Features | Experience of the Divinity of Bhagavan by Devotees | Group II | Mr. Gorapalli Appanna

Mr. Gorapalli Appanna
Retired Teacher
Old Age Home, Prema Samajam
Dabagardens
Visakhapatnam - 530 020

Mr. G. Appanna (84), a retired teacher relates a few of his experiences of the Divinity of Bhagavan in his own words.

'I came to Puttaparthi during 1994 for the first time. During Darshan I was in the 2nd or 3rd line. But when Swami came, younger persons pushed me aside, went forward and took padanamaskar. This happened in 1995 also. Then I began praying Swami about my inability to withstand the push and pull of younger devotees. As I was praying about my helplessness, Swami who went into His room came back again. He came to me, asked those who pushed me backwards to give way to Him and stood before me.

'Get up', He told me, 'open your hands'.

I stood and opened my hands. He materialized vibhuti and poured into my open palms. He went back as fast as He came. I was overwhelmed by joy.

Same year another thing happened. I was staying in the shed on my visit to Puttaparthi in 1995. While I was in the lavatory, a bunch of keys in my baniyan pocket fell in the W.C. hole when I bent over to take water. I did not know what to do. I began praying to Swami frantically. I clearly saw the bunch stuck in my excreta. How to retrieve it? I came out to seek help while praying to Swami all the time. After coming out, I tried to check if there was any hole in the pocket of my baniyan. As I was passing my hand over the pocket, I found the bunch of keys bulging up inside it miraculously. It was incredible how the keys returned to the original place in my pocket - clean and neat.'

-- Mr. G. Appanna.

(As narrated to our Reporter at Prasanthi Nilayam on 12.08.2004.)