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Saibaba is the sweet saint who resides in our heart and he really is the crown jewel amoung
saints because he fulfills a devotees materialistic and also spiritual needs. He treats every devotee
based on their likes and dislikes and guides them based on their past karma, charecter and
understanding of life. Why i always mention him as "Shirdi" saibaba because to me shirdi saibaba is
the sadguru ( True Guru -its very personal attitude ). I decided to write this article for shirdi saibaba
devotees who wish to travel to shirdi.
Everytime i travel to shirdi, my experience has been different but i had felt the presence of shirdi
sai always in my heart which means one has to remember what sai said " Let the world go topsy
turvy, You be where you are and remember me alone" . So when you are in shirdi also, please
surrender all your senses under sai's feet, drop all your desires,wishes,worries and pains in life along
with the single rupee of coin you drop in dakshina box. Thats it. Just remember sai sai sai......
When you are back from shirdi, there must be a trasformation in your heart. Your faith unto sai
must have increased thousand folds . How can you expect a change in your life if there's no change in
your mind. sai lives in your mind. Hence i wrote this article. Please read further about the feelings,
emotions and love of this little servant of sai for this beautiful saint saibaba of "shirdi"...
Forgive me for any mistakes...what ever i wrote is very personal. Only sai and i can understand
the love we share. - Venkat Raman
Shirdi - Our saibaba selected this small village and it became a garden of divinity :
" Shirdi " What a beautiful name ? . Every time i speak about sai to a stranger , i add the word
shirdi and say " I love shirdi saibaba " He is my Sadguru,sweet heart,friend, philosopher,guide and life
itself. Shirdi saibaba is a way of my life.
In 1854 a boy was found meditating under a Neem tree at an aprox age of 16. When a little boy
of 16, has chosed to go to a very small village in the indian state of Maharastra in Ahmednagar district
, little did the shirdi people realized that he is going to pull millions of devotees every year to this
village in the years to come. I read somewhere that when sai first went to shirdi, it was a village with
just 80 mud huts.
The boy sat meditating under a Neem tree and practiced yoga and penance not minding the
weather conditions. Why should a little boy suffer so much ? Now a days shirdi sai devotees
sometimes get angry on baba even if something they prayed for doesn't happen. Why should we
always see baba in the form where he looks old. Imagine a 16 year old boy who later turned out to be
saibaba of shirdi.
Saibaba has sacrificed his life right from childhood :
To become the saibaba of old age whom we respect , adore and depend on for our own welfare,
this little boy has worked right from his birth and childhood. Sixteen is really young for someone to
have started his spiritual journey. Am sure this little boy has practicedmore right from his birth than
the first time he was seen under a Neem tree in shirdi village.
You would have seen little boys working in hotel ,workshops and factories.Some times i feel pity
for this little kids. Simililary saibaba of shirdi has started working hard, hurted himself by practicing
meditation, clean habits,keeping his mind pure etc right from his child hood. Why should this little boy
lead a perfect life and later known as saibaba pull millions of devotees to him and bless them with
good health, peace and prosperity.
There are people who say 100 stories about what sai did before he was 16. Just one clarification.
Its easy for us to do research and discover past of sais life or tell stories that you imagine but sai
himself din't liked to reveal what he was accept for one fact that he revealed when Nandadeep ( a
place in shirdi where 5 lamps were burning under the surface - now there are 2 trees and a lamp
burning 24 hours to signify the importance of babas gurus place ) was dug, sai accepted its his Gurus
place where he practiced and learn a lot from his Guru for 10 years.
From 1854 to 57 , the kind hearted boy who loves gardening carried water pots from a well on
his own shoulders , near the Neem tree ( present site of samadhi mandhir ) , for creating and tending
a garden. Saint Gangagir Maharaj, on seeing him at his work, said that shirdi was blessed with the
presence of this gem. In 1857, the boy disappeared from shirdi village and re-appeared to remain
there permanently, with the marriage party of chandbhai's nehew. The priest of Kandoba temple was
the one who first welcomed him as "Aoa Sai "..meaning welcome sai.Hence the boys name became
"saibaba".
Shirdi - Sai lives every where and his samadhi mandhir is in shirdi :
The 16 year old boy would have chosen any other villages .Why did he chose shirdi ? Is it a holy
place or does the boy know that invisibly its a spot where three holy rivers are merging ?. I always get
this thought in my mind. Why did this little boy choose
shirdi to live in. Sometimes we friends wish shirdi must have been a bit close to coimbatore so that we
can go there very often but when i think hard, sai would have chosen shirdi for he alone knows that is
the right place in this holy country to spread the message of humanity, to guide millions of devotees
to lead a good life, to bless millions with good health,
education,food,clothes,shelter,goodcareer,marriage,children and long life.
Lets remember what baba has said . "Don't think this body of 3 cubits and six feet is all what i
am.I will be present everywhere in this universe and when a devotee calls me with pure love, i appear
infront of him in some form and bless him. I need no doors to enter.l lived in insects, ants and dogs. "
I changed the quotes as above is what i remember now but basically lets understand though baba
lives everywhere, his samadhi is in shirdi and since sai babas holy feet has touched and kissed the soil
of shirdi, going to shirdi and staying there is the most beautiful thing that can happen to shirdi sai
devotees life.
"When you remember saibaba, saibaba is with you
When you remember shirdi, you are mentally in Baba's Samadhi mandhir and Dwarakamai "
For those of you for whom the opportunity has not come yet, I prayed baba when it wrote this
article, to accept everyone who reads this article with pure mind as if they are now in shirdi and they
are touching your feets in samadhi mandhir and entering your dwarakamai and chavdi. So friends,
theres a shirdi in your heart. So remember sai sai sai and read ahead. sai will accept it as your
Simple. Chant sai sai sai...sai sai sai....sai sai sai.....it takes a little more than one second to say it
three times "sai sai sai" . Imagine how many thousands or lakhs of times you can chant "sai sai sai" if
you start chanting sai sai sai right from the moment you start your journey to shirdi. Its ok if you want
to make fun with friends or family members but make sure you never hurt anyone.
For me also,a bad habit is thinking about my desires, my past,future,pains and sufferings i faced in life
etc. I wonder why i always worry so much when sai has said "why fear when i am here" . So again i
try to chant "sai sai sai" or any of sais good chantings like
"aum sri sri sai jaya jaya sai"
"shirdi sai dwarakamai"
"aum sri sai ram"
How can you let your mind get distracted either with wordly affairs or with your own pains and
worries. Try your maximum to remember sai sai and sai alone in shirdi.
Switch on the chanting box in your heart :
I recommond chanting " sai sai sai"....sai sai sai...sai sai sai.....because its simple , easy and even
when you are distracted , don't wory about it. There's a button for sai in your mind. Just simply switch
on that button and it will start to chant
sai sai sai
sai sai sai
sai sai sai
Sai has assured that when ever his devotee with pure mind says "sai sai sai" and surrender all his
senses to him, his/her past sins will be burnt like ashes in the dhuni and they will be free of debt for
the sins they did in past births. Gradually their bad time will go away leading them to good times
when shirdi saibaba's blessings will reach them.
Vow.....Cummon....isn't this a simple solution for all of us shirdi saibaba devotees. Simply saying
sai sai sai.....
Its not rocket science...I have a sister who is a research scientist , supports me in all my spiritual
deeds.She says she prays just 5 minutes everyday and gets back to her work while i do nothing in life
other than prayers ( he ...he ...he ) .May be baba knows i had done so much of sins in my previous
birth. So he pulled me to his service for few years and am sure someday he will show me a way for
my career .
Listen to saibaba Bhajans,Saibaba songs in any shirdi sai temple :
When ever you go to any shirdi Sai temple , Sai mandhir please have the habit of singing saibaba
bhajans, listen to sai bhajans and try to imagine saibaba in your heart,shirdi saibaba songs ,saibaba
arathi or easy method of chanting sai sai sai.My only request is never have pride that you have ability
to sing babas songs.If you surrender your ego to sai, sai will keep you like his own eyes
You have rights to expect from shirdi sai but sai has rights to make use of your time and life for
welfare of humanity :
I really feel pity for people like me who say they always remember sai but theres no change in
their life. just imagine what i must be doing in 2007 when am going to be 29. Should i not be working
somewhere and make my parents happy. On the other hand , the past 3 - 4years my life itself is all
about printing posters of sai with good quotes of humanity, distributing it as gift to good sai devotees
i see in temple, where ever i go, when people say me their problem, i ask them to give food to
anyone poor, give clothes, light as many lamps as possible.........why am i doing all this. I am sure sai
knows when to take and when to give. All these years baba has "taken" from me and i always believe
a time will come when he "gives" a gift for the little that i have done. I don't expect anything from
anyone because when sai is there and when i am his child why should i care about life. I know my life
is safe in babas hands. What ever change happens in my life must come directly from this sweet saint
shirdi saibaba who is my love, light and life.
The reason i wrote about me in above para is that not all of you will have situation ,parents and
sister who are supportive irrespective of my being parents worried about me, their love for me lets
them leave me in sais path. Some of you might be worrying a lot why sai hasn't helped even after so
much of pure devotion. Try this one simple remedy. Always whole heartedly chant "sai sai sai" no
matter where you travel or what you do. If your mind is totally surrendered to sai , sai will surely fulfill
your basic needs.
Habit of "giving" to poor during shirdi pilgrimage :
Many thousands of devotees donate to shirdi saibaba someway or other. Its one way to clear our
previous lifes debt. Remember, if you have donated a lot , don't be proud of it. You have so much of
sins to clear off. Thats why sai made you do it.
My personal belief is to "give" directly to poor people whom you can see in villages. All of us are
living a fast life where shirdi trip means just a one day stay at shirdi. So many sai devotees can't catch
up with my habit.
My habit is , to buy few sarees,bangles, print few shirdi saibaba photos and give it to village
people who live near shirdi and get their ashirwad.
You can give anything as per your ability. Make sure it will satisfy needs of village people. You
can get some note books, pens etc and give to kids. All you have to do is search for someone who
deserves it. You must spend atleast half a day to go to right place and meet right people who will
accept your gifts whole heartedly.
There are lots of people near dwarakamai and chavdi .You can give them but imagine..how
happy sai will be if you take 2 hours to travel or go in auto 2-5 kilometers, speak to some village
people and tell them you have 5-10 sarees, note books,pens whic you wish to give to the kids
there...I don't know if its practically possible for all of you. By babas grace, i was able to do it when
ever i go to any temple i love....Sometimes i give saree to poor women sells lamps and
flowers,sometimes i get permission from elderly women , give it traditionaly, get ashirwad from them.
All i can say is, When ever you go to any good temples, purchase atleast for 1000 rupees ..something
worthy to give to people in need. It will gain you enormous blessings.
Trust me, don't think "Giving" is easy. Sometimes, when i have given baba photos to sai devotees
, they will think am selling it and show angry face to me. I try maximum not to get hurted .Make sure
you choose right village women to give saree and get blessings. Don't make a crowd to gather around
you near temple complex...When ever you want to give stuff, choose to travel to deep villages.Only
village people might be poor and they will have needs of your gifts.
Accomodation,hotels in shirdi - shirdi hotels, shirdi lodges ,shirdi saibaba sansthan :
For Gods sake, don't get irritated as soon as you get down the bus in shirdi. A guide will follow
you for 2-3 minutes asking if you need help in accomodation. If you think, he speaks well, accept his
offer or just walk to any one and ask where is "sansthan office". Shirdi saibaba sansthan is
professional as far as i know. They guide devotees properly.
The shirdi saibaba sansthan maintains few dormitaries and sansthan hotels where you can stay
for 48 hours and more than that by permission. I am not sure about their tariff. I once stayed in
dormitary where they charged 200 rs for 2 days and gave back 180 rupees. For Rooms, it could be
more say around 100 to 300 rs ( am not sure ).During season times, its hard to get sansthans rooms
and dormitary.
There are various hotels .All you have to do is walk a little in the roads away from chavdi and
near prasadalaya. If you have less baggages better walk and chose a lodge by yourself. If you dont
like, never feel shy to choose a better one. Its 2007 when i write this and now the tariffs during nonseason range from 300 Rs - 400Rs - 600 Rupees most common and upto 3000 . During season times
some lodges which charge 400 rupees per day will charge you 2000 rupees perday for same room. Its
a commercial world and shirdi too is not an exception. High season could be during December end,
Summer holidays etc.
Pray shirdi saibaba to guide you and help you find peaceful accomodation, and bless you with
good food :
I just want to guide devotees as many worry too much since they feel its new place. I always say
them Never fear that its new place and you dont know language. Just light a lamp in your house or
near by temple asking shirdi saibaba to help you travel and stay at shirdi peacefully, surely sai will
help you. When i went to shirdi first time on march 30th 2006, i went from Mumbai in a bus. As soon
as i got down at 3.45 am early morning, few guides asked me to come along with them. I stood there
blinking for few seconds. Don't know what made me walk away.I just saw few devotees walking
towards a road, bend down to shirdi soil, applied it on my forehead and just walked behind them. I
dont even know where they were going. Suddenly i saw sansthan office , enquired a security and
asked them for dormitary.
They said office will open little later..I directly kept all my bags in a cloack room, took bath and
went to Kakad arathi. I sat little far from babas samadhi but i never expected that i will make it to
kakad arathi being a new comer to shirdi . The best part is i never worries about bags in cloak room. I
visited dwarakamai , chavdi and then cooly took bags, got accomodation in sansthans dormitary and
stayed there 2 days. see its all in faith. If you love sai and want to see baba, he will take you happily,
keep you happily in shirdi and come with you to yourhome and leave you at your place safely.
devotees .I sincerely pray for all who plans to go shirdi, to have a beautiful darshan of our saibaba.
Please remember its not darshan you get, its darshan he gives. The one who called you to shirdi
knows how to bring you and keep you with him with peace.
Be a deserving devotee of shirdi saibaba :
When you come back from shirdi, if your friends asks what did you offer to sai. Make sure you
deserve to say the following words
" I gave my heart to sai and got his heart for me " .
Our mind is filled with desires, wishes,pains and worries. It also bears all our past bad karma and bad
thoughts. Whats the use of living with our mind. Lets try our maximum to deeply analyse every aspect
of sais life and there by make our heart like his. No one can be like my shirdi saibaba. He is the SUN .
The only one SUN for this universe but certainly we all can become "Stars"
I feel really touched to see the same Neem tree where baba sat in 1854
which is still alive in 2007 ......vow...its the only "LIFE" which still can happily say,
i have see "saibaba" . Gurusthan is just behind samadhi mandhir . Its the same
Neem tree ( Margosa tree ) where baba appeared in shirdi as a 16 year old boy.
Theres a padukas of sai installed in this place. Now the sansthan has beautifully
renovated Gurusthan.
Lendi baug - Garden & well :
This is the Garden which sai maintained during his life time. There is a well in
this Garden where sai used to take water for the plants.
Nandadeep : Little Dattatreya temple and Samadhi of the horse shyam karna
Please please please.....In evening time, Get lamps from a women who sells
lamps opposite to Dwarakamai, bring it into temple complex, ask where is
Nandadeep, theres a tray where you can light lamps. So light lamps because baba
loves it. Nandadeep is a place where you can see two trees and in the centre
theres a small temple inside which Lamp will be glowing all through the year
forever. . During babas life time, shirdi people discovered a hole, dug it and found
a celler where 5 lamps were burning. Baba told them its his Gurus place where he
practiced penance for 10 years and asked them to take care of the place.
Theres a small Dattatreya temple and samadhi of babas favourite hourse
Shyam karna. In the temple complex you can also get blessings from Samadhi of
Baba's devotees Abdul Baba , Nanavalli , Bhau Maharaj and Tatya.
Kandoba temple :
Lord Kandoba is the village diety of shirdi people .It was there even before
babas arrival.Its Lord shivas form.Its a bit away from Temple complex. Please
visit this place.You can go by 5 minute walk. The speciality of Kandoba temple is
that, its the first place where baba returned to shirdi and while he got down from
bulluck cart, the priest of kandoba temple welcomed him "Aao Sai" "welcome sai"
.Thats how my sweet saint got his name as "Sai baba" where Sai means saint and
Baba means Father.
Walk in Pimpalwadi road :
The above places are must visit. But have you seen shirdi as village when
baba lived. You cant see it now because it has become a big town crowded with
thousands of devotees. Here comes a tips from Venkat....He he he......No one will
ask you to do it but i wish youngsters who stay ion shirdi for more than a day try
to walk atleast 2 kms in pimpalwadi road from shirdi...The reason i love to walk in
this road is that we can feel how sai would have walked , talked and laughed to
shirdi people. I don't know how long the scerinity of shirdi will be preserved but
lucky us .In 2007 i am still able to see some grenary. Baba let there be some
trees and plants in shirdi. We dont need just hotels and shops . We also need to
feel your holy place as it was when you lived......Thats my request to sai.
Location of Shirdi - How to reach Shirdi :
Shirdi is a town situated in Ahmednagar - Manmad State Highway No.10. In
olden days the Ahmednagar Manmad road has been very busy.Its in Rahata
tahasil of Ahmednagar district in Maharastra state in india
Travel to Shirdi by Train :
If you want to reach shirdi by train, you can book tickets to a railway stations
in following places.once you decided , search for indian railways official website
and see trains which runs from the place of your choice to the following railway
stations.
1. A town called Kopargaonsituated 16 kilometers from shirdi. Train stops
very few minutes here and quota to reserve tickets to kopargaon and from
kopargaon might be less as its a small station.There are trains from bangalore ,
solapur etc which halts in shirdi for few minutes.I am not sure about exact
details.Please have a look at the indian railways official website.
2.The nearest Railway Junction isManmad situated approx 55 kilometers from
shirdi. Few trains travel from Mumbai to Manmad station.
3.You can also come to Pune by train and from there take a bus to shirdi .Pune
to shirdi bus journey will be approx 6 hours.
Travelling to shirdi from Bangalore, Mumbai and hydrabad :
If you are in Mumbai best way is to travel by bus.It takes around 7 to 8
hours.Mostly buses will start in the evenings. From Bangalore and Hydrabad there
are many trains and Bus. Some travel agencies offers package of both travel and
accomodation in shirdi.
Travelling from south india - Tamilnadu :
If you are travelling from south india like coimbatore ,you can shift train from
bangalore which halts in kopargaon. What we used to do is take ticket in
Lokmanya tilak kurla express to pune from coimbatore. Theres a small station
calledDaund before pune where we get down, take a auto to a small
junction.From there we take bus to Ahmadnagar and from Ahmadnagar to shirdi.I
dont recommond this for elderly devotees. If you get down in daund, instead of
pune, you can save 3 hours of train journey..The bus journey from daund will be
approx 5 - 6 hours.
Mostly, devotees prefer shifting trains in bangalore so that they can landup
directly in Kopargoan. From there they take a 20 minute auto ride to shirdi . If
you get down in pune railway station, the bus journey to shirdi will be approx 6
hours.I dont have idea about trains from chennai.
Return journey from shirdi :
Shirdi has numerous travel agencies which runs bus even to far away places like
Ahmadabad ( 780 kms ), Bangalore and hydrabad. If you are staying in shirdi and
want to go back either to mumbai or pune for your return journey, better book
tickets for bus a day before. Usually we book return tickets from Pune railway
station, so we travel in bus from shirdi to pune for 6 hours. If you can get trains
from Kopergoan or Manmad to your place , you save the time of bus journey. In
shirdi, the santhans temple premises itself has a counter to reserve to and fro
train tickets to travel any where in india.
Solapur junction : Akalkot Maharaj samadhi and Pandharpur
If you wish to visit other temples like Pandharpur ( 282 kms from shirdi ) and
Akkalkot swamijis samadhi ( Akalkot is 345 kms from shirdi ), you can book
tickets to solapur or travel by bus to sholapur and get darshan of pandurang of
Pandharpur and samadhi of Akkalkot Maharaj. Don't plan to go pandharpur if your
travel time is less.Its really far from shirdi.
Nasik : Triyambakeshwar and Panchvati
For Lord shiva devotees , the most important place to visit is
Triyambakeshwar.You can arrange a small van or car from shirdi for one day rent
and travel to Triyambakeshwar .It took 33 years to built this temple and its one
amoung 12 jothir ling sthal of Lord shiva. The way from Shirdi to
Triyambakeshwar and from there to panchvati is such a scenic place. It will be so
beautiful if you go in a good season. Good rituals are done by purohits in
Triyambakeshwar.Sometimes it will be crowded.
Panchvati darshan has few temples like Kala Ram temple ( Kala ram temple is
mentioned in sai satcharita ) , Gore Ram temple, Kabaleshwarar temple, Lord
Murugan temple and in the end has river Godavari .Close to River Godavari is a
small Shirdi saibaba temple. When we left shirdi and came for a Triyambakeshwar
and panchvati, our hearts were remembering sai . Suddenly the guide took us to
this little baba temple .I felt touched when i saw this beautiful baba . Panchvati
means group of Five Trees. It has a cave where Sita devi worshiped lord shiva
inside a cave. It was really a wonderful feeling to go visit the cave where Ram
and sita lived while they were in jungle. If you are interested in travelling to near
by places to shirdi, Tribakeshwar and Panchvati can be covered within from
morning and by evening you can be back in shirdi.
Traveling to shirdi by Air - Nearest Airports and distance from shirdi :
Aurangabad - Domestic - 150 Km
Saibaba of Shirdi - The great Indian Saint lives forever and ever
Saibaba of Shirdi was first seen as a Young lad of approximately 16 years of age in the
Maharastra state of India in a small village called Shirdi. When Saibaba had his Mahasamadhi
in 1918, thousands of his devotees were worried that they won't be able to see saibaba , touch
him and speak to him. Saibaba has assured that he will surely be alive and active even from his
samadhi. To some devotees saibaba appeared in dream and asked them to continue the Arti in
the samadhi mandhir and offer flowers to the samadhi. To some devotees saibaba requested to
send shawl ( cloth ) to be offered over the samadhi.
From 1918 to 1930's the number of devotees who comes to have darshan of shirdi saibaba
samadhi and his dwarakamai went from hundreds to as low as 5 devotees a day. Few of
saibaba's close devotees felt like many other saints saibaba's fame also has come down after
his samadhi.
It was in the year 1936 when Narasimha swamiji discovered a Guru in saibaba dedicated his
life time in the service of saibaba, that sai movement became famous once again. One of my
greatest inspiration for Sai seva is Narasimha swamiji because his life story is so beautiful that it
took 18 years for Narasimha swamiji to get a guru like our shirdi saibaba.
Friends, Now lets thank saibaba for being so sweet to all of us . Saibaba has pulled us to his
kingdom very soon and we are in his lap like children. Lets keep chanting Sai Sai Sai and
always remember the holy feets of the greatest Saint ever " Saibaba of Shirdi "
Saibaba of shirdi : The beauty in Shirdi Saibaba
Sai baba of shirdi is how people love to call him as this sweet "shirdi" saibaba has all qualities
that a real saint must have.
He is simple but superior in the hearts of sai devotees,humble but kept in high place the life of
sai devotees, silent but very famous in india and all over the world .Ofcoruse theres only one
sun and in the internal universe of my heart shirdi saibaba is the only sun.
When one remembers saibaba of shirdi what comes to mind is his
1. A Sweet smiling face ...
There are few shirdi sai statues and photos where sai wont smile .In Nagasai mandhir at
coimbatore where i regularly go , theres a big painting behind the main sai baba statue. I love
that painting because baba will be smiling as if he is happy to see me. I will stand in adjacent
to the left side wall and stare at this beautiful baba painting with smiling face. I love baba so
much because everyday he seems to say something to me, he seems to say how happy he is to
see me and how good my future is going to be. I see him as a friend and love. Theres no one
happy moment in this birth than looking at this beautiful painting where shirdi sai sits under a
tree with his usual pose of keeping right legs over left. The best part is the painting.
I will consider it as a gift if someday i get a chance to take photo of this sai painting. The
reason i write this is that , dear friends, Please keep a happily smiling shirdi sai photo in your
house and when ever you are sad or need a answer from baba for some help, look at him , talk
to him and express all your emotins to him. He will surely listen to you and make you do things
residing in your heart. Sai is so kind . Chant sai sai sai for 10 minutes looking at his smiling
face. This will wash away all your past karma and bring enormous peace in your life in the days
ahead....
2.White beard and wrinkles which shows his understanding of devotees past, present and
future...
Shirdi sai baba is powerful at the same time he never uses his powers everytime devotees
expects. Theres a time and space for saints to act on his devotees life. A devotee will get
wisdom only if he or she understands life in a better way, change some of their bad behaviours
or attitudes etc.For a sai devotee to become a better person he or she must surrender to sai
completely with their mind , body and soul. Sai has lived in shirdi for over 60 years and given
blessings to hundreds even when he was too young and during his middle age. Why is that he
has chosen to be popular with this old age. Am sure sai himself decided that his devotees must
see him and pray him with this beautiful old age face with white beard and wrinkles.
If we associate the old age look ,his wrinkles and white beard is an indication of his
"Understanding" of each and everyone of his devotees. Sometimes when sai is not helping us ,
we get irritated , angry with sai and cry to him .Some devotees evenstop praying baba.
Remember one thing. We know only about good deeds we did in this life but our sai knows
what we did in several past birth and what our ancestors did. The sins done by us and our
ancestors will surely effect our peace in this life. How can sai help immediately when he knows
our ancenstors past deeds must be "Payed back" .
You can ask what will i know about the sins i did in past birth or what my ancestors did.why
cant sai help me now. ...Its true ...sai can help but to get wisdom in life, a devotee must go
through sufferings . Only then he will get maturity to get the real gift of sai. A true devotee of
shirdi sai will have this attitude ...he must say " Even when i am facing difficulties and suffering
in life, i know shirdi saibaba is keeping me in his lap and blessing me every minute" ...some
people has to suffer few months, some for years but best way to show your love on sai
forever is to remember that sai always cares for you. .The wrinkles in sais face denotes his
several births of association with his devotees. May be we would have prayed baba when is was
in form of someother guru during our previous several births.
3. Holy hands that blesses with rays from the palm reaching the head of humble sai devotees :
My guru used to give me a beautiful explanation for paintings where rays comes from shirdi
saibabas palm. It means, the five fingers denotes the five elements of Nature. Earth,
Air,Fire,Water and Space. Nature has both good and bad qualities in it. Some favours human
beings and some hurts .. A saint is capable of taking the bad effects of Nature in his own body ,
filter it and bless his devotees only with the good part from nature. Remember all the wealth,
what ever you see on this planet and even our own body is composed of five elements of
nature. so health, wealth and happiness comes only when nature offers him or her in its good
part. When you see baba blessing with rays, it means he filters natures bad qualities to his own
body and blesses you only with good qualities. Sais rays of blessing will bring you and your
family members good health, education, good career, children, peace and prosperity.
mandhir, it means sais blessing is with you. Lakhs of people comes to shirdi everyday . How
can all of us stand close to statue in samadhi mandhir or how can we spend long time in
dwarakamai ? Just remember this. For a true affectionate devotee, no matter how far you stand
or how little time you saw baba, baba has seen you. Trust me, Baba has seen you. Even if you
are standing admist huge crowd and even if you are sitting behind a pillar or sitting in last row
of samadhi mandhir darshan, baba has seen you. Baba lives in your own heart and so he knows
whos love is real. If your love and affection on shirdi saibaba is true and unconditional , sai has
seen you and he will surely bless you whole heartedly.
Its "shirdi visit" or "shirdi trip" for devotees , for sai, it is him who wants to see us :
Instead of worrying about the way you got darshan,please always chant and remember sai sai
sai....all through your shirdi visit. Try to walk 10 minutes in the prasadalaya road...walk into the
village...remember sai would have walked in this places.Try to walk in shirdi roads with your
friends and family talking about sai whole heartedly. Trust me sai loves it more when you
remember him and sai is looking at you when ever you think of you. Whats important ? Is it
just peaceful darshan for a long time or practice of remembering sai and making sai himself
look at us. Only for devotees we say friends that we are going for a shirdi trip or shirdi visit or
to see saibaba...In reality, It is this sweet saint sai who wants to see us and that can happen
only when you remember sai whole heartedly with no distraction and pure mind.
Sai's ways are unique : Mystry is way of shirdi saibaba of india :
I have seen many books and international websites writing biography of our shirdi saibaba as if
he is a scientist or philosopher. I understand theres nothing wrong in writing shirdi saibaba (
approx 1838 to 1918 ) but common, He is a saint who never wanted to disclose his past at all.
Its easy for us to do research to find where shirdi sai was born and what he did for his first 16
years before he was seen as a boy meditating under a neem tree in the village of shirdi. Why
should sai decide that its better not to disclose his past. Probably because one of the main
reason of his avatar was to unite people of all religions. If he discloses his past and associate
him either with hindu or muslim parent it could deviate from one of his important goal which is
to unite people of all religions.
As far as i know sai has given only one clear information about his past in sai satcharita. W hen
shirdi people were curious to know about past of sai, Due to Kandoba blessings ( a village diety
)a was possessed by Lord kandoba and told asked them to dig a hole under a tree. The hole
lead to a cellar and five lamps glowing which is now named as Nandadeep. The village people
turned to sai and asked about this 5 lamps which were glowing. Baba was not interested in
gathering a crowd. He dispersed them saying this is his Gurus place where he practiced
penance and learnt a lot from his Guru for the first 10 years of his life. Even now Nanda deep is
my favourite place in shirdi saibaba santhans samadhi mandhir complex.
There is another spiritual reason why shirdi sai never disclosed his past life. Shirdi sais age cant
be determained. The soul of shirdi sai has taken many avatars. So the real age of shirdi saibaba
could be lakhs of years. I know few who read this will call me a fool. There are reasons i have
this attitude because baba dint just say that all saints are one.
He once mentions clearly to a devotee who wants to go to Akalkot. baba says "Why go to
Akalkot.That Maharaj is now in shirdi and this is his place now". There are many instances
where sai says to a purticular devotee as this "I am watching him and caring for him past 700
years " ...The beautiful way to describe sais previous birth relationship with us is through this
words he spoke " i know my devotees for 64 generations"
Shirdi saibabas guru - Vengusa :
Shirdi saibaba has said to few devotees and shirdi people that his Gurus name is Vengusa. I
understood this could be a saint who did tapas in Thirupathi hills.( theres no proff for this from
my side...one of very good servant of sai, living in shirdi gave this info to me ) Remember
Thirupathi before 200 years in early 18th century would have just been a huge jungle .Sindhars
also lived in Thirupathi . so lets not relate that to thirupathi of present days. So in August 2007,
when i went to Thirupathi , i was chanting " sai vengusa....sai vengusa ...sai vengusa..." it was
really helpful as i got a good vision while i was at thirupathi which i will treasure all life. I really
dont know why sai din't gave much details about his Guru also during his life time.
May be his guru himself dont want to deviate devotees from hold of sai. May be his Guru knows
sai is capable of understanding and doing good to devotees than sending them to his Guru.
Even if you learn about shirdi sais Guru, do do your prayers to sais guru. At the same time
remember the avatar of shirdi sai is very unique and am sure babas guru himself wants us to
remember, worship and serve shirdi saibaba. So lets remember babas guru when we are in
Nanda deep in shirdi and pray babas guru to give more powers to sai and also increase our
shradha and saburi ( patience and faith ) on sai...
All this and more reasons are there why shirdi sai never gave proper answer to anyone when
asked who are his parents and what was his past. Sai wants us to focus whole heartedly on one
guru with out using our knowledge. I mean, why should we be inquisitive about past and
future. Baba himself knows whats happened in past and in future too.At times baba says whats
the use of telling the whats going to happen in my devotees life in future .Nothing is going to
change . If something is supposed to happen, it will surely happen because karma is not
transferable. we have to suffer for our past deeds in this or previos birth. So what can save us.
Only our faith and unconditional love and patince untill shirdi saibaba comes down to give us
his hand and help us can protect us.
Always chant sai sai sai
Read sai satcharita writeen by hamadpant
Do little good deeds like giving food , clothes to poor, help in education of poor kids etc, help u
r good friends
Light lamps at home and in temple regularly
always think sai sai sai.....think only good things and make your charecter good.
Surely saibaba of shirdi will bless you whole heartedly and you enjoy the rewards of your
devotion someday in your life
Shirdi saibaba, forgive me for any mistakes in this article. I fall in your feet and offer this little
servants views in your path.
I request shirdi sai devotees to accept what they like alone . During babas life time, baba was
eating onion with chapathi when a devetee came to him seeking brahma gyan.The devotee
thinks in his mind, how can this saint who eats onion with chapathi clear my doubts and help
me get brahma gyan. Baba through his omnisense immediately understands what the devotee
feels and says " One who can digest onion must eat, others can leave it"
Similarly , please understand what ever i wrote is my own love for shirdi saibaba. Its truely
personal reasons for me to believe and speak and write only about saibaba of "SHIRDI" . If you
like what i wrote,accept it whole heartedly or leave it . To me theres only one sun in the
universe and he is saibaba of shirdi .
Starsai is my love for this beautiful sweet holy pleasant "light"
The light in my soul and the one whos light is known to me after very long years of sharing
love with him , sai did blessed me with his light and its my parents good deeds and blessings
which helped me to associate me with shirdi saibaba to this extent. For four years in my late
20's no other parents will allow their sun to come around dhuni for several lakh of times in the
past 3 years ..without studying and working. I know someday my life will be good. I know my
sai will guide me and show me a way....
Sai - You are my heart. ...You are my soul and all my life i will only remember you, serve you
and seek refuge in you.
Shirdi saibaba bless family of all who reads this article with pure devotion
When i think about the term "Shirdi ke saibaba", i feel very happy because it unites sai and
shirdi the little village he choose to live. Shirdi ke saibaba is a beautiful combination of words
i like in hindi.Theres also a old song "shirdi wale saibaba" .When we listen to shirdi ke saibaba
bhajans and songs of saibaba , it makes our heart melt with love on sai .
Shirdi Sai baba devotees has various things to think about , worry about and "things to do" in
their day to day life but lets all remember, Baba himself says , if you utter the name sai sai
sai...all your previous birth and this births sins will be washed away and you will be free of
wordly pains.So i decided to create list of words a "shirdi ke saibaba" devotee could remember
instead of worrying about past present and future ...
Make your mind remember the following words instead of worrying about your life :
When we are travelling ,doing our works in office, at school and college, its good to always
repeat the sweet lingering words " sai sai sai..sa sai sai ...sai sai sai..." .Its not easy to do
that...so instead make your mind think about the following words once in a while..this will also
benefit you because when ever your mind thinks soemthing related to "shirdi ke saibaba" ,
naturally your mind will get purified and you will be benefitted thousand folds...
In the hearts a shirdi sai baba devotee like you, the memory of the following must always
The above 2 information is just to help you understand that Moon has real impact on a
humanbeings mind.
Offering Coconut Lamps to shirdi saibaba and Moon God :
You don't have to believe in astrology or spiritual facts .You just need a solution to gain peace
of mind and gain blessings of Sai for your wishes to be fulfilled in your studies , career and
personal life. I have really experienced the power of Lighting coconut lamps.
Coconut Lamps is All Natural Lamp and Most powerful :
The little earthern lamps made of mud is considered very sacred .I have habit of lighting
various lamps past many years but only in the month of september 2007, i suddenly got
interest in lighting coconut lamps.Every day , i used to get a Coconut from Nagasai mandhir
and light coconut lamps all night infront of Shirdi saibaba, Garbarakshambigai , A sai satchartia
book, Lord Murugan and Thirupathi. I will do prayers only for 20 to 40 minutes. Then i will start
my work and pour oil or ghee once in a while to let the coconut lamps glow untill the early
morning of next day.
Its always good to light any lamp in mornings or evenings but shirdi sai has no rules.I get time
only during night times and also like the idea of letting the lamps burning all night and it will
also be there in early mornings of next day. Gradually i experienced the power of Lighting
coconut lamps. It really gave me a peace of mind.
If we think nicely, we will realize the other lamps has something artificial to do with it. Only the
coconut lamps are all natural. So i felt its really powerful as nature has a beauty and sacredness
of its own.
How to make Coconut Lamps :
I always take real care when ever i ask you to do something. Please do not light coconut lamps
if you don't know how to break coconut or if you are not sure if you can take care of the lamp
glowing all the next 5 to 6 hours. Make sure theres nothing near the coconut lamps or in that
room which can catch fire...i mean keep the tray of coconut lamps infront of God and make
sure everything else is kept in safe distance.
1.Take a coconut and break it into two halves.I dont know how people abroad breaks coconuts
.I have "Aruvaal" in my house...he he...For sai's sake please take utmost care when you break
coconut .Its really better if you get two good halves so that you can pour Ghee or oil in it
and light lamps.
2.Try to find a big ever-silver plate or tray and you must have somelittle things to hold the
coconut from sliding in sideways...I usually keep three earthern lamps on the plate and in
between keep each half of the coconut so that it wont fall side ways. Then apply Kumkum or
sacred ash you have on four sides or coconut.
3.My Guru says always better to use Ghee to light coconut lamps. I used ghee and sometimes
Oil. If you light coconut lamps only to please the Moon God, you can use Coconut oil but i have
1.Ghee
3. Coconut oil too but i recommond Pure Ghee to be more auspicious as anything that comes
from cow brings auspiciousness)
1.Be very careful while lighting coconut lamps and keep a eversilver or bronze plate and make
sure it stands steady. Do not light coconut lamps if you dont have a safe place at home. Make
sure you remain in home when lamps are glowing..it takes few hours if you use Ghee.
If you have to go out then dip the wicks inghee and make sure its completely off and then
move.Keep in safe distance from childrenThey can worship but you must keep an eye on
them.
2.Use thick wicks...i mean many wicks togather to light coconut lamps as its going to glow big
and beautiful. If you light in open area in temple etc, wind cant put off lamps with thick wicks.(
some temples many not allow coco lampsmake sure they do and some family members may
not like ..so see if all cooperatesi dont want to create problem in your househa ha)
3. Once Ghee /Oil is over, sometimes the coconut itself burns along with wicks. Personally i
allow it to happen as i work with Dhuni with high fire while cleaning it and i believe sai will
always make sure its safe for us. ..if you feel its unsafe, try to put off by using any flowers or
any other safe means or sprinkle water carefuly. Then let it cool off few minutes and then
sprinkle water..drop in garden or better in Dust bin after allowing atleast 5 to 10 hours to cool
off.
issues and i know sai made me do it. When you pray looking at photo or statue of shirdi
saibaba, just remember sai .When you close eyes imagine baba sitting in dwarakamai near
dhuni and blessing you.If you love baba so much , i assure you can see him talking to you.
The below article is wrote for devotees facing worst health problems and based on my
understanding of sais ways.Forgive me if there are any mistakes .
Perceive pain , disease and suffering with health problems in positive ways :
When body is not functiontion properly, it sends singal to the brain so that you will treat it and
this signal is what we call as "Pain ". As we all know there's some good even in a bad thing,
many disease will never be treated if you dont get pain or any other symptoms which hurts
you. Apart from the benefit of helping you to get treated and bring your body back to good
condition every time you get sick or your loved ones are diseases please do not feel let down as
there's another positive aspect when they are suffering.
"Their past bad karma is being washed away "
What is karma :
What made me launch this site.Its my karma.You are reading. Thats your karma. If you find
what ever i wrote is wrong and write me negatively , then i must bear that mail calmly as a gift
of sai. Thats my karma. While we are standing in rocky sea shore, we can hear sounds of big
waves splashing but the big waves are formed out of various small waves which we dont hear.
Similarly every small act we do is karma and these karma collectively get either to be a big bad
karma or a good karma. Who knows what sins we have done in our present or previous births.
sometimes we might have done sins unknowingly but the Law of nature ticks perfectly like a
clock without missing a second.No excuse for any one for any reason.
As you sow, so you reap :
Loss of life is for body .Our soul is always living untill takes several births , involve in good
karma and finally merges with God.Thats why soul is called "Amar Atman". Its ever living.
Though you or your relatives, friends would have not commited any sins in this birth, their soul
would have commited a sin in previous birth. The collective bad activies of previous birth will be
waiting for the right bad time based on the planetery situations to attack you. Its like a "pay
back"..You did an action in some birth and now you get the reaction. The reason i write this
para is first to help you understand do not blame God and our shirdi saibaba just because
someone you love met with an accident or suffering from disease. What ever our soul did is
recorded in air. Its every where. My guru used to say that highly evolved spiritual people can
see their own karma infront of their eyes and act accordindly. Thats why they dont mind
suffering.
Every bad word we utter, every insult we do to others , every curse we get and every single
harmful acts of ours is recorded both in air and our own soul.
so when we suffer , we must realize ,we had planted a sinful seed which is reaping a painful
fruit today.
Frustrated and worried since shirdi saibaba din't helped you yet ?
My objective has always been to help devotees who are facing in worst possible situation in life.
A husband suffering from cancer, a wife suffering from uncurable disease, a small baby facing
worst medical situation, a son or daughter who has gone through an accident, a father or
mother struggling for their life. I am addressing these children of shirdi saibaba whom sai
considers as his affectionate kids.
I can feel the pain residing in your heart when you or your loved ones are suffering at home or
in hospital. When something wrong happens suddenly, we dont know how to react. The most
common feeling that arises in us is "why din't sai help us even after all this ? ". If he is a saint
who has astama siddhi why cant he come down to your call and heal the pains of your friends
and relatives immediately. The reason is ....
Karma is not trasferable :
I must explain you something very beautiful about how sai works to save his children . Baba
always says he is humble servant of God.Even God of Gods love him because our shirdi sai is
not like mordern Gurus whom you see on tv promising instant benefits.
Our shirdi sai follows the Laws laid by Gods and Nature. Though sai himself is God incarnate,
when we worship him as sai , he is a saint .Even Lord Rama had to suffer pains when he took
that avatar and was controlled by laws of nature. Shirdi sai's situation is same. One of babas
assurance is "Keep all your burdens on me and i am ready to bear it " .
Baba only says keep your "Burdens". Baba never said "Keep your karma on my shoulder and i
shall bear it" . Baba dint said it because the Laws laid by Gods and Nature doesn't allow sai to
do it and he can't. Neither sai or any saint or holy Gurus can do it. Our karma must be beared
by us, payed back by us for which we must go through sufferings and when we suffer the
karma gets washed away. Please don't get frustrated or worried that sai is not caring for you.
Sai does. He is trying his best. Its your time to face pains and soon sai will bless you with good
days. No matter how much you try , you cant escape the effects of karma.
Shirdi sai can reduce the intensity of karma :
For what dam reason, a saint so polite with not a trace of ego asks you to always say " sai sai
sai sai " .Does that mean he is proud of his name or he thinks you have no other work to do.
When you remember "sai sai sai ", the evil spirits which uses your bad time to attack you will
stay away.Though even this cant help you completely escape karma, Instead of a worst head
injury which could damage brain, you could escape with very small scratches on the body.
The natural feeling of dejection when you are suffering :
Sai is a saint.He cares for us . He knows what ever is going on in your family. He knows the
one suffering in pain crying to him. Do what ever you can to please sai but never ever say
"baba whats the use in worshiping you , i never get results " . This feeling is natural for
anyone.My only request is don't let this feeling of dejection grow in you. Infact, by saying this
you are embarrassing your own sweet Guru shirdi sai. Surely you will get results as per your
devotion and the little dharma you do like giving food to hunger, clothes to poor or any good
activity can please sai and help you wash your karma someway resulting in better health.
Always remember
Baba do you really care for me ?
I know you pray this way. Only devotees who depend on sai and love him to core will ask him
"Baba, do you atleast care for me one minute ? " Are you worried thinking why sai has not
healed the pains yet ? If thats making you doubt if sai atleast cares for you , heres the proof
.....
Shirdi sai loves you irrespective of what he does for you. The results you see infront of your
eyes are just momentary.Again you might get into another problem and come to sai for help
.The pleasures and pains is like a pendulam taking us on ride every other day but is "results"
given by sai the only way you judge his love on you.
The very fact that you came to this site in your painful state of mind and read about what this
little sai's servant like me wrote is a proof for sai's unmeasurable love on you and your dear
ones. In this fast world no one accept my close sai friends will read this article .You are reading
because already sai has blessed you and wants to show that he cares
Dependancy on shirdi saibaba cannot become affection :
You can always complain that he is not helping you but dont make your complaints survive
more than 5 minutes. The next moment start to realize how much sai cares for you, if he has
pulled you to him. Baba always says "Its not people who comes to see me and follow me by
being an devotee, Its me who choose good souls and pull them to me like a sparrow tied to
thread. "
To a saint who pulled you to him with affection , is it good if you expect blessings like business.
Sai is not selling blessings.His caculator doen't have numbers.It has the nine forms of Bakthi
and beyond all this sai only expects your affection on him. Dependancy cannot become
affection. when you depend on sai for a materialistic benefits, you only see him as a "Giver" of
things and not a loving sai ma. Do we love our mother only for what she is doing for us. Its the
affection that our mom has on us which had registered in our heart.
similarly lets togather perceive sai as a loving and caring mother who is trying his level best to
bless us with healthy living.
Practically speaking sai devotees don't have time to understand sai :
I have seen people coming to few Saibaba mandhir with a deal. "Baba i will come to temple 7
thurdays , i will light candle, pay 100rs for Annadhan and sit for arathi and go , please help me
get this and that " .....Deal is a deal. Baba has to do it. Because these devotees consider baba
as saint sitting there with powers and all he wants to do is switch on a button and every thing
will happen. he he ....Please try to understand from sai's point of view. Sai looks at your atman
which carries all your past bad karma .How can sai heal your pains with in a purticular time
frame when you would have done sins which wants you to suffer longer duration.
Mukthi and Eternal happiness for Mahalsapathi :
The priest who first invited sai as "Aao sai " ( come sai ) was poor all his life. Mahalsapathi who
was always with baba as a priest of Kandoba temple was given only food , clothes and very
little money by sai to survive with his family. Even once when a rich devotee offered to give
Mahalsapthi lots of money, baba asked him not to accept it. Is it baba's wish that Mahalsapathi
who loves baba so much must suffer like that being poor. The reason is , Mahalsapathis
ancestors or himself would have done so much of sins in past births that baba wants him to
wash away the karma in that birth itself. What baba assured him is Mukthi and eternal
happiness. Rest assured when Mahalsapathi lost his life , he would have reached the holy feets
of our shirdi saibaba. Is it not worth suffering. To be forever in company of saint rather than
having lots of money, good health and taking another birth and suffering in this earthly life.
Similarly sai has his own way to treat and give to devotees what they deserve.
Shirdi sai will bless you and your dear ones with good healthy Life :
In some devotees cases , baba would have let them suffer because their karma must be
washed away and only then can sai give them that eternal happiness. In your cases , baba
might take time but surely if you totally surrender to him and involve in good acts of dharma
from today, sai heal your diseases, sickness and bring back you or your loves ones to good
health.If you read lives of very good souls they all would have suffered to core during their last
few days. Especially because their remaining percentage of karma is being washed away .
So when you or your friend or your relatives are suffering from severe health problems and if
you are wondering wondering why baba dint helped them , understand the fact.shirdi sai is also
like our real mother who can give us medicines in the form of his blessings but each one is
blessed in a different way.
Sai knows your present problem must be solved. I promise on my holy shirdi sais powerful
words and give you his assurance "Do not worry, Baba will heal all your pains.Just stay near
him calmly. " .Having complete faith from today on above words, please humbly pray baba,
speak to him and plead him to help you. He will surely bless you.
Your relationship with sai din't start from the first time you learnt about sai in this birth :
I really feel odd when someone says "I have been coming to baba temple since 15 years, am
praying singing arathi for past 12 years." They wont stop there. If i say , i learnt about baba
first time when i entered saibaba temple in my place when i was 13 years old in 1993 , they will
look up and down and say , "hmm...i am coming since 1970 for past 40 years ".I was not even
born in that year. What can i do...he he .Never judge anyones devotion and attachment with
sai based on how long they pray sai or how many generations they pray. What matters is pure
love even if you started to pray sai this very moment because your relationship with sai would
have started several births before this and he has pulled to you in this birth a bit late.
This will be a good dharma which could wash away your sons past karma."
The parents being rich had no problem in involving themselves in this very good act of dharma
by accepted expenses of poor patients in all eye hospitals for one day. Believe it or not its a
real life incident and their son did got back his eye sight. Doctors will do their part in treating
you and your dear ones but make sure you also involve in little good acts of humanity as per
your ability. I know sometimes your finance will be so less you can't even afford for medical
bills .Thats why i launched starsai.com in 2004 because i want people to make charity as their
day to day habit. Why should you go in search of doing good acts only at the time of pain. It
will be much better if you start from today to involve in good acts of humanity. If thats not
possible, atleast make your thoughts pure. Keeping your mind pure with good taughts itself will
be a blessing for you.
When we help others in pain and help the needy, baba will add it to our account in his "Bank of
blessings" .There are crores of Angles up there whom we call as "Devargal" .They will bless us
everytime we speak and act for a good cause. If we add our good karma this way, we are
actually helping sai to use it and at the time of need. Baba will immediately come to rescue us
from the jaws of death as he has assured in sai satcharita.
Many ask baba why he can't do miracle in their life.Lets remember sai wants us to involve in
good activities of dharma to do miracles.
Our sadguru shirdi saibaba acts according to our past births karma and present good acts of
humanity irrespective of what sins you had done in previous birth and blesses your whole
heartedly for a healthy long life.
Your good karma in this birth will surely help sai to cure your diseases. This doesn't mean you
donate money to charity organisation
for annadhan or what ever. Try to take personal care in where you donate .Even if your money
is going to change a single persons life its worth it.
My prayers to Sai Danvantri to bless you with good health :
One of my friend suggested the name "sai danvantri" while discussing about this site. Danvantri
is the 11 avathar of Lord Vishnu and is considered as 'God of Medicine'.
Please try to read this sloka as many times as you can. You can get a chanting box of this
mantra and make the person suffering to listen to it.
Om Namo bagavathe vasudevaya
Danvantraye amrithakalasa hasthaya
Sarva maya vinashanaya
Trilokya nathaya
Sri maha vishnave namaha
My mother used to say do the following.
Theres a grass called "dharpa".....she keeps a glass of water , dips the dharpa grass inside the
water each time and recite this mantra for 108 times, Then she does pooja and drinks that holy
water as prasad. She says it reduces her pain.
If you can't get dharpa grass, just keep a glass of water, recite this mantra as many times as
you can and give it as prasad to the person to improve their health. Sai will surely cure your
pains by blessings of Lord Danvantri.
Please share your experiences :
I am a ordinary person just a humble servant of sai.If you have any problems you can write to
me.If i have time , i shall reply you as a friend.Mostly i ask all who write to me to Light lamps or
candles regularly and read sai satcharita. I also wish to know how shirdi saibaba helped you to
get a solve your health problems and blessed you with healthy life.
Write to me atstarsai27@gmail.com
Shirdi saibaba and Lord Murugan bless you and your family with with a peaceful , healthy life :
I shall add more to this article when my friends help me with more sai experiences. Forgive me
if this article has any mistakes.As i always say am a sai devotee filled with mistakes.I don't
know what made sai pull me to him.It could be the good heart of my parents that lead me to
serve sai.I havn't done anything worthy in life than my bond and love with sai. Only sai knows
why i love him so much.I pray my Lord Palani Murugan and shirdi saibaba to bless you and
your family with a healthly , peaceful long life.