Have you ever received help from a Saint who is not in his body?

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Sai Baba of Shirdi, a small town in the state of Maharashtra,India, is one of the most revered and venerated saints of the country. He has millions of devotees not only in India but all across the world.He passed away in 1918 but people who flock to his grave receive his blessings and help in many miraculous ways, Its not neccessary to visit his grave.All one has to do is pray to him with full faith and devotion and help will come, in some form or the other. Once when i was very young, around 8 or 9 years old, my parents and me went to Shirdi.We were standing in the queue of devotees and were inside the hall where Sai Baba`s body lies in a marble tomb with his life size marble statue over it.We saw that one of Baba`s direct disciples,Abdul Baba, a feeble and frail old man was praying at the tomb with his hands and face pressed to it.At that time some members of the Trust which governs the place came inside the hall and noticing the old man asked him to leave the place. Probably Abdul Baba was hard of hearing and did not respond, besides his eyes were closed.Suddenly those people started abusing, hitting and kicking him.The old man meekly moved away but this enraged my dad who started berating them for the injustice they were doing. My father got so mad that he refused to worship at the tomb though those people apologized to him.We then left the town and went to the railway station where a train was waiting to leave for our city.It was jam packed and there was absolutely no space even to stand.While looking helplessly suddenly a man,decently dressed,came to us,motioned to us to follow him and took us to the very first bogie which mysteriously was completely empty.He helped us put our luggage inside.After doing so my dad turned around to thank him and give him some money for his help but there was nobody in the compartment, he had vanished in thin air.My dad went to the door but he was not seen on the platform.Immediately the train started moving and best of all this compartment remained empty throughout the journey whereas all the bogies were full.Who was this man? It was none other than Sai Baba who came to our help because he was pleased that my father had come to the help of his devotee.