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Complete Shirdi Guide - Dwarkamai and Its Constituents (Part 2)

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<ul><li> <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2010/11/complete-shirdi-guide-history-and.html" target="_blank">Complete Shirdi Guide - History And Present Day Shirdi</a> </li>
</ul><ul><li> <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2010/11/complete-shirdi-guide-khandoba-mandir.html" target="_blank">Complete Shirdi Guide - Khandoba Mandir</a> </li>
</ul><ul><li> <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2010/11/complete-shirdi-guide-shree-gurusthan.html" target="_blank">Complete Shirdi Guide - Shree Gurusthan</a> </li>
</ul><ul><li> <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2010/12/complete-shirdi-guide-mosque-named.html" target="_blank">Complete Shirdi Guide - The Mosque Named Dwarkamai</a> </li>
</ul><ul><li> <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2011/03/complete-shirdi-guide-dwarkamai-and-its.html" target="_blank">Complete Shirdi Guide - Dwarkamai and Its Constituents (Part 1)</a> </li>
</ul>In the last post, after reading in detail about constituents of upper level of Dwarkamai, we are now heading to constituents of lower level. <h4>Sabha Mandap OR Open Courtyard of Dwarkamai </h4>Location: Originally Dwarkamai was upto only its three steps. Later on, it was extended for convenience of devotees and so it is called also Sabha Mandap. <br>
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History: Shri Gopalrao Gund originally thought of celebrating Urs festival in Shirdi. So also, he was the first person who wished to extend and repair the Masjid. But this work was reserved for Nana Saheb Chandorkar and the pavement work was to be done by Kakasaheb Dixit. Initially, it was rejected by Lord Sai Baba, but Mhlasapati intervened and sought permission. An incident from <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2009/11/all-about-sacred-text-shri-sai.html" target="_blank">Shri Sai Satcharitra</a> is connected and mentioned as below: <br>
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In order to carry out the repairs, Gopalrao Gund collected stones and got them dressed. When the pavement was completed in one night in the Masjid, Sai Baba took a small Gadi for His seat, discarding the usual piece of sack - cloth used till then. In 1911, the Sabha Mandap (courtyard) was also put in order with great labour and effort. The open space in front of the Masjid was very small and inconvenient. Kakasaheb Dixit wanted to extend it and put on it a roofing. At great expense, he got iron-posts, and pillars and trusses and started the work. At night, all the devotees worked hard and fixed the posts; but Sai Baba, when he returned from Chavadi next morning, uprooted them all and threw them out. Once it so happened that Sai Baba got very excited, caught a pole with one hand, and began to shake and uproot it, and with the other hand caught the neck of Tatya Patil. He took by force Tatya’s Pheta, struck a match, set it on fire and threw it in a pit. At that time, Sai Baba’s eyes flashed like burning embers. None dared to look at Him. All got terribly frightened. Sai Baba took out a rupee from his pocket and threw it there, as if it were an offering on an auspicious occasion. Tatya also was much frightened. None knew what was going to happen to Tatya, and none dared to interfere. Bhagoji Shinde, the leper devotee of Sai Baba, made a little boldly advance, but he was pushed out by Sai Baba. Madhavrao was also similarly treated, he being pelted with brick pieces. So all those, who went to intercede, were similarly dealt with. But after some time, Baba’s anger cooled down. He sent for a shopkeeper, got from him an embroidered Pheta and Himself tied it on Tatya’s head, as if he was being given a special honour. All the people were wonderstruck to see this strange behavior of Sai Baba. They were at a loss to know, what enraged Sai Baba so suddenly and what led Him to assault Tatya Patil, and why His anger cooled down, the next moment. Sai Baba was sometimes very calm and quiet and talked sweet things with love, but soon after, with or without any pretext, got enraged. <h4><a name="”bell”">The Bell</a> : </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4mmT36TQdBo/TYhVjUav0KI/AAAAAAAALBA/wFbUbVGVLUc/s1600/dwarakamaibell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4mmT36TQdBo/TYhVjUav0KI/AAAAAAAALBA/wFbUbVGVLUc/s400/dwarakamaibell.jpg" width="280"></a></div>Location: A bell is tied above to the left direction of the entrance of Dwarkamai.<br>
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History: It is believed that the bell was tied by Lord Baba Himself. Certainly it was present during those times because there is a mention about the bell in <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2009/11/all-about-sacred-text-shri-sai.html" target="_blank">Shri Sai Satcharitra</a>. Lord Baba had sent Hemadpant to get Rs. 15 as Dakshina from Shama and sit for a while and talk with him. Just as Shama reached to end of a wonderful Leela, it is mentioned there, “The bell of the mosque began to ring, proclaiming that the noon arti had begun. Therefore Hemadpant and Shama hurried to the mosque". <br>
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Present: The bell is rung only three times a day at 4:00 AM, 11:30 PM and 8:30 PM. If the bell rings at other times of the day, it is considered as an alarm signal and villagers of Shirdi rush to Dwarkamai to find out what the trouble is and then reach the spot of calamity to set it right. This practice is still going on. <br>
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Complete Shirdi Guide - Dwarkamai and Its Constituents (Part 2)

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Lord Sai Baba Made All My Dreams A Reality In Shirdi...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v-TKF_6A4Us/TXH1gBxlTGI/AAAAAAAAK-s/Fl8gnJ3VUq8/s1600/jun_17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v-TKF_6A4Us/TXH1gBxlTGI/AAAAAAAAK-s/Fl8gnJ3VUq8/s400/jun_17.jpg" width="400"></a></div>Dear Sai Readers, a short and quick note about my return from <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2010/11/complete-shirdi-guide-history-and.html" target="_blank">Shirdi</a> and <a href="http://prayerstoshirdi.blogspot.com/2011/02/prayers-reached-shirdi-on-february-14.html" target="_blank">prayers reaching Shirdi</a> was posted last week. But full narration of this memorable trip was pending. Time constrains were dominating and so it took long to post the narration. I guess you all would also be waiting. Even i was eager to share every detail of the trip and herewith without beating round the bush, i would start up with divine experiences of Shirdi trip.<br>
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A link of previous Shirdi trip is always connected with present one. This time also the same happened. Such details it seems fit to be shared here because it shows clearly how our thoughts and wishes are fulfilled by Lord Shirdi Sai Baba. <br>
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As stated earlier that this trip has its root laid in the earlier one, everything was unexpected but it did happen because grace of Lord Baba was present in abundance. Relations are always made well in advance before a soul gets transformation into a body and that body maintain these relations as and when needed. Blood relations are considered foremost of all relations. Few choices are still left for the body to choose for themselves. In making such relations, Lord Baba also many a times play a major role. In this manner i have been gifted a wonderful Sai Family by Him and each such relation holds specific importance in my life. My one such relation is with Sai brother Rana Gill (<a href="http://www.saiterehazaaronnaam.com/" target="_blank">Lyricist and Singer of SAI TERE HAZAARON NAAM - Sai Baba Bhajan Album</a>). With true wish of Lord Baba, our relation started and to me was entrusted the duty of taking care of his blog work. Since three years we are regularly in touch and hours are spent together talking over phone or chatting on internet as he resides in Canada. You can follow the <a href="http://www.saiterehazaaronnaam.com/2008/10/sai-tere-hazaaron-naam-download-link-of_09.html" target="_blank">link of SAI TERE HAZAARON NAAM blog</a> for detailed write up about how we met. But we had not seen each other face to face until Lord Baba showered His blessings. Being so far away from his homeland, he always longed to go to Shirdi. This made him upset many times and in turn this troubled me too. After meeting him over the internet each time i visited Shirdi i asked Lord Baba to call him soon. On my <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2010/11/series-of-leelas-followed-in-shirdi.html" target="_blank">Shirdi visit this Diwali</a>, before leaving i said, "Lord Baba please call me to Your town with my brother, till then i will not come to Shirdi". The same was secretly done by my mother because she also wanted to see and meet her son soon. We both did not reveal our common vows until we reached home.  <br>
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Brother Ranaji told me that he had came to India in 2007. Of course it has been long time and none of us knew when he would be coming again. So for me and my mother it was very uncertain to go to Shirdi for unknown time period. But still we both were confident that Lord Baba would not take much time to call all of us to His town. <br>
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After we returned from Shirdi and 2-3 days passed, i got very good news that there were few chances for Brother Ranaji to come to India. My happiness doubled because Lord Baba gave a probable call to His town so soon and at last i was to see my loving brother for the first time after such a long wait. As i said earlier, we brother-sister spent long hours on phone, we had many times made plans of going to Shirdi together. So, before his leaving Canada the date for going to Shirdi was fixed. Only one day was postponed afterwards due to unavoidable circumstances. On February 13, 2011 in afternoon we started for Shirdi in taxi. <br>
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