On 7th June 2008 at about 12.10 in the afternoon my wife Vishakhaveera, her elder sister who lives in Baroda, my daughters Shruti and Shreeya and I myself left our home in my car to see a movie. Vishakha’s elder sister wanted to see the Marathi movie ‘De dhakka’ and so we headed for Cinemax Sion. We were on the Eastern Express Highway and I was driving quite slowly due to the rainy season. We were around Chhedanagar when a strange incident happened. It was a straight road and so the vehicle too was running straight ahead. All of a sudden the steering wheel in my hands veered sharply to the left. I felt the wheel being pulled; I felt the jerk as if someone was tugging at it. I struggled to turn it in the opposite direction but I could not. My forces and strength were just not enough. I thought that perhaps it has got locked, and so tried to apply the brakes. But this again did not work. My daughters in the back seat were yelling out, “Papa, what in the world are you trying to do?”...

Coming to think of it, Parampujya Sadguru Shreeaniruddha Bapu has been with me and by my side at every step in my life; in fact it is He who took the step, is what I feel from the heart. One could even say that I have been a bhakta of Sadguru Bapu right since my childhood because my entire family was always fond of the 'Sainaam' (the name of Shree Sainath) and had full faith in it. But it was only in the year 2002 when I was studying in std. XII that I was blessed with the darshan of this Parmatma in form and that again only due to His love and grace. Several such occasions then came my way and along with my wife Dr. Neha and her parents Dr. Priya and Dr. Rajiv Karnik I was graced with His darshan. Meeting with Parampujya Suchitdada, so dear to all of us, bound me even more firmly to Bapu's feet. As guided by Parampujya Suchitdada we decided to go to Australia for better career prospects. Here again, right from the time we took this decision until we both got our resident visa, He was...

Once the Sadguru, our Bapu becomes for us 'the dearest, the most trusted and the closest of all', the One in whom rests our unconditional faith and we accept this fact with love, Bapu our Sadguru is ever willing and prompt to answer our call. The incident that I am about to share is one that etches this very truth in the mind. It all happened on 4th July 2009. My elder brother had been seriously ill for two weeks and so we admitted him to the hospital at Narayangaon in Pune district. We decided to shift him to Pune because he showed no signs of recovery for one apart from compelling financial reasons. We then arranged to shift him in my uncle's Maruti van. He was to be transported with the drip but was not conscious. About an hour later when we had driven around 40 km and were at Rajgurunagar, a Scorpio came racing on to us at a speed of about 80- 85 km/hour and zoomed off scraping the driver's side of our vehicle. The impact of the collision made our vehicle spin. It turned turtle ...

Man has always been an escapist. When things go beyond explanation, there is always a reason cited for that. Different words in vocabulary have their genesis due to this incapability of man. Two common words of such nature are Luck and Miracle. We all know about the might of Sadguru Shri Aniruddha Bapu. We all know about the various experiences that His devotees have had. There have been accounts of His greatness from all over the world. The question that keeps prodding me all the time is – Is it really Bapu who “does” it all the time? Or is it something else? Won’t “miracle” as a phenomenon become abused if every devotee were to experience it? Wouldn’t then, man (who is an ignorant and proud fool) start devaluing Bapu’s greatness? Through this article, I have tried to answer a few of these questions. These are purely my thoughts and might be incorrect. I would love to stand corrected. Bapu is great. That is something that we all know. He loves all His children and would...

It was the evening of the 8th of October 2005. I was thrusting a lot of my belongings in a bag as I was preparing to go to the Cleveland clinic, America for a training course of 2 months duration. Meanwhile, my wife, Mrs. Priya, came along with a photograph of her deity (Yes, I was considering HIM as only her deity then) and said to me, “Rajeev, I know that you do not believe, but please keep this photograph in your bag for my sake.” At the time, I was not aware that the hands of Param Poojya Bapu, in the photograph, which were raised to give blessings, will hold back the ‘gigantic Tsunami’ approaching my life! During those years, I used to travel abroad at least 5 to 6 times a year. But it was only during this visit that my wife thought of giving me this photograph and this was not a mere coincidence. In the third week of November, there was a sudden shot of pain in my back (ribs). I thought that it was probably because of the snowfall, cold breeze and my demanding daily schedule....

Hari Om! I am Santoshsinh Tanaji Rale residing at Rajgurunagar, district Pune. I am 33 years old, married with a 5 years old son. Since childhood, I had a burning desire to join the Indian Army and serve the nation. I had to face several obstacles in order to achieve this. I continued to have faith in God and kept trying my best. After taking massive efforts, on August 27th 1994, my dream turned into reality and at the age of 18 years, I travelled to Belgaum for my training. I kept on achieving several milestones one after another and in 2001; I excelled in the Commando course. After that, I was posted near the Kashmir border in a region called Kupoda. My wife heard about Sadguru Shree Aniruddha Bapu in the year 2003 and she immediately informed me about him and asked me to chant “Om Mansamarthyadata Shree Aniruddhaya Namah” mantra. From the time I got this mantra, I would chant this mantra whenever I would face any obstacles or difficulties. In fact I had not even seen Sadguru Aniruddha...

This is an unforgettable experience related to my Dubai based younger brother Shri. Rajeev Dutt’s family. This experience proves that regardless of whichever corner of the world one is in, our Sadguru Aniruddha Bapu’s blessings are always with him. Our Sadguru promptly comes forward to rescue a devotee from the trials and tribulations of life by conquering entire eras, time and distance. In May 2002, my sister-in-law delivered a wonderful baby girl. She was named “Eesha.” Since my brother is stationed in Dubai, my sister-in-law returned to Dubai with the baby 3 months post delivery.Since Eesha is the youngest member of the family, everyone would pamper her. However, even after having celebrated her first bithrday, she could not stand on her own feet. I was worried and had an inkling of apparent disaster. Family members pacified me by saying that some children do achieve certain developmental milestones such as standing, walking etc later than usual. Well, I was in Hong Kong while...

On the 10th of May 2010, at around 6.00 am, we (Sameerdada and I) returned to Happy Home from our Kankavali tour. As usual, Sameerdada proceeded to meet Param Poojya Bapu on the 6th floor. Param Poojya Bapu was having coffee in the living room. Vaibhavsinh Karnik was sitting with him. Vaibhavsinh said, “In fact, today Bapu was going to sleep early at around 4.30 am. But then, Param Poojya Nandai woke up due to some reason and Bapu had to spend about an hour speaking with her.” Sameerdada narrated in brief regarding the tour and how it had gone off well after which Bapu retired to his room and we also left. The next day, our routine commenced at 11.30 a.m. After completing his work, Sameerdada went home for lunch at around 4.45 pm. Mr. Avinash Ajgaonkar (works as a driver in Happy Home) called me up sometime between 5.30 - 5.45 pm. He was sounding a bit scared. He told me that the building where Dhrutiveera (Sameerdada’s daughter) attends her coaching class is on fire. No sooner ...