The Celestial Vision

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Smt. Gali Sarada Devi was an ardent devotee of Shirdi Sai Baba. She had spent several years in close proximity to Him, more than 20 years after Shirdi Sai merged in the infinite.

Once she had the privilege to meet Sri Sathya Sai and He summoned her to puttaparthi.

In due course, she was provided regular accommodation in Prashanthi Nilayam and was addressed by Bhagavan as "Pedda Bottu" endearingly. The word meant "BIG BINDI" as she used to wear an unusually large mark of vermilion (Kumkum) on her forehead.

It so happened one day in early hours of the morning as she was sitting in meditation under the 'Tappo Vriksham' tree in Puttaparthi. It was still dark. She happened to open her eyes and suddenly saw something unbelievable: 'Celestial women' were moving in the sky above the Prashanthi Mandir.

They radiated brilliant white light as they traveled over the hills towards the east . Beautiful in appearance and bright in complexion, richly adorned with flowers and garlands, they did not walk on the ground but sped high in the open sky.