If you love Sai, Build a School for ordinary people near Shirdi Saibaba temple

Sairam friends,

Last evening I went to Saibaba temple in my home town, lit lamps, and came near Dwarakamai. One of my friends was doing lots of hard work digging holy Dhuni – Sacred fire of Saibaba. I asked him “After many days lots of work?” …He said hmm and continued. The other guy asked me to get into Dhuni tank and wipe the hot ashes.  There was already a heap of Udi yet to be filtered when I got into it. I kept shouting Dattaaaa, Nagasaaii, Saibabaaa, and wiped the ashes with the Iron rod.

It wasn’t so hot but really lots of hot Udi were there. I kept wiping and it kept coming like Akshaya Patra. I felt a bit dizzy. So claimed out and sat near my favorite Thulasi plant. Lots of smoke was coming out of Dhuni while cleaning.

After Shej Aarti, I distributed prasad and was about to start home. A devotee came and told me seems someone gave a complaint against the temple that Dhuni is creating Pollution. He had given the contact details of one of his friends who can provide a solution to reduce smoke. Actually, in The past 2 years, the smoke is too less and the chimney is raised too high enough. I still wonder why people had to complain?

There are more Crores of Cars in India and millions of factories. Pollution is not coming from there but from this little Dhuni of Sai? The Smoke is creating by woods and coconuts which I honestly feel are “Safe”. Anyway, I love the Dhuni prayed Saibaba to guide us to protect it for thousands of years to come.

I came home and was thinking about what to write. My father was watching News and suddenly I heard News about a famous Shirdi Sai baba temple for the wrong reasons. ( I don’t want to mention the name of the temple or which city its located) . I love this temple and have been visiting it regularly whenever I go there. I consider this temple as the most sacred Sai mandir but lately, I started realizing the people there are not Kind enough.

The last time when I visited the city, I didn’t even felt like standing in queue to touch Sai’s holy feet and just came outside to a Shop. A very old devotee who has seen Narasimha Swamiji, M.G.Rege used to sit in the Shop. He is 92 years old and had visited Shirdi in 1942. He told me when he visited Shirdi in 42, the people in Bombay VT station doesn’t know when they asked for “Shirdi”. train.

He said the only a handful of devotees were there when he visited Shirdi in 1942. He had then visited Shirdi in 2000 and said now all south Indian dishes are available in North India. He used to sing a very beautiful Bhajan of Nagasai in Telugu and I wish to have recorded it.

Whenever I go near this temple, I used to fall down in his feet and get ashirwad.

Coming back to the News Story, It was too shocking to me.

The news was about some people from the Saibaba temple had some misunderstanding with the School adjacent to it. They had used the Classrooms and space that belongs to School for keeping all the vessels used for Annadhan and other stuff during the Summer holidays.

The School reopened yesterday and parents were shocked to see the Classrooms used like this. I saw video footage of how the benches were put like a scrap in the classroom. The parents blocked the road to get justice as the School was not able to function. I always believed this School belongs to Saibaba temple and they are taking care of it but can’t believe such injustice happened.

Now let’s not discuss it anymore as I don’t want these people to think I am doing bad to them. My intention is not to speak wrong about any people but it hurts me when I hear anything bad connected to Sai in News.

My humble feelings are Narasimha Swamiji is a highly educated person and has taken initiative to have School near Saibaba temple as far as I assume.

Sai baba himself lived near a School.

Do you know there was an Elementary school near Dwarakamai?

During Sai’s lifetime in Shirdi, Shyama used to work as a teacher in that school. He thought Sai is a mad fakir and there’s no use in him. Shyama used to sleep in the School and at times during the night, he used to hear Sai speaking in English, French, and many languages. Gradually Shyama started understanding this is not an ordinary Fakir and realized Sai really is a powerful Saint.

So many children in the school near Dwarakamai used to regularly visit Sai. To some poor children, Sai even used to give money every day for getting sweets and give their Mother to keep for family expenses. Such was Sai’s connection with Children and Sai always encouraged children to study well and be someone good in life.

Once Sai blessed the children when the headmaster of the school felt Sai is spoiling the kids by giving them the freedom to always play. Sai gave udi to all these kids during their exam and assured the headmaster “All children will do well in exam and Pass”. Surprisingly that year there was a 100% Pass result. The headmaster realized the powers of Sai have actually made the children focus on studies too.

Last night, I hugged Sai Satcharitra and slept. I had tears in my eyes for the first time in many days for reasons other than my personal life. I asked Sai “Why you do this to Poor children?”

There are people who can afford Education in Big international Schools and convents and these are poor children and their parents are from lower-middle-class families. Don’t they deserve to have a good peaceful environment for their children? Anyone who has a Temple of any Gods/Saints makes money out of it. That’s fine with Sai. To run a temple, You need the money and the excess money, Sai cares dam of what you with it.

But you cross your limit in your commercialization and inhuman behavior when you are ready to occupy the space meant for School. I don’t know how true is the news story and don’t want to write more about it as I might be wrong which is why I didn’t mention the name of the Temple and trust me these people can do anything to an ordinary person like me.

I have my Sai with me to protect me and so I don’t fear to express what I feel is “The Most inhuman incident in the history of the Sai Movement in India”

This is the temple responsible for spreading Sai’s glory across Tamilnadu and India and I only wish to hear good news about this temple.

Now let’s speak generally,

Building Shirdi Sai Baba temple:

I hear so many stories where Sai devotees say “Saibaba came in a dream and asked me to build a temple. So I am building one now?

I always ask baba “Adhu epidi Saibaba, Enna mattum Kovil katra Venkatnu solla maatingra” he he

Wonder Why Sai doesn’t want me to build a temple and comes in my dream saying that. He won’t. He won’t for a lifetime. If I wish to build a Saibaba temple, I have to do it in my own interest.

For God’s sake don’t tell me another story about Sai coming in a dream to build a temple.

“Sai wants you to build a temple for him in your heart. That alone is what Sai wants. Keep your mind pure so that Sai comes and lives in yourself”

My humble request to devotees is to please understand Sai doesn’t want anything for himself.  Not a Temple and Nothing at all. Sai just wants us to lead a simple life with what we get honestly. That’s it.

If you still wish to Build a Temple for Shirdi Saibaba, please take initiative to build a school nearby. Of course, building a School today isn’t an ordinary task as you might have to bribe so many people to get permission. Sai will surely help you if you give importance to Education.

Schools have become expensive these days. Even people in good Jobs are not able to afford school fees for their children. So how good it will be to build a School for Ordinary people near every Shirdi Saibaba temple that’s being built.

There may not be space for all of you. So at least have a Library near your Temple. People will be benefited from what you do in the long run.   Am getting late for work now and that’s all I wish to express.

Please remember, Saibaba temples are important. If there’s no Saibaba temple in my hometown, I would have not got a chance to do Seva and learn so many things in life. I consider Nagasai mandir as a School and Sai has shown me his temple as a school in a dream many times.

At the same time, We have to do something for the society and the best thing you can do is Annadhan – Giving food to Hungry. But that helps the person just to satisfy his hunger a few hours. If you help someone learn, you are actually helping him earn his bread for a lifetime. So do little you can to ordinary people Educate their children.

Any School that has affordable fees for the Middle Class in India is actually a Temple.

the holy Quran says

“If you open a School, You are Closing a Jail”

So it’s good if devotees realize what actually Sai wishes. Sai wants us to build good Citizens for the Nation. It is possible only when we provide Schools which are easily accessible by Ordinary People. You don’t necessarily have to build schools near the temple. Build it somewhere you have land and Sai’s blessings are always with you and your students.

I am one among those Ordinary People of India

I am a Sai devotee

and So

I wrote in StarSai

Even if Sai has come alive in such a situation, I am sure this is what he would have expressed. He would have beaten such people with his satka and drove them out. My words are an expression of Sai’s anger.

I wish you have a look at the description of below Book

Who Goes to School?: Exploring Exclusion in Indian Education:

Book Description:

The Right to Education Act, 2010 has brought India one step closer to its goal of achieving universalization of elementary education (UEE). Yet, large numbers of children, especially from disadvantaged communities, continue to be deprived of quality education. Who Goes to School? explores patterns of access and exclusion in basic education in India.

The volume outlines policy and legislation on access to education and provides the statistical analysis of learners enrolled in school, out-of-school children, and learners vulnerable to exclusion. It suggests that meaningful access to education is an aspect of UEE that requires more than just full enrolment. Rather, it necessitates high attendance rates, progression through grades with no repetition, and learning outcomes which confirm that basic skills are being mastered.

The contributors focus on various aspects ranging from malnutrition, gender, and social equity, migration, dropout rates, and differentiation in schooling provisions to matters of teaching and governance. They analyze in-depth the way in which educational access is conceptualized; in doing so, they also identify areas for future research.

Declaimer:  This article is written to help Sai devotees realize the commercialization of Saibaba temples across the world and its OK to do it. The moment it crosses its limit, we need to express our views. I have not particularly mentioned the name of the temple and so I don’t mean to hurt anyone. My intention is to spread a good message from Sai’s Soul –

“Schools are important for Sai than temples”

Love,

Venkat

Little Servant of Shirdi Sai Baba