Shirdi Sai Baba(शिर्डीचे श्री साईबाबा),Nashik,Ahmednagar,India
Location : Shirdi,Nashi,Ahmednagar,India
122 kms from Nashik is the abode of one of Maharashtra's most revered saint - Sai Baba of Shirdi.
Popularly known as the 'Child of God', Sai Baba preached tolerance towards all religions and the message of universal brotherhood.
Every activity at Shirdi revolves around the vast temple complex dedicated to Sai Baba.
Devotees start queuing up in the early hours of dawn to catch a glimpse and seek the blessings of the life-size statue of Sai Baba.
Built In :
Built his first temple at Bhivpuri, Karjat in 1916.
HOW TO REACH SHIRDI?
Nearest airport : is Aurangabad.
Nearest railway : Shirdi, on the Manmad-Daund section of central Railway.
By Bus :
Mumbai-Shirdi,296 kms. (Mumbai-Nashik-Niphad-Yeola-Shirdi)
Nashik-Shirdi 112 kms.
Aurangabad-Shirdi 126 kms.(Aurangabad-Vaijapur Yeola-Kopargaon-Shirdi)
Pune-Shirdi,183 kms. (Pune-Kalamba-sangmner-Talegaon-shirdi).
State Transport buses ply regularly from Mumbai, Nashik, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Pune and kopargaon.
Highlights :
Thursday is marked by special pujas and darshan of the Sai Baba statue.
There are other places of interest that devotees can visit as well including Dwarkamani Mosque where the Baba meditated and slept on alternate nights.
Near the mosque, in a corridor is the dhuni or eternal flame that burns day and night.
Other places of importance are the Gurusthan, the Kandoba Temple, Shani Mandir, Narsimha Mandir, Changdev Maharaj Samadhi and the Sakori Ashram.
ABOUT SHIRDI SAI BABA :
Born : Unknown
Died : October 15, 1918.
Era : 19th to 20th Century
Region : India
Sai Baba of Shirdi, also known as Shirdi Sai Baba (Marathi: शिर्डीचे श्री साईबाबा, was an Indian guru, yogi, and fakir who is regarded by his Hindu and Muslim devotees as a saint.
Many Hindu devotees - including Hemadpant, who wrote the famous Shri Sai Satcharitra - consider him an incarnation of Lord Krishna while other devotees consider him as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya.
Many devotees believe that he was a Satguru, an enlightened Sufi Pir, or a Qutub. No verifiable information is available regarding Sai Baba's birth and place of birth.
Sai Baba's real name is unknown. The name "Sai" was given to him upon his arrival at Shirdi, a town in the west-Indian state of Maharashtra. Mahalsapati, a local temple priest, recognized him as a Muslim saint and greeted him with the words 'Ya Sai!', meaning 'Welcome Sai!'.
Sai or Sayi is a Persian title given to Sufi saints, meaning 'poor one'.However Sāī may also refer to the Sanskrit term "Sakshat Eshwar" or the divine.
The honorific "Baba" means "father; grandfather; old man; sir" in Indo-Aryan languages. Thus Sai Baba denotes "holy father", "saintly father" or "poor old man".
Sai Baba remains a very popular saint, especially in India, and is worshipped by people around the world.
He had no love for perishable things and his sole concern was self-realization. He taught a moral code of love, forgiveness, helping others, charity, contentment, inner peace, and devotion to God and guru.
Sai Baba's teaching combined elements of Hinduism and Islam: he gave the Hindu name Dwarakamayi to the mosque he lived in, practiced Hindu and Muslim rituals, taught using words and figures that drew from both traditions, and was buried in Shirdi.
One of his well known epigrams, "Sabka Malik Ek " ("One God governs all"), is associated with Islam and Sufism.
He always uttered "Allah Malik"("God is King")
PHOTO GALLARY :
WHERE TO STAY IN SHIRDI?
Hotel "The Pilgrims Inn" self contained rooms (50 blocks).
Shirdi Trust has provided Rooms to stay in near to Shirdi Sai Baba Temple..
Return to Shirdi :
In 1858 Sai Baba returned to Shirdi. Around this time he adopted his famous style of dress consisting of a knee-length one-piece robe (kafni) and a cloth cap.
Ramgir Bua, a devotee, testified that Sai Baba was dressed like an athlete and sported 'long hair flowing down to the end of his spine' when he arrived in Shirdi, and that he never had his head shaved.
It was only after Baba forfeited a wrestling match with one Mohdin Tamboli that he took up the kafni and cloth cap, articles of typical Sufi clothing.
This attire contributed to Baba's identification as a Muslim fakir, and was a reason for initial indifference and hostility against him in a predominantly Hindu village.
According to B.V. Narasimhaswami, a posthumous follower who was widely praised as Sai Baba's "apostle", this attitude was prevalent up to 1854 even among some of his devotees in Shirdi.
Sai Baba participated in religious festivals and was also in the habit of preparing food for his visitors, which he distributed to them as prasad. Sai Baba's entertainment was dancing and singing religious songs.
Historical sources :
Biographers of Sai Baba (e.g. Govindrao Raghunath Dabholkar, Acharya Ekkirala Bharadwaja, Smriti Srinivas, Antonio Rigopolous) have based their writing on primary sources.
One such source is the Shirdi Diary by Ganesh Shrikrishna Khaparde, which describes every day of the author's stay at Shirdi.
Speculation about the unknown episodes of Sai Baba's life are primarily based on his own words.
The most important source about Sai's life is the Shri Sai Satcharita, Shri-Sai-Satcharitra written in Marathi in 1916 by Govindrao Raghunath Dabholkar, whom Sai Baba nicknamed Hemadpant.
Consisting of 53 chapters, it describes Sai Baba's life, teachings, and miracles. The book compares Sai Baba's love to a mother's love: caring and loving, but reprimanding when needed.
It describes Baba's lifestyle, his selfless attitude, and his love for his devotees. The book describes how one should surrender one's egoism at God's feet and trust one's guru.
It explains how God is supreme and His devotees should trust Him and love Him. It teaches that God is omnipresent in all living things, so that everything on Earth must be treated with love and respect.
Teachings and practices :
Sai Baba opposed all persecution based on religion or caste.
He was an opponent of religious orthodoxy – Christian, Hindu and Muslim.[24] Although Sai Baba himself led the life of an ascetic, he advised his followers to lead an ordinary family life.
In his personal practice, Sai Baba observed worship procedures belonging to Hinduism and Islam; he shunned any kind of regular rituals but allowed the practice of namaz, chanting of Al-Fatiha, and Qur'an readings at Muslim festival times.
Occasionally reciting the Al-Fatiha himself, Baba also enjoyed listening to moulu and qawwali accompanied with the tabla and sarangi twice daily.
Sai Baba encouraged his devotees to pray, chant God's name, and read holy scriptures. He told Muslims to study the Qur'an, and Hindus to study texts such as the Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita, and Yoga Vasistha.
He advised his devotees and followers to lead a moral life, help others, love every living being without any discrimination, and develop two important features of character: unflinching perseverance (Shraddha) and waiting cheerfully with patience and love(Saburi). He criticized atheism.
In his teachings, Sai Baba emphasized the importance of performing one's duties without attachment to earthly matters, and of being content regardless of the situation.
Film and television :
Sai Baba has been the subject of several feature films in many languages produced by India's film industry.
Sai Baba made twelve assurances to his devotees :
1. Whosoever puts their feet on Shirdi soil, their sufferings will come to an end.
2. The wretched and miserable will rise to joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps
of Dwarakamayi.
3. I shall be ever active and vigorous even after leaving this earthly body.
4. My tomb shall bless and speak to the needs of my devotees.
5. I shall be active and vigorous even from my tomb.
6. My mortal remains will speak from my tomb.
7. I am ever living to help and guide all who come to me, who surrender to me, and who seek refuge in
me.
8. If you look at me, I look at you.
9. If you cast your burden on me, I shall surely bear it.
10. If you seek my advice and help, it shall be given to you at once.
11. There shall be no want in the house of my devotee.
12. If you take a step towards me, I will take 100 steps towards you.
Shirdi Sai Baba Arati :
ToListen Live Sai Baba Aarati Click here..
122 kms from Nashik is the abode of one of Maharashtra's most revered saint - Sai Baba of Shirdi.
Popularly known as the 'Child of God', Sai Baba preached tolerance towards all religions and the message of universal brotherhood.
Every activity at Shirdi revolves around the vast temple complex dedicated to Sai Baba.
Devotees start queuing up in the early hours of dawn to catch a glimpse and seek the blessings of the life-size statue of Sai Baba.
Built In :
Built his first temple at Bhivpuri, Karjat in 1916.
HOW TO REACH SHIRDI?
Nearest airport : is Aurangabad.
Nearest railway : Shirdi, on the Manmad-Daund section of central Railway.
By Bus :
Mumbai-Shirdi,296 kms. (Mumbai-Nashik-Niphad-Yeola-Shirdi)
Nashik-Shirdi 112 kms.
Aurangabad-Shirdi 126 kms.(Aurangabad-Vaijapur Yeola-Kopargaon-Shirdi)
Pune-Shirdi,183 kms. (Pune-Kalamba-sangmner-Talegaon-shirdi).
State Transport buses ply regularly from Mumbai, Nashik, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Pune and kopargaon.
Highlights :
Thursday is marked by special pujas and darshan of the Sai Baba statue.
There are other places of interest that devotees can visit as well including Dwarkamani Mosque where the Baba meditated and slept on alternate nights.
Near the mosque, in a corridor is the dhuni or eternal flame that burns day and night.
Other places of importance are the Gurusthan, the Kandoba Temple, Shani Mandir, Narsimha Mandir, Changdev Maharaj Samadhi and the Sakori Ashram.
ABOUT SHIRDI SAI BABA :
Born : Unknown
Died : October 15, 1918.
Era : 19th to 20th Century
Region : India
Sai Baba of Shirdi, also known as Shirdi Sai Baba (Marathi: शिर्डीचे श्री साईबाबा, was an Indian guru, yogi, and fakir who is regarded by his Hindu and Muslim devotees as a saint.
Many Hindu devotees - including Hemadpant, who wrote the famous Shri Sai Satcharitra - consider him an incarnation of Lord Krishna while other devotees consider him as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya.
Many devotees believe that he was a Satguru, an enlightened Sufi Pir, or a Qutub. No verifiable information is available regarding Sai Baba's birth and place of birth.
Sai Baba's real name is unknown. The name "Sai" was given to him upon his arrival at Shirdi, a town in the west-Indian state of Maharashtra. Mahalsapati, a local temple priest, recognized him as a Muslim saint and greeted him with the words 'Ya Sai!', meaning 'Welcome Sai!'.
Sai or Sayi is a Persian title given to Sufi saints, meaning 'poor one'.However Sāī may also refer to the Sanskrit term "Sakshat Eshwar" or the divine.
The honorific "Baba" means "father; grandfather; old man; sir" in Indo-Aryan languages. Thus Sai Baba denotes "holy father", "saintly father" or "poor old man".
Sai Baba remains a very popular saint, especially in India, and is worshipped by people around the world.
He had no love for perishable things and his sole concern was self-realization. He taught a moral code of love, forgiveness, helping others, charity, contentment, inner peace, and devotion to God and guru.
Sai Baba's teaching combined elements of Hinduism and Islam: he gave the Hindu name Dwarakamayi to the mosque he lived in, practiced Hindu and Muslim rituals, taught using words and figures that drew from both traditions, and was buried in Shirdi.
One of his well known epigrams, "Sabka Malik Ek " ("One God governs all"), is associated with Islam and Sufism.
He always uttered "Allah Malik"("God is King")
PHOTO GALLARY :
Hotel "The Pilgrims Inn" self contained rooms (50 blocks).
Shirdi Trust has provided Rooms to stay in near to Shirdi Sai Baba Temple..
Return to Shirdi :
In 1858 Sai Baba returned to Shirdi. Around this time he adopted his famous style of dress consisting of a knee-length one-piece robe (kafni) and a cloth cap.
Ramgir Bua, a devotee, testified that Sai Baba was dressed like an athlete and sported 'long hair flowing down to the end of his spine' when he arrived in Shirdi, and that he never had his head shaved.
It was only after Baba forfeited a wrestling match with one Mohdin Tamboli that he took up the kafni and cloth cap, articles of typical Sufi clothing.
This attire contributed to Baba's identification as a Muslim fakir, and was a reason for initial indifference and hostility against him in a predominantly Hindu village.
According to B.V. Narasimhaswami, a posthumous follower who was widely praised as Sai Baba's "apostle", this attitude was prevalent up to 1854 even among some of his devotees in Shirdi.
Sai Baba participated in religious festivals and was also in the habit of preparing food for his visitors, which he distributed to them as prasad. Sai Baba's entertainment was dancing and singing religious songs.
Historical sources :
Biographers of Sai Baba (e.g. Govindrao Raghunath Dabholkar, Acharya Ekkirala Bharadwaja, Smriti Srinivas, Antonio Rigopolous) have based their writing on primary sources.
One such source is the Shirdi Diary by Ganesh Shrikrishna Khaparde, which describes every day of the author's stay at Shirdi.
Speculation about the unknown episodes of Sai Baba's life are primarily based on his own words.
The most important source about Sai's life is the Shri Sai Satcharita, Shri-Sai-Satcharitra written in Marathi in 1916 by Govindrao Raghunath Dabholkar, whom Sai Baba nicknamed Hemadpant.
Consisting of 53 chapters, it describes Sai Baba's life, teachings, and miracles. The book compares Sai Baba's love to a mother's love: caring and loving, but reprimanding when needed.
It describes Baba's lifestyle, his selfless attitude, and his love for his devotees. The book describes how one should surrender one's egoism at God's feet and trust one's guru.
It explains how God is supreme and His devotees should trust Him and love Him. It teaches that God is omnipresent in all living things, so that everything on Earth must be treated with love and respect.
Teachings and practices :
Sai Baba opposed all persecution based on religion or caste.
He was an opponent of religious orthodoxy – Christian, Hindu and Muslim.[24] Although Sai Baba himself led the life of an ascetic, he advised his followers to lead an ordinary family life.
In his personal practice, Sai Baba observed worship procedures belonging to Hinduism and Islam; he shunned any kind of regular rituals but allowed the practice of namaz, chanting of Al-Fatiha, and Qur'an readings at Muslim festival times.
Occasionally reciting the Al-Fatiha himself, Baba also enjoyed listening to moulu and qawwali accompanied with the tabla and sarangi twice daily.
Sai Baba encouraged his devotees to pray, chant God's name, and read holy scriptures. He told Muslims to study the Qur'an, and Hindus to study texts such as the Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita, and Yoga Vasistha.
He advised his devotees and followers to lead a moral life, help others, love every living being without any discrimination, and develop two important features of character: unflinching perseverance (Shraddha) and waiting cheerfully with patience and love(Saburi). He criticized atheism.
In his teachings, Sai Baba emphasized the importance of performing one's duties without attachment to earthly matters, and of being content regardless of the situation.
Film and television :
Sai Baba has been the subject of several feature films in many languages produced by India's film industry.
Year
|
Film
|
Title role
|
Director
|
Language
|
Notes
|
1977
|
Shirdi ke Sai Baba
|
Ashok V. Bhushan
|
Hindi
|
Also featuring Manoj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Hema Malini,Shatrughan Sinha, Sachin, Prem Nath
|
|
1986
|
Telugu
|
Dubbed into Hindi as Shirdi Sai
Baba Ki Kahani, into Tamil asSri Shiridi Saibaba
|
|||
1989
|
Bhagavan Shri Sai Baba
|
Sai prakash
|
Kannada
|
||
1993
|
Sai Baba
|
Yashwant Dutt
|
Babasaheb S. Fattelal
|
Marathi
|
Also featuring Lalita Pawar
|
2001
|
Shirdi Sai Baba
|
Hindi
|
Also featuring Dharmendra, Rohini Hattangadi, Suresh Oberoi
|
||
2005
|
Ishwarya Avatar Sai Baba
|
Hindi
|
Composite movie drawn from Sagar's Sai Baba (TV series).
|
||
2010
|
Hindi
|
Released in 2008. Also featuring Manoj Kumar, Divya Dutta,Rohini Hattangadi, Zarina Wahab and Anup Jalota as Das Ganu.
|
|||
2012
|
Telugu
|
(filming)
|
Sai Baba made twelve assurances to his devotees :
1. Whosoever puts their feet on Shirdi soil, their sufferings will come to an end.
2. The wretched and miserable will rise to joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps
of Dwarakamayi.
3. I shall be ever active and vigorous even after leaving this earthly body.
4. My tomb shall bless and speak to the needs of my devotees.
5. I shall be active and vigorous even from my tomb.
6. My mortal remains will speak from my tomb.
7. I am ever living to help and guide all who come to me, who surrender to me, and who seek refuge in
me.
8. If you look at me, I look at you.
9. If you cast your burden on me, I shall surely bear it.
10. If you seek my advice and help, it shall be given to you at once.
11. There shall be no want in the house of my devotee.
12. If you take a step towards me, I will take 100 steps towards you.
Shirdi Sai Baba Arati :
ToListen Live Sai Baba Aarati Click here..
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