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PROTECTION OF HIS DEVOTEES

Our puranas and holy scriptures tell us that it is Sri Datta swamy alone, who takes the forms of great avadhutas and will be pervading through the universe with the sole aim of protecting and guiding humanity in the righteous way. Unless we go through the life histories of such mahatmas we can not know how vast is the power of these holy men. If we study carefully the life histories of those mahatmas we can understand at least a little about the greatness of Sri Datta Swamy. The Dattatreya Amsa, or qualities which are hidden in us will be awakened and developed when we read their life histories and experience, and enjoy the leelas of Sri Datta. To that extent, we will be nearing the paramardha (Our goal). Such fortunate people who came nearer to Sri Datta Swamy will be blessed with the darsan of Mahatmas and they will be seeing only Sri Datta Swamy in all these Mahatmas and very soon attain salvation.

By knowing about the vastness of those Mahapurusha's protection of their devotees, we cultivate a reverential attitude of Bhakthi and Sraddha. Some such instances are mentioned here under.

In those days when Sri Swamy was staying at Penna Badwell, Mataji Vakkamma used to supply fire wood and leaf plates for the retinue of Sri Swamy and she used to be immersed in deep dhyana» sitting under the trees. In such times she forgot hunger and thirst. Merciful Swamy used to say "Ayyaa! Vakkamma has forgotten to eat food; call her and give her food". Once Vakkamma went home and did not return for a long time. When she came and prostrated before Swamy, he said "I thought that Vakkamma was dead. Are you yet alive?" Such was Sri Swamy's wit and kindness.

All the servants went on their errands. Tulasamma asked Vakkamma to serve gruel to Sri Swamy as she had not yet finished her bath. Vakkamma never did such services like serving gruel etc. to Sri Swamy. In addition to that, as she belongs to the Harijan caste, she was in a dilemma whether she was qualified to serve Sri Swamy or not. She took the gruel and stood behind Swamy in fear. Omniscient Swamy, "Come on Vakkamma! come! why fear. Come and serve the gruel in reka (donne made with palmyrah leaf). It might be the view of Swamy that lack ofsradda and devotion towards Satpurusha and pious life, is the only basis for low caste.

In fact her nature is such. One day she was sleeping in Nellore bus stand. A thief was unscrewing her right kamma (Gold ear ornament). She noticed it but did not move as she wanted to make his job easy. Then she turned to the other side and allowed him to take that Kamma also. When her colleagues asked her about her ear rings she said "a poor man like me was pilfering them when I was sleeping. I let him take them".

At Goparam village a dog used to enter the herd of sheep and kill a sheep every day. The farmer was very angry and he killed the dog with his knife. After that, mysteriously, all his off springs cried like dogs and died. He petitioned his plight to Sri Swamy. Sri Swamy blessed him saying "he will be born, he will be born, he will be born" - thrice he said. As per Swamy's blessings he got three male children and are alive and safe.

Smt Chinnamma the wife of Dara Pullaiah got her eye operated. Yet, her eye was painful. She was afraid that the operation might not have been properly done, she also doubted whether she would get her eye sight or not. So she prayed Sri Swamy with grief stricken heart. In her dream, Sri Swamy assured her "You need not fear. As long as the operation took place I was there with you". By the grace of Sri Swamy her eye pain vanished and she regained her eye sight. She is aged sixty.

Pallam Reddy Krisknareddy came to Golagamudi to celebrate Vinayaka Chaturthi in the presence of Sri Swamy. He ordered to prepare one kilogram of boiled bengal gram (Sundalu)two kilos of rice pongal and one kilo of black gram vada.

Every day the servants of Swamy brought biksha from the neighbouring Anikepalli village which is at a distance of three Km. by bus. But on that day the man missed the bus and did not turn up in time. At that time the pongal was about to be get ready. Sri Swamy told them to bring him some food. The servants said that the man from Anikepalli did not come, and the pongal was boiling in the ashramam.

Sri Swamy :- Never mind give me a little. They served Sri Swamy sundalu, vada and pongal in a leaf plate. Sri Swamy took a little and gave away the rest to take it as prasadam. The man who went to Anikepalli forbiksha didnot tumup till 4 PM. So the Prasadam that was prepared by Krishna Reddy was the only food for twenty five people to their maximum satisfaction. Yet a large portion was left over. This resembles the incident of Christ distributing seven fish to seven thousand men but yet seven baskets of fish remaining.

Eswaramma the wife of Narasareddy, Kalichedu village, Was a great devotee of Sri Swamy. One day his servants reprimanded her to sit away from Swamy. She was hurt and prayed silently "Swamy! you are making me to go away from the touch of your lotus feet". At once merciful Swamy asked her "Mother! will you remove a thorn from my foot". Saying that he stretched his leg towards her. She searched for the thorn for a long time but she could not find any mom. When she told the same to Sri Swamy, Sri Swamy said "Is there not any? OK. don't worry" He took back his leg. Thus he fulfilled her earnest wish to touch his lotus feet without hurting the servants whom he wanted to ward off strangers from touching him.                

This Eswaramma had built a small thatched house. She wanted it to be consecrated by Sri Swamy's lotus feet before her entering into it. She invited Sri Swamy for that. Sri Swamy agreed, but he did not come to that area for three months. So she locked the new house and lived under a bunk, keeping all her things in the bunk. Every body laughed at her mad attitude and sentiment. Her mind was unperturbed by the comments of the villagers. After three months she got the news that Sri Swamy was in the neighbouring village. She explained her inconvenience to Sri Swamy and requested Sri Swamy to inaugurate her house. Sri Swamy said "tomorrow is quite auspicious at sun rise. I will come. You can conduct the house warming ceremony tomorrow". 

Eswaramma:- "Swamy within this short time I can not secure the necessary grocery etc. for the function. So kindly give me a little more time.

Sri Swamy:- "Every thing will come. You can go". assured Sri Swamy.

During that night she was white washing the house and scrubbing the floor etc. Her old customers gave her rice and a little money as a repayment of the loans they had taken from her. Thus she got over the problem of incurring new debts for the present function. Sri Swamy took his servants and wandered and wandered all through the night and reached Eswaramma's house at SAM in the night. Sri Swamy with his own hands lit the oven with camphor and set his sacred fire in that new house. She cooked the ten kilos of rice and curry. Her friend gave her two hundred leaf plates. She used them for the function. The news that Sri Swamy was inaugurating her house brought many devotees to her house. When the two hundred leaf plates were over there were no more guests and no more rice. She and Swamy took the pongal as prasad. Is it possible to feed two hundred villagers with ten kilos of ce? It is only the miracle of Swamy towards his beloved devotee. "There is no dearth of any thing in my devotees house" was the saying of Sainath of Shirdi. It proved to be true with Sri Swamy also. Let us be devoted to Sri Swamy at least from now. He is there and every where till the sun and moon exist.

Tupili Pitchemma used to wash Sri Swamy's clothes with devotion. She offered the milk of her buffalo to Sri Swamy. One day she was very much dejected with the cock races and drinking habit of her husband and the ill health of her children. At the advice of Tulasamma she wanted to shift her family to a near by place towards the ashramam. Some body advised her not to built a house in that ghost-haunted-place. When she consulted Sri Swamy regarding that house site he simply said " The Govt. will give you money and you, will build a house". But he did not tell whether that house plot was good or bad for her residence, with in a few daysi the Govt. gave her money from the cyclone relief fund. So she could build a house in that ghost haunted place. She hoped that if Sri Swamy consecrates the house with his lotus feet, every thing will be alright. She invited Sri Swamy to her house. But the servants of Sri Swamy thought that if they took Swamy to her house at Golagamudi everybody would press them to bring Sri Swamy to their houses. So they were postponing. [ As there was no other alternative Pitchemma entered the new | house resting the whole burden on Sri Swamy. One day Sri Swamy began to ask them again and again to take him to a new house. They took him to Anjaneya temple.

Swamy:- Not this, I want a new house. Some how Sri Swamy directed them and reached Pitchemma's house.

Swamy:- We must be here for three days. At that time Smt. Pitchemma was at the village water tank with her washing work. When she came home she was surprised to find Sri Swamy in her house. She could not believe her eyes. "God is a bandhi (prisoner) to Bhakthi".

Once Sri Swamy went to Mypad for the sea bath. Korrakuti Bujjaiah got that news after two hours of their departure. With the hope of meeting Sri Swamy there at Mypad sea shore, he started to Mypad. At the sea shore Sri Swamy had finished his bath and sat on the sand. Inspite of the repeated requests of his servants he did not mdve to go home. In the mean time Bujjaiah also joined them and finished his bath. At once Sri Swamy started home. Then the devotees understood that Sri Swamy was aware of the journey of Sri Bujjaiah. So he did not move.

Umamaheswari, daughter of Tupili Pitchemma was given in marriage at Anikepalli village. Due to certain reasons the husband did not like that innocent girl and brought pressure on her to accept for divorce in writing, so that he could marry for the second time. He had got an inquiry conducted in the presence of village elders also. At last with desperate heart she signed the paper also.

From that moment, she took off her Mangalyam and resorted to the service of Sri Swamy in the ashramam. She served Sri Swamy for one year with all her heart and soul. When ever they asked for her consent for her second marriage she grew wild and shouted them like a "possessed" woman. When they asked her to wear the Mangalyam in her neck she used to tell them that her husband was dead.

Tulasamma kept the mangalyam under the bed of Sri Swamy for the solution of their problem. Merciful Swamy nullified their bad karmic relations and brought a wonderful transformation in both of them. After some time her husband sent her a word ttirough mediators that he will live with her if she came to him. She sent the reply that she will come to him only when he comes and takes her to his house. One fine night she took her Mangalyam and met her husband who was waiting on the outskirts of the village. Now they are quite happy with their two children. It is possible only to a Sadguru to bring a magic transformation in the hearts of any type of people.

Sri Jayachandra Reddy of food corporation Dept. Nellore, narrates his first meeting with Sri Swamy. "I have read about Sri Swamy in Sri Saileelamrutam by Acharya sri E. Bharadwaja Master. But I did not meet Sri Swamy. I do not know the date of his Mahasamadhi also. Exactly on the previous night I got a strange dream. I met an elderly man , at Gandhi statue centre, Nellore. He asked me "Have you seen the Avadhuta of Nellore area who resides at Golagamudi? If not go and see him. Go direct south to Nellore. There the military people will guide you". In the same dream I was going to see that avadhuta. I met a sentry at the military tents near Vedayapalem. The sentry told me the way to Golagamudi. I continued my walk. I met a lean tall old man with a coad piece and supporting stick in one hand and an earthen pot in the other. Some rags and other things were tied into small bundles and all these bundles were made like a garland around his neck. I took him for Sri Swamy and prostrated before him there on the road. The dream vanished.

The next morning my friends invited me to come for Sri Venkaiah Swamy Mandalaradhana at Golagamudi. I visited Golagamudi along with them and worshipped the sacred fire and Samadhi of Sri Swamy. Not only this, there I could meet my beloved Guru Acharya Bharadwaja garu. Thus, Sri Swamy took, one more sheep, into his flock". One day Sri Swamy was on the other bank of river pennar. On hearing that news, Vakkamma hastened to see Swamy. Her friends dissuaded her not to cross the river as the river was in floods with deep waters. She began weeping at her inability to cross the river and see Sri Swamy. At last with a strong desire to have the darsan, she came out of her house. When she stepped in the river the water was not more than six inches deep. She thought "So, that man had told a lie like that". But when she reached Sri Swamy, all her friends asked her in surprise "how could you cross the river?". Then she understood the truth that the river was really in full floods. It is only due to the grace of Sri Swamy that she could cross that river in floods.

In Saibaba's life history too, we find how Sai graced Imam Bhai Chote Khan with a similar experience.

Sri Rosi reddy had been in the service of Sri Swamy for a very long time. One day abruptly Sri Swamy hastened Rosireddy to give him a chit writing the name of his third son. He put the chit under his thigh and sat erect. Rosireddy thought that Sri Swamy was protecting his son from a great danger. But he did not know the details.

After three days, even without invitation of any body, his son came for the darsan of Sri Swamy to offer his grateful pranamams for his mercy. He began to narrate his wonderful experience. "My bullock cart was loaded with mangoes and ^s going through the ghat road. Due to certain unknown reasons, the bullocks were troubled and pushed aside the yoke. ow the cart was rolling back along the slope inspite of all my ^"ipts to prevent the accident. The cart along with the bulls and me fell down in the deep valley at a depth of forty feet. I lost hope of my life. But to my utter amazement there was not even the slightest damage either to the can, bullocks or to me. I came here only to express my gratitude to Sri Swamy's grace.

Here Sri Swamy hastened to write a chit on his name (third son) exactly at the time of the accident on the hills. It is a proof beyond any doubt, that Sri Swamy is Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient.

I Kuchi Eswaramma of Cherlopalli village reports likethis.        

 At 9 PM I took some boiled green gram for offering to Sri Swamy. But by that time every body was sleeping except Sri Swamy and his servant Ramanaiah who was dozing. I felt sorry for my late coming. At that time Sri Swamy stretched his hand to Ramanaiah and was asking for boiled green gram.

Ramanaiah:- How can we get them now Swamy. We will have them in the morning.

Sri Swamy:- No. I want them now itself.

Eswaramma heard these words and requested Ramanaiah to offer the boiled green gram brought by her. This incident reminds us of a similar situation when Sri Sai asked for Pulagam to be served him immediately.

In the beginning, we have seen how Seshaiah Naidu of Cherlo Palli was saved by Sri Swamy from the perils of current shock.

Here the important aspect of Sri Swamy is that not only can he predict the future with great accuracy but also he can avert the perils of his devotees in the right time, even though they do not pray for him for relief. Here, another aspect of Sri Swamy, for his devotees to note, is that he need not keep on playing his ektara to know the future of his devotees. He can predict the future and tell the past of every creature in the universe at any moment. Simultaneously he lives in both the worlds. In the words of Acharya Bharadwaja "Such Mahatmas will always stand in the centre of the door way, seeing both inside and outside the house. But we will be standing either inside or out side of the house at any particular time and we can never stand in the centre of the door way".

Sri Venkaiah Swamy is the best actor on the face of the earth to conceal his real identity. To some devotees he plays on his Yekatara for some time and says a word or two. But at certain other times he goes on playing on his yekatara for hours together but at last he would say that he did not get his word. At certain times no sooner did he see a man than he will say every thing about that person. At certain other times even though he was in yoga - sleep on his bed, he will sit erect and dictate the necessary things about certain visitors and again continue his yoga sleep. From all these instances we can infer that he responds according to our faith in him. His real identity was different from our experience. It we can tune our "Chaitanya" very close to his "Chaitanya" Just like Acharya Bharadwaja, then only we can infer a little about him. Without sadana and puny a we can not understand „ Sn Swamy at all. 

One day Barigala Nagaiah asked Sri Swamy
 "Swamy! How do we get rain? People say that the sea is raising. What is that?" 

Swamy:- If we ask the upper Gods they will tell.
 Nagaiah:-Who is that God other than you Swamy?

Swamy:- Are not the ten engines that give us rain, ours only? If we start one of them the world will become upset. So we make it work up to 50% of its capacity.

Nagaiah was eager to see those engines. Swamy asked Nagaiah to go and sleep for some time. But Nagaiah refused to do so. Sri Swamy said if you lie down for a while it will be O.K.

Unable to refuse the advice of Sri Swamy he lay down for a while. Then he got a beautiful vision by the grace of Sri Swamy. There were ten big engines fitted to a hill. Each one was fifty feet in height, thirty feet long and fitted with pipes of six feet diameter. One machine was working there. Heavy rain was pouring down from it. The workers there told Nagaiah "Ayya It is recorded here that Rs 500/- is entered against your name and Rs 50/- is entered as our salaries.

Nagaiah:-Why so? For people working all through the day only Rs. fifty are paid and for me, Who do not work at all, Rs, five hundred? How can they write so?  
Workers:- Because you possess the working technology and knowledge of their mechanism. So they wrote like this., The vision vanished. He woke up and came to Swamy.
Swamy:- They are ours.

With this Sri Swamy indicated that the vision was not a delusion of Nagaiah's brain. But it was a sacred vision granted by Sri Swamy. 

K. Lalitamma of Kammampadu village had no issue even after four years of her marriage. She suffered a lot due to nerves weakness. The injections and medicines of the doctors could not give her any relief. At last she resorted to the grace of Sri Swamy. With out her explanation Sri Swamy said "Ayya! she got a disease. It will go. The son of the Karanam of Gudur died. I will put him in her womb". Sri Swamy gave a chit, thread and a paper with his thumb impressions. With out using any medicine she was blessed with good health, thereafter within an year she got a male child. Even today, with grateful heart, she comes and worships Sri Swamy's Samadhi.

One day Rosireddy was stung by some poisonous worm. His leg was swollen and was of red colour. He could not walk with pain. He rubbed the swollen leg with sand and washed it in the river saying "0 father ! what support do I have except you'''. After his bath in the river, he came to the service of Sri Swamy. By that evening his leg was all right without any pain. During that night Sri Swamy said " If you see at the bathing place (river) you will understand". With these words Sri Swamy confirmed Rosireddy that he was an Omniscient and Omnipotent Universal spirit who will come to the rescue of his devotees even without their request. In that short sentence he told that he was hearing his petition at the river and he was witnessing his painful plight. He also indicated that he can cure diseases within no time.

Pusala Meeraiah is at present working at Banglore. His wife came to the first Aaradhana of Sri Swamy. There ^s a scheme for the daily pooja of Sri Swamy. As per that scheme certain devotees promised to send some dakshina every month to the Ashramam. So she also wrote her name in that list promising to send ten rupees every month. She prayed Swamy "Swamy! without the prior permission of my husband I have promised to pay ten rupees every month. Kindly make him to give his consent and send that money to you". When she told the matter to her husband, he told her that he would give the money to Swamy only if he himself asked him.                            '

One day in his dream Sri Swamy came to him with a begging pouch and asked him to give him something. He „ asked "What should I give you Swamy."

Swamy:- Give me what ever you have.

He came to Golagamudi for the darsan of Sri Swamy Samadhi and paid the arrears of his wife's promise also.

Yellam Raju Eswararaju (Rajampet) read the souvenir "Sadguru darsan" released on the occasion of the inauguration of the Vidyanagar Saibaba Mandhir by Shri Acharya E. Bharadwaja. In that book there is an article on Sri Swamy and his photo. He came to Golagamudi to see Sri Swamy. When he took the pathatheertham of Sri Swamy it was very very pleasant and gave him a mild electric shock-like thing and he experienced a pleasant "bliss" - like state for some time. From that day he kept on visiting Golagamudi frequently inspite of all his busy life.

A rare blessing:- The marriage of Padmamma the sister of Korrakuti Bujjaih was fixed. Sri Swamy ordered him to celebrate the marriage in the sacred presence of Kanchi Varada Raja Swamy. They arranged for the same and sincerely requested Sri Swamy to accompany them for the marriage at Kanchi and bless the couple. Sri Swamy attended that marriage along with his retinue. He touched the akshintalu, Mangalyam and talambralu rice with his sacred hands and blessed them. With his own money he purchased camphor for a rupee and kept it burning by his side, as long as the marriage ceremony was performed. Sri Swamy did not touch even water till the marriage party left the city. It was the only marriage that Sri Swamy has blessed with his august presence. One day Sri Swamy said to her "Mother you may face a number of difficulties in your life. Yet, you need not wet your eyes. Even though she had to face the greatest perils in her life, due to the blessings of Sri Swamy, they disappeared like mist.

One day Sri Swamy was coming from Talupur to Golagamudi. On the way at Madras Bus stand he wanted to go to a hospital. It was a strange thing with Sri Swamy because he never went to a hospital for his treatment. In addition to this, Sri Swamy showed the way to jubilee hospital which was near Madras bus stand. It was a riddle to every devotee because Sri Swamy was healthy at that time. When they reached the hospital, they saw Korrakuti Bujjaih and his ailing sister Padmamma praying for the grace of Sri Swamy. He stayed there for some time and said "Ayyaa! With this, it is over. Let us go to Golagamudi". Sri Swamy went away to Golagamudi. With in a few days she recovered and came to Golagamudi and offered her heart - felt prostrations to Sri Swamy.  

Malle Chenchamma (Nagulavellaturu) asked Sri Swamy in the first visit "Swamy kindly let this be my last birth.

Swamy:- Abbo, she is the person in the "tenth sight". Every thing will be all right for her. Sri Swamy asked her to live in his presence. But she could not leave her family. She, left Swamy even without his permission. After wards when ever she came, Sri Swamy never granted her permission to go home. But she used to leave without the permission of Sri' Swamy.

One day Sri Swamy told her a sacred mantra in her dream. At another time Sri Swamy appered to her, sitting in the moon with a big illumination of light and said "Is this not the change of loka?"                                 |

As she did not come to his service for a very long time, Sri Swamy brought out a sudden change in her mind. So one day she came to Golagamudi with a single pair of dress which was on her body. She lived with Sri Swamy from 1981. "If you live and act as per the regulations the distance between you and me "is only three inches". After Mahasamadhi she lived in Sri Swamy's ashramam. She forgot all other attachments and worries she was always immersed in Dhyana.

One day she prayed Sri Swamy that her mind had not yet come under her control. In her dream Swamy said "Suppose you have got a disobedient horse which will not heed your orders. Then give it to me, the problem will be over. Tftti.s Sri Swamy is still guiding his devotees in the 'Subramarga". Where can we get such a quick and fitting response with out any sadana? It is only the mercy of Sri Swamy. Sri Saibaba also compared the uncontrolled mind with a horse. Noteti Sreeramaih (Nagulavellatur) was a strong devotee of Sri Swamy for a long time. He has handed over all the family responsibilities to his son and came to Golagamudi to spend the rest of his life in the service of Sri Swamy. For the last two days Sri Swamy was in silence without touching even water.

Sreeramaiah came and stood before Sri Swamy and offered his Pranamams with these thoughts in his mind. "I am surviving on the earth only because of your grace. Otherwise, by this time I would have become ashes". At once Sri Swamy opened his eyes and laughed. All the on lookers were surprised as they could not understand the cause for his laugh at the sight of Sreeramaiah. We do not know the Miraculous power that lies in that smile. But from that time onwards, till his last breath he was in the service of Sri Swamy. Daily collection of biksha was his duty. Thus the simple smile of Sri Swamy tied him tight to Sri Swamy's feet and blessed him with abundance of punya.

Palakonda Subbareddy from his boyhood had a peculiar zeal to serve a sadguru. Among the humpteen of fake gurus, how to recognise the true one? He himself invented a rare method. At every meal he took the first morsel into his hand and uttered Gurur Bramha Gurur Vishnu. - sloka and prayed mentally that he was offering that morsel of food to the all pervading spirit in the form of Sadguru. Before going to sleep he prayed that Sadguru to fulfill his earnest desire.

One day Sri Venkaiah Swamy appeared in his dream and asked him to come to "Ankalamma botu" near Penna Badwel village and serve him. As pei his dream directions, he met Sri Swamy and served him for some years.

The Mother in law of Acharya Bharadwaja and her daughter Anasuyamma and her friends heard about Sri Swansy's greatness and wanted to have his darsan. They reached Talupur village. But at that time Sri Swamy reached Kalichcdu through a short cut route by bullock cart. But the ladies walked five kilometers without waiting for the bus and wasting their precious time and met Sri Swamy at Kalichedu. Among them the Mother in law of Acharya Bharadwaja was an old woman of more than sixty years of age. But to her utter amazement, she too was able to walk all the five kilometers distance at 12 noon inspite of her old age.

During this period Sri Swamy never under took thumb impression work. But on that day by the time the ladies came to him, he again was immersed in thumb impression work. He encouraged them to keep the papers under his thumb with quick succession. Through that work they were graced with an opportunity to touch his sacred body. Thus all their pains of their walking were rewarded. Their parayana and satsangh were blessed. Their devotion to Sainath and their parayana of Sri Saileelamrutam pleased Sri Swamy immensely. They believed that Sri Swamy and Sai are one and the same.

T. Ramanamma (Nellore) wanted to see Sri Swamy but she never got a chance. One day Sri Swamy was staying on the out skirts of Nellore town on a plain land. Some of her friends invited Ramanamma to accompany them for Sri Swamy's darsan. At once she started with them at 1 PM even without taking her lunch. "It would be good if you finish your lunch and start because it is an odd hour" said her friends.

Ramanamma:- Will not Swamy give me food! she said with great confidence in Sri Swamy.

Friends:- The men of Swamy would have finished their lunch by twelve noon. Where from can we get food at this odd hour".

They reached Sri Swamy by 2 PM. On that day Sri Swamy wanted to change his venue. After lunch they asked Sri Swamy to start, but Sri Swamy said " Children are coming, how is it, if we go elsewhere when the children are arriving here?" In the mean time Ramanamma and her friends reached Sri Swamy. Sri Swamy got his blessings written on pieces of paper for all of them. When Ramanamma's turn came Sri Swamy said "Ayya she came with a firm faith that we will give her food. So give her food".

Servants:- There is no food with us Swamy.

Swamy:- Ayyaa! Food is there. See in the rice vessel. Till then they have not washed the rice vessel. They brushed the empty rice vessel as per the direction of Sri Swamy. There came rice, enough for two people. Thus Ramanamma finished her lunch and all her friends took a little as prasad.

Once Sri Swamy said "Is it not a single word of Venkaiah". This statement is exactly suitable about Sri Swamy.

Rosireddy was an excellent follower (servant) of Sri Swamy. He carried out the orders of Sri Swamy with out any further delay, doubts or questions. One day Sri Swamy said "Ayya you go to your village and plant some lime plants and come back". Accordingly Rosireddy went and tried to plant the lime plants. But his wife and children were against that work. "If you plant trees and go away to Sri Swamy who will look after them and who will give them water and fencing. So drop the proposal of planting lime plants" they said.

But Rosireddy who had unflinching faith in the words of his Guru, took some loan and accomplished the work and came back to Sri Swamy triumphantly. But with in a few days his wife and children came to Sri Swamy and grumbled that the lime/garden work was an unbearable burden for them. Sri Swamy consoled them and said "Mother! 'Ammanni' is guarding that garden. It is worth one and half lakh rupees property. You live in that garden and name that area Sirimella". But some how they brought up the garden with unwilling hearts. But by the grace of Sri Swamy it became the best garden in that area. Every year a single crop fetched one and half lakh rupees.

Mandhala Venkaih (Golagamudi) had no intimacy with Sri Swamy. During the year 1956 one morning Sri Swamy met him on the way and asked him to come to him, so that he can tell him a word. By the time he went Sri Swamy was going to somebody's house. He followed Sri Swamy silently. Instead of going to any house Sri swamy himself cane to Venkaiah's house. Sri Swamy observed his house on all sides and said "here there is nothing for us to see. Every thing is good. You will construct a white house". Sri Swamy drew a line on the ground and said that, that was the border for his house. Sri Swamy went into the thatched house and dug a small pit in the north east comer of the house and asked him to bring some milk. When the milk was given he poured it in the pit. The milk over flowed from the pit towards the north east direction. Sri Swamy said "That is all. That is all. That is all. What is there? Every thing is good". At the request of Venkaiah Sri Swamy took his lunch in their house on that day.

Venkaiah say's "Really at that time I was a daily wage earner. I have no landed property. But by the grace of Sri Swamy in course of time I have purchased a land and built the pucca building (White house). The miracle here is all the vasthu people determined the plan of the house only up to the line drawn by Sri Swamy on that day". At present he is one of the richest men in the village. He says, "this is all because of the grace of Sri Swamy and not my fate or luck".

One more interesting method of gracing his Bhaktas is given here. Devudaiah was a very poor man of Chilakalamarri village. But he was a great bhakta (devotee) and philanthropist. When ever Sri Swamy visited their village he offered his hospitality to the entire retinue of Sri Swamy. Sri Swamy was very much pleased with his dharmic conduct. It seems that Sri Swamy thought that it will be very very useful to this world if such generous and dharmic people were rich also.

One day Sri Swamy asked them to prepare ragi gruel. He poured the gruel in a new pot and covered it with a lid and buried it in the north east comer of their house at a depth of three feet. From that day he gradually grew richer and richer and became famous for his generosity and philonthropy. It t| said that they are nch even to day.                   

The son of Subbarao (karanam - Golagamudi) was a good devotee of Sri Swamy. He gave his intermediate examination hall ticket to Sri Swamy and solicited his blessings. Sri Swamy blessed him and assured that he will pass the examination. He also gave a chit to that effect. The student was very very happy. But when the result was announced in the news paper, his number was not found. His mother asked Sri Swamy "Swamy! you have assured that

my son will pass the intermediate examination. His number is not in the paper"

Swamy:- No! No! he has passed the examination. Sri Swamy replied in an authenticated tone. As per the marks list

he has passed the examination. "How can Sri Swamy's word go waste!"

In 1982 Kannavaram Rajaiah suffered weakness, palpitation of heart and inexplicable fear. He petitioned his plight to Sri Swamy's picture in his house and in that ecstatic mood he wept loudly. Next morning he went to Nellore and the doctor gave him an injection. By the time he came home the injection gave reaction. They brought him to Sri Swamy and applied "Udhi" to his body and administered some Udhi,

orally also. Immediately they were taking him to Nellore Govt. Hospital in a taxi.

In front of the car, at a distance of forty feet, Sri Swamy was going with the earthen munta and a stick. He was visible to Rajaiah only and to no body else. But Rajaiah was asking his friends to see Swamy at a distance. His friends thought that he was in a delirium due to the reaction of the injection. The doctor gave him medicine and injection and said "you are very lucky. I had to go home an hour earlier but I do not know what made me sit in my seat like this brooding over some thing. The God made me sit here". 

Venkata munireddy (Tirupathi) reports a very fantastic incident experienced by his friend in the year 1981. "My friend was admitted in the Govt. hospital at Chittor due to typhoid. He was not given solid food for eighteen days. The doctors gave up hope and asked him to go to Royavellur C.M. hospital for blood transfusion. He was too poor to afford to that costly treatment. He was grief stricken. In that dejected mood he remembered Sri Venkaih Swamy about whom he heard from his friend. He mentally petitioned his plight to Sri Swamy with tears. In the very next moment Sri Venkaiah Swamy physically appeared at his cot saying "you need not worry. You will be alright with in three days" and disappeared. By next minute all his suffering vanished and got tremendous strength. In that state of happiness he left the hospital without the permission of the doctor and walked to reached his village which was at a distance of eighteen KM. (by walk). Then on wards, he was blessed with good health, without any treatment. During 1981 he visited Sri Swamy at Golagamudi and offered his heart felt pranamas to the God on earth in human form.

This is a rare experience because Sri Swamy granted his physical darsan while he was physically at Golagamudi. Such experiences were not reported while Sri Swamy was in flesh and blood.

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