Popularly known & affectionately called as Parayana Chaitanya & Founder of Shri
Shiridi Sai Baba Mandir at Kovvada, Ganganapalli post, Via Indra Palem,
Kakinada Rural in East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh Shri Tirumalasetti
Venkata Subba Rao merged in SAI at 3 PM on 9th May 2013, at
Kakinada, District Head Quarter city of East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh.
It
resembles the incidence in chapter 50 of Shri Sai Satcharita, wherein Baba
comforted Kakasaheb Dixit by saying him that in the end “He will take him in
air coach (Viman)”, (i.e secure him a happy death). Without suffering from any
prolonged illness, he breathed his last. He was cremated at Kakidada same
evening in presence of large number of SAI Devotees, who reached & gathered
at Kovvada on hearing the news.
Born on 6th September 1953
in Peddapurappadu in East Godavari District as third child & the first male
child to Late Shri Tirumalasetti Suryanaraya & Smt Chandrakantam, Shri
Subba Rao had his graduation in Commerce from PR College, Kakinada & joined
as Junior Assistant in Revenue Department. Retired from service last year on
superannuation Shri Subba Rao is survived by Mother, Wife Smt Ramakrishnaveni,
two sons Suryanarayana & Srinivas.
Installed Shri Sai’s Murthy in his
home at Kovvada on Telugu New Year’s Day – Ugadi – on 11th April
1994, Shri Subba Rao started a unique & unparalleled practice of organizing
Mass Auditory Regular Reading (Shrava Parayana) of Life History Shri Sai Baba
in Telugu (Shri Sai Baba Jeevitha Chariramu) translated from English by Shri
Pratti Narayana Rao on & from 1st January 1996 at Kovvada Sai
Baba Mandir with not less than 50 devotees. He organized Mass Auditory Regular
Reading of Shri Sai Baba’s Life History at many a holy places as Shirdi,
Srisailam, Annavaram, Varanasi, Thiruvannamalai & other places such as
Hyderabad, Rajahmundry, Vishakhapatnam as per requests of the devotees. So far
386 readings have been completed. He had planned 352nd to 399th
readings at Kovvada Sai mandir & 400th Parayan at Shirdi from 2nd
September 2013.
Just a day before breathing his last
Shri Subba Rao organized & completed a Parayan at Hyderabad at a leading
Telugu Film Comedian’s residence on 7th May 2013. Similarly on
completion 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 & 375th Parayan he had hosted
devotees’ meetings at Kovvada, where in Sai Philosophers around the country
took part & got felicitated by him. Each & every Sai Devotee, Sai
Philosopher, Sai Historian, Sai Writer, Sai Publisher, Sai Singer enjoyed his
love & affection & every one of them felt orphaned when the news of
Shri Rao’s passing away spread.
Besides authoring Shri Sai Satya
Vratam, he had published many a books on Sai’s philosophy, teachings &
unknown facts on Sai in Telugu. He has been co-authoring Shri Sai Satcharita
Bhava Suma Mala (Garland of Thoughts on Shri Sai Satcharita) in Telugu in each
chapter of Shri Sai Satcharita & so far serialized 32 chapters in Sai
Darshan Telugu Magazine. Kalyana Sai, Chinni Naa Biddaku Sri Sai Raksha, Amrita
Bodhanalu, Amrita Dharalu, Amrita Kalasam are some of the books he had
published.
Shri Subba Rao was instrumental in
publishing research & historical oriented articles by Sai Historian Shri
M.P.Sainath, Hyderabad & the duo got into the details to find out the first
date of Guru Purnima celebrated in Shirdi when Sai was in flesh. Many unknown
facts in the life of Sadguru Sainath Maharaj have come to light due to the efforts
of Shri Subba Rao & Shri Sainath
Wearing white shirt & pant, some times a
dhoti as under cloth, applying white & yellow tilak on forehead, Shri Subba
Rao never displayed sense of ownership & never occupied the dais though he
had hosted numerous conferences, conclaves & meets. Mesmerizing smile, eyes flowing grace & always
encouraging any Sai event were his personal traits. Any one who meets &
speaks with him at once never forgets him & he never leaves them.
Incidentally this writer was class mate of Shri
Tirumalasetti Venkata Subba Rao during his college days in 1971-74. With sudden
passing away of Shri Subba Rao a legendary personality in Sai Path has been
disappeared. None could match this legend in organizing mass parayans in the
magnitude that he organized. It is heartening to note that 387th
Parayan started on the day Shri Subba
Rao passed away is continuing. Completion of all the 12 parayans he left to be
completed at Kovvada till August last week of 2013 & hosting of 400th
Parayan at Shirdi will be the real tribute to the legendary & towering
personality Shri Tirumalasetti Venkata Subba Rao.
In passing away too, Shri Subba Rao had
displayed a unique dedication to the cause that 11th day of his
passing away on 19th May 2013 is coincides with the completion of 60
years of publication of very first publication of Shri Sai Satcharita in Telugu
by Shri Pratti Narayana Rao. It was on this day that the first edition of Shri
Sai Satcharita (now called so, at the time of first publication, the book was named
as Shri Sai Baba Jeevita Charitamu) was published & 1st copy of
it was given to Smt Dukka Leelamma garu of Kolkata. Smt. Leelamma, now known as
Mata Sai Leelamma is now staying in Hyderabad.
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