Bangaru

Swami very often calls His devotees, Bangaru....

Bangaram in Telugu means Gold. And Bangaru means embodiments of Bangaram, the gold. It is always blissful, to have a chance to be called by Bhagavan as Bangaru.

I wish to narrate a wonderful situation during the days when the Gold foil fixing works were going on in Sai Kulwant Hall. After the foils were fixed with the epoxy, the workers would brush them so that the excess lose gold flakes could be removed from the surface. The weightless flakes would be floating in the air. Much of them will get deposited on the hair, face and upper side of the workers’ body, and will be sparkling with gold flakes. The devotees sitting for morning darhsan in the hall, used to feel extremely happy to pick up the loose gold flakes from the floor.

One day the workers came down from the scaffoldings and stood across Swami’s path folding their hands. Swami looked at them all, elaborately with mischievous smile on His face. He turned towards me and quipped, “I call my devotees, Bangaru. But here these boys are covered full of Gold. Real Bangarus! Ha... ha.... ha... ha....”, Swami started laughing aloud enjoying himself on the joke uttered by Himself.

Me too enjoyed the situation and joined Bhagavan in the laughter. Don’t you think these are some rare Divine occasions?

With Love & Regards, Bombay Sriniasan