Bhagavan Baba's Amazing Grace at Aanamalai on 11-5-1967

.                        When Swami alighted from His car,He found that it was a motely crowd that was waiting in the school ground. As He was walking towards the dais,they were shouting 'vaazhga vaazhga'!.They were clapping and whistling!It smacked of a political meeting and not a spiritual gathering. Swami lighted the sacred lamp ,unveiled the plaque in the front hall of the new building and immediately started returning to the car.Jostling through the crowd, a ' Kurukkal' was ushering in,his lame and blind son towards Baba.Looking at the boy with compassion,Swami started singing the bhajans ' Govinda Krishna vittalae'. Within a second the atmosphere had changed serene and as Swami finished the first line of the bhajans song,the boy got his vision.The astounded crowd,repeated the first line of the bhajan  song.Then Baba started the second line 'venu  gopala Krishna vittalae' and applied the vibhuthi on the boy's lame leg.The lifeless flesh straightened and the boy stood up. The crowd was in ecstasy.Now,Swami sang the third line,'panduranga vittalae',Lo! Behold! The boy slowly walked towards Swami.Swami blessed the boy with His Abhayahastha and the kurukkal offered his grateful bandana to Swami with flood of tears streaming from his eyes.And Swami's car left before the crowd could recollect and understand all that had happened.               From the book 'Divine Footsteps'. P.No.174