Sairam friends,
There are few devotees who served Baba by cleaning his Dwarakamai. There was a guy called Abdul who sweeps Dwarakamai and also lit lamps regularly. The most important of all charecter I admire is Radhakrishnamai. She cleans Dwarakamai with so much dedication.
As you all know, Sai lives in Dwarakamai and Chawdi alternatively. So Radhakrishnamai cleans Dwarakamai. Dhuni – The sacred fire of Sai would have made the walls dark. Hence, She will even white wash it regularly as She desires to keep Sai’s Dwarakamai beautiful. I often remember Radhakrishamai for this seva She has done to Sai.
Cleaning my room after long time
I always wonder how my room gets all the mess? I keep planning that I must clean but never bother. My Mom often tells me “Go to your Sister’s home and see how She keeps it clean”. This Saturday, I spent few minutes to clean my room and felt better. There’s still lots of work to be done though. One of the reason I cleaned is because I had requested my Sai friend Preeti to send me photos of her home in Dehradun. She has kept her home so Picturesque .I compared it to my room and immidiately started cleaning. he he..
Here are some photos of Preeti’s home which I wish to share! Since I won’t be meeting most of my Sai friends, I request them to send photos of the place they live – their Town and also their home. This makes me feel as if I have visited their home. I often look at Google Map to learn about different places in India and abroad.
Dehradun
Dehradun
My Dad cleaned my Car and he often says that I never bother to keep it clean. I am an average driver and hence they are scratches here and there. Thankfully, now a days, I join my Dad to clean the car.
On Sunday evening, I went to Saibaba temple. I lit lamps, prayed Sai and decided to walk. As I was about to start, a guy whom regularly comes to temple asked me if he can join. This guy is not educated and often requests me to let him know if there’s some job for him. I requested him to learn a skill rather than working for others. He’s doing some odd job now a days.
As we started to walk, he told me about life in Tirupati and about the place. Seems he has a relative who’s settled in Tirupati and told me about the culture there, the shops, places around Tirupati etc. This guy has lived in Hyderabad when there was protest in Andhra for Telangana state. He told me how difficult it was for him even to cook food and have as nothing was available.
Later, I took him to a restaurant and we had Dosa.
We had walked for over an hour and felt good. He asked me if I have friends? I told him, “I have few but prefer to be alone during weekends.”
We came back to temple by 8 0 clock.
Spoke to my Sai friends
I spoke to Varalakshmi for over 30 minutes over phone. I feel good to learn about the life others live because they are always smarter than me. I spoke to my friends in Temple for few minutes and started home.
I had dinner and spoke to Preeti for over an hour. She was speaking a lot about her love for Sai. I like such Sai devotees who love Sai immensely. I learn a lot from them.
I slept off hugging Sai book.
I had a dream.
It was as if I am going to a wedding of a guy whom I know lived near my Aunt’s flat in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai. I go into the wedding hall with my Camera but completely forget it. The next day, I find my Camera missing. I request a lady if She saw my Camera and she helps me get it back. I am doing photography of a scenic place.
That’s it.
On Saturday, I had a dream as if I am telling my parents that I got a new Camera.
I am not sure why I have dreams about Camera and Photography? Lets see.
The funny part about the guy I saw in dream is this. When he was a kid, he often used to argue with his Grand Father. His Grand pa would scold him. So he named his grandpa as “Jillu Kutha?
Jillu is Tamil means – Cold/Chill.
Kutha in Hindi as you know is Dog.
Seems his grand pa’s palm is chill and hence he named him “Jillu Kutha.”
I often say this word to my friends at work along with this story. They ask me why are you telling such stupid stories? I reply that if they laugh at it, it means the story is worth telling.
Anyway, my life would have been worse if I don’t have few Sai friends. When ever I am depressed, I simply speak to someone.
I am getting late for work now
Tata
Venkat
