Swami's Grace

This is the story of the son of Ratibhai Patel of Southhampton Sai Centre, U.K.

Ratibhai's son, Kishore, once visited a devotee who wanted to throw a statue of Amba Ma (the Divine Mother) in the waters of a flowing river because the hand of the idol was broken.  Kishore volunteered to take this statue home to mend it but his father was reluctant to accept the broken image as he thought it was a bad omen.

Kishore said to his father, "If my mother's hand was broken or amputated, would we throw her away?  I must bring this image home and will join the hand and make it perfect again."

He did exactly what he said.  During the period of mending the statue and painting it, Kishore started to lose his sight and became blind.  The family went to Prasanthi Nilayam and prayed to Beloved Swami.  The compassionate and loving Baba restored Kishore's sight in the interview room!  Ratibhai thanked Swami and asked for His kind permission to install a temple in their home in Wolverhampton, which would be used to serve devotees selflessly.

Through Beloved Swami's Grace, within a short time, a beautiful temple was installed in their home.  Thousands of devotees have visited this temple where many leelas have taken place, and is well known among devotees throughout the U.K.

(From the book "Sai Smaran" by Dr. D.J. Gadhia)