sai abhishek with devotees' participation, Sai Sathya Vrata, Sai Satcharitha Parayan, Aarthi, Archana, Bhajans and Kirthans. The program will conclude with the traditional Shej Arthi for Baba at 10.00 PM followed by Maha prasad (Dinner). Please contact one of the following for more information on the program and confirm your participation by July 15, 2002: Ravin (763-862-3910), Sangeeta (651-481-6782), Kiran (952-233-1819), Ravi Ramana (651-342-0600) Bhuva (651-681-2042) Bhaskar (952-848-7569) or visit. http://www.geocities.com/hamaresai/

Gurupoornima, Canberra, Australia
DATE - 24/07/2002, Day - WEDNESDAY, Time - 7:30PM Venue - Vishnu Shiva Mandir, Cnr. of Ainsworth St. and Mawson drive, Mawson Phone at Mawson Mandir: 02-62866404. Program includes Sai aarthis, bhajans and spiritual reading. For further details contact - Anitha Kandukuri at the email address given below. A_kandukuri@hotmail.com Phone:H:62913713 Please visit Saidarbar Canberra Web site at : http://www.angelfire.com/sd/SaidarbarCanberra

Gurupoornima at Toronto, Canada
Devotees in TORONTO and adjoining areas are invited to please join us for Gurupoornima celebrations on Sunday July 28, 2002 at Durga Mandir 2691 Markham Rd. Unit #5; Ph: 416 754 2983. For further details and directions contact Shammi Chopra at 416 402 8089 or shchopra@trebnet.com

Gurupoornima at Shirdi Sai Baba Prayer Center, South Brunswick, NJ
Saibaba.org invite you to join us for Gurupurnima celebrations on Sunday July 28th, 2002 and Sai puja, bhajans, Saicharitra readings, aarti and prasad every sunday at VFW hall at Henderson Rd, Kendall Park, South Brunswick, NJ from 3pm-6pm. For further details or directions contact Kumad Sachdev at (732) 257-1438, Shyam Addanki at (610) 648-0191 or email us at maildrop@saibaba.org.

Shirdi Sai Baba Prayer Center, VA
Saibaba.org invites you to join in Shirdi Sai prayers, Bhajans, Kirtans, arathis, etc every sunday at Compton Village Community Center from 10am to 1pm starting Sunday, May 26th. For more details contact Padma Balusu at (703) 631-0972, Kumar Swami at (703) 352-6704 or email us at maildrop@saibaba.org

Shri Shirdi Sai Chitra Yatra 2002 in UK
Devotees may participate in Shri Shirdi Sai Chitra Yatra currently underway in UK. To invite Baba to your home and for further details please contact Manu Bajaj at bajaj_manu@yahoo.com or call at +44 7905 933 489 in Wembley, UK

Shri Shirdi Sai Chitra Yatra 2002 in USA
"Shri Shirdi Sai Chitra Yatra(Pictorial Journey)", started in USA on Jan 01, 2002. With anchor points across USA concurrently participating from day one, this unique event is off to a great start.

The journey which involves the ceremonial travel of Baba in the form of a portrait will stop at all Baba devotees homes who are interested in being a host to his protrait. The Yatra which will run till fall of this year, is open to one and all. There is no fees or charges involved to take part in this event. You may participate either as a host home or serve as an anchor point in your community.

Vist online at yatra page for all the details and to register.

For questions, comments, suggestions or to get details on an Anchor home in your area, send us an email at maildrop@saibaba.org with the subject line of "Shri Sai Chitra Yatra".
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