THE GLORY OF
SHIRDI SAI
Fifth Year of Publication
Published as Bi-Weekly
Issue 13/2007
21-06-2007
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GURUR-BRAHMA,
GURUR-VISHNUH; GURU-DEVO MAHESWARAHA;
GURUR-SAKSHATH
PARAM BRAHMA; THASMAI SREE GURAVE NAMAHA:
Sairam. You can watch Live Web casting
from Shirdi Sai Samadhi Mandir from following Link:
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THIS ISSUE CONTAINS:
1. FROM THE SATSANGHS OF
SAIBANISA JI
2. SAI'S NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE
3. SAI IN DREAMS
4. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY
5. SANATANA
DHARMA &SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA
6. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES
7.
SAI WITH CHILDREN
8.
SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA
9.
ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES
10. LETTERS FROM SAI
DEVOTEES
11. TELUGU
SECTION
12. SAI'S BOOK WORLD
13. EDITORIAL.
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1. FROM THE SATSANGHS OF SAIBANISA JI
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Compiled
by:
Sai
Sevak Smt. Rajeswari Kasturi, Saidarbar – Hyderabad.
SELFLESS
WORK
Man born and brought up in a society
saturated with mundane ideas and ideals cannot normally be inclined to abandon
the fruits of his actions. Rather he craves for more and more abundant harvests
for his cultivation and if, though some ill luck, the crop fails, he feels
utterly dejected and stoops to various nefarious schemes to replenish his loss
which necessarily plunge him in sin and negative Karma that bind him to earth.
Failure with heroes is a stepping stone to success, but with ordinary folk, it
is a seedbed of sin.
For his release from the bonds of
Karma, especially sinful Karma, he should renounce the fruit of his action but
not the action itself. To give up action is neither the law of nature nor a
possibility for him. He must do something or other at least for his own
existence like eating, drinking etc. He can also never help thinking of something
and every thought is an act.
Hence, indulging in action and
leaving the result to God, is the best way of satisfying both God and nature.
If, in addition, that action is a sacred one, like a humanitarian or a
spiritual enterprise. It is all the better. If also, that is done not with any
motive of self-advertisement or as a mere formality of observing a tradition,
but in a purely selfless manner, thinking it is all God’s work, done in His
name and for Him, he gains the maximum benefit for all that.
Among common virtues, unselfishness
is very paying and an aspirant seriously training himself in self – abnegation
hastens his own union with God. Selflessness is a spiritual harvest.
But selfishness dies hard.
Surreptitiously it tightens its grip over man’s emotions and proves to be a
stumbling block to his spiritual progress. It should, therefore, be ever
remembered that, to use an oxymoron, ultimately, the giver gains and grabber
grieves.
Om Shantih
Shantih Shantihi
Lokah Samastah
Sukhino Bhavantu
To be continued…
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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:
June 1991: All India SaiSamaj celebrated its Golden
Jubilee at Mylapore, Madras.
Ashada -1908 (Gurupoornima):
Prompted by BABA, Dadha Kelkar and others started the "GURU WORSHIP"
in Shirdi.
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3. SAI IN DREAMS:
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These are the dream sequences and messages as received by SaiBaNiSaji From our
beloved GURU LORD SAINATH OF SHIRIDI. In Anticipation that this feature will
help in one's spiritual growth are hereby compiled from his personal Diary and
presented to SAIBANDHUS.
Translated and presented by RAGHU RAMAN SATULURY.
MARCH-1995:
07-03-1995
I was thinking about the role of
birth and death cycle in human life. I prayed Baba to guide me so that I do not
fear death. Sri Sai appeared in the form of a weaver. He said-
While birth is like weaving a new
cloth, death is like a torn clothe to go to the dust one day or other. God
(weaver in this context) may make a cloth with cotton yarn or for that matter
even with silk yarn. But towards the end all clothes have to meet the same fate.
Why to fear then?
Life and death are destined for
everybody.
10-03-1995
Yesterday, Sai appeared in the form
of an unknown person and said-
A man can earn wealth even without
formal education. A good moral character can only make him popular in society.
Often money helps breeding bad habits, where individual lacks the good moral
character. Character is like an ornament to a person.
Remember that position is
materialistic World is a transient event on the universal time scale. However
position in Saidarbar is permanent.
All events are in life are small in
compared to the God’s grace.
12-03-1995
Yesterday, my wife was going through
her monthly cycle. I had a doubt whether Sai can accept offerings made by her.
Sri Sai appeared in the form of a Doctor and said-
A lady going through her menstrual
cycle is mentally tired physically exhausted and needs rest. “Therefore I do
not expect them to serve me going through those stressful days”.
Nature has stipulated certain
customs for the benefit and well – being of all.
To be continued…..
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4. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S
PHILOSOPHY:
(By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao)
"Shashi": shashi_31@yahoo.com
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Is Samsara Really Necessary?
Sai Baba also advised Chandorkar: As
long as you follow Dharma in your routine life, there is no difference between
a householder and a sanyasi. Since most of you leading family life, what is
required is renunciation of the fruits of Karma, with firm determination,
reflecting it in thought, speech and deeds. My shelter will always be there for
those who are bent upon service to the holy person with single minded devotion,
even if they are in Gruhashtashram.
Baba further clarified: If you taste
the Punyakarmas done with Bhakti, it yields happiness. The imprint of those
Karmas done in the previous birth is the main cause for happiness. Leading
family life with enjoyment of senses should not be your ultimate goal. Beware
of this is illusion. Perform your Gruhasta dharma with Nistha. Do
Abhyagathiseva with sincere devotion. In Gruhashtashram the wife and husband
should act like two in one in their thinking and in their activities. The
Dharma must be practiced by husband together with his wife; whereas the wife’s
duty is to protect the Brahma Nistha of her husband. You should not allow your
mind’s craving for the unrealistic Samsara until your death. Fulfillment of
Dharmas is their joint duty. They should do ‘Niskama Karmas’. Every action of
their, should have a meaning and purpose. Charity should sprout in their Nitya
Karma by inviting guests and rendering ‘Athiti’ and ‘Abhyagati Seva’. By doing
so, they get happiness in their family life. Their self also will be
illuminated. Since mind is the main route of the family, it should be purified.
To get rid of the cycle of births and deaths, one need not run away from his
house to perform Japa and Tapa in forest and caves. To acquire the four
Purusharthas viz. Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moskha, pray God in your house
itself. Live in Samsara and try to find out the real cause of this birth. Then
only you can realize yourself.
To be continued…..
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5. SANATANA
DHARMA &SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA.
An object has a reflection: When
looking we see two images, yet there is only one
thing. Likewise, this world is a reflection of the Supreme Lord. We may see
two, yet only One exists…
-Jnaneshwar
Even as rock
remains rock, carved or uncarved, consciousness remains consciousness whether
the world appears or not. The world-appearance is but an empty expression;
its substance is nothing but consciousness.
In fact, even these manifestations
and modifications are but Brahman, the cosmic consciousness—though not in the
sense of manifestation or modification. Even this distinction—modification in
the sense of modification, or any other sense—is meaningless in Brahman. When
such expressions are used in relation to Brahman, the meaning is quite
different, like water in the mirage.
-From the Yoga Vasishtha
Even if you have nothing,
It is hard to find that contentment
Which comes
from renunciation.
I accept nothing.
I reject nothing.
And I am happy.
-Ashtavakra Gita 13:1
NEWS
TEMPLE, TEXAS,
June 2, 2007: (HPI note: Temple, Texas, was so named in 1881.) The Hindu Temple
of Central Texas will celebrate their Kumbhabhishekam June 8 - 10. Event begin at 6:30 a.m., Friday, June 8, with Vighneswara
Puja. The temple's Rajagopuram and Hanuman shrine will be formally dedicated
during the three day celebration. The temple opened it's
doors for the devotees on December 9, 2001. The initial Kumbhabhishekam was
performed in the month of February, 2003, in which the main Deity, Ganesha, and
the other Deities were installed following the ancient practices in the Agama
Sastras. The temple's priests, Sri Sreeram Hariharan and Sri Venugopal
Dittakavi as well as Sri Thanga Bhattar, Chief Priest of the New Orleans Hindu
Temple, will be the officiating priest and assisted by Sri Koteshwaran Gurukkal
from the Ganesha Temple in Nashville, Tennessee.
TRINIDAD,
TOBAGO, June 4, 2007: One of India's top choreographers,
Goswami Suushiljhi Maharaj, are now conducting a series of workshops on Ram
Leela. Swamiji will be here for a couple weeks again and his presence is under
the auspices of the SWAHA Educational Institute. His assignment includes
training students in dance, music, stage-lighting, costume construction,
crown-making and other ornaments for the production of the annual street
festival of Ram Leela. Swamiji also trains actors who portray such divine
characters as Lord Rama, Mother Sita, Lakshaman, Ravan, Lord Hanuman, King
Dasharat, Khekayi, Vishwamintra, Vashista, Jayanti and others. Swami said that
the story of the Hindu Holy Book, the Ramayana, is of quintessential importance
to mankind since it relates to everyday life. "The people of Trinidad and
Tobago have shown great respect and love for this epic, and these people come
from serious religious and social backgrounds, says Swami.
UNITED STATES
AND CANADA, June 4, 2007: Pramukh Swami Maharaj, 85 and head of the Gujarat
based Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), is
visiting the US and Canada from June 10 to September 28 to mark the centenary
celebrations of the organization. During his visit, two magnificent new temples
depicting Indian heritage and civilization will be inaugurated in Atlanta in
the United States and Toronto in Canada. The temples to be inaugurated have
been constructed using traditions that date back to thousands of years. They
include a prayer hall, cultural arena and exhibits on the contributions of
Indian civilization to the world in areas such as science, mathematics,
medicine, art and language. BAPS temples in the US and Canada are planning to
host events during Pramukh Swami's presence. According to his itinerary,
Pramukh Swami will visit Chicago, Houston, Toronto, New Jersey, Atlanta,
Dallas, San Jose, Los Angeles and New York. "The events will showcase the
diverse cultural, social and spiritual activities of BAPS that have flourished
under the leadership of Pramukh Swami," BAPS spokesperson Harish Patel
said.
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6. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES:
Tue, 12 Jun
2007 09:54:45 +1000
SaiRam,
Our humble
pranams to the holy feet of Sainath maharaj. We heartily Thank you for the Best wishes and Greetings. The 3 day event
went well with Baba's grace and Blessings. On thing for sure, Baba was with us
all through the event, never letting us go down.
The weather in Sydney over last one
week was terrible with high winds, rain, chilly nights. With the large scale
preparations, limited covered space at the Mandir and volunteers stretched to
the limit, we had our own doubts how we can accomodate the visitors in such bad
weather.
We left everything to Baba and
challenged HIM, "It’s YOUR Big Day, and it’s YOUR duty to keep your
children comfortable and enjoy the day". (At times we have to challenge
Baba to see quick results).
Baba played HIS trick here, though
heavy rain was forecast until late Sunday, all clouds cleared by Saturday
evening, bit overcast on Sunday and a glorious sunny day on Monday. So, the
main day event went well with true festive spirit.
Thanks once again for your warm
Wishes and Blessings.
With Kind Regards
In the Humble service of Samarth
Sainath Maharaj
Ramabhadra Rao Abbineni
For & on behalf of Sai Mandir
Sydney
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7. SAI WITH CHILDREN:
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Smt. Madhu Gopal Ravada, Saidarbar, Hyderabad.
Hello Children! I am Madhu aunty. Do
you know Baba use to play with children and used to tell stories to them? I
felt children visiting Saidarbar should be entertained with good stories. Now I
want to tell the stories what heard in my child hood.
THE
GOLDEN BIRD
Long long ago there was a great
king. He had a large beautiful pond in his palace. There, many beautiful golden
colored swans had made their home. Once in a month, these swans used a drop of
golden feather for the king to keep. In return, the king let them stay in the
pond and some servants used to feed the swans every day. One day golden water –
bird flew to the pond. He made the pond his home. He had feathers of pure gold
all over his body. When other swans saw this, they felt very jealousy. They
felt threatened by the arrival of new, uninvited guest to the pond. They called
a meeting. When the discussion began one of the swans said, “Friends we give
only one gold feather to the king once a month. But this golden bird has so
many that surely the King will start preferring him to us. We will be no longer
important or valuable for the king. If we want to keep our importance and value
as usual, we must chase this bird away.” The other swans agreed to him in
unison. So one of them went to the golden bird and said, “Please will you go
and make your home in a some other pond? We are afraid
that your presence will lessen our value in the eyes of the king. He will care
only for you and we will be left unattended.”
But the golden bird was a stubborn
one. He insisted on staying in that pond only. Soon an argument began which
soon changed into a major fight. When the servants saw the swans fighting with
the golden bird, they went and told the king. The king ordered “Go and cage the
swans. They are being foolish to fight with a guest like this. They must be
taught a lesson.” When the servants approached the pond with cages, an old swan
saw them. He warned the others, “Quick, get ready to fly off. The king’s men
are here to catch us. He must have heard of our fights.” So all the swans took flight and flew away
from the pond. So by not accepting a guest they had lost their home and
comforts provided in the palace pond.
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8. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA
On 5/16/07
Sai Ram. Let us continue with the Spiritual
Gems from Sri Sai Satcharitra. As usual, SSS represents Sri Sai Satcharitra and
SSG represents Sai Spiritual Gems. Sai Ram.
SSG: Sai Ram! What a great Guru Bhakti! We
all should fall down and prostrate at the feet of Kakasaheb Dixit! In a few
sentences, he defined the role of a sishya with respect to Guru. While
questioning with intent to understand is OK, questioning with intent to show
Guru in poor light and or to show off one's own knowledge and disobedience to
Guru's instructions are the result of an impure and so immature ego. In one of
the later chapters, Sai Sadguru differentiates nicely between prasna and
pariprasna by explaining to Nanasaheb Chandorkar, another great devotee of Sai,
the meaning of a sloka in Bhagawat Gita. What Sri Kakasaheb told above is fully
in agreement with what Sri Krishna told His disciple Arjuna in Sri Bhagawat
Gita (Leave aside all dharmas and surrender to me...BG, 18 - 65, 66) and what
Sri Siva told to His consort Sri Pravati in Sri Guru Gita. Sai Ram.
SSS: Then Baba said to Kakaseheb, that He
would Himself do the offering and killing business. It was settled that the
goat should be disposed of near a place called Takkya, where fakirs used to
sit. When the goat was being removed to that place, it fell dead on the way.
SSG: Sai Ram. Baba knew all along that the
goat was about to die on its own and used it just to convey some deep spiritual
lessons to us, His humble and ignorant devotees. Sai Ram.
SSS: Hemadpant closes the Chapter with a
classification of disciples. He says that they are of three kinds: (1) First or
best (2) Second or middling and (3) Third or ordinary. The best kind of
disciples are those who guess what their Gurus want and immediately carry it
out and serve them without waiting for an order from them. The average
disciples are those who carry out the orders of their Masters to a letter,
without any delay, and the third kind of disciples are those, who go on
postponing the carrying out of their orders and making mistakes at every step.
SSG: Sai Ram. It is possible to become the
First type of disciple only when the mind is fully merged with Sri Guru and
thus logic takes a back seat and intuition is in full flow. Then, there is no
need for verbal communication. A wonderful example of this kind of non-verbal
communication is represented by Sri Dakshina Moorty (the South facing avatar of
Sri Siva), who sits under a tree and is faced by Sanaka, Sanandana and other
great Sages. Sri Dakshina Moorty is an eternally young lad of 16 years and
teaches or clarifies all the doubts of the sages who are thousands if not
millions of years old. And the communication takes place in Samadhi, silence,
where there is no need for words and all the doubts of the sages get resolved.
When the mental waves subside and mind becomes free of the Vrittis (thought
patterns which are like waves in the sea), true knowledge remains and doubts
subside. Sai Ram.
SSS: The disciples should have firm faith,
backed up by intelligence and if they add patience to these, their spiritual
goal will not be distant. Control of breath -- ingoing and outgoing, or
Hath-Yoga or other difficult practices are not at all necessary. When the
disciples get the above-mentioned qualities, they become ready for further
instructions and the Masters then appear and lead them on, in their spiritual
path to perfection.
SSG: Sai Ram. Shri Hemadpant stresses one
of the oft-repeated truisms of spirituality that when the disciple is ready,
Guru comes. What is required from the disciple is sraddha and saburi. Sai Ram.
SSS: In the next Chapter we will deal with
Baba's interesting wit and humour.
Bow to Shri Sai
- Peace be to all
S.V.Swamy
Author, Editor,
Proof-Reader and Book Reviewer
www.freewebs.com/swamyreviews
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9. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES:
Tue, 22 May 2007 11:50:45 +0530
nahin chahiye etna sukh jo tera nam bhula de sai
mujhe chahiye woh aansu jo teri yad dila de sai
sai nam ke moti chunkar mein ek mala banati
usko pahan kar mein khud ko hi bhulati
mujhe chahiye woh mala jo tujhe se mila de sai
nahin chahiye....................................
sai teri lagan lagi aab chain na pauon es jag mein
aake aab tu hi sanbhal bahut ganvaya hai es jag mein
hanin chaniya eesa jag jo aapno ko hi mitatha ha sai
mujhe chahiya ................................
Sudha Vohra
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10. LETTERS
FROM SAIDEVOTEES:
On 6/10/07
I enjoyed reading the magazine
in this simple format of just scrolling down and enjoying reading. I always
look forward to its new issue. Thanks.
Jai Sai Ram
Charanjit kaur
Brar
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On 6/3/07
OMSAIRAM,
All Glories to Sadguru Maharaj, who
constantly showers his blessings to humanity and his devotees. Great are his
leelas and we are happy when we see him crossing the seven seas to bring us
relief and succour
Many thanks for all those doing Seva
to keep this website kicking and alive, as many people wait for the Thursday
news letter with great eagerness.
Navind
Monika Shivitee Ritcha
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On 5 Jun 2007
06:26:05 -0000
Jai Sai Ram,
All the photographs of Shirdi Sai is Amazing n colored background pages, instead of the normal
white pages are really good and fantastic. Thanks for sending me this mail. I m really thankful to you from the very bottom of my heart.
I m also sending you some pictures of Shirdi Sai & Sathya
Sai Baba. Please check it out.
Sai Daughter
Shikha Kohli.
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Wed, 30 May 2007 11:31:13 -0000
This is grate time to join in this
group.
SaiRam.
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Response
for “The Glory of Shirdi Sai” E- Magazine in the 3d page turning NEW FORMAT
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Jai Sairam,
Many Blessings on all your good works. Your
Glory of Shirdi Sai brings Sainath ever closer. Thank you. Please continue to
send me Glory of Shirdi Sai in the email. Thank you.
Dobby Sommer
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:33:26 40500
This is a wonderful e-magazine.
Please keep on adding new and more devotees
experiences.
Dips
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On Sat, 21 Apr
2007 09:10:46 40500
I am very delighted to see this site. It’s a
very good and new way of getting information about Baba.
Jyoti Bahl
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On Thu, 19 Apr
2007 22:57:43 40500
Wonderful site especially bhajans adds a new
flavor. Especially on Thursdays it feels as though we are in Sai Mandir.
Jai Sai ram
Suryakala
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On Fri, 20 Apr
2007 04:21:00 40500
Sai Ram
My hearty congratulations on your great efforts to make the e-magazine alive
and interesting. My prayers to Sai for a long prosperous and healthy blessed
life to all the team responsible for the holy service
VENKATASUBRAMANIAN
G
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On Thu, 19 Apr
2007 19:19:51 40500
Thanks for giving us more
opportunities to understand Sai's teachings.
Jayaraman R. G
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On Fri, 25 May
2007 17:32:36 40500,
SaiRam, I prayed Baba for one work
to happen and that work happened, I am very happy.
Ramana.
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On Thu, 17 May
2007 23:24:32 40500
I am very happy by e-magazine. It
brings the essence of Sai Baba philosophy. Carry on the good work.
Thanks
Mohan Kumar
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On Thu, 17 May
2007 16:27:03 40500
Many thanks to
the creator of this e-magazine, where you can read all about Shree Sadguru
Sainath. Love and peace to all,
God bless to all.
Mrs. Shital
Joshi
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On Thu, 17 May
2007 18:20:34 40500
It is really nice to read this e-magazine
and feel full of divinity and Baba's grace on all of us. Thanks you for giving
us such a beautiful magazine.
Regards
Vallimohan
Musti
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12. SAI'S BOOK WORLD:
Title: Sai
Baba The Master
Author:
Pujya Acharya Ekkirala Bharadwaja
Sri Gurupaduka Publications, M.M.Donka
Ongole – 523 002 -A.P
Email: masteruniversal@yahoo.com
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Title: Scribblings of A
Shirdi Sai Devotee
Author:
Suresh Chandra Gupta
Sai Security Printers Limited,
Suresh Chandra Gupta
‘Sai Sadan’ F-5 Green Park Main, New
Delhi – 110 016
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Title: Sri Sadguru Sainatha Sagunopasana
Author: K. J. Bhishma
Shri Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi
P.O Shirdi Dist. Ahmednagar Maharashtra
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