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Shirdi Sai Baba Statue Opened Left Eye: NEWS & MEDIA: SaiBaba

Statue/Idol Opens Eyes:
Bangalore, Jul 18 : An Industrialist's house here has turned out to be a centre of attraction for thousands of people gathered following a rumour that an idol of Shirdi Sai Baba there had opened one of its eyes. On
hearing about the news, curious people started visiting the house to offer prayers, police said. (Reference)

Bangalore : It was blind belief, but people came with their eyes wide open, all for a glimpse of the one-eyed Sai Baba. A one-foot high idol of Sai Baba attracted a huge crowd as well as
huge donations all through Friday, when word spread fast that Sai Baba
had come to bless one and all by opening one eye on Guru Purnima, his
birthday.

The crowd thronged the house of A Babu, a trader who had bought the idol some seven months ago.
"When we bought the idol, both eyes were closed. However, on Thursday, one eye opened. I thought at first that it was just dirt, but Baba has opened his eye to bless us," says he.

Word of mouth was enough to draw both the young and the old,
the devout and the believers. Police had to be called in to control the huge
rush. But miracle or not, the devotees ensured that they paid Baba
back in currency for his blessings. People even took photos of the idol for
keepsake and the sale of Sai Baba idols also shot up parallely.

So the question is: Can you have life in a stone figure?
Well, it is a thin line between faith and reality which got blurred enough to
get the crowds to the home of A Babu, and as always blind faith is proving to
be quite profitable to the owner of the Sai Baba idol. (Reference)

Hyderabad : Guru Purnima was celebrated with gaiety across the
twin cities on Friday. Right from dawn to dusk, various temples, particularly
Shirdi Sai Baba temples located in different areas, buzzed with activity as
city dwellers thronged the temples to celebrate the auspicious day.

Guru Purnima is celebrated to pay tributes to the spiritual gurus, their teachings and their lives. Embellished with flowers and lights, special rituals were performed in various Shirdi Sai Baba
temples that reverberated with religious hymns and chants.

Late in the afternoon, with visuals of a Shirdi Sai Baba idol
opening an eye in a temple at Bangalore being screened in almost all
television news channels, people turned out in even more numbers at
various temples. Soon rumours spread across twin cities that another
Shirdi Sai Baba idol at a temple in Yellareddyguda too, had opened
an eye leaving the local residents spell bound.

Serpentine queues were witnessed at the temples and it was
reported that people in some localities had even performed 'abhishekam' to the
Shirdi Sai Baba idols with milk, honey and water as part of the rituals.
(Reference)