Sai Baba an incarnation of Lord Rama:In the year 1897, the Urs celebration was started in Shirdi for the
first time on Ramanavami Day. Simultaneously the Muslim devotees
started the Sandal Utsav. A devotee, Amir Shakkar, belonging to the
village Korah, got the Sandal Utsav performed at Shirdi. They put
sandalpaste in the big plate and took it in a procession and with drums
and cymbals toDwarakamai. They smeared the walls of Dwarakamai with
sandalpaste.
During Sandal Utsav and Ramanavami Utsav, they got two flags prepared with silk cloth and zari borders; they brought them in a procession and planted them on either side of the mosque. The festival, thus started, had become a full-fledged Ramanavami festival from the year 1912 at the instance of Sree Krishna Rao Jogeshwar Bhishma. The celebrations included Hari Kathas, cradle function and spraying coloured powder called gulal on one another. Next day, they hung a pot from a considerable height. This pot contained curds, riceflakes,etc. Whoever tried to catch it was sprayed with water jets. Baba moved among all the devotees, blessing them. People thought that Lord Rama had come in the form of Sai Baba. Baba used to cry aloud with anger whenever the gulal powder fell in his eyes. Actually those cries were directed against the evil spirits moving around there.
During Sandal Utsav and Ramanavami Utsav, they got two flags prepared with silk cloth and zari borders; they brought them in a procession and planted them on either side of the mosque. The festival, thus started, had become a full-fledged Ramanavami festival from the year 1912 at the instance of Sree Krishna Rao Jogeshwar Bhishma. The celebrations included Hari Kathas, cradle function and spraying coloured powder called gulal on one another. Next day, they hung a pot from a considerable height. This pot contained curds, riceflakes,etc. Whoever tried to catch it was sprayed with water jets. Baba moved among all the devotees, blessing them. People thought that Lord Rama had come in the form of Sai Baba. Baba used to cry aloud with anger whenever the gulal powder fell in his eyes. Actually those cries were directed against the evil spirits moving around there.
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