Happy Holi

In the year 1917, on the Purnima day Hemadpant had a dream early in the morning. In the dream Baba said to him: “ I will be coming for lunch today ”.  Hemadpant narrated his dream to his wife and said: “Today is the Holi festival. Put an extra quarter seer of rice to boil. Today being a festival, a guest would be coming for lunch”. When Hemadpant confided that Baba would be coming for lunch, his wife did’nt believe him and said: “Why would Baba come so far from Shirdi? What is the food here? And what celebrations are we going to have for Holi?Leaving aside the dainty food of Shirdi, will he be coming to eat our coarse food?” However, Hemadpant had a strong belief in Babs’s words.  In the main row, a seat was kept in the centre, in the honour for Shri Sai to be served with other guests. Just as they were about to have their meal, footsteps were heard on thestairs and someone called out “where is Raosaheb? ” When Hemadpant opened the door, he saw two persons near the stairs. One of them was Alli Mohammed and the other was a disciple of Saint Maulana, by the name of Ismu Mujavar. They both seemed to be very happy.

Ali said : “Please take this article. Then when I meet you at leisure, I will relate the marvel of it in details. It is a strange story ”. Speaking thus, Alli took out a packet from under his arm, and placing it on the table, began to unwrap it.When the wrapping of the newspaper was removed, it revealed a picture of Sai immediately. He said: “Keep this yourself. Please accept my request ”. Seeing Baba’s picture, Hemadpant got goose pimples and he placed his head at his feet. He was choked with emotion. Baba kept his promise !

May Shri Sai Bless You All.