Swāmi devotees who helped us to make the ‘Vibhūtī’ packets were ‘Promod Padhye’, ‘Khare Family’, ‘Vijay Tamhankar’, ‘Miss Deepali Tamhankar’, ‘Pandurang Erunkar’ and ‘Mrs. Jaya Erunkar’. They all did their work enthusiastically and sincerely. Distribution of "Prasad" was done perfectly by a team of volunteers, namely ‘Hemant Jadhav’, ‘Jayant Bodhe’, ‘Sachin Pawar’, ‘Nitin Pawar’, ‘Abhijeet Tambey’, ‘Mangesh Shinde’, ‘Shailesh Shinde’, ‘Sachin Nachare’, ‘Devidas Chavan’, ‘Digambar Kulkarni Guruji’, ‘Dheeraj Dhoot’, ‘Ganesh Adagale’, ‘Pandurang Erunkar’, ‘Shridhar Gogawle’ and ‘Dilip Kantode’.

Once ‘Ashok Swāmi’ came from ‘Kolhapur’ and took ‘Shree Swāmi’s ‘Darshan’. He started to see many ‘Omkars’ ('Aum' An Auspicious Primordial Mantra ) on Swāmi’s picture everywhere. He was the first one to point out this miracle to us. If ‘Mrs. Aruna Mangade’ comes to visit us, countless "Omkars" appear on the photograph. ‘Mrs. Uma Hulawane’ and ‘Mrs. Aparna Gogawle’ also witness these "Omkars" appearing on ‘Shree Swāmi’s picture. One of our good friend ‘Vishnupant Kulkarni’ performed the ‘Vrata’ (Penance) of fasting and praying for sixteen continuous ‘Mondays’ in praise of ‘Lord Shiva’. Normally at the end of such severe penance a couple is called for "Prasad" and special gifts are given to them. They call such a couple as "Mehun"; he had come to our house to invite us as "Mehun". At that time he too witnessed countless ‘Omkars’ on ‘Shree Swāmi Maharaj’s beautiful complexion. As if to say that his penance cum prayers were accepted by the ‘Shree Swāmi’ who is ‘Lord Shiva’ incarnate. He shed tears of joy. On March 2002 in the afternoon, when ‘Pramod Pise’ and ‘Dnyaneshwar Pawar’ from ‘Kolhapur’, visited us they could see one large “Omkar” on Swāmi’s abdomen. They immediately informed us. We too were blessed by the Darshan of this divine miracle. Indeed this is not an ordinary feat!

A gentleman by the name of ‘Sanjay Kadam’ from ‘Mahableshwar’ (A hill station near Pune) named his niece ‘Vibhūtī’ who was born during this period. It is because ‘Sanjay’s devotion towards ‘Shree Swāmi’ is awesome. When one feels deeply towards great saints and when one has unshakable faith and tremendous love for them, things like this happen in one’s life. He named her ‘Vibhūtī’ in memory of this miracle, which took place. Great are that parents who gave her such a lovely name and great is her uncle ‘Sanjay Kadam’.

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