Dr. Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi
Personal Life (Fondly called as "Bapu" )
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Birth : Tripurari Pornima, 18 November 1956 at 04:35 AM in Mumbai.
Mother's Name : Mrs. Arundhati Joshi
Father's Name : Dr. Dhairyadhar Joshi
Childhood Guardian : Grand Mother – Mrs. Shakuntala Narendra Pandit (Maiden Name: Malati Padhye)
Special Influence : Great Grand Mother –
Dwarkabai GopinathShastri
(Fondly called as "Mai")
Schooling : Dr. Shirodkar High School, Parel, Mumbai.
S.S.C. Passing Year : 1972
Graduation & Post-Graduation : Nair Hospital
Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai.
M.B.B.S. Passing Year : 1978
M.D. Medicine Passing Year : 1982
Physician Practice : Parel Gaon, Mumbai.
: Swapnagandha Aniruddha
(Fondly called as "Nandai")
M.B.B.S.
Joshi,
Aniruddha
Pauras
Doctor, Specialized in Geriatrics. He is the first geriatrician in India and obtained his Masters in Geriartics degree from
Cowan University.
Pauras
Nishtha
Law:
in
Daughter
Bachelor of Ayurvedic medicine and surgery (B.A.M.S) from Padmashree Dr. D.Y.
University, Nerul.
Daughter : Shakambari Swapnil Dattopadhye, M.B.B.S. Doctor from Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil University, Nerul.
Son in Law: Swapnil Dattopadhaye, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree from University of Pune, Law degree holder.
Dr. Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi was born
Tripurari
of
occasion
auspicious
the
Purnima on 18th November 1956 at 04:35 AM. Born into a wealthy family, Aniruddha Bapu spent most of his early childhood at his maternal grandmother's place.
He was eight years old when his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Shakuntala Pandit, called him by the name of 'Bapu' in the Vitthal temple at Vadala. Since then, he is being fondly called "Bapu" by everyone. Aniruddha Bapu studied at Dr. Shirodkar high school in
his
in
following
before
footsteps, and opting for medicine. A brilliant student, he gained his MD, specializing in Rheumatology from Nair hospital in Mumbai. He worked as a lecturer in Nair Hospital till
after which he started his
practice "Datta Clinic" in Dadar and Parel,
Bapu
1998.
continued till
he
householder, happily married with wife (Mrs. Swapnagandha Aniruddha Joshi and fondly known as Nandai) and two children (Pauras and Shakhambari).
Aniruddha Bapu - The Sadguru
In the year 1906, on the day of Gudi Padva,
Grand
Great
Bapu's
GopinathShastri Padhye was immersed in his daily upasana, he had a vision. He saw Shree Swami Samartha Maharaj of Akkalkot, who instructed him to do the Shri Datta Upasana in the village of Nimba situated on the banks
GopinathShastri
river.
Tapi
the
immediately left for the village of Nimba and on the day of Ramnavmi, began the upasana
Shridatta as per Swami Samartha's instructions. This upasana continued for a total of three years, i.e. until the Ramnavmi of
On the day of Ramnavmi of 1909,
appeared
actually
Samartha
Swami
'Punyakshetra' and
GopinathShastri, ''What boon would you like
granted?'' GopinathShastri
''May the bhakti and the seva that is offered unto You, progressively grow in the Padhye family. I ask that You be with the family, at all
and that You grace this family by taking birth in it.'' GopinathShastri
course, a great bhakta and never yearned for
Granting
Sadguru.
the
but
anything
wish, Swami Samartha replied, ''You will have a daughter and she too, will have a daughter. The son to be born to your grand-daughter
the day of Tripurari Pournima,
the supreme 'bharga' of Shri Dattaguru. (the energy that blazes down sin). It is indeed the Ultimate and Supreme Divine Energy of the very core, the heart of Shri Vitthal that is going to assume human form.''
That was Swami Samartha's Word and so
was infallible. It had to come
GopinathShastri had a daughter,
Padhye (Shakuntalabai Pandit
daughter,
a
had
Shakuntalabai
marriage).
Arundhati, who was her only daughter. The son born to her (to Mata Arundhati) is indeed the 'Parama Bharga' of Shri Dattaguru, none
Shree Aniruddha
our Sadguru
other than
Bapu's spiritual movement started with a modest handful of followers in 1996. Since then, the Bhakti-Ganga (ardent followers and devotees of Bapu) has grown to over four million in India and abroad. This phenomenal growth is without any 'poster publicity' and is
personal
the
to
attributable
singularly
experiences of his followers, who found in him a trustworthy savior and guide in their
Bapu openly declares that He is not an incarnation or Avataar. He does not perform any worldly miracles. He firmly believes that purification of mind, body and soul is the greatest miracle in our lives. It is his hobby to teach those who want to fight against their ill fate and rise in life (spiritually as well as worldly) by making them capable in every aspect of life.
The transition from Dr Aniruddha Joshi to Aniruddha Bapu is an interesting story. Shree Sai Baba of Shirdi had handed over three of
personal belongings to Shree
Raghunath Dabholkar, who was also known as Hemadpant and was a close devotee of Sai Baba. Baba had assured him that one day he would come back take the possession of His belongings. As time elapsed, Sai Baba's belongings were then passed on over to
Gajanan
Govind
grand-son,
Hemadpant's
Dabholkar also known as Appa Dabholkar. This secret was known only to the family members of Shree Govind Dabholkar. The
Shaligram
a
contained
belongings
stone used in Puja), a small Trishul (trident) and a Jap Mala. These belongings were mantained by Shree Dabholkar at Sai Nivas, his ancestral home at Bandra. In fact, it was Sai Nivas, where Hemadpant, with the blessings of Shree Sainath, composed the
Saisatcharitra.
Shree
scripture,
eternal
Joshi, who is an ardent devotee of Saibaba
visits Sai Niwas regularly, met
Dabholkar family at their home. On May 27, 1996, Dr. Joshi went to Sai Niwas and asked for the articles belonging to Sai Baba. It was then that the entire family was blessed to see the manifestation of Sai Baba Himself.
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