![]() While going AC sleeper from Orange travels (Cost per ticket around 1500), boarded bus in front of Asian Mall near BHEL 09:50 PM. I went for a 3 day trip from Hyderabad to Shirdi and other near by places.Started Monday night,returned to Hyderabad on Saturday Morning. Overall experience was Divine and Blessed. The temple has number of entry gates, one has to check the entry point. The Pooja experience, especially Sai Satyavrat, were unforgettable. We did the Darshan with VIP ticket, which took relatively lesser time for darshan. Besides free Bus service, frequent auto service is available at Temple and Baktiniwas at bargain rate. Mobile is not allowed inside the temple premises and hence taking photo is also debarred. During our 2 days stay, we visited the temple multiple times and faced no issue rather liked the overall facilities / arrangements, be it free transport facility from Ashram, mobile locker / shoe rack at the gate, prasadi / flower shops, crowd management etc. We were late and missed Doop Arati, instead we were allowed for Shej Aarti (Night) with the same booking. ![]() The overall arrangements and management of Temple and Ashram by the Trust is excellent. We pre-booked all arrangements like, stay at Sai Ashram Bhaktiniwas, Abhishek Pooja, Sai Satyavrat (Satyanarayana) Pooja and Dhoop Aarti (Evening) through Temple’s online service at nominal rate. We avoided Thursday as on this day large number of devotees visit the temple for darshan. to 9.00 p.m.Visited Shirdih with spouse on 2nd March’21 to 4th March’21, reached from Mumbai by Air at evening. It is going to have many tourist attractions like a theme park, an amusement park, a meditation center, cottages, resorts and gardens. Here the statues of Maharashtrian saints and a few events from Sai Baba’s life are seen in form of statues. There is Sai Srinath Art Gallery and Wax Museum (4kms from the temple) also on Nagar Manmad Road, a part of the 250-acre Mega Project. The folk culture of Maharashtra is also felt here when you see the surroundings and the listen to folk music. Children will enjoy the monorail ride, ropeway and other amusement sports. It is a devotional theme park where the important events in Sai baba’s life are seen in form of beautiful statues. Apart from this museum, if one has time, you can visit Sai heritage village located three kms from the temple. The opening hours of Sai Museum are from 10 a.m. The palanquin used during processions is also seen here. But as per Baba’s wish this wada became baba’s Samadhi Mandir. The idols of Muralidhar along with the idols of Rama, Sita and Lakshmana are seen here which were actually meant to be installed in Booty Mandir. The coins given by Baba to Mahalsapati, Khandoba’s temple priest, are seen. Many clay pipes and earthen vessels used by Baba are also seen here. The cot on which the last bathing took place after Baba’s demise is also preserved here. The original chimta (Tongs like musical instrument) used by Baba is another rare find. Different kinds of clothes used by Baba are displayed here. A mud pot used by the saint is seen in a corner filled with water. When both of them are used with faith we get spiritual grace of Baba. The upper stone is Bhakti and the lower stone represents Dharma. ![]() The grinding mill used by Baba shows the spiritual significance. A small vessel was used for preparing meals for fifty people and the big vessel for one hundred people. Two utensils used by Baba for cooking are seen. ![]() One can see the actual padukas used by the great saint. The articles are arranged on the first floor with clear labels giving information about each item. The Shirdi Sai Sansthan deserves much appreciation in making these artefacts accessible to public without any entry fee. Many black and white photos of previous times makes your heart fill with a sense of devotion. Here you will get a rare opportunity of seeing the articles and personal belongings of Saibaba. But your trip is incomplete without visiting Shirdi Sai Museum located just opposite Gurusthan within the temple complex. Most of the people might have seen Shirdi Sai Samadhi Mandir, Dwarakamai, Chavadi, Gurusthan and Lendi garden apart from Khandoba Mandir near Shirdi Bus stand. Next to Tirupati the most visited pilgrimage spot in India is Shirdi in Ahmednagar District in Maharashtra state.
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