First-person testimony · Part III

B. Laghate

Context

B. Laghate's brief statement appears at page 221 of Part III.

About the 1936 statement

A short Part III testimony.

Verbatim excerpt from Narasimha Swami (1940s)

days pollution when she was at Shirdi. She did not know it then. But Baba knew it evidently. At my mother’s death, we offered the rice ball “pinda but no crows would touch it. My sister then vowed that she would send 50 rupees to Sai Baba’s tomb if crows should come and take the pinda. Then the crows came and ate the pinda. 201 VII 17th June, 1936. Mukunda Sastri Lele, C/O Krishna Sastri, age 58, Vydik life, Konkanast Brahmin, Sanivar Peth, Poona, says: In 1912, I was often at Shirdi with Sai Baba. I once went with Nanasaheb Chandorkar in a tonga ; the horse reared. The carriage fell down. I and Nana came off without hurt. Then Baba at Shirdi did the Sanka sound and said (.) (i.e., “Nana is now about to die. But, will I let him die?) 8 days later, I and Chandorkar went to Shirdi. Then Bapusaheb Jog told me that Baba cried out as above 8 days back and asked me ‘Was that true?’ ‘Yes’, I replied and narrated the facts. In 1914, my wife was pregnant, 8 months with child. Baba gave me two (pieces barfechivadri of Barfi ) and said ‘Go’. Then I went home and my wife had a delivery. I have three or four children now.

Source: B. V. Narasimha Swami, Devotees' Experiences of Sri Sai Baba (All India Sai Samaj, Madras, 1940s; reprint Akhanda Sainama Sapthaha Samithi, Hyderabad). PDF on Internet Archive · OCR full text. Excerpt matched on the term: Laghate. This is the canonical English excerpt; please consult the original PDF for context.