On the occasion of the Rankala Mahotsav, sponsored by the Maharashtra State Government and the M.T.D.C., I was slated to perform a stage show on the 15th of February 2007 at Kolhapur. On 14th February, at 10.00 a.m., I left for Kolhapur in my Innova car along with my friend and the driver. We halted at Pune around 12.30 p.m. for tea and snacks. Thereafter during the onward journey both my friend and I dozed off on the rear seat of the car. Normally, I always sit next to the driver but because the rear seat of the Innova can be reclined too, we both decided to sit in the rear seat. When I was aroused from my snooze, I realized that our car was traveling on the Pune – Satara Expressway at a speed of about 120 Km/hr. and I suddenly realized that O God! Even the driver had dozed off. At that very moment I saw a S.T. bus coming from the opposite direction with great speed. I alerted the driver, immediately. He jammed down the brakes and the car veered sharply to the left and instead of a...

Our Bapu always says, ‘Children, I will never abandon you!’ Yes. This is 108% true! Ten years ago, my parents died and I became an orphan. This grave and untimely loss made me extremely anxious. But after I started coming to Bapu, all my problems were resolved by Him. I got back my lost mother (Nandaai), Dada and father (Bapu). All the people from Bapu’s ‘Hari Om’ family were like my own family members. Nothing more was needed in life. Bapu gave me a wife and soon we had sweet children too. HE gave me all the desired things in abundance! HE also cared for me like a flower, and helped me sail through all the problems that came in my life. 27th March 2009 was one such unforgettable day of my life. It was Amavasya (New moon day) and the following day was Gudhi Padwa (Beginning of a Hindu new year). As usual, I was returning home from the site after completing my work. In fact, I had finished my work a bit earlier and hence I was thinking of playing with the children after reaching...

I would like to bow to the lotus feet of Param Pujya Sadguru Aniruddha Bapu and Param Pujya Nandai and then begin narrating my experience. My day begins with chanting of Bapu’s name which itself makes me immensely happy. To top it all, if I get his darshan then it’s an added advantage which is why I eagerly await the session of Bapu’s Marathi class held on Tuesdays and his discourse on Thursdays. Initiating the concept of Marathi classes for non-Marathi devotees, exemplifies Bapu’s unconditional love and caring for his devotees. Several superstitions and misunderstandings regarding rituals and ritualistic activities have been eradicated from the minds of many, solely because of Bapu’s guidance through his regular Thursday Discourses. Most of us Parsis’ as a rule are very ritualistic in their approach. They are usually not open to accepting the views of people from other religions let alone accepting someone as their Sadguru! Our family is no exception to this generalization....

Param Pujya Sadguru Aniruddha Bapu, our forever caring parent cannot bear to see any us devotees, in trouble. All of us continue to benefit from his selfless love and protection. As we share these experiences with others, we not only applaud his virtues but also become more steadfast in the path of devotion and righteousness. This is how my Sadguru creates wonders in our lives! I am a physician settled in Lucknow. On January 02, 2006, at about 7 in the morning, my colleague, a neurosurgeon, revealed to me that my 14 year old son had a malignant tumor in his brain. Before this incident, he had already operated on my son twice. The day this diagnosis was made, we consulted another well-known Neurosurgeon in Lucknow and he also stated that even with the best possible treatment, there was a 50% risk to his life and he had not more than 5 years of life left. That day, I was a dejected father who had been pushed into an abyss of darkness. I decided not to give up but fight, what seemed the inevitable...

Thursday, 9th August 2007. I was on stage to perform the aarti at Shreeharigurugram. I had been asked to stand in front of idol of Shri Dattatreya. The aarti began and within no time, the flames of the aarti started spreading in the breeze. This resulted in the cubes of camphor lying in the platter to ignite. Now all the cubes were burning at the same time. It was only the first aarti and we were just about half way through it. My ‘uparna’ too fluttered in the breeze and to protect it from the flames, I stepped back a little and held the aarti further away from my body. By then just about everything in the platter was burning as aresult of which the platter also began to get heated. Soon the platter became so hot that I could barely hold on to it. For a moment, the thought of setting down the platter came to my mind. But I dismissed it soon as doing thus would distract the bhaktas engrossed in the aarti; besides, it was only a matter of a few days and my burnt fingers would soon heal....

At the outset, I wish to mention that I will always remain indebted to Bapu for blessing me with a rebirth on November 17, 2006. About 7 days prior to that day, I suddenly became unwell. I would start gasping for breath even on walking just a few steps and the situation became far worse on the 17th of November. I was having so much difficulty to breathe that I was hardly able to speak with anyone. When I consulted the doctor, he immediately asked me to get myself admitted to a hospital. He also added that the symptoms were those of an impending heart attack and that my heart was barely functioning and was supplying only about 20% of the Oxygen the body actually needed. We boarded a taxi as there was no time for an ambulance and started towards the Parsi General Hospital. However, Destiny had something else in store for me. Suddenly I turned blue and collapsed on my daughter’s lap right there in the moving Taxi. At the same moment I saw Bapu in front of my eyes. I saw a rainbow and stars...

On the 30th of March, at 7:30 am, about 10 volunteers from Kalyan and Shahad Centers, left by a Sumo vehicle to coordinate upasana at two places near Kasara in a region called Vashala. Another set of 10 volunteers from Bhandup (East and West) centers, also traveling by a Sumo, met us near Kasara. To reach the village of Veluk one has to traverse a short ghat section after passing the Central School at Vashala. While driving up the ghat section at a steep blind corner; our Sumo suddenly left its path in an attempt to give way to another vehicle coming from the opposite direction. The driver had stepped on the accelerator instead of the brakes. The car kept rattling along the rugged terrain, bumping and sliding at places. All of us kept screaming “Bapu Bapu”. The car just would not stop. Finally on seeing a huge deep ditch in front of us, we just closed our eyes and braced ourselves to face the imminent final moments of our lives. Right at that moment, everyone called out to Bapu in...

This extraordinary experience which we Bapu devotees from Singapore have been graced is according to me, meant for the whole world. Mrs. Sapana Sunder was one of those devotees who attended every Upasana at the centre. She was a rather curious devotee. She would regularly keep asking us questions which we would try to answer to the best of our capacities with Bapu in our minds. Due to her regularity at the upasana centre our acquaintance grew. Her faith in Bapu strengthened and she was blessed with many special experiences. Her life until then quite dreary, gradually began to show signs of blossoming with happiness, all by the grace of Bapu. Every time she sang the gajar and offered the aarti tears streamed down her eyes. Just when life was beginning to look up, Sapana’s husband fell ill. He had chest pain among other complaints. He had to be shifted to the hospital as he was not doing well at all. All kinds of tests were done. All the reports were normal. Sapana was naturally glad ...