Hail Sri Ramana Maharishi
Om Sri Sai Ram
Baba and Ramana Maharshi
….at the moment of the death of Ramana Maharshi (one of the greatest Self-Realized Masters of the last century), and extraordinary event occurred in Baba’s ashram, giving us a clue both to Baba’s identity and His relationship with Ramana. A Sai devotee named Varadu reported what happened:
“…the night when Ramana Maharshi passed away in Tiruvannamalai [14th April, 1950], I was with Swamiji [Sai Baba]. Krishna [another young devotee] and myself were both there. That evening, around 9:00, we continued whatever it was we were doing (I think we were doing a puja) when suddenly Swamiji looked up at us. There was a peculiar way of looking He has which means that He wants to go to His room. The moment Krishna and I went through the door into the room and closed it, Swami fell down. I was ready for it. Krishna and I both held hands, and Swami was lying across them. Then [He] rose up into the air, from our arms. He was as stiff as a board. He started murmuring – something about ‘Maharshi has reached my lotus feet.’ And then the sole of His right foot split open, and nearly two kilograms of beautiful, well-scented vibhuti poured out from the sole of His foot. I collected the vibhuti while [He] was still levitating in the air.
Then [He] came down and returned to [His] senses and asked what [He] had said. I said, “Swamiji, this is what You said: ‘Ramana Maharshi has passed away.’ And this is what came out of Your feet.” He said: “Put it into packets and give it out as prasadam.”
A day or two after this incident, we learned from the newspapers that [Ramana] Maharshi had died. It had been at the time that Swami said Maharshi had reached [His] feet.”26
So, at the time of his death, Ramana Maharshi merged in Baba’s feet!
