First-person testimony · Part III

Shridhar Narayan Kharkar

Context

Shridhar Narayan Kharkar's statement appears at page 233 of Part III.

About the 1936 statement

A Part III witness.

Verbatim excerpt from Narasimha Swami (1940s)

delivered it to Baba saying ‘Keep this safe. This is you coin’. He returned it to me saying ‘That is all right. Take this coin home. Keep it in your pooja, along with he images you worship. You will 212 have prosperity. I took it and worshipped it. For three years, (i.e) till 1911,1 had prosperity. Formerly, I could not get even rice for a night meal. But after I started the worship, I save so much from my earn ings as Kulkarni, that my wife could get gold bangles (i.e., wristlets). Then when I travelled and came under pollution I delivered my study book ( Pothi ) with the pice in it to a friend and some days later, I found the pice was lost. Since then (1911) misfortune dogs my heels. I first lost my wife in six months of losing the coin. In 19161 lost my service. In 1917-18, I lost my mother. I am now begging for my food. I visit Shirdi on each Ramnavami. XIII 27th August, 1936. Badave, c/o Anand Ramachandra Badave, of Nevase, Brah min, aged 64, Estate Broker,Mothi Chowk, Ravivar Peth, Poona says: About 30 years ago, my father in-law Mr. Vabale then Vakil of Ahmednagar, was a great devotee of Sai Baba. I was a Badave or Poojari of Mohiniraj at Nevasa. I had one son.

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: Kharkar. This is the canonical English excerpt; please consult the original PDF for context.