Satya Sai and Mahavatar Baba and Ret General Taylor

While returning from Guwahati, I met Sai Gouripala (who was my student in Cognitive Neuroscience at IIIT Hyderabad, pursuing a Ph.D.) on a flight from Bengaluru to Hyderabad on February 7, 2016. After listening to our Badrinath Yatra in July 2015 to meet Mahavatar Babaji in Vyas Gupha on Guru Purnima, he narrated his story from 1990 when he was working in the US. He had read Autobiography of a Yogi. James, of his friends and a photographer, wanted to visit India. Sai got leave for two months. James was told by a retired Army General Taylor in Puttaparthi that he had a purpose during his last visit.

Sai and James, along with, went to Rishikesh to meet Mr. Shyam, who referred to General Taylor as Guruji. His house was a small temple of Lord Krishna. They all went to a cave called Patal Bhubaneswar near Nainital and met two yogis living there. They interviewed them. One of the yogis took Sai to a cave and showed a picture of Mahavatar Baba, saying he is reborn as a yogi. He also introduced Taylor as Lahiri Mahasay reborn.

There was a pujari in the cave, appointed by some king as the 8th generation, and he was a local postmaster Second yogi was an astral traveler who talked about Sai's mother's health problem. Sai was not too keen to away from Sai path.

They saw a small Kali temple garlanded with medals. In 19th century, British soldiers were saved by Ma Kali, and since then the army pays homage to Ma Kali medals for saving their lives. General Taylor a Sai devotee after his driver was saved from a fall in that area, and later he had a dream of Patal Bhubaneswar. Swami mentioned that he had to do something later, General discovered and developed area for more people to visit.

Another good site for the place is
https://aravindb1982.blogspot.in/2014/06/sathya-sai-patal-bhuvaneshwar-heaven-under-earth.html#comment-form