On Apr 15th, 2005, Baba came to our house as he told me few days back. Let me say that we, in our family, are not so anxious to see Baba in flesh or in dream. We are always contended by looking at Baba in his photos. But I am quarrelling with Baba and HE stopped talking to me from long back. Ever since I am not well emotionally. Though HE does the things for me, I feel very empty.
One day I was browsing through the NET and am constantly asking HIM to come to me once and answer my questions. I prayed to Baba and clicked on one of the old newsletters of saidarbar.org. There Baba assured to someone in Dubai that HE will visit him on Apr 15th, 2004. I think HE told me that on 9th or 10th.
I shared this news only with my parents and to my aunt and to one of my well wishers. Apr 15th dawned. I asked my mother to prepare something that Baba likes. She brought Cova (Peda) and also thought of preparing Chapatis. I came to office as usual. My brother used to bring lunch for me as I am not feeling well. I asked him at 12:30 PM if baba came and he replied 'No'. I felt somewhat disappointed and thought that Baba stopped giving messages to me and it is simply my illusion that I felt like HE promised that he will visit us. (I shouldn't have taken something that I browsed in NET as Baba's message. I thought so. It was my mistake and not Baba's.) But I nurtured some hope that may be Baba will come in the evening. I prayed to HIM that if HE doesn't want me to see HIM, HE can atleast visit my house in my absence and can bless our parents and brother so that atleast I can feel like Baba is still giving me messages.
Later I had my lunch in the office. At 2:15 PM my mother rang to me and informed that Baba came to my house. She was reading a book on Bharadwaja master. Exactly between 1:30 and 1:35 PM, a deaf and dumb boy came. She just nodded her head and asked the boy to leave. But he requested for water and my mother told that 'water is not cool'. He still insisted and she gave him water and the boy left. As soon as he left, my mother remembered my words and she felt very sorry. When she came out that boy was leaving and is downstairs. Somehow she felt like, he might not be Baba. But still she felt restless and so she prayed to HIM that 'Baba, if it is you who came, please come again. Let me give the Prasad which I wished to give'.
Suddenly that boy came again without any call. Then my mother invited HIM inside, gave 2 rs as dakshina and also the Cova. (At that time she hasn't prepared Chapatis). When she narrated me, I felt happy and somehow tears rolled down my cheeks. I wept like anything (Ofcourse I went down and wept in restroom). As soon as I came to my desk, one of my colleagues gave me Shirdi Prasadam as he returned from Shirdi the same day. I was really overjoyed.
Then when I see the page before me, it was 'saibharadwaja.org' and there a message flashed like '15th is the Mahasamadhi Tithi of Sri Ekkirala Bharadwaja'. Immediately I decided to visit 'Malkajgiri' where 'Ammagaru' (wife of Sri Ekkirala Bharadwaja, Smt. Alivelu Manga Tayaru) resides. My brother also came with me. We started after our office timings. It so happened that, I didn't consumed my tiffin that morning. I have 4 idlis with me. I prayed to Baba that as I couldn't see HIM when HE came to my home, I will give this idlis to any old man and feel like I fed HIM.
I boarded the bus and I am chanting some sloka and am somewhat unconscious to the environment in the bus and though I took the fare of 6 rs in my hands, I forgot to take a ticket. Later after two or three stages, I gave money to the conductor. I thought he might scold me. But strangely he told me that, he closed the tickets for the stage where I boarded and took only 4 rs. I thought 'Ok. Baba has given me 2 rs. I should give this to the same old man whom I would give the idlis'.
As soon as we stepped down at Sec'bad, I saw a good looking old man. He wore a white shirt and a green kanduva. As green is the favourite color of Baba and Bharadwaja master garu, I decided to give money to this man. (Actually he stretched His hand before me). I don't know if he was about to ask the passengers who stepped out of the bus. But I gave him 2 rs and asked him if he would take idlis from me. He said yes and I gave him the idlis too. He murmured that 'Enough for this day'. (imkemumdi, ivaaltiki saripoyimdi kadaa).
Then I visited Ammagaru and there are few devotees and there was a pooja and I prayed wholeheartedly to Baba and Bharadwaja master garu and ammagaru. They served food and we ate it and I took some prasadam for my parents too in the carraige box. (I thought only to take prasadam to my parents, I got the idea of taking it and giving idlis to an old man). So I returned home happily.
My mother was also happy because she has been feeling sorry for not preparing chapathis. She thought to give 4 chapathis and when I told her that I gave 4 idlis to an old man, she felt satisfied.
Also that day, the dakshina we gave counted to 15 rs. My mother gave 2 rs to the boy (Baba we feel) and my brother gave 2 rs to ammagaru and myself 11 rs. So we felt it is a coincidence.
This is our first experience wherein Baba Himself told that HE will come to our house and visited.
Actually on 10th, we visited some other ardent devotee of baba (this is also happened only because of baba's grace) and I thought of visiting ammagaru too the same day. As there was no time, we couldn't visit her and I felt disappointed. So baba acknowledged my wish and granted her darsan on the auspicious Mahasamadhi day of Bharadwaja Master garu.
(I will write another blog about how Baba told me few months back that the place where ammagaru resides is itself Shirdi).