We can find granting similar experiences to the devotees by the replicas of Datta like Shirdi Saibaba, Akkalkota Swamy. The Guru Charitra also describes the features ©f previous Dattavataras. Bhagwan Sri Venkaiah Swamy ia one such Dattavataras. He was available to us up to August 1982.

To speak the truth, without reading the life history of other incarnations of Datta, we can not understand the full spiritual glory of Sri Venkaiah Swamy. If we ignore the truth of these statements there is every danger of taking him for a Mad man or a lunatic, or a beggar, or a bread-earning sadhu. This principle is told in the Guru geetha of Skandha purana as follows. "A seeker, who is interested in knowledge regarding the Anna, has to collect the knowledge from various teachers like a bee that goes from flower to flower. Just like the other Dattavataras Sri Venkaiah Swamy also graces his

followers with some miraculous experiences in the following chapter.

One day Sri Swamy was in the house of Eswara Naidu at Talupur village. It was a rainy season. Sri Swamy was immersed in thumb impression work. (He used to go on putting his thumb impression day and night on papers). The owner of the house requested Sri Swamy and Akkim Venkata Ramireddy to take meals as it was very late in the night. Then Sri Swamy said to venkata Ramireddy "Ayya! Mandalalu have come down. The branch will not join. You should go to your village at once". But Chalamanaidu one of the servants of Sri Swamy who was on the spot took advantage of his intimacy with Sri Swamy and said " Now it is mid night, you ordain him to go to his native place at this odd midnight. How can he go in this rainy midnight? With these words and picking up an axes, he jumped towards Swamy. Sri Swamy said "Abbo! he should not be here Ayya". The rest of the details are given by Sri Venkata Ramireddy like this.

"I never said a word against the orders of Swamy. So I started to my native place at that dark rainy midnight. I was conscious of every thing till I left the out skirts of Talupur. After that I do not know where I was and what I was doing,' and how I crossed the river "Pinneru" and how I reached my village. When I came near my house I heard the cry of our village "breeding bull" and came to consciousness. I recognised the surroundings like the gate of my house, the breeding bull of our village etc. It is an inexplicable experience. This experience resembles the experience given by Shirdi Sai to Imambai Chotekhan in Sai leelamrutam.

The same Akkim Venkata Ramireddy explains some more of his experiences. "One day Sri Swamy came to Mudigedu village. He changed my name and called me Subbaramaiah. "Subbaramaiah come with me and show me the way to Talupur village" When every body was sleeping , both of us reached Kokkerala gutta. He asked me to sit there. He also said that if he walked on the hillock it will become soft and so he will do the job then itself. I secretly followed Sri Swamy and hid behind a rock. Sri Swamy climbed the hillock and lay on his back on a rock. He placed his right leg across his left. He is singing some songs. I crawled in secretly and hid under the boulder on which he was lying. At once he noticed me, "Is it proper for you to come like this at the odd hour when the gigantic evil spirits move about?"

I felt that I have done some fault. At once Sri Swamy said "poor fellow! you see the herd of cattle on the west". I turned my head to the west. There were herds of cows up to *an area of, three square miles. There was bright day light. The gents are drawing milk and some ladies were carrying the milk in their pots on their heads. As long as I Saw this scene I felt that I was in the heavens. At that time I found nothing in that area except the cows and people. In that esctatic mood I said "Swamy I too will go and carry a milk pot".

Swamy:- Oyabbo - On one side they are carrying ihem to Repalliwada and on the other side the sun is coming up. Where are you to go?

Then I turned my eye sight on all sides and observed. Every where there was darkness and the earlier visions were no more to be seen. Sri Swamy said "let us go Ayya, we must

go to Talupur and put some thumb impressions. Both of us started to Talupur.

Till the evening he kept me with him. But both of us had not taken food or water. I went home in the evening as for the orders of Sri Swamy.

  In those days Sri Swamy used to wander at midnight. One day there was a great rain and thunder and lightning. In that dark dangerous midnight Sri Swamy started from his dhuni with a palmyrah leaf on his head. In order to find out where he would go and what he would do there, I secretly followed him. He came to the doby ghat in the river pinneru. He removed his clothes and left them on the banks of the river which was on full spate. He ran into the waters. He did not sink. He is running on the waters of the river on full floods and throwing the waters this way and that way. He was speaking to himself in a language which we do not understand. He was walking between the two banks of river on the waters. He did not sink.

After some time he put on his dress and came to the palmyrah tree where I was standing. He was peeking me with his stick saying "is it proper for you to come like this at this odd hour? This is giants lagnam. He put his stick on my neck and pushed me home. When we came to my house he sat near the dhuni like an ignorant boy. The time was only four 0' clock.

At another time "we should walk around the hill" said Sri Swamy. He took eight people to Penchalakona. There, some were cooking and others were making the sacred fire ready. Sri Swamy asked me "Ayya! they will be looking after those works. Mean while let us go to Mallemkonda and come back. We reached Mallemkonda which was at a distance of three miles from our venue atPenchalkona. There was a stone lingam called Malliswara. Sri Swamy stood before that lingam and spoke in a strange language which I could not understand. from there we walked for a mile and reached Mamillakona. There Sri Swamy entered a very very narrow tunnel called 'bilam'. I too followed Sri Swamy. In that tunnel there was a vast thick mango garden. There were mango fruits fallen under the trees upto a height of two feet. There were innumerable bunches of ripe fruits hanging from the trees. We walked on the fruits for three miles. Before we reached the end of that tunnel, a bear came crying at us with wide opened mouth quite big enough to swallow us. Its tooth were of three inches length. I was walking behind Sri Swamy. On seeing the bear I ran and hid behind a tree and began to observe Sri Swamy. Sri Swamy approached the bear, making a whistle, and calling it like a pet dog. He passed his hand on its body , from head to tail. At once that bear lowered its head at Sri Swamy's feet and ran in to the near by hallow of the hill. At the end of the tunnel there was a way and a lingam and stone idols of two females. From the top of the hill there were three water falls falling on the three idols. There were traces of worship of the idols by some one just before. So that place was filled with the smell ofKumkum and leaves and turmeric. Sri Swamy took his stick (Danda) into his left hand and spoken in some unknown language with the idols. In the mean while I went near a water pond in the south east comer. There were two mango trees near that pond. The thick branches bowed on the pond with its bunches of mango fruits. I peeped into -I the pond supporting my hand on the northern tree. The water was very very deep. At the bottom of the pond there were heaps of gold and silver coins. In the meanwhile a very huge fish came from the western side of the water in the pond. There were golden rings on its lips and gills. Its head was equal to the size of an elephant's head. The gills were wider than the doors. When the fish moved its gills, the water overflowed   with bubbles. In great fear I ran to Sri Swamy and said "Swamy the water in the pond is overflowing, how can we escape ?"

Swamy : "It is not more than half an inch depth". We walked the three miles in the half an inch depth of waters and came out of the cave. The stones and the trees are in natural condition. We reached Penchalakona. Sri Swamy ordered us to come to Kullur village via Tegacharia village. He also said that he will go and meet a Sadayya and come to Kullur. Sri Swamy went into the hills. The way to Kullur via Tegacharia village was the only shortest route available. But by the time we reached Kullur Sri Swamy was already busy with his thumb impression work near the Dhuni in the house of Peddayya. Sri Swamy called me and said, "Your name is changed. You got some censure. So, immediately you go to your house.

Tulasamma gave two rupees for my bus fares. By the time I reached home all the people in the village had gathered before my house. There was a great hubbub among them. They saw me in great wonder and surprise. On enquiry, the cowherd boys brought a rumour that I was killed by somebody and my dead body was rolled in a mat and inserted in a bush in the forest. The mob was there to bring my dead body. When they went to the forest and saw, only an old mat was seen in the bushes. Then I understood Sri Swamy's words.

One day when Swamy was at Golagamudi he was going out alone during midnight. As was my liabit I went behind him secretly. Sri Swamy reached Nagularam area and went l" Pegadraju gutta. I hid behind some bushes. A few minutes later Sn Swamy came to me and reprimanded me. "In spite of my repeated warnings you are still following me? What a dangerous time this is? See in that direction". A very big snake whose circumference was more than six feet was cut down into bits and was thrown there. "If the Gods had not done like that what would have happened to us?" I returned to the village. Sri Swamy returned to the village by 7 AM carrying a bundle of small fire wood on his head.

Once Sri Swamy and Jayaramaraju were going near Ankalamma boat near Pennabadwel. Sri Swamy pointed to the. sky and said "look at the people walking on the sky". Jayaramaraju said that he found none. Then Sri Swamy touched his eyes and asked him to see again. Jayaramaraju found some gigantic people walking in the sky. Again when Sri Swamy touched his eyes the scene vanished.

Mathaji Vakkamma wanted to see Swamy's powers. One day she was lying on the floor at a distance of 30 feet from Sri Swamy. At a distance of 20 feets she saw Sri Rama and Lakshmana standing in smiles. Within a few minutes Sri Krishna appeared in their place. Vakkamma bowed down with great reverence for granting her long cherished desire. Sri Swamy warned Vakkamma not to tell such things to any body. So, she never opened her lips till Sri Swamy's Mahasamadhi.

In the same way one day she was offering her prayers to Sun God. Then she had a beautiful experience. She went to other planets within a wink of time. She found stones and rocks there also.

One day Vakkamma had dreamt that Sri Swamy was slipping away a distance of four miles at a stretch. He moved to and fro like this for three times and came to her. He opened his mouth and showed Viswaroopa. In the mean while Tulasamma came and put her heel against Swamy's mouth saying "Abbo! how well the boy is showing!". Angrily Vakkamma pushed her aside. The vision ended. Tulasamma keeping her heel against Sri Swamy's mouth might have meant perhaps, the Prakruthi (nature) of Vakkamma was obstructing her from receiving the grace of Sri Swamy.

One day when Vakkamma was in the temple of Anjaneya Swamy at Golagamudi, she had a wonderful vision of the meeting of Gods. She says that we can not describe the beauty of that congregation of Gods. Brahma was making toys and writing on their fore head. A lady was adjusting the defects of those toys by applying mud. We can not brush aside such visions as a mere projections of ones own mind. Because Yasin baba a muslim saint granted such visions to Somaiah one of his devotees.

One day vakkamma was standing at a distance from Sri Swamy. Sri Swamy lovingly called her to come near him; but when she went near him, there was no Swamy at all. In his place she saw Sri Krishna in the sky standing on a wire. He was playing his murali.

With tears of joy she saw him for some time. Then Sri Swamy appeared as usual sitting in his place.

One day she went to Anjaneya temple. Anjaneya Swamy came and stood by her side and said in clear voice "Worship me with a garland". In Guru Charitra, Gods appeared on their own accord to those who got the grace of Sadguru. One day Sri Swamy gave a bit of plain wooden plate and asked Rosireddy to read the matter on the wooden plate. But he found nothing on it. Sri Swamy again asked him to see it carefully. When he saw for the second time. he clearly found the idols of his chosen deity Lord Venkateswara and Lakshmi Devi, Ganapathi on the plain plate of wood. They vanished after a little time.

Once some devotees proposed to go on a pilgrimage to Varanasi. They requested Vallapureddy Tulasamma to accompany them. She invited Sri Swamy also to accompany them in their pilgrimage. Sri Swamy said "Let them go, west shall start tomorrow". He repeated the same answer for four days. But did not start for the pilgrimage. Tulasamma was disappointed and with a desperate heart she slept on that night without food. She did not get up from her bed even though it was 8 AM. Devotees woke her up from her sleep. She woke up saying "What is it that I am here". She told them that in her dream she made a pilgrimage to Varanasi. She explained with minute details. But the devotees said "how can a dream become a true pilgrimage?" After a month the party of devotees returned from their pilgrimage. Tulasamma explained with minute details all the places at varanasi and also what the party had done at Varanasi. In a great wonder they believed that Sri Swamy really made her go on a pilgrimage. If we want to understand the inner meaning of this experience, We will have to study certain incidents in Sri Guru Charitra.

Velum Ramanaidu (Nagulavellatur) and his family were greatly devoted to Sri Swamy. One night they were sitting awake on the cot. His son had a vision in which Sri  Swamy was sitting in the sacred fire wearing a crown, Sanku and Chakra etc. In great wonder he asked his mother to see Sri Swamy. But she found nothing there. At that time Sri Swamy was in the out skirts of the village. Next morning when she went for his darsan Sri Swamy said innocently "Mother! last night the upper Gods came and stayed in the sacred fire for some time and then went. away." Like that Sri Swamy confirmed that the vision of her son in the previous night was not a hallucination or an imagination. When Ramanaidu heard this confirmation from his wife he was also very happy and grateful to the merciful Swamy.

Sri Swamy used to lie down very near the sacred fire. Guravaiah was sleeping near Sri Swamy and the others were in deep slumber. Some bare bodied Rishees sat around Sri Swamy and were discussing some thing. Guravaih woke up and tried to adjust the firewood in the sacred fire. Sri Swamy at once said "Ayyaa, why did you get up now". Guravaiah felt unconscious and fell down at the sacred fire. He could not wake up till the Rishees disappeared.