Shama deshpande biography of mahatma

In this film, Dr Vinny Chitluri pays tribute to Shama and talks of his special relationship with Baba. Sai Baba had told Shama that their association went back 72 generations, and to no other devotee had Baba said such a thing.

Shama had a friendly bond with Baba and took certain liberties with Him, which Baba did not mind, but sadly Shama did not realize that Baba was a Divine Incarnation until after Baba took Mahasamadhi:

Madhavrao Deshpande dearly called Shama by Baba was one of Baba’s most intimate devotees.

He can be likened to Arjuna to Lord Krishna or Nandi to Shiva.

Shama was born to a Brahmin family in December 1880 in Nimgaon.

Biography of mahatma gandhi

Shama was the eldest son in the family and he had two younger brothers – Kashinath Balwant and Bappajee Balwant. His parents relocated to Shirdi when Shama was two and stayed there thenceforth. His mother was the sister of Laxman Mama Kulkarni (another intimate devotee of Baba).

Shama studied in Sh