The bell
Hanging to the left as you enter
Dwarkamai is a bell. This is rung three times a day, at 4.00 a.m. 11.30 a.m.
and 8.30 p.m. If it rings at any other time it is taken as an alarm signal, and
villagers will rush to Dwarkamai to find out what the trouble is.
Some people say that Baba put the
bell here himself. Certainly we know that it was there during his lifetime as
there is reference to it in Sri Sai Satcharitra. When Baba sent Hemadpant to
talk with Shama, just as Shama had finished relating a beautiful leela to him,
"the bell in the mosque began to ring, proclaiming that the noon worship
and arati ceremony had begun. Therefore Hemadpant and Shama hurried to the
mosque."
Present: The bell is rung only three times a day at 4:00 AM, 11:30 PM and 8:30 PM. If the bell
rings at other times of the day, it is considered as an alarm signal
and villagers of Shirdi rush to Dwarkamai to find out what the trouble
is and then reach the spot of calamity to set it right. This practice is
still going on.
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