Sai Pearls of Wisdom 47-B “AVATAR DECLARATION”, (With Subtitles).
Channel: Sai Pearls of Wisdom - Prof. Anil Kumar Kamaraju
Date: 2023-10-15

Seshama Raju’s wife, Susheelamma, in the month of October, went to her native place because schools were closed at that time. She went to her mother’s house in Kamalapuram with their two young children. Raju and His brother stayed behind in Uravakonda. 

One day, there was a telegram for Seshama Raju saying, “Baby serious! Come immediately with Sathyam!” 

They were having lunch when the telegram arrived. Instantly, Raju went into trance. When He opened His eyes He said, “She will be alright by the time we reach Kamalapuram!”

This proved correct for the child was playing when they reached Kamalapuram that evening. His wife explained, “At 11’o clock in the morning, a Sadhu came! He must have just got down from Bombay – Madras train, for He said that He came from Shirdi. He gave Vibuthi and blessed the child who became well again soon enough!” 

Seshama Raju remembered His brother’s trance exactly at that time in Uravakonda and knew who the Sadhu was! Raju stayed for some days in Kamalapuram, where many had the chance to see some of His miraculous powers!

Well, after they returned to Uravakonda, the Deputy Inspector of Schools, the Health Inspector, the Public Works Engineer, some Municipal Councillors and Businessmen of Hospet, HOSPET, near Hampi sent a joint invitation to Seshama Raju to make a trip to their city with his famous brother. Seshama Raju, taking advantage of the Dasara holidays, decided to visit Hampi with a big party. 

B C Kondappa accompanied Baba in this trip. At his insistence, a photograph of Raju was taken in Hospet. It shows Raju as a simple lad, wearing a four-cubic dhoti and half-sleeve shirt, with cropped hair, sitting on a chair. 

Raju, as Baba, would recall in later years. “While I was in Uravakonda, the Municipal Chairman of Bellary, Rama Raju, came to see Me!” 
 
He told Seshama Raju, “We shall take this boy to Bellary and keep Him with us during the holidays!” 

He added, “Seshama Raju, you treat this lad as an ordinary boy? That is not so! The effulgence on His face and His purity have moved my heart! There is Divine effulgence within Him. Don’t be deluded! You may also come with me and stay with us!” said the Municipal Chairman of Bellary. 

“The Municipal Chairman took us to Hampi. Do not consider what I am going to say now as something boastful, fanciful or exaggerated!” Baba said.

The entire party went into Virupaksha temple! 
 
“If I had said I would not come with them into the temple, others might feel angry or offended. I said I had stomach-ache and did not wish to go into the temple!” 

“All the members of the party, including Tammi Raju, went in. They were about 40 or 60 persons. Rama Raju was thinking only of God and nothing else! He entreated Me repeatedly to come with him. I was very small boy then! He held both My hands and pleaded, ‘Please come!’ But seeing My firm resolve, He did not press further.” 

“Inside the temple, Arathi was being offered to the deity Virupaksha. But the idol was not there! Only I was in the shrine!”

Seeing this, Seshama Raju was angry. He thought that having refused to enter the temple, I had surreptitiously entered and taken the idol’s place. This he felt was gross sacrilege. The Municipal Chairman, however, did not think in that manner at all. He felt Raju is Virupaksha and Virupaksha is Raju. 

“Seshama Raju came out of the temple and found Me sitting there. He was all suspicious. He sent someone inside to find out whether I was there, while he himself stayed outside to keep a watch over Me outside. I was inside the temple as well as outside! Seshama Raju felt very happy internally, but he did not speak to Me about it, treating it as a unique experience for himself!”

This experience is known to many people indicating that Swami is everywhere. When He visited Virupaksha temple, while He was outside the temple, He was also noticed inside the temple at the altar. 

Well, Baba went on to narrate. “Then they brought Me to Bellary. While staying there for a few days, the Municipal Chairman introduced Me to various officers, speaking highly about Me! I was not addressed as Swami in those days, but only as Raju. Some of the officers seemed to feel that the Chairman was making much of a small boy like Me and even tried to make fun of it.” 

“Before bringing Me to Bellary, the Municipal Chairman got a shirt and a pair of shorts made for Me. I am so small even now! You can imagine how much shorter I was then! In those days, it was fashionable for young boys to have a pin for their shirt collar. The Municipal Chairman wondered what else to give Me besides clothes. He went to goldsmith and had a gold collar pin made for Me in an hour.”

Pinning it on My shirt he said, “Raju, You should remember me whenever You wear this pin!” .........

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