The Five Samadhis
Five samadhis
Just outside the southern fence of
Lendi, across the square from Dixit Wada, is a row of five samadhis (tombs).
Each is labelled with name and dates. The five people buried here include
important Sai devotees. They are described below
1. Abdul Baba (d.1954)
Abdul Baba came to Shirdi in 1889 or 1890 when he was around twenty. His parents, who were very poor, had given him into the care of a fakir. It is said that Baba appeared to the fakir in a dream, gave him two mangoes and asked him to send the boy to Shirdi. When the fakir woke up, what should he find beside him, but the two mangoes he had seen in his dream! He duly sent Abdul to Sai Baba, who greeted him with the curious words, "My crow has come."
Abdul Baba came to Shirdi in 1889 or 1890 when he was around twenty. His parents, who were very poor, had given him into the care of a fakir. It is said that Baba appeared to the fakir in a dream, gave him two mangoes and asked him to send the boy to Shirdi. When the fakir woke up, what should he find beside him, but the two mangoes he had seen in his dream! He duly sent Abdul to Sai Baba, who greeted him with the curious words, "My crow has come."
Abdul baba
Abdul Baba was a dedicated worker:
he cleaned the mosque, swept the streets outside it, kept the lamps burning in
Lendi, washed Baba's clothes and collected water. Baba cared for Abdul like a
father and took on the responsibility for his welfare. Abdul used to sit
reading the Koran in the mosque, and Baba sometimes asked him to recite
passages aloud. He kept a notebook in which he wrote down Baba's teachings and
comments.
After Baba's mahasamadhi, for some
time Abdul Baba occupied a room on the first floor of Booty Wada (the Samadhi
Mandir). He continued to serve by maintaining the tomb and keeping it decorated
with flowers. To this day, Abdul Baba's family members are continuing the
tradition of offering flowers to the samadhi every morning.
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