'OM SAI. SRI SAI, JAI JAI SAI' Sri Shirdi Sai Baba (1838-1981) was the first Sai Avatar (incarnation) in the Sai Trinity. Sri Sathya Sai Baba (1926-2011) came eight years after him and Prema Sai Baba, the third Sai Baba, it is widely believed by devotees, will be coming in very near future in this 21" century itself, to finish the uncompleted divine role of the three Sai incarnations.

I have had the privilege of coming under the umbrella of the divine grace of both Sri Shirdi Sai Baba and Sri Sathya Sai Baba from 1974. I too have many personal experiences of receiving their miraculous divine help, and also I have had the fortune of serving them by writing a number of books on them.

It was due to Sri Shirdi Sai Baba's grace that I have had the rare fortune of coming in contact with many of His eminent old devotees like (Late) T. R. Naidu of Hyderabad, (Late) B. Umamaheswar Rao of Guntur, (Late) T. A. Ram Nathen of Sarangabad (West Bengal), (Late) A. Somasundaram, Founder, Divine Centre, Markapur, Sri H. D. Laxman Swami of Bangalore, (Late) Tamilian lady saint Shivamma Thayee of Reopens Agrahum ashram, Bangalore who had been privileged to have the darshan of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba many times during 1904-1918, (Late) M. R. Raghunathan of Chennai, (Late) Sitammal 'Baba Patti' of Chennai, who according to Sri Agasthiar naadi (palm leaf) records was the then living incarnation of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba's mother Devagiriamma, Chakor Ajgaonkar, Former Editor, Sai Leela, monthly journal of Shri Sai Baba Sansthan (Trust), Shirdi, etc.

With the motivation, blessings and kind help of Sri Laxman Swami Ji I could meet and interview the then 102 year old Shivamma Thayee and write a book on her and also write my book 'Sri Shirdi Sai Baba: The Universal Master' originally published by Sterling Publisher in 1994 and later published by a different publisher in 2007 and became one of the bestselling books on Sai Baba.

With the kind motivation and help provided by Sri M. R Raghunathan, I got the rare opportunities of meeting the famous Naadi astrologer Jyothida Ratna Dr. A. Karunakaran of Sri Sughar Agusthiar Naadi Jyothida Nilayam, 14, Mannar (Reddy) Street, T. Nagar, Chennai and getting the details of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba's original horoscope which was available with him in naadi (palm leaf) records, then going to meet and interview the then 84 year old Baba Paatti" and her 54 year old daughter P. Rajeswari in November 1996.

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