An encounter with SAI

Long time since i blogged... literally speaking, the initial enthusiasm had started to wane off... but now i'm back... because i want to write abt some thing that i experienced today... though i'm totally enervated now and with my every nerve wanting to head to the cosy comfort of my bed, i still write as i want to preserve todays memories in my pensieve i.e) my blogspace...

The day started even before dawn, as I reluctantly surrendered my pleasent morning sleep to the loud cry of the alarm and set out for my morning classes (sometimes i regret my decision of joining aerobics)... after one hour of not so rigorous work out i got back home.... i was still fighting my sleep and if left undisturbed i would have compensated for all the sleepless nights of the past one month.... but i had to go out for some stupid work in the passport office... i took my friend along and when we reached we were dumbstruck on seeing the huge crowds out there... seems like the whole city wants to go abroad... i waited in the long queue for what seemed to be hours and atlast got my job done... i was asked to collect my passport late in the afternoon...

My friend and I were thinking of ways to kill time till afternoon... a movie was an easy choice... but couldn't spot any decent movie... it was then we decided to go to the Sai Baba's temple in ECR (incidentally it happenes to be a thursday... special day for Sai)... we set off in my bike wondering whether we would be able to drive that far... but we got made up our minds and set off to visit Him... it was an amazing experience to drive amidst the big guys like scropio's in (my) maximum speed on a lovely smooth road... after a long exciting drive we reached Sai's temple...

The temple was build on a vast landscape and nature's sereinity was preserved with lots of tress and plants around... after paying visit to many idols we entered the heart of the temple... the first view of the larger than life size idol of Sai was breathtaking.... a view that is worth any distance of travelling done... the hall was pretty large with Sai in one extreme end of it on an elevated podium.... and there was a huge photo of Him with outstreached arms which read " Why Fear When I'm Here " ... after the aarthi was over we got the chance of moving closer to the central stage where He was sitting magnificently.... the best part of the temple was that, it has devotees hailing from all religions...there was a shop run by christian ladies which sold stuffs like Sai idols and bajan casettes... another speciality of the temple is that, it is one of the very few temples in the country which preserves the fire that was lit by Sai himself in Shridi and the ash given in the temple is the remains of this ever burning immortal fire... this temple is a must visit site of the ECR...