Jai Meher Baba to you all! We have been so busy! In fact, I decided to look at our statistics to see what the numbers were this pilgrim season. We have had 200 pilgrims (our full capacity) four different days. This of course does not count the Amartithi period when we had 300 pilgrims. Then I looked at how many days we had 150 pilgrims or more-24 days. I did not count days where we had 149 or less... »
8 March 1934 Baba paid a visit to Nasik on 8 March, leaving at 3:30 P.M. with Adi Sr. in his Pontiac, along with Rustom and Sailor. Baba met Freiny and her children, visited Circle Cinema and the homes of the Talatis and Edke, before returning the following afternoon. He went to see King Kong at Sarosh Cinema, before returning to Meherabad. 8 March 1947 On 8 March, Don drove Baba in a car to conta... »
7 March 1928 On 7 March, Baba gave final instructions to him about his trip, telling him, “You may go to as many cricket and football matches as you like; you can go to the cinema. Just accept all the invitations that come your way, and speak about me to those you meet. Then my work will be done.” Rustom left Meherabad that evening and sailed from Bombay three days later. He was the fi... »
6 March 1929 Baba’s crypt-cabin was being rebuilt in stone at this time, and at 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, 6 March 1929, the opening ceremony of the new pucca (permanent) room was performed. A tea party was held in celebration on the platform outside the Tomb with gramophone records being played and sweets distributed, brought by Adi from Ahmednagar. 6 March 1960 The public darshan was held on ... »
5 March 1933 Baba paid a visit to the district of Bhor on Sunday, 5 March 1933, having been invited by the maharaja there. He stopped first at Lonavla, where Ghani and Tyebali arranged tea and breakfast. After a brief stop at Nilu’s in Poona, Baba went on to Bhor where he was received grandly and hundreds came for his darshan. Baba went to Kolhapur the next day, meeting with his lovers at th... »
4 March 1935 Seeking a more pleasant climate Baba shifted to Nasik with the women mandali early in the morning on Monday, 4 March 1935 to spend the hot summer months (March through May) there. They traveled in two buses. Kalingad drove Baba and the women in one, and Bhiwa drove the other with Daulatmai, her infant grandson Beheram, Jalbhai and Chhagan. Masaji rode in the front seat of KalingadR... »
3 March 1930 Leaving Madras on 3 March, in one of the buses and a car, they proceeded towards Bangalore. On the way, Baba remarked that there was a sixth-plane wali in Mysore who had been born as a wali. Sadashiv told Baba that he had read in the newspaper about a man in Mysore who remembers his past life. “He recognizes his previous parents, their home and every detail,” Sadashiv rela... »
2 March 1953 Baba crosses the Ganges near Rishikesh in a small rowboat. In order to pay his respects to sadhus residing on the other side. 2 March 1954 Baba left Rajahmundry for Kakinada at 1:00 P.M. on 2 March 1954. On his way, he gave darshan in the village of Thapeshwaram in the Satchitananda Theosophical Lodge, where a program had been arranged. There, at two o’clock in the afternoon, th... »
28 February 1931 On Saturday, 28 February 1931, Baba performed the opening ceremony of Rustom’s new movie theater in Nasik. At the hands of the Master of the Universal Cinema, the Circle Cinema was officially declared open. A Charlie Chaplin comedy, Shoulder Arms, and another film were shown. 28 February 1963 In Andhra, on Friday, 28 February 1963 at 7:00 A.M., Maharani Shantadevi declared ... »