Divine Experience! : The Guardian of Vidharba, Shree Gajanan Maharaj......

Divine Experience! : The Guardian of Vidharba, Shree Gajanan Maharaj......: II OM SHREE GANESHAYA NAMAHA II II OM GAJANAN JAI GAJANAN II Dear Friends, its been a while, rather years that I have blogged....

The Guardian of Vidharba, Shree Gajanan Maharaj...the first chapter

II OM SHREE GANESHAYA NAMAHA II

II OM GAJANAN JAI GAJANAN II

Dear Friends, its been a while, rather years that I have blogged. Some thing or the other kept me busy, but finally the day has dawned and here I am, rebooting one of  my favorite hobbies with this post i.e Blogging. Now, let me tell you that, this particular blog is not totally inclined towards religious diension but its more on my experience..a divine one! Yes, no frowning please, I am sure,  some of you or most of you must have experienced too and hence I am eagerly waiting for your comments. I now come straight to the matter in the next paragraph, hope you all enjoy reading it and some or rather most of you may be able to correlate with this and yes please do not forget to share your own experiences.

It was year 2011, I had finished my training period and got confirmed too, then came the postings and lucky me Mumbai is what I got, my home town and that too a plum posting as Forex Officer. For four months I thoroughly enjoyed the profile, but let me tell you my posting though was as forex officer, however the job I did was to draft letters for my branch Manager, assist him in day to day work and yes go through some Letters of Credit (LCs) and other allied documents. The actual forex part job was too risky to be immediately given for so..that explains. In banks especially public sector ones, one has to undergo mandatory rural assignment for 2-3 years and that would make the person eligible for further promotions and postings. In my case too the same applied, so I hurriedly without batting an eyelid I applied. There is a reason, I never had a hostel life, and my father had one so he used say that the hostel life was one of his best moments of life. So, when I got into this premier bank, i had to undergo training in different locations so which meant I had to be out of home for quite a long period. Initially it was tough but later I really enjoyed it! So, though the pleasure being at home was one thing here in Mumbai but the free life as a bachelor kept on calling in me, with this in mind, I applied and then very quickly I got my posting, which was quite a shock because I never expected that I would be too soon. And the posting was in Nagpur Region! The place which is known for its extreme climate was quite a distance from Mumbai.

For a moment I cursed my self for applying but later after discussing with my family esp. my father, decided to ahead, leaving behind my home town and that plum profile as forex officer. I landed in Nagpur and there met the HR of that region, where another surprise awaited me... I was given Buldhana Region, which is a district falling in Nagpur Region and is some notorious for its water scarcity, yes one can imagine my predicament (typically in a Public Sector Bank, there are many decision makers at every level so there is no common HR department per se but each zone, under the zone each region has an HR Manager). Geographically, Buldhana comes under Vidharba Region in Maharshtra. So off I went for Buldhana, where in I was given final posting of branch in a place known as Chikhli, which is like 25 Kms from Buldhana. A major commercial hub of that region. Access to Chikhli is through roadways only as there are no railway line, a only major drawback to this place so you either get down at Jalna Railway station and take bus from there which two hours journey or you get down at Malkhapur station and again its like 1.5-2 hours journey from there through bus. I was posted as DBD Manager, which stands for Developmental Banking Division. The branch was quite big with around 20-30 staff. I got a nice house which was 3 storeyed and I stayed on 3rd floor, which was like a sky scraper in that place, overlooking a breath taking view entire Chikhli as well lovely lush green farms on three sides. Ahh what a house it was and what a view! Well ok not to digress from the main matter. Right from my childhood I was very spiritual and religious, but more of spiritual and i respect all religions. I have been to Temples, Churches, Dargahs, Gurdwara and a Jain Derasar too. So, Chikhli  has a famous temple of Shree Renuka Devi and ever year there is a grand procession followed by rural fair which is attended by many devotees from all over the Vidarbha region and sizeable population from other regions. I had an opportunity to visit the temple and have a divine darshan of Shree Renuka Mata, her ever smiling face exhibited warmth and a feeling of motherhood, as if she is there to protect all of us. As a matter of fact, when I purchased my first bike, I took it the temple for her blessings and what a miracle, there I met our bank customer who was very influential in that town and he requested the priest to perform an elaborate and special pooja for my bike, and I was quite touched by the same, now the skeptics may call it as mere co-incidence, however I call it a Miracle.....

My stay in Chikhli was brief, lasted 5 good months after which I was posted in Sangrampur as Branch Manager which was like 90 kms from Chikhli. With heavy heart I left for the my designated posting, I inquired with lots of people and they suggested that Shegaon a very famous holy place would be a right place for my stay initially. As a matter of fact, when I was in Chikhli, many people suggested me to visit the holy shrine of Shree Gajanan Maharaj in Shegaon, especially a very generous Aunty who used to deliver lunch and dinner for me. But I never could take time out for the visit. But call it destiny or again divine intervention, here I am going towards Shegaon, as it was en route to Sangrampur which is in the interior and much of a happening place. The nearest well known place was as a matter of fact Shegaon, so it makes sense. I reached Shegaon and took a room in a lodge, I was supposed to report the branch next day which fell on Tuesday, my branch was around 32 kms from Shegaon. The very first feeling that brushed me when I got down in Shegaon was..the Vibrancy, a peaceful vibrancy! Even in night Shegaon was brilliantly coloured with many devotees thronging the place to have a glimpse of the Saint. The divine radiance of Saint was felt even in the night!

I got up early in the morning got freshened up and off went for Darshan of Saint Gajanan Maharaj, the holy one who has saved me on many occasions and will save me and my people in many more times to come. Even in that early summer morning the crowd of devotees was worth noticing. Young, old, rich, poor, disabled all people forgetting their caste and creed converged here at his Holiness to seek his divine blessings, I was one among them...I again call it a Miracle! I shall in following chapters describe more ....May Lord Gajanan shower is blessings on all. He is the reason that I am writing this treatise. II Om Gajanan Jai Gajanan II