Sadguru Sri
Namapally Baba
Who is this Baba? From where he
is, no one knows. His actual name and his birth, his parents, no details are
known. In 1945, he was first seen at a burial ground near malakpet railway
station, Hyderabad. He always used to be in a blissful state and never used to
speak with anyone. At times he used to wet himself under the tap, then sleep on
a small wall in the burial ground. He used to talk to himself, laugh,
sometimes look at sky and do some gestures. Most of the people thought that he
was a beggar. But there were a few blessed people, by this time only
identified him as an avadoota. People were astonished with the divine fragrance
coming from Baba, even though he hadn't taken his bath for many days. In 1972
Baba had an accident and was admitted to Osmania Hospital. After that no one
saw him till 1980.
In 1980, he was seen again at the
corridor of Nampally Police Station. Hence onwards people used to call
him as nampally baba. There are various instances which took place at this
place. Even ministers, higher officials, businessmen and all sorts of people
used to visit Baba and took his blessings. Around 1987 Baba had been
shifted to Sri sravan kumar house at gowlipura, charminar. And last
six years he stayed at Vivekanada Nagar, kukatpally before Samadhi.
Baba left his physical body on November
6, 2004, and his body was put as samadhi near dharmapuri kshetra.
Sri Sivenesan Swami of Shirdi used to
tell the devotees from hyderabad visiting Shirdi Sai Baba," You need not
come this far to visit Sai Baba, he is already there in the form of Shri
Nampally Baba. If you visit him, then you have visited Shirdi Sai
Baba". Pujya Sri Ekkirala Bharadwaja Master used to encourage many
devotees going to hyderabad to visit Shri Nampally Baba and take his blessings.
If one reads the charitra of Nampally Baba, there are various instances of
devotees from hyderabad to whom Shri Shirdi Sai Baba himself appeared in the
dream and told them that right now he is present in hyderabad in the form of
Shri Nampally Baba and asked them to seek his blessings.
Devotees had various personal
experiences while Baba was physically present. Even today also devotees are
having many experiences at his samadhi. He is answering to his devotees from
his Samadhi only like Shri Sai Baba. To one of his devotees, he told, this
is the 6th avatar. 1) Sripada Srivallabha 2) Sri Narasimha Saraswathi 3)
Akkalkot Maharaj 4) Manik Prabhu 5) Shirdi Sai Baba are the 5 avatars of Shri
Dattatreya, and Shri Nampally Baba is saying that this is the 6th avatar.
Devotees of Baba say that if one visits his Samadhi with faith and regularity, all their wishes are fulfilled. One has to visit the Samadhi to feel and experience about Shri Nampally Baba. For further information and to know the life story of Baba one has to read his charitra which can be taken at dharmapuri kshetra.
At Samadhi Mandir:
a) Pradaskshina b) Parayana c) Cigarette
Lighting d) Aarati e) Satyanarayana Swamy Vratham f) Annadanam
Devotees does pradakshina to the samadhi
of Shri Nampally baba. There are so many instances where people with troubles
in personal life,professional life etc got relieved from their troubles or
sufferings by doing the pradakshinas to baba samadhi. There is no specific
number one has to do, but usually people do 108 pradakshinas. It is not the
count, but the faith and devotion with which the pradakshinas are done.
Then there are people who offer
cigarattes to baba. When baba used to be in his physical form, he used to
smoke cigarattes. It is devotees experience that he never accepted the food or
cigaratte from everyone whoever comes to him, but incase if he accepts either
food or cigarette from some devotee, then his problem or trouble or suffering
would usually get solved. It is the strong belief of devotees that baba smokes
their cigarette and their problem gets solved. It is also astonishing that if
one lights the cigarette and places in front of baba, the cigarette automatically
burns out as if some person is smoking the cigarette. Someone may get doubt
what kind of baba is this, who smokes a cigarette?. But to experience one has
to visit and see for themselves. It is not only troubles or sufferings, even if
one is facing any sort of difficulties in their spiritual progress they can
definetly get the solution if one visits baba samadhi.The results of visiting
baba samadhi depends entirely on the person and the faith with which he or she
visits.
Apart from this devotees do parayana
inside baba samadhi mandir. Baba himself has given assurance to his devotees,
that whoever does parayana of Sri Gurucharitra in my presence, he will be
blessed with guru darshana and guru grace. It is also a known fact that the
results for parayana done at various locations is as such. If a person does
parayana in his home, the result will be normal. If the same parayana is done
in a temple,the result will be tenfold, and if the same is done on the banks of
a river, it will be hundred fold, and if the same is done in the presence of a
sadguru, the result will be thousandfold. Such is the greatness of the sadguru,
that the results done for the parayana will be immediately graced upon the
person doing the parayana. So it is good for those who are visiting baba
samadhi mandir, to plan in such a way that they do parayana of the guru
charitra (may be of Sri Guru or their own Guru).
Shri Saibaba used to encourage people
coming to him to attend aarti, and it is custom to perform 4 times aarti in
Shri Saibaba mandirs. And participating in a group performing aarti, slowly the
devotion develops in the person. It is the same at Shri Nampally Baba Samadhi
Mandir. Here also aarti is performed 4 times in a day. One can feel the
divinity and bliss, if one attends the aarti in the presence of baba. One has
to experience it and words are less to describe it.
Baba used to make all the devotees
whoever come to him to perform satyanarayana swamy vratham in his presence. The
same is being continued even after baba taking samadhi. Every pournima or full
moon day this vratham is being conducted and devotees come in large numbers and
participate in this event and get the blessings of Baba.
Annadanam or feeding (animals,humans
etc) is the greatest act which all the datta avatars have encouraged whoever
came to them. Every living being will have hunger, some may ask and some may
not be able to ask. So it is the responsibility of those who have enough to
share with those who are not that fortunate. And this is the easiest path to
get the grace of guru, because it is the guru who is in all the forms. So one
can perform feeding at the samadhi mandir to get the grace of Baba.
Let everyone visit this shrine and get the blessings of Baba.
Location and
Way:
Sadguru Sri
Namapally Baba Samadhi Mandir
Dharmapuri
Kshetra
DeepthiSri
Nagar
Miyapur Post,
Ranga Reddy District
Hyderabad- 500
049
Programmes
Samadhi Mandir Open 4:30 AM
Kakad Aarthi 5:15 AM
Abhishek, Guru Puja 6:30 AM
Afternoon Aarthi 12:00 PM
After noon Aarthi Samadhi Mandir is Closed till 4:15 PM
Re-open 4:15 PM
Evening Aarthi 6:15 PM
Seja Aarthi 8:30 PM ( on Thursdays at 9:00 PM)
* Every Full Moon Day (Pournima) there will be a Samoohika Rama Sahita Satyanaraya Swamy Vratham will be performed and after, noon aarti there will be annadanam,
Anantakoti Brahmanda Nayaka Rajadhi Raja Yogiraja Parabrahma SatyaDharma Paripalaka Sadguru Sri Nampally Baba Maharaj ki Jai.
Samadhi Mandir Open 4:30 AM
Kakad Aarthi 5:15 AM
Abhishek, Guru Puja 6:30 AM
Afternoon Aarthi 12:00 PM
After noon Aarthi Samadhi Mandir is Closed till 4:15 PM
Re-open 4:15 PM
Evening Aarthi 6:15 PM
Seja Aarthi 8:30 PM ( on Thursdays at 9:00 PM)
* Every Full Moon Day (Pournima) there will be a Samoohika Rama Sahita Satyanaraya Swamy Vratham will be performed and after, noon aarti there will be annadanam,
Anantakoti Brahmanda Nayaka Rajadhi Raja Yogiraja Parabrahma SatyaDharma Paripalaka Sadguru Sri Nampally Baba Maharaj ki Jai.
