Shirdi Sai Baba Story

hi
om sai ram

SHRI SAI SATCHARITA

PREFACE

Many years ago I heard about Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi and His miracles
from some of my friends, but, unfortunately for me, He did not draw me to
Him while He was living.Some thirteen or fourteen years after His
mahasamadhi, I went to visit my noble and worthy friend, the late Mr. K.G.
Deshpande, Bar-at-Law in Baroda, in his temporary residence on Charni
Road, Girgaum, Bombay. There, I happened to see for the first time, Shri Sai
Baba. His small portrait was kept in the household shrine for worship. Then,
four or five years later, I, along with my friend, the late Mr. K.G. Ajrekar who
was a government pleader, saw the book Shri Sai Satcharita written in
Marathi (ovi-verse) by Mr. Govind Raghunath (Annasaheb) Dabholkar, alias
Hemadpant. I also saw some stray publications of ‘Shri Sai Leela’, a
magazine written in Marathi. As I perused the book and magazines carefully,
I felt a very great love and devotion for Sai Baba, who then captured me.

In 1936 I went to Bombay for some private work and had intended to
go to the holy place (tirth) of Shirdi on my way home, but finding that I did not
have sufficient money for the pilgrimage, I changed my mind. With what little
money I had, I purchased (1) Shri Sai Satcharita (Marathi), (2) Shri Sai Baba
of Shirdi - a glimpse of Indian Spirituality (English) by R.B.M.W. Pradhan, (3)
two Marathi pamphlets named ‘Sainath Sagunopasana’ and ‘Sai Leela Kirtan

• anka’ ( a special edition of ‘Sai Leela’ magazine) and lastly, I purchased

some pictures of Sai Baba. Thus, I brought “the real Sai Baba” home with
me. Since then, He has been staying with me and guiding me in all possible
ways.

om sai ram