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(Chapters from Shri Gulabrao Maharaj’s biography in English by Shri. Sharad Kopardekar.)
41. THE DEATH OF MANAKARNIKABAI
In 1906, Manakarnikabai became seriously ill. She was suffering from ulcers in the stomach. She used to vomit whatever she ate. Day by day her health deteriorated. Shri Nanaji Kavimandan who had learnt Ayurveda from Shri Maharaj was treating her. He consulted Sakharam Appa, a practitioner in Ayurveda from Madhan, who had also learnt Ayurveda from Shri Maharaj. But the disease refused to respond to the treatment. About that time Shri Maharaj decided to celebrate the Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna at Yaoli. While preparing for the journey, Shri Maharaj told Nanaji Kavimandan to take all the necessary medicines with him. “One of us would be seriously ill at Yaoli,” he said.
The day after Shri Maharaj, Manakarnikabai and other followers reached Yaoli, Manakarnikabai’s illness became serious. She vomited blood an
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Gulabrao Maharaj - Sharad Kopardekar 1985
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Gulabrao Maharaj
Hindu Saint from Maharashtra, India
Gulabrao Maharaj (6 July 1881 – 27 September 1915) was a Hindu saint from Maharashtra, India.[1] A blind person, he was credited with giving a vision of life to the people.[2] He wrote 139 books on various subjects containing more than 6000 pages, 130 commentaries and about 25,000 stanza in poetry in his life of 34 years.
Biography
[edit]Childhood
[edit]On 6 July 1881, Gulabrao Maharaj was born in a Maharashtrian Maratha-Kunbi family to Gonduji Mohod and Sou.[3] His full name was Gulabrao Gundoji Mohod. Alokabai Mohod from the village of Madhan near Amravati. At the age of nine months, he lost his eyesight due to wrong medication. He was four years old, when his mother died, he then stayed with his maternal grandmother at the place known as Loni Takli for about six years.
There was a community well in front of the house where he stayed and the women from the village would come to fetch