Maharaj
Omniscience · Omnipresence · Omnipotence · Other Divine Lilas · Mahasamadhi Lila · After Mahasamadhi
Divine Reality
At Allahabad, Kanpur and Bareilly
Maharaj got a Hanuman temple built at Panki in Kanpur through Devkamta Dixit ji. The murti was to be installed on 21 January 1964. A few days before this, Maharaj arrived in Allahabad. On the day of the consecration ceremony, I was astonished to see him at Church Lane at six in the morning. I could not understand why Baba did not think it appropriate to go to Panki on that special occasion, when a large crowd of devotees would be waiting for him. After giving prasad to the devotees, Baba went into his room at about six thirty.
Sri Ma and Sri Jivanti Ma were there when Baba asked Sudhir Mukerjee to lock the room from the outside and to tell every visitor that he had gone out. He lay very still on the takhat, and the Mothers found him in a state of samadhi. I sat in the outer room in the hope that Baba might come out of his room at any time, and Mukerjee was sending the visitors away as instructed. Just then Jagati Babu arrived and seeing me sitting there in the outer room, came and asked about Baba. I told him what was happening. At about eleven thirty Baba called from inside the room to unlock the door. When he came out, I had his darshan once again.
Two days later Baba was sitting with a group of devotees, including Jagati Babu and myself, when a car stopped unexpectedly outside. An engineer, one of Baba's devotees, arrived from Kanpur. We all welcomed him and Jagati Babu added, "How was the consecration ceremony held at Panki in Baba's absence?" The engineer was surprised at the question and exclaimed, "In the absence of Baba?" Then he said, "I received Baba on the consecration day at about six thirty in the morning and remained with him until approximately eleven thirty. The consecration ceremony was celebrated with joy and a bhandara was held. The occasion was marvelous." Jagati Babu did not agree with what the engineer said, for he knew very well that Baba had been locked in a room at Church Lane at that time. After some argument both of them decided to take the matter to Baba. When Jagati Babu raised the question, Baba said that the engineer was a liar. The engineer was taken aback to hear Baba say so. As he tried to remonstrate, Baba raised his finger to his lips, signaling him to keep quiet. This was clear proof of Baba's presence in Allahabad and Kanpur at the same time. Further enquiry into this matter revealed that other people had also had Baba's darshan in Kanpur.
That same morning Dr. A.D. Bhandari's wife was strolling in her garden in Bareilly when she saw Baba coming towards their house. He was traveling alone in a rickshaw. She immediately went inside to arrange a room for him, but when she came out to receive him, she did not see Baba or the rickshaw. She felt unhappy at Baba's coming up to the house and then leaving. When the doctor arrived home, she told him what had happened. He enquired about Baba at various places but without any success. A few days after this incident Mrs. Bhandari met Sri Ma and told her what had happened on that day, 21 January 1964. She could not believe her ears when Sri Ma told her that Baba was present in Allahabad on that day.
Sri Ma and Sri Jivanti Ma were there when Baba asked Sudhir Mukerjee to lock the room from the outside and to tell every visitor that he had gone out. He lay very still on the takhat, and the Mothers found him in a state of samadhi. I sat in the outer room in the hope that Baba might come out of his room at any time, and Mukerjee was sending the visitors away as instructed. Just then Jagati Babu arrived and seeing me sitting there in the outer room, came and asked about Baba. I told him what was happening. At about eleven thirty Baba called from inside the room to unlock the door. When he came out, I had his darshan once again.
Two days later Baba was sitting with a group of devotees, including Jagati Babu and myself, when a car stopped unexpectedly outside. An engineer, one of Baba's devotees, arrived from Kanpur. We all welcomed him and Jagati Babu added, "How was the consecration ceremony held at Panki in Baba's absence?" The engineer was surprised at the question and exclaimed, "In the absence of Baba?" Then he said, "I received Baba on the consecration day at about six thirty in the morning and remained with him until approximately eleven thirty. The consecration ceremony was celebrated with joy and a bhandara was held. The occasion was marvelous." Jagati Babu did not agree with what the engineer said, for he knew very well that Baba had been locked in a room at Church Lane at that time. After some argument both of them decided to take the matter to Baba. When Jagati Babu raised the question, Baba said that the engineer was a liar. The engineer was taken aback to hear Baba say so. As he tried to remonstrate, Baba raised his finger to his lips, signaling him to keep quiet. This was clear proof of Baba's presence in Allahabad and Kanpur at the same time. Further enquiry into this matter revealed that other people had also had Baba's darshan in Kanpur.
That same morning Dr. A.D. Bhandari's wife was strolling in her garden in Bareilly when she saw Baba coming towards their house. He was traveling alone in a rickshaw. She immediately went inside to arrange a room for him, but when she came out to receive him, she did not see Baba or the rickshaw. She felt unhappy at Baba's coming up to the house and then leaving. When the doctor arrived home, she told him what had happened. He enquired about Baba at various places but without any success. A few days after this incident Mrs. Bhandari met Sri Ma and told her what had happened on that day, 21 January 1964. She could not believe her ears when Sri Ma told her that Baba was present in Allahabad on that day.
-Rajida
