DEV JO BHUVARI CHALILA: Saibaba

WHO WAS SAI BABA? FROM WHERE DID HE COME? WHAT WAS HIS MESSAGE? HOW COME THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STARTED FOLLOWING AND WORSHIPPING HIM WHILE CONSIDERING HIM TO BE DIVINE? WHO WERE HIS DISCIPLES? HOW WERE THEY ATTRACTED TOWARDS HIM? WHAT DO HIS DEVOTEES THINK ABOUT HIS VISIONS? WHAT ARE THE FEELINGS OF HIS DEVOTEES WHO EXPERIENCED HIM HELPING THEM IN THEIR BAD DAYS BEFORE AND AFTER HIS TAKING `SAMADHI`? SAI BABA WAS A LIVING LEGEND. THIS BIOGRAPHY GIVES ANSWERS TO ALL THE QUESTIONS ARISING IN OUR MINDS ABOUT HIM. HE CAPTIVATED THE MINDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DEVOID OF THEIR STANDARD, CASTE, RELIGION, CULTURE AND SOCIAL STATUS. HIS DEVOTEES ARE NOT JUST THE ILLITERATE AND UNCOUTH BUT THE HI-FI AND THE HIGHLY INTELLECTUAL ARE ALSO AMONG HIS DEVOTEES. MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT SAI BABA OF SHIRDI. THEN WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS BOOK? IT IS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT HIS LIFE IS DESCRIBED IN A RELEVANT AND MATTER OF FACT MANNER. THE STYLE MAINTAINS A FLOW WITH IMMACULATE DESCRIPTION OF HIS DOCTRINES AND HIS LIFE-STYLE. THIS IS A STORY OF A SIMPLE MAN, A FAKIR, WHO CAME TO SHIRDI. HE WAS MUCH TROUBLED BY THE CHILDREN; HE WAS A SUBJECT OF RIDICULE FOR THE VILLAGERS. BUT AT LAST, HE WAS THE ONE WHO CONQUERED SHIRDI IN A SPIRITUALISTIC WAY. HE BECAME THE LIVING SUPREME SPIRIT ON THIS EARTH. EVERY DEVOTEE WOULD WANT TO HAVE THIS BOOK WITH HIM AS IT IS THE BIBLE OF THE DOCTRINES BY SAI BABA. THROUGH THIS BOOK, LET US REMEMBER THE SUPREME SPIRIT WHO HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TODAY IN MILLIONS OF HOUSEHOLDS....साईबाबा कोण होते? ते कुठून आले? त्यांचा संदेश कोणता? त्यांना साक्षात परमेश्वर मानून असंख्य लोक त्यांची जी पूजा करू लागले, ती का आणि कशी? त्यांचे शिष्य तरी कोण? आणि हे शिष्य त्यांच्याकडे कशामुळे आकर्षित झाले? देशभर पसरलेल्या त्यांच्या लक्षावधी भक्तांना त्यांच्या लीलांविषयी नक्की काय वाटते? समाधीपूर्वी आणि समाधीनंतरसुद्धा आपल्या भक्तांच्या संकटकाळात बाबांनी त्यांना जो दिलासा दिला व जो करुणेचा वर्षाव त्यांच्यावर केला त्याविषयी त्यांच्या भक्तांच्या काय भावना आहेत? त्या चालत्या-बोलत्या ईश्वराविषयी आपल्या मनात उभ्या राहणाNया अशा अनेक प्रश्नांची उत्तरे या चरित्राद्वारे आपल्याला मिळतात. जीवनातील सर्व स्तरांमधील असंख्य लोकांची मने त्या महात्म्याने काबीज केली आणि त्यांना अक्षरश: मंत्रमुग्ध केले. त्यांच्या भक्तांमध्ये गरीब होते, तसेच श्रीमंतही होते. विद्वान जसे होते; तसेच अशिक्षित, अडाणीसुद्धा होते. शिरडीच्या साईबाबांविषयी आजवर अनेकांनी अनेक पुस्तके लिहिली. पण त्या सर्वांपेक्षा हे पुस्तक निराळे आहे. साईबाबांच्या जीवनकालखंडाच