{"id":332,"date":"2009-02-17T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T00:38:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-02-14T23:52:10","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T04:52:10","slug":"shree-upasani-baba-maharaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saibhaktiradio.com\/wp\/shree-upasani-baba-maharaj\/","title":{"rendered":"Shree Upasani (Baba) Maharaj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">Dear Sai Brothers &amp; Sisters,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sriupasanimaharaj_closeup_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Its with immense spiritual pleasure and satisfaction, I am writing\u00a0today this blog on Sakori Ashram of Shree Upasani Maharaj. It&#8217;s very difficult to believe that devotees of our beloved Saibaba not knowing about Shree Kaka Upasani Maharaj, but its very common that not many of us know where is Sakori or any pictorial tour available of Shree Upasani Maharaj samadhi temple. After Shree Sai Sharanandji&#8217;s samadhi ashram now Baba has inspired me to write about Shree Upasani Maharaj, maybe Baba wants me to know and write about his close devotees who reached the peak of sprituality after being\u00a0blessed by him. Sakori is only few km from Shirdi and easily accessible by taxi or state transportation<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Thanks to Darshana and Suraj who took these pictures and have sent for the Radio website. Please read what they have to say :-<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Jai sai ram<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">During\u00a0our recent visit to Shirdi we were just chatting at the hotel reception with the manager and owner of the hotel Sai leela whether we could get any information on\u00a0baba`s any disciples. In discussion we came to know\u00a0that there were\u00a0few\u00a0followers\u00a0who were with baba Namely shri Kamubaba , Shri Meherbaba, Shri Upasani maharaj. when we asked their whereabouts we were told that\u00a0others\u00a0could be traced at diff places like pune,ahemednagar and mumbai\u00a0but\u00a0 Shri Upasani maharaj`s ashram was nearby to Shirdi and that we could visit it. I didnt knew much about\u00a0Upasni\u00a0Maharaj\u00a0so we took a chance to visit sakuri where the Upasani Ashram is there.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">This ashram is just 4 km from Shridi and is actually very near to Rahata where Baba used to often visit. This Ashram was first run by Upasani maharaj and then after his mahasamadhi was handed over to Shri Godavari mataji who was his disciple. Shri Upasni maharaj stayed for 4 yrs\u00a0with Saibaba at shirdi for his\u00a0health cure and with baba`s blessings\u00a0attained self-realisation..It is said that he was the only one whom baba blessed as his disciple.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">He later stayed at sakori\u00a0on baba`s direction. Here he\u00a0made small kanyas (bhramcharinis)\u00a0as his disciples out of whom shri Godavri mataji became his succesor. Many small girls learned vedas and performed yajnas over here at sakori. Today also there are these ladies staying here and learning and performing vedic activites and yajnas.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">The main mandir is known as the Zopadi where lies the samadhi of Shri Upasni baba and Godavari mataji and also the samdhi of Upasani baba`s mother. It has a big place with havankund which was started by Shri Sai baba himself where today also 7 times a yr at main hindu festivals yajnyas are performed.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">There is Shri kanyakumari`s mandir in the ashram and also the Amraveli where Shree Upasani baba himself used to stay when in sakori. There is also a tree on which `vishcha` Ganesh is there.The idol of ganesh which has appeared by itself is believed t fulfill all desires..people come here to wish for their desires and then when it is fulfilled back and offer Coconut as gratitude.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">In the ashram there is place for the bhramcharinis to stay.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">In Sakori i felt that the peace of life is still intact&#8230;I wonder Baba must be coming and living here. There is no hush-rush of life&#8230; total peace.. there are some photos which we attach with this which we got by special permission from the security..<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">There is more information in this pictures about shri upasani maharaj..<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Jai sai ram<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Click on any thumbnail below to see a slideshow of all the pictures in full size.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 600px; height: 480px;\" border=\"3\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_1.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_2.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_3.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_4.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_4.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_5.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_5.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_6.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_6.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_7.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_7.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_8.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_8.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_9.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_9.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_10.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_10.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_11.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_11.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_12.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_12.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_13.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_13.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_14.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_14.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_15.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_15.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_16.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_16.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_18.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_18.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_19.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_19.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_20.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_20.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_21.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[sakori]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp\/contents\/upasani\/sakuri shirdi_21.jpg\" alt=\"sakori pictures\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\">Some resources for persuing further reading :-<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">DVD available on Shree Upasani Maharaj :-\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technobaba.com\/upasni\/baim.htm\">http:\/\/www.technobaba.com\/upasni\/baim.htm<\/a> (you can preview it on youtube\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YsWdpQOnRFY\u00a0 )<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A good short article on Shree Upasani\u00a0Maharaj\u00a0:-\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shreeswami.org\/shri-upasani-baba-maharaj.htm\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/www.shreeswami.org\/shri-upasani-baba-maharaj.htm<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Some very nice old and rare black and white pictures :- <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/avatarmeherbaba-israel.com\/images\/gallery\/upasnimaharaj\/gallery_upasnimaharaj.html\">http:\/\/avatarmeherbaba-israel.com\/images\/gallery\/upasnimaharaj\/gallery_upasnimaharaj.html<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Bow to Sri Sai &#8211; Peace be to all !<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sai Brothers &amp; Sisters, Its with immense spiritual pleasure and satisfaction, I am writing\u00a0today this blog on Sakori Ashram of Shree Upasani Maharaj. It&#8217;s very difficult to believe that devotees of our beloved Saibaba not knowing about Shree Kaka Upasani Maharaj, but its very common that not many of us know where is Sakori<\/p>\n <a href='https:\/\/www.saibhaktiradio.com\/wp\/shree-upasani-baba-maharaj\/' class='excerpt-more-append'> Continue Reading...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotee-experience","category-82-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saibhaktiradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saibhaktiradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saibhaktiradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saibhaktiradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saibhaktiradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saibhaktiradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saibhaktiradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saibhaktiradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saibhaktiradio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}