Soul filling rendition at Gen Education School Bhajan resonating Ravi's voice....

Ravi Pichan being blessed by Baba at Parthi

Welcome to pay tributes to Sh.Ravi Pichan

A tribute by a devotee associated with Ravi..... From the desk of Sh.Sudarshan Kamath Chembur

An ode to Ravi

 I have had the good fortune of being with Ravi – knowing him and participating in Sai Activities with him since the mid eighties. He was the  one who always had a word of encouragement for everyone. One who was extremely selfless – a simple example would be - he would ensure that everyone else got the coveted mike and a chance to sing before he himself would sing and on many occasions  he would not get a chance - but he would be completely unmindful of this.

 One who sincerely carried forward and nurtured many Sai Activities in Chembur and elsewhere.  For quite some time on many Sundays he would be the sole person going around the streets of Chheda Nagar singing the glory of our lord, with whole hearted devotion.  He knew and always maintained that our Lord was always with him. He would recount this story as to how a stray dog once accompanied him for the entire nagarsankirtan and disappeared as he was nearing the Subramaniam Temple. During the last two Nagarsankirtans that Ravi attended in ChhedaNagar, we could motivate some balvikas students to attend the early morning nagar sankirtan and Ravi was overjoyed at this development. Maybe Lord in his own inimitable style was preparing us for a world without his best instrument. We still imagine Ravi would turn up for the next Bhajan and Nagarsankirtan and are yet to come to terms with our loss.

Ravi used to always mention that,

if only we could have more people going around doing Nagarsankirtan,

if only we could always have all our devotees from Chembur attend our Saturday bhajans every week,

if only some of us could go on a regular basis and participate in the bhajans at Dharmakshetra,

if only we had more doctors helping out at the Trombay dispensary –

and the list goes on and on because all our activities were extremely close to his heart !!!!

Today is the day that would as per our religious beliefs mark the ascent of Ravi to heaven – I am sure he would be received with open arms – God would be waiting to receive his favourite devotee.

We can only pray for peace and succour for his family and for each one of us and resolve to carry on all the activities that Ravi used to undertake in Chembur with more vigour and devotion.

My wholehearted namascars to Ravi ………..

Sairam.

Sudarshan

My Ravi Anna

My Ravi Anna.... By Sankaranarayan Ambernath

   

It was the 75^th birthday of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. On 15^th November 2000 I met one gentleman called Ravi Pichan in Shri. Ramachandra mama’s house at Puttaparthi alongwith Ramesh Menon. At the very first sight we fell in love with Ravi for his endearing nature and started addressing him as “ANNA”. I was with my family, my wife and two sons. Since the house was small,  Anna told me that they will move to some other place and we told that we all will stay together. This is the beginning of our relationship. I am sure as Bhagawan used to say there is certainly a connection with Anna in my yester-janmas which again connected me to Anna in this Janma also. On 23^rd November 2000 the birthday was celebrated with pomp and glory at Hill view stadium. It took a good time for us to reach home after the program in the night. All reached home back except Anna. My wife Mangalam asked me to go and search for Anna, but I told that he was not new to this place and should be on the way home from the stadium as there was heavy rush. Suddenly Anna knocked the door with a beautiful smile and stretched his hand to me saying “I have got a piece of cake that Bhagawan graciously cut, that too it was a part of Abhayahastha and this is for you”. Nobody will think of sharing this rare prasadam and will always think of sharing the moment and the prasadam with our own kith and kin. I was in tears and told Anna to take a part of the prasadam to home. He politely declined and told Hari, this is for you… Swami has only selected me to reach this to you….  He taught me how to be selfless… tears tickle down even now when I write these lines… When I was upset over not getting a good Darshan of Swami recently at Parthi , Anna used to say “He is seeing you all the time even when you are not at Kulwant Hall or at Parthi, then why do you get upset? Your seeing Him is important, but more than that His seeing you is much more than that. Be happy always”. Whenever Anna came to Parthi, Swami made it a point to see him, touch him or talk to him. Now that Swami has to prepare for his next avatar…He  needs Anna with him . Thus Swami snatched away Ravi Anna from us. Finally, never in my life I have come across a person who lived the Sathya Sai principles like the way my dear beloved Ravi Anna did. Anna, I am sure, you must be watching me from a great distance, but what so ever may be the distance you are close to me, close to my heart till I live in this life and also for the many lives to happen. Thank you Anna for all that you have taught me,  for the love you have showered on me, for being with me then, now and forever…. Jaisairam.