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SHRI SAI LEELA – APRIL 1986Marathi eloquently which was full of devotion and in the end, heappealed to one and all to treat Shirdi as a Holy place and not aTourist centre. Dr. Smt. Indira Kher, the learned Editor of Srhi SaiLeela Magazine gave a resume of the Marathi speech in English. Sheimpressed the audience as an erudite scholar both in English andMarathi. The learned Chairman of Shri Sai Leela Publicationsaddressed the gathering both in English and Marathi and his speechwas received by the contributors present with wide applause.During my stay at Shirdi, I visited Chavadi, Dwaraka Mayi Musjid,Lendi Baug and Martanda Maharaj, son of late Bhagat Mahalsapati.Since I was not fully accustomed to the style of food served in SaiPrasad Bhojana Griha at Shirdi, I felt a little bit nervous. Immediatelythe omniscient and merciful Sai Baba came to my rescue byarranging food at the residence of Shri D.L. Kantha Rao Garu, asenior devotee from Andhra Pradesh, participating in the ConferenceTo my surprise, this devotee is found to belong to my Gothra(Bharadwaja). Really, I took him as Sai-sent and felt greatly honouredto be the guest of such a sincere and staunch Sai devotee I wasreally suprised to see the entire family of Shri D.L. Kantha Rao Garu,Sai-minded and Sai-devoted. I enjoyed Sai-Sat Sang during theperiod of my stay at Shirdi with his family.On 4-2-86 I performed abhisekham and Satyanarayana Pooja, whichwere my long cherished desires. I entered in the appartments setapart for devotees at 4 a.m. and remained there till 7 A.M. to receivetickets for Abhisekam and Satyanarayana Pooja. Here also, Saishowered his Grace on me, since I could get tickets easily and earlyand I could complete Abhisekam by 7-30 A.M. and Satyanarayana35WWW.SAILEELAS.ORG