Contributed by: Dr. Raghunath Boradkar
Thousand Moon: Shrimati Padma Pandurang Bendre is over 81 yrs. Lives in Dharvad, Karnatak, India.
As she says she must have been 4 or 5 years old. She along with her older sister had been to Gangapur with her Parents. The parents both religious were there for a ritual, A Parayan (reading of a religious book) Of “Gurucharitra Pothi”. She and her older sister used to play together, go to school together and be in each other’s company most of the time. Their staple food was mostly rice.
It so happened one day that a rich man was offering Madhukari (food offered by well-to-do folks to poor students, pilgrims etc.) to all and was giving Puranpoli and rice etc. Her older sister suggested to her that she should go for Madhukari and get the Puranpoli. As she says she was very young and so did not mind or say did not feel awkward and went to get the madhukari. But then as luck would have it, looking at her the man offered her only rice as she was small. Disappointed she was back feeling bad and started eating the rice. But to their surprise a man appeared from nowhere and said ' You wanted Puranpoli isn’t it? Here it is, have it.' By the time they relished it the man disappeared. They felt it was God Dattatreya who assumed the form of that man. Lord Dattatreya gave them 'Darshan'. This she considers the happiest moment.
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