Kalemama meeting Upasni Maharaj of Sakori

R. B. Kale was known as Kalemama in Meher Baba’s circle. He was Meher Baba’s close companion and one of the earliest Mandali, since 1926. A Civil Engineer by Profession, Kalemama held a number of responsible positions in Maharastra Govt services, as Chief Executive Officer of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation, Estate Engineer and Secretary at Dhule etc. Kalemama was one of those rare disciples of Baba who also had the rare opportunity to meet Shri Sai Baba, Shri Upasni Maharaj and Shri Narayan Maharaj, a number of times. The Wedding of one of Shri Sai Baba’s very well known disciple Mr. Bhate’s daughter was proposed with Kalemama’s elder brother Anna ji. Shri Sai Baba called the families to Shirdi, and Kalemama spent his Winter holidays at the Shirdi Ashram in 1910. Kalemama along with Mrs. Kalemama and Murli came to settle at Meherabad Ashram after accepting Meher Baba as their spiritual guide. Kalemama being a civil engineer supervised a number of construction activities at Maherabad. Mrs. Kalemama passed away at Meherabad in 1932 and Kalemama on 16 Sep,1954. [… More info …]

Kalemama Diary pages. How Kalemama met Meher Baba during 1926 at Meherabad. Retired Civil Engineer and CEO of Dhule Municipal Corporation Kalemama visited Arangaon and stayed with Kaka Shahane and family where he met Meher Baba for the first time. Later in 1943 Kalemama wrote down his memoirs in the form of a diary known as Kalemama Diary describing how he met Meher Baba and the other Perfect Masters.. [… More info …]

Kalemama Diary describes his personal darshan of Shri Sadguru Narayan Maharaj of Kedgaon from 1908 onwards. Meher Baba declared Narayan Maharaj was one of the Perfect Masters of his time and his Guru. Later Kalemama came to Meher Baba and became a resident Mandali at Meherabad Ashram from 1927. He was one of the very fortunate souls to have met few of Meher Baba’s Perfect Masters. [… More info …]