{"id":921,"date":"2026-09-19T03:22:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T02:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/?page_id=921"},"modified":"2026-09-20T13:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T12:28:06","slug":"writers-own-experiences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/writers-own-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer&#8217;s Own Experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.ap-story-page{color:#17324d;font-family:Inter,system-ui,sans-serif;line-height:1.7}.ap-story-wrap{max-width:1060px;margin:auto;padding:8px 0 54px}.ap-kicker{color:#08736e;font-size:.78rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase}.ap-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) 300px;gap:28px;align-items:start;margin-top:24px}.ap-main,.ap-card{border:1px solid #dde7ea;border-radius:12px;background:#fff}.ap-main{padding:clamp(22px,4vw,46px)}.ap-card{padding:20px}.ap-card h2{font-size:.8rem;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#08736e}.ap-card a{color:#08736e;font-weight:700}.ap-source{background:#fbfcfc}.ap-teach{background:#eef8f6;border-left:4px solid #08736e}.ap-nav{display:flex;justify-content:space-between;border-top:1px solid #dde7ea;padding-top:18px;margin-top:24px}.ap-note{border-top:1px solid #dde7ea;padding-top:16px;color:#49657e;font-size:.86rem}@media(max-width:760px){.ap-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr}.ap-nav{display:grid}}.ap-story-dek{max-width:780px;color:#49657e;font-size:1.2rem;margin:.45rem 0 1rem}.ap-story-dek + p{font-size:1.05rem;color:#49657e;margin:0 0 18px}<\/style>\n<section class=\"ap-story-page\">\n<div class=\"ap-story-wrap\">\n<div class=\"ap-kicker\">Chapter Writer \u00b7 Live Experiences of the Tarkhad Family<\/div>\n<p class=\"ap-story-dek\">Writer&#8217;s Own Experiences<\/p>\n<p>Virendra Jyotindra Tarkhad\u2019s personal memories of family worship, Shirdi, and Guru Purnima<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ap-story-tag\">12 min read<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ap-grid\">\n<article class=\"ap-main\">\n<h2>The chapter<\/h2>\n<p>The writer, Virendra Jyotindra Tarkhad, introduces his own memories after recounting his father\u2019s experiences. Sai devotion was part of family life through the Thursday evening Aarati at home.<\/p>\n<p>He describes visiting Shirdi for the first time at eighteen and later attending many Guru Purnima festivals. During one festival he was selected to read chapter nine of Sai Satcharitra in Dwarkamai and received a coconut and Sai photograph as prasad.<\/p>\n<p>The page opens a personal continuation of the family\u2019s devotional inheritance, while the original PDF contains the writer\u2019s complete experiences and reflections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-note\"><strong>Editorial note:<\/strong> This page is a concise paraphrase for web presentation and does not reproduce the complete chapter. Please consult the original PDF for the full account.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ap-nav\"><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/experiences-with-saint-gadge-maharaj\/\">\u2190 Previous chapter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/live-experiences-of-the-tarkhad-family-with-shri-sai-baba-of-shirdi\/\">Next chapter \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<aside>\n<section class=\"ap-card ap-source\">\n<h2>Referenced source<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Live Experiences of the Tarkhad Family with Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Author: Virendra Jyotindra Tarkhad<\/p>\n<p>Writer\u2019s own experiences: <em>Writer&#8217;s Own Experiences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/writer-s-own-experiences.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View original chapter PDF \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/live-experiences-of-the-tarkhad-family-with-shri-sai-baba-of-shirdi\/\">View the complete book \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"ap-card ap-teach\">\n<h2>Related teaching<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Devotional inheritance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This account is presented as a recorded family experience for study and reflection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/teachings-and-parables-of-sai-baba\/\">Explore teachings and parables \u2192<\/a><\/section>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter Writer \u00b7 Live Experiences of the Tarkhad Family Writer&#8217;s Own Experiences Virendra Jyotindra Tarkhad\u2019s personal memories of family worship, Shirdi, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-921","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1000,"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/921\/revisions\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}