Well, I just wish to share something regarding this - a hint given by Bhagvan earlier that Bhagvan shall become very distant and HIS Darshans would become rare. So many books stand testimony to the fact and the incident I am about to share was told to us in the hostels Parayanm session by one teacher whose colleague was involved in this, it approves the fact that its true.
In the year 2000 when there was Purna Kumbha mela held in Allahabad [Purna kumbha mela/fair is the most holy ceremony takes place once in 12 years on earth according to the Sanathana Dharma] Swami came in the evening for Darshan and had been speaking to the students and staff as usual. Suddenly the course of talks lead to the then ongoing Kumbh mela, and Swami very seriously asked 2 of the teachers present there to go and attend it. To which the teachers replied saying Swami when You in Your Physical form are here, I don't see any need to go there at all. But Swami pressed hard on it and they agreed to it saying they don't wish to stay there for long.
They went there, bathed in the Holy Ganges at Sangam and were returning. Just while strolling back,
they let there eyes wander at the surroundings. They saw many ascetics and holy men gathered there, and deliberately the thought crossed their mind that not all of them can be fake but if it is so then how come they are not there in Parthi where God Himself has descended. Are they even aware of it? - they wondered. Suddenly then they heard somebody calling out to them by name (to one of them of course). They spun and saw that one Sadhu Maharaj, whom they had seen seconds before - lost in deep meditation, had summoned them. As soon as they went near him, he said - "Beta! Haven't you been coming from Puttaparthi? Don't you ever underestimate HIM. He is THE Direct descendant of Shiva-Shakti...!!!" One of the teacher said - Pardon me Maharaj! But if you are aware of this then what purpose does it serve you to be elsewhere but in Parthi?" That holy man replied firmly - " O' you dear! HE hasn't allowed us to come there. The day HE Does so, this Kumbh mela would be held in Parthi....But our time is fast approaching. You! (he pointed to that teacher) Are you not the one who sits right next to HIS chair? Soon you shall find me there instead and you would be meters away, along with others. For that would be the closest for you to get ...."
Abhishek Narayan Acharya
Prasanthi Nilayam.
