SAI GEETHA'S "FUNERAL" Entombment
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 Sai Geetha's burial & last rights Photos

Also read: Sai Geetha Special - Tribute to Sai Geeta A. Sai Geetha…A mystifying tale of unmatched love: "It was on a trip along with few devotees to the Muddumalai forest in 1962 that Swami first noticed the tender and tiny toy of joy that  Sai Geetha was then...." Read all about Sai Geetha   B. Talks with Pedda Reddy garu, the caretaker  Sai Geeta   C.  Images : Sai Geeta's New Home's ceremonial inaugural by Swami 18th Nov 2006,   D. Sai Geetha Wallpapers E. "Sai Gita, her destiny is to be a human person". F. THE ELEPHANT SYMBOL : excerpt from Swami's discourse on this subject  G. Remembering Sai Gita - Sai Gita - a Tribute...  by  SSSBPT, Prasanthi Nilayam. ( FAREWELL… LITTLE PRINCESS, SAI GITA Sai Gita leaves her footprints in the hearts of millions…)

Previous eye witness account: Swami's beloved pet Sai Geetha merged at His lotus feet at around 5pm
 (local time) on 22nd May, 2007 read all the details, click here.



 

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SAI GEETHA'S "FUNERAL" Entombment

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Om Sairam dear Sai Family,

Puttaparthi is still mourning the death of beloved Sai Geetha and we still can't believe that she is actually gone.. This morning, around 7am I reached her house in order to attend her funeral and pay my last respects to the departed soul.

 

she was lying on the right side of the planetarium and Swami's car slowly drove in ..There was pin drop silence in the premises which had very few devotees. Swami was not in His usual mood this morning. He was visibly moved and bit sad. He didn't look at any one of us.. neither was He curious to look at His darling lying lifeless.. I was praying to Swami, Swami it would be very hard for you to bear this separation.. An Avatar was performing His duties, in a human level, bidding farewell to His favourite pet...

No one dared to go to Swami, no one were sure as how to start a conversation or what to say to Swami.. as He knew everything...Mr.Pedda Reddy, the care taker of Sai Geetha, who was weeping went to Swami, Swami joined Him, it brought tears to every one there. Sai Geetha used to listen only to two People , Swami and Pedda Reddy.. Pedda Reddy loudly cried, "Choodu Swami ela padukoni undo.... Leyya mante leyyatam ledu"(look Swami how she is sleeping, She is not getting up in spite of my request). Those words were enough for our hearts to melt and cry loudly..

Swami's chair slowly landed on the floor and Swami was just next to Sai Geetha.. Swami stretched His hands very gently caressed her trunk.. She loves it when Swami touches her trunk and my thoughts went back to the incident which Swami narrated on various occasions, when Swami brought back dead Karanam Subbamma. I was praying to Swami, Swami please do that again for Sai Geetha and let her take a fruit from your Holy hands and close her eyes..

A huge pit was dug in her new house. Swami then said, lets go to her house.. sitting in His car He looked at the huge pit.. His eyes were full of tears and He tried His best to control His emotions.. Swami then left for ashram after spending a good 30 minutes at her place...

A huge crane was brought to carry Sai Geetha to her house.. The workers who were working for the new indoor stadium participated actively in shifting her.. It was a huge task for the engineers and workers and at one stage it was looking bit impossible as it was a rare case for any one..

Swami's car now moved forward. He was giving suggestions from the car, to the engineers and to the students. It was very hard for Him to see His Geetha being carried and while doing so had some wounds on her skin….Swami preferred to have her head facing east and after she was successfully put in the pit, Swami send a work to Pedda Reddy to sprinkle Turmeric, Kumkum and Vibhuti on her body.. at least 3 bags of rice was brought and all of us took a fist full of rice and sprinkled on her body ..After every thing was done, Swami's car further moved to the pit, Swami's face and eyes were very red. The emotions, the sadness  reached MAXIMUM for Swami…as soon as He got a clear picture of Sai Geetha, tears rolled down from His eyes. It was unbelievable and He was seen wiping the tears of love, tears of separation and those assembled there just broke down, just by seeing a RARE Swami.. it was a very emotional moment for all of us.. and seeing Swami we all cried from the bottom of our hearts.. that cry which melted every tiny cell of our body, it was a moment where the Creator Himself came all the way to complete the last rites of HIS own CREATION, in the form of an elephant, which will stay in our hearts to eternity for her unconditional love and dedication…

We will definitely miss the sweet voice.. Geetha.. Geetha, which was heard from Swami while He consoled her, caressed her, motivated her... Even now those sweet words echo in my ears.

".....Shiva’s choice of an elephant’s head is to show us that we should be intelligent in our choice. Sai Geeta seems to be smarter than us as she pines incessantly for Swami’s presence. In the olden days when Swami used to go to Brindavan for the summer, Sai Geeta would shed tears and not eat until she was brought to Brindavan. Recently when the place was being cleared for the indoor stadium in Parthi, the engineers realised that Sai Geeta’s shed would have to be relocated. They went with a proposal to build a shed near gokulam but Swami insisted that Sai Geeta would feel bad and hence she should be relocated nearer to the mandir!".... Source: (From a talk given in the assembly at the Brindavan Campus of Swami's Institute on the 10th of June 2006 by Dr. T. Ravi Kumar, a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry).

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