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56. BABA FULFILLED THE DESIRE OF SHRI SADU BHAIYA NAIK OF HARDA Once in 1915, Baha sent His photo which was in Dixit wada through Balakram and Muktaram to Sadu Bhaiya Naik of Karda. This Baba's photo reached on 8-2-1915 Monday. On the next Thursday, Rudhrabishekam and Puja to Baba's photo were performed and placed on the Simhasanam and Annadanam was also done. At that time, Muktaram climbed on the roof of a place like a gallary to hoist the flag- The place where he stood was such a dangerous place. Even then, he stood there and pulled 3/4th the length of the flag when his hand pained and at that time Baba in Dwarakamayee asked his neighbour to molish His hand. After molish Baba told Alia Malik Karibonka vali hai-Allase Bada Koinahi (Alia Malik is the savior of the poor and no one is greater than Allah). After this utterance of Baba in Dwarakamayee Muktaram in Harda was able to hoist the flag fully 'without any danger as expected by others. Plague spread severely in Harda. AH were leaving their houses fearing for pleague. Sadu Bhaiya had gone to his village Brahmingaum which is seven miles from Harda leaving Baba's Photo and his father in his house at Harda. Sadu Bhaiya Naik wrote to Baba whether he has to shift Baba's photo. Baba replied in negative and ordered him "to perform puja to the photo daily and go back to Brahimgaom", Baba called his father to Shirdi and his father came to Shirdi, One day two rats found dead near Baba's photo. Sadu again wrote a letter to Baba and consulted Him. Baba replied that "Allah Malik was there, why should we fear for it?" Though the rats were found dead, nothing was happened. Afterwards he shifted his house from Harda to Indore as he was settled in Indore for his job. This photo was also taken to Indore. In 1937 after Baba's Mahasamadhi Baba appeared in his dream in Indore and told him that his leg below the knee was eaten away by white ants. Next day, he saw Baba's photo was eaten away by worms as pointed out by Baba. He removed the frame, cleaned the Photo in tact and worshipped daily. This clearly shows that wherever Baba's photo exist, Baba exists there. Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!
57. BABA SATISFIED THE WISHES OF SHRI G.G. NARKE AND MADE HIM AS HIS DEVOTEE Shri G.G. Narke came first to Shirdi in 1910 to take Baba's darshan. He went to Shri Sal Baba in Mosque and prostrated placing his head on Baba's feet. Then baba said "what I do you worship a man?”At once he retreated to some distance and st quiet. He recognised his past attitudes that men should not be worshipped. After some time, Baba gently beckoned him to approach him. Thus encouraged, he went and placed his head on Baba's feet. Baba at once hugged him, made him sit close to Him and then addressed him "you are my child. When others (i. e.) strangers are in the company, we keep the children off". Then he felt the full face of Baba’s deep and intense love for him and his heart responded to it and ascertained that Baba was his saviour, his Guru and the man of his destiny found at last. He used to reside with Radhakrishna Mai. In 1913, Baba told him that his father-in-law would build a dagadi wada (stone-edifice) at Shirdi and that he would be in charge of it. His father-in-law Shri Gopal Rao Buty has built the Dagadi wad a in 1915-18 and he was made in charge of it in 1919 as Baba foretold in 1913. He was permanently settled in 1917 as Professor of Geology and Chemistry in Poona. Baba used to get sweetmeat from a Halwayi shop for Naivedya. One day in 1916 there lay a corpse, a plague stricken corpse. Plague was raging at Shirdi. Baba asked him to go and get the sweetmeat from his shop. He went and told (the wife who was weeping) about Baba's order. She pointed to the corpse and asked him to take the sweetmeat from the Almirah. He took it with trembling and with fear that he might catch the infection and others too. That sweetmeat given as Naivedya. Baba told him you think that you will live if you away from Shirdi and that you would die if you stay at Shirdi. That is not so. Whosoever destined to be struck will be struck. Whosoever is to die will die, whosoever is to be caressed will be caressed". Thus Baba encouraged him when plague enraged in Shirdi and thus Baba infused faith in His devotee by bold defiance of sanitary precautions. This shows Baba's words are the supreme factor than any other things. Surrender Shri Sat Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !! 58. BABA FULFILLED THE DESIRE OF SHRI S.B. DHUMAL B.A.L.L.B., NASIK AFTER TRIAL I was first devoted to Shri Gajanan Maharaj. I went to Shri Sai Baba in 1907. I was greatly impressed with his extraordinary personality. I took Srimant Gopal Rao Buty to Shri Sai Baba who built (Dagadi wada) present Baba's Samadhi Mandir. Once Baba told me "At every step of yours, I am taking care of you. If I did not, what will become of you, God knows". I have lived with my wife in my ancestral house of mine in the main road, Nasik. When plague broke out and dead rats found in the house, I wrote to Baba's directions. After receiving Baba's reply, I removed to a bungalow at Nasik. But the same night a dead rat was found near the bed of my brother's son at the bungalow. Again I wrote to Baba's directions. The reply was in the negative. Later, dead rats were found in the servant's quarters, in the houses, in the neighborhood and lastly in the well from which we draw water for drinking and cooking etc. At this, I wrote at once to Baba's directions for permission and in anticipation which I consider as certain, I packed up all our things and carted them off to the house and was just trying to lock the door when a postal letter from Shirdi was delivered to me. Baba's reply was, "why should we give up (change) our residence". I obeyed His advice and immediately went to the infected bungalow and lived in. As for water, I avoided the well water and getting water from Godavari, Even though there were fourteen or fifteen deaths per day due to plague, we were-safe by the grace of Baba. I lost my wife in 1909. As per Baba's order I performed her monthly masik at Shirdi. I was aged 36, without issue. My friends and well wishers compelled me to marry again. I replied to all that I have to act as per Baba's advice I have not married again.
There
have always been party feelings and factions at Shirdi as in most villages. One
Raghu a servitor of Baba and five others were arrested on a charge of outraging the
modesty of a marwari woman and on the direct evidence of a number of eye witnesses,
they were convicted to six months imprisonment. Tatya Patil's sympathy was on the
side of the accused. He took a copy of the judgement and papers to eminent lawyers
like the Hon. G S. Kapharde, Shri Kakasaheb Dixit and Rao Bahadur H. V. Sathe who
were at Shirdi. These people found, the Judgement strong and gave little hope of
success in the appeal Then Baba told Tatya Patil "Go to Bhau (S. B. Dhumal)" Tatya
Patil came to Regarding public work, I may first mention that I was the first non-official President of the Nasik District local Board (Nominated by Government) and that I served in the capacity from 1-11-1917 to 13-5-1925. I had personally to sign thousands of papers myself without the use of a facsimile seal. On account of this work my legal practice reduced and my income became less. In recognition of my service I was awarded Rao Bahadur sanad in 1927. One day when papers were before me, a visitor for whom I had much regard came in and stayed talking till midnight and so the signature have to be postponed till the next day. The next morning I found no time and I was leaving the town. I sent back the papers to office. When I returned to the town that night, i found only that day's papers brought for my signature and when I wanted the previous day papers, I found that they bore my signatures. I could not guess as to how the thousands of signatures have been affixed in the papers. I had no other explanation for it except Baba and his Superhuman Powers. In 1915, I was offered the Public Prosecutor ship at Nasik and I wrote at once to Baba. Quickly came the reply "your former work is good. Do not accept the new one". I declined the offer. I was given by Baba His Photo saying "keep it". This is the very thing my heart was desiring, to get Baba's Portrait touched by him and given to me for purposes of worship. This is now with me as a personal gift by Baba to me and I regard it with great veneration. Surrender Shri Sai Completely Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there ! I 59. BABA FULFILLED THE DESIRE OF CHILIM SMOKERS Baba required only two or three chillum per year. The cost of one chillum was 2 pie. But Baba placed a heap of chillum in a corner of the Masjid (Dwarakamayee). Even if Baba refused this, the pot maker (Kumbhar) gave two hundred or three hundred chillums and stored as a heap in the corner of the Dwarakamayee and received money from Baba. One day, B. V. Deo went for Baba's darshan in the afternoon. Baba was there alone cleaning the chillum. On seeing the heap of chillum, Deo asked Baba "Baba you required only two or three chillum per year. Why you have stored so many chillum?'* Baba replied "what you have told is correct in respect of devotees coming here for smoking. But about the smoking devotees who took away the chillum unseen, are chillums not required to them ?" That is why, I stored them there. Surrender Shri Sai Completely \ Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there 60. BABA DRIVEN OUT CHOLERA FROM SHIRDI Baba once told to Appa Kulkarni "that thieves would come and fight with you as they were very clever in selecting persons and would take away only what they wanted. Beware of it". Kulkarni thought that Baba told about thieves and made arrangements for safeguarding all his properties. But Baba's dictum was otherwise. At that time cholera was raging in Shirdi. Kulkarni himself suffered from Cholera. His wife came to Baba for Udi. Baba did not give Udi to her told "that he would change his shirt before me. Let him do", Afterwards Appa Kulkarni died of Cholera. People gone to Baba for remedy. Baba told them not to fear for Cholera, only seven will die of Cholera. Accordingly, seven died and the Cholera ceased by Baba's grace. Surrender Shri Sai Completely!! stupendous Delectations and Deliverance be thereH 61. BABA CONTROLLED THE BLAZING FIRE AND SAFE GUARDED THE PROPERTIES OF HIS DEVOTEES FROM FIRE Once in Shirdi, Kendya's granary in the field caught fire during midday. Baba told him to go to the field and see to its closure. He has gone and returned saying that there was no fire in the field. Again Baba told him look there the blaze of the fire, your granary caught fire, go with people put up the fire. At that time wind was blowing like a storm, other granary owners came to Baba and prayed Baba to save their granaries. Baba took water in a tumbler and thrown it away saying "that this granary alone would be burnt” other granaries won't be burnt. Likewise, Kondya's granary alone was burnt to ashes. Other granaries were saved by Baba's grace. Surrender Shri Sai Completely!! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !! 62. BABA STOPPED THE RETURN JOURNEY OF SHRI NANASAHEB CHANDORKAR AFTER HIS PERMISSION AND ASTONISHED OTHERS In 1906 Rao Bahadur Chinthaman Vinayak Vaidya a friend of Shri Nanasaheb Chandorkar gone to Shirdi for Baba's darshan. After the congress session of 1906 in Calcutta was over, he returned and during his return journey, he got down at Manmad and he was on his way to Shirdi. At the same time, after finishing X-mas vacation with Baba, Nanasaheb Chandorkar requested Baba to return. Baba told him to go tomorrow after meals. The next day, after meals he packed all his Samans in the tonga and came to Baba for permission. Baba told "where are you going ? Your stout youth friend was coming to Shirdi"? At that time, the time was 4 P.M. At about 4-20 P.M. Vinayak Vaidya arrived at Shirdi and gone to Baba for darshan. He saw there Nanasaheb Chandorkar with Baba. All were astonished that Baba not even finished his prediction about Vaidya's arrival, than Vaidya arrived. They both have gone to Bombay on the next day after Baba's permission. At that time Baba told to Nanasaheb Chandorkar that there was a guava fruit grove with best fruits (Peru in Marathi). All have eaten about 20 or 25 each. On the next day, I have spoiled the grove". This meant that Baba turned the domestic life of his devotees into spiritual life. Sunendcr Shri Sai Completely I Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !! 63. BABA MADE SHRI SAGUN MERU NAIK TO REALISE HIS FAULT One day Baba was wrath with Sagun Meru Naik when he gone for Baba's darshan and scolded him that he has not done what He asked for. Naik did not know the meaning of Baba's words first and then on deep thinking he became to know that somebody may be without food and that is why Baba became angry with him. He gone and enquired in the wada. There were two devotees who have not taken their food. Naik fed them in his hotel and then gone to Baba. Baba then smilingly asked him "Have you now understood the meaning of My words. Be always act like that for ever". Out of the two devotees one was always chanting the name of "Ram Murti Maharaj" who belongs to Nath Panth. He came previously in 1910 to take darshan of Baba. At that time Baba told to the devotees that His brother was coming to see him and on a witty mood that on account of quarrel with his wife, he was far away. At that time Marthanda Bhagat and Shri Nanasaheb Chandorkar were present. Ram Maruthi stayed in Shirdi. One day at Arati time, Baba beckoned him to come near him and made him alinganam made him to sit in His seat. One day Ram Murthi requested Baba for seera Prasad. On the next day Ram Murthi's seera Prasad came and Baba ordered to offer that Naivedyam first. Baba and Ram Maruthi were so intimate and made him to stay for fourteen days. At this time, Triambak Rao Karnik of Kalyan came to Baba's darshan and Baba told him to read ''Ishavasy Upanishad" and act accordingly in the presence of Ram Murthi Maharaj. Baba allowed Ram Muruthi Maharaj to go on the fifteenth day to his place in Kalyan along with Triambak Rao Karnik. Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there \ \ 64. BABA CHANGED THE SKEPTIC OF SHRI TATYA SAHEB NOOLKAR AND GIVEN HIM SADGATI Shri Satya Saheb Noolkar was a skeptic having no belief in God and Saints. He was a Sub-Judge at Pandharpur in 1909. At that time Shri Nanasaheb Chandorkar was Mamlatdar at Pandharpur. He used to meet Noolkar often and requested him to go to Shirdi for Baba's darshan. After a prolong request, he accepted to visit Shirdi on condition that he require a brahmin cook, a basket of Nagpur oranges for presentation, he won't remove his pant and shoes at the time of Baba's darshan and that he won't bow to Baba. Nanasaheb Chandorkar accepted to these conditions. A brahmin cook came to Nanasaheb Chandorkar and he sent him to Noojkar. A basket full of Nagpur oranges arrived in Noolkar's name and the sender's name not known. After these conditions fulfilled, both have gone to Shirdi. When Noolkar saw Baba from a distance, he hesitated to go with shoes and pant. He removed them and gone to Baba for darshan. On seeing Noolkar, Baba asked Nanasaheh Chandorkar "How you have brought this mad man to me" Noolkar understood Baba's question and Chandorkar told Noolkar that Baba was a pitiable Saint and that He will clear your doubt and make you to walk in the right path- On the second day, they came to Baba for darshan. On seeing Noolkar, Baba scolded him and necked him to a pillar nearby and driven him away from that place. Baba was appeared at that time as "Narasimhavatar", All have vacated the place, gradually Noolkar and Chandorkar also vacated the place. Noolkar told Chandorkar about Baba's words. Chandorkar told that Baba has scolded your bad time and it would go away by the scolding of Baba and that Baba would never do undo things to anybody. He would always help His devotees. On the same nigh1" at about 2 A.M. Noolkar awakened to chew betel and betel nut. But there was no betel and betel nut with him. He woke Chandorkar and requested for betel and betel nut. Chandorkar told that as it was dead of night, no betel and betel nut was available then and requested Noolkar to sleep. At that time Baba sent a devotee with betel and betel nut to Sathe's wada to handover it to the person to whom it was required then and the devotee handed-over it to Noolkar and went away. After hearing the words of Baba from the devotee regarding this incident, Noolkar was over helmed with affection to Baba and realised that Baba was not an ordinary soul He was omnipotent. On the 3rd day, when Noolkar came to Baba for darshan and worship, Baba asked him to worship a pillar pointing to it in Dwara-kamayee. Noolkar accepted and enquired Madhav Rao about this. Madhav Rao told Baba "Deva Why do Noolkar worship the pillar when you are bodily here?" Baba told that the game thing to Madhav Rao, Nanasaheb Chandorkar and Noolkar. Madhavarao perused the panchangam and known that day was the Guru Poornima day. All requested Baba, that as the day was the Guru Poornima day we all have to worship you as our Guru. Baba yielded to their request. From that day onwards, and it is on account of this Noolkar, devotees began to worship Baba on Guru Poornima day. Tatya Saheb Noolkar stayed in Shirdi for about six months. He often requested Baba to give permission to return to his home. Baba was vexed with his presence and asked him to go with contempt without knowing the meaning of Baba's words, Noolkar prepared to go and gone to some distance. Then Baba called him back and told him. "THAT he may burry Him and then go". Noolkar consulted Mhalasapathy about this. Mhalasapathy told Noolkar that Baba meant "That some evil days were ahead of you'’ and that Baba told like that. Accordingly all on a sudden one day Noolkar suffered and died at 2 A.M. afrer drinking Baba's Pada Thirtham and thus Baka gave Sadgati to Noolkar. Surrender Shri Sai Completely !! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !! 65. BABA'S INTIMACY WITH TATYA KOTE PATIL Baba used to wrestle with Ganpat Kote Patil on occasion. Tatya lifted Baba with his one hand. Baba would say leave me or else I would fall. Then Tatya would leave Baba smilingly. Tatya would take away his turban and tie it on Baba's head as a King's Turban. He would put his upper cloth on Baba's body and show a mirror to Baba to see himself in the mirror. After seeing in the mirror, Baba would act and imitate as to how Tatya used to do and would ask the mirror whether Tatya would do the same things. Afterwards Baba would remove all these things and handed over to Tatya. All on a sudden Baba would wake up and caught hold of Tatya's feet. As on account of this action of Baba, Tatya would get and questioned Baba "what were all these Deva". Baba told "you did not know anything, keep quiet" and again he would bow to Tatya Kote with folded hands and saying "Jai Deva, Jai Deva" For this Tatya used to tell "Salam Alekum" with salute. Once Baba gave Rs. 4/- to Tatya to purchase betel leaves and Jujube from Rahata Bazar. Tatya Kote bought them from Rahata and given to Baba. Baba gave the Jujube to Mhalasapathy and Tatya to eat. Tatya told to Baba "that he would not eat unless Baba ate". Baba told that the would not eat unless Tatya ate and requested Tatya to eat it. Tatya taken away all the Jujube to his house. Tatya as usual brought roti to Baba during night along with the Jugube. Baba again asked Tatya to eat it. Tatya repeated the same thing that he would not eat unless Baba ate. Baba repeated the same thing that Tatya should eat first. Having got vexed, Tatya thrown away the Jujube and gone to Chawadi angrily and attended Tamasha there. Baba sent Mhalasapathy to fetch Tatya to Dwarakatmayee. Tatya came to Dwarakamayee and repeated the same thing to Baba. Baba refused. Again Tatya gone to Chawadi. Baba sent Mhalasapathy to fetch Tatya. Mhalasapathy gone and told Tatya that Baba don't allow him to sleep and that he should come and eat Jujube. Tatya came again to Dwarakamayee and told the same thing to Baba. Then Baba ate one or two Jujube and then Tatya ate some and slept in Dwarakamayee along with Baba. On another occasion, Baba given to Tatya the Kolamba Prasad to eat. Tatya refused to eat it and told Baba that as the day was Sivarathri, he was observing fast. Baba told Tatya, "why were you observing fast on Sivarathri, Monday and Ekadashi". eat the Kolamba prasad. Dada Kelkar who was with Baba told Tatya to adhere Baba's instructions. Tatya ate the Kolamba Prasad and thereupon left the observations of fasting. Owing to such intimacy between Baba ,and Tatya, Baba given His life to Tatya on 15-10-1918 and Baba Himself took Samadhi in lieu of Tatya. Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there ! 66. BABA HELPED SHRI MADHU FASLE IN HIS PILGRIMAGE TO KASHI IN 1910. Shri Madhu False was serving Baba and then Baba's Sansthan. He was in charge of Shyamsunder. Baba used to call him as Godawala. He was the person who broke Baba's brick when he was cleaning Baba's Dwarakamayee referred to in Baba's Satcharitra Chapter 43-44 English. Once he was with pale eyes and fell senseless due to weakness when he was residing in Narayan Tellis house behind Dwarakamayee. His mother was wailing during night on account of her non-belief of the survival of Madhu Fasle. Baba on hearing this gone to her house and told her why do you weep ? I am by the side of you. Madhu False will ask for roti in the morning, then given him roti. He will be alright and returned to Dwarakamayee. In the morning Madhu False came into his senses and ate roti recovered his health and felt joyful as predicted by Baba. About two months after, he went to Dwarakamayee when Baba was smoking chillum, on seeing Madhu Fasle, Baba told him "that he has to go to Kashi". False told that he did not know the way. Baba told him from Shirdi he has to go to Paithan, Jalna, Balaji, Deval-gaom, Omkar, Ajmeer, Neemuch and then to Kashi. Afterwards he started to Kashi with Baba's blessings and Baba also gave Rs. lO/- for his expenses along with His one old Kupni. He gone by walk to Paithan without any trouble on the way. He gone to Jodu Pachude. There one Nandu Patel near Hanuman Mandir met him and questioned him where he was bound to. Madhu False told that he was a sevak to Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi bound for Kashi as per Baba's wish. That Nandu Patel made him to stay in his house for 4 days. During those four days, Fasle told to Nandu Patil and to all about Baba's Leelas. Nandu Patil give him a lift in his tanga upto Jalna. From Jalna he gone to Balaji Deval-gaom by walk. There he took darshan of His Holiness Ranganath Maharaj. Then His Holiness told Fasle "That he was no God and that Fasle was coming from highly elevated place". From there he gone to Chikali. When he was walking, an officer with his pattewalah recognised Fasle and made him to sit in his tonga upto his jurisdiction. From there Omkareshwar was 12 miles. He gone to Omkareshwar by walk and from there to Mamaleshwaram and stayed there for six days. There the temple people fed him. From Mamaleshwaram he came to Omkareshwaram and stayed there for two days. From Omkareshwaram, he gone to Rathlam by rail From Rathlam he gone to Ajmer. On the way there were plenty of dates. He was tired on the way remembered Baba by the side of a stream. A Fakir in green dress came there and enquired where he was going ? Fasle told that he was going to Ajmeer. Fakir told Fasle that in Ajmeer people were fighting with each other. Fasle told the Fakir that he was very hungry. Fakir gave some almonds, Kaju to eat and chilim to smoke and both returned to Batlam, fetched a train ticket and made Fasle to travel by train, upto Bhopal and told him if anybody gave roti eat it or else eat Margosa leaves. From Bhopal, he gone to Jansi by walk. From Jansi, he gone to Agra by walk. Ekadashi came in the middle. He slept in a railway station without any food At 10 or 11 P.M., a man like a Bhill came and approached him and gave him "CHATTU" (a kind of flour to eat by mixing it with water etc.) and also buttermilk and requested him to eat Fasle suspected of his caste and refused to eat it, but the Bhill like man recognised it and told Fasle that there was no objection in eating as it was GORAS. Then Fasle ate it. The Bhill gone away. Fasle came to Agra. He met the same Fakir who gave him Kaju on his way to Ajmeer. Fakir told Fasle" Beta have you arrived? Go to Mathura and Brindavan and have no acquaintance with anybody and fetched a ticket to him for Mathura. He got down at Mathura and met a man who was collecting people to work in his Tea Estate. Then Fasle told him that he would not eat anything in one's hand. The Estate wala gave him money and requested him to eat at the Hotel. The Estate wala gave money for 7 or 8 days then he remembered the Fakir's word and escaped from him and went to Dhavji (Balarampuram) and from there to Kanpur by walk. On the way he was getting roti's to eat. On the bridge of a river near Kanpur when he was very hungry the same Fakir met him again and gave "CHATTU" to eat and asked him where he wanted to go. Fasle replied that he wanted to go to Lucknow. Fakir told Fasle the place where meals were , available in Lucknow and told to go to Ayodya from. Lucknow. Accordingly Fasle went to Marwari temple at Lucknow. He was fed there and was given Rs. 21 by the 'temple people. He went to Kashi from Lucknow. When he was getting from the railway station at Kashi, Mohan pandya an unknown person met Fasle and took him to his house and served him for five days. During these days, he took darshan of Vishwanath and all other places to be seen in Kashi. From Kashi, Fasle went to Prayag in the train without a ticket and took bath in TRIVENI. As he was hungry he sat on a bench there. There also the Fakir met him and fed him and told Fasle to return to his house and fetched a ticket for him up to Manmad from Prayag and went away. From Manmad, he came to Shirdi by walk and took darshan of Baba, He mixed the Ganges water in the bathing water and in the drinking water of Baba. Baba told Fasle "that I was with you served you in so many places for these three months of your pilgrimage as the people are not good now a days". From this we have to understand that though Baba did not bodily moved ; from Shirdi, He was roaming in disguise in any form in any place to help His devotees. Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous/ Delectation and Deliverance be there ..Read more click on the next page link |
