You should avoid visiting the temple from March to May as it is very hot during the summer. The best time to visit is from December to February. You will see maximum devotees visiting the temple during Ramnavami, Gurupoornima, and Dussehra. Since Thursday is considered the day of worshipping Sadhguru, you will find an extra crowd than other days in the temple. It helped Talim to meticulously construct the statue of Sai Baba. When Talim struggled to carve the exact features of Sai Baba, the divine saint appeared in his dream and showed his face from different angles. That is when the temple authorities decided to carve a statue of Baba from it and commissioned Bombay’s sculptor Balaji Vasant Talim for the task. So a buyer bought it at an auction and donated it to the temple of Sai Baba. As the story goes, a high-quality Italian marble arrived at the dock of Mumbai and there was no one claiming it. There is an interesting story attached to the statue. The statue of Baba was installed on 7 October 1954 on Vijayadasami, 36 years after he took Mahasamadhi. Devotees believe that the eyes of Baba talk to them. The statue of Sai Baba every year attracts millions of pilgrims across the world. It is the same statue that you see even today in the Sai Baba temple at Shirdi. In 1954, a statue of Baba was built and replaced the photograph. Some spices and an old cotton bag containing Baba’s cap and green kafni were also placed with his divine body.Īfter the burial, a photograph of Sai Baba was kept on the tomb’s throne. He was buried 36 hours after the Mahasamadhi along with his personal articles like a chillim, a satka, a broken brick, needle, and cotton. Baba Was Buried With His Few Personal Things Carry me to the dagadi wada.” He took Mahasamadhi on Tuesday 15th October 1918. His last words were, “I am not feeling well in the masjid. Sai Baba Requested To Carry Him To Dagadi Wadaĭuring the construction of the temple, the health of Baba started deteriorating. He even said, “When the temple is built, we shall inhabit it and ever afterward live in joy.”ģ. Baba approved the installation of the statue of Muralidhar on the ground floor as suggested by Booty. Baba Made Suggestions During Constructionĭuring the construction process, Baba used to give suggestions whenever he passed through the site. It was intended that the place will serve as a restroom as well as a temple for Krishna.Īs the story goes, once when Shama and Booty were sleeping alongside each other, both dreamt Baba saying, “Let there be a wada with a temple so that I can satisfy the desires of all.” Immediately the two came up with a plan and took approval of Baba through Dixit. Originally The Construction Was Made For Murlidhar Templeīuilt by Nagpur’s millionaire Gopalrao Booty, the Sai Baba temple was originally constructed as a Wada. Interestingly, many hotels and a few apartment complexes that are coming up here have nine floors each.Are you planning to visit the Shirdi Sai Baba temple soon? Here are the 15 things that you must know about the temple and other details enjoy hassle-free stay and darshan: 1. High-end resorts have also come up on the outskirts of the town and luxury villas that cater to foreign devotees have also been built.
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The Satya Sai Central Trust is building a massive samadh at Sai Kulwanth Hall, where the Baba's mortal remains will be buried tomorrow, and is also likely to install his life-size statue.Ī walk along the dingy lanes of the town gives a glimpse of the growing real-estate in Puttaparthi.Ī few hotels have come up in the town in the last few months while many more are under construction. "Puttaparthi will now become another Shirdi as devotees will continue to visit the Baba's samadhi (grave)," he adds. Even after the Baba, Puttaparthi will remain etched on the international map forever," says shopkeeper Nalla Reddy. In her marble grave, shrouded by the sky & covered with a layer of grass lies Sahibat-ul-Zamani Shehzadi. "I have been living here for the past 40 years and I have seen Puttaparthi's glory grow by the day. But it will retain its glory," asserts Puttaparthi MLA Palle Raghunatha Reddy. "We can't imagine Puttaparthi without Sai Baba. Sai Baba had claimed that he was a re-incarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba.įrom a sleepy village, Puttaparthi has come to occupy a pride of place in the international arena in the last six decades, thanks mainly to the Baba. "Puttaparthi's glory will only enhance now and it will become another Shirdi, the holy town in Maharashtra that became famous after Shirdi Sai Baba," Sai Baba's devotees assert. Sai Baba was the lifeline for Puttaparthi and naturally the question about the town's fate arises now that he is no more. An ordinary person may feel that Puttaparthi may lose its glory in the aftermath of Sathya Sai Baba but the devout firmly believe that the town will retain its position on the international map as a holy place.