Is it to be believed? Lord Hanuman can make himself 100 time larger, if he sees necessary! Bhakta Prahalad prays to see Lord Vishnu and finds him next to him, a travel from Vaikunth (the heavens) to Bhooloak (earth)! Lord Krishna lifts Govardhan Parvat (a mountain with a 22 kilometers in circumference) on his little finger, for weeks, to shelter people from floods. Well, we don’t know about these stories, as we were not alive then.
But here is a small example of what happened in years ago and can be experienced even today.
About 20 kilometers from Pune, on the way to Satara, there is a durgah (Shrine) at a small town called Khed Shivapuri. The shrine is built over the grave of a revered religious figure Pir Qamar Ali Shah Darvesh. It can be identified by a huge tree outside which has hundreds of eagles hanging upside down.
Peculiarly, there is also a 250 kilogram stone in front of the shrine. This stone cannot be lifted or even be moved by any number of people, even the strongest of them. However, if an odd number of men like 7, 9, 11 come together, get their pointing finger below the stone, chant the name “Pir Qamar Ali Darvesh” while lifting it, the stone can be thrown up – as high as 8 feet or above. Louder the chant, the higher it goes. No strength need be applied. If the group is short of odd numbers, fakirs standing by are happy to join in.
The surprise element is if one tries with even number of men like 10 or 12, or with a woman in the group or withtout uttering his name, the rock won’t budge.
