30. DARSANS OF ISHTA
Shirdi Sai blessed His devotees with the darshans of their
favourite Deities. To Police Inspector, M.S. Nimonkar, He appeared as Hanuman.
To Balwant, He manifested as Dattatreya in the Trimurthi Roopa To Mauli Sastri
as Golap Swami:, to Megha as Lord Siva:, to a Brahmin doctor from South Africa
and Ramdasni from Madras as Rama:, to Krishna bhakthas as Krishna To B.V. Deo
and his sister as Ganesh. To the Deputy Collector of Bombay as Lakshminarayan
and as Vithal to Kaka Dixit.
Similarly Sathya Sai has given darsan to Swami Abhedanananda as
Ramana Maharshi and to R mananda Rao as his guru Ramdas. As Krishna to His
childhood play mates, Juthika Roy, Dr. Banerjee of the lndian lnstitute of
Science _ Bangalore, John Hislop and to Swami Abhedananda As Jyotir Padmanabham
to Purshotamananda in Vasishta Guha:, as Lord Ganesh to Swami Amrithananda of
Ramanashram; as Rama to both the late Rajas of Venkatagiri and the famous
singer Nagaratnarnma To Smt K.R.K. Bhat, He appeared as Subramaniam-complete
with Somasutra, Cobra and Vilayadhan. He gave darshans of the Dasavatars
including Kalki avatar (as Himself) to a devotee of Kamalapuram with his family
members. As Sesha Sai to devotees at Masulipatnam. As Panduranga to
disappointed devotees who were; unable to go to Pandharpur due to heavy rains.
As Mahavishnu in Vaikuntha reclining on the Sesh Serpent during the inaugural
Vedapurusha - Sapthaha Jnana Yagna As Kalki avatar to Hilda Charlton. A vision
of Narasimha to the Srivaish- nava Brahmin at Mysore and to a non-believer
relation of his Jyoti-Swarupa to some very fortunate devotees and a college
student near Sahebeheruvu. As Kartikeya to Soundrarajan:, as Mahalakshmi to
Kumari Leela Mudaliar and as Lakshmi to a couple performing Lakshmi Pooja in
Hampi:, as Siva to Jegathesan and as Dattatreya to the doctors and the Sen
family at Goa. As Shirdi Sai to Dr. K.C. Pani in Washington, Smt a.P.
Kombrabail, Shri M.A. Venkataramana Naidu and many others. Even now His Sathya
Sai Form is visible in the Linga, along with His Shirdi Sai Form at the Siva
Temple at Kothanaghatta, Mysore State.