Important Festivals In Shirdi

IMPORTANT FESTIVALS


The three main festivals in Shirdi are of two to four days each. They are Ramnavami (March/April), Guru Purnima (July),and Vijayadashami (September). These festivals are celebrated with great passion, verve and heartfulness. Thousands flock to bathe in the grace which seems to flow especially freely at such time. There is a programme of puja, music (bhajan) public parayana (reading of scriptures and devotional texts) and exuberant processions with the palanquin and the Rath (cart). The Samadhi Mandir remains open all night during one of these days with Dwarkamai being open the previous night and there are all night bhajan and qawali sessions at various locations in the village. Printed programmes with full details are available at the Sansthan Office.

Daily Programs

Daily Programs

4:00 am


Temple open

4.15 am


Bhupali

4:30 am


Kakad Aarti (morning)

5:00 am


Bhajan in Saibaba Mandir

5.05 am


Holy Bath of Shri Sai Baba (Mangal Snaan) in Samadhi Mandir
5:35 am Aarti "Shirdi Majhe Pandharpur"

5:40 am


Darshan begins in Samadhi Mandir

9:00 am


Abhishek Pooja

7:00,9:00,10:00,11:00


Satyanarayana Pooja

11:30 am


Dhuni Pooja with rice and ghee in Dwarkamai

12:00


Mid day Aarti
4:00 PM Pothi (Devotional reading/Study) in Samadhi Mandir

At Sunset


Dhoop Aarti

8:30 - 10:00 PM


Devotional Songs in Samadhi Mandir and other Cultural Programmes (if any)

9:00 PM


Chavadi and Gurusthan closes

9:30 PM


In Dwarkamai water is given to Baba, a mosquito net is hung and the hanging lamp is lit

9:45 PM


Dwarkamai (the upper part) closes

10:30 PM


Shej (night) Aarti, after this , a shawl is wrapped around the statue in the Samadhi Mandir, a Rudraksha mala is put around baba's neck, Mosquito net is hung, and a glass of water kept there

11:15 PM


Samadhi Mandir closes after night Arati

Shirdi Sai Baba Quotes in Hindi

" बाबा ने कहा "श्रद्धा रख सब्र से काम ले अल्लाह भला करेगा." ये विशवास और आश्वासन हमेशा से भक्तो के लिए एक उजाले की किरण बनता रहा है. धुपखेडा गाँव के चाँद पाटिल से लेकर आज तक जिसने भी अपने मन में ये श्रीसाईं के इन दो शब्दों को बसा लिया उसका पूरी दुनिया तो क्या स्वयं प्रारब्ध या कहें की 'होनी' भी कुछ नहीं बिगाड़ सकती. सिर्फ एक अटल विश्वाश और अडिग यकीन आपको सारी मुसीबतों और तकलीफों के पार ले जा सकता... है.
बहुत से भक्तो को बाबा ले श्रद्धा-सबूरी का मतलब आज भी स्पष्ट नहीं है. वास्तव में बाबा ने कहा था की अपने ईष्ट, अपने गुरु, अपने मालिक पर श्रद्धा रखो. ये विश्वास रखो की भवसागर को पार अगर कोई करा सकता है तो वो आपका ईष्ट, गुरु, और मालिक है. अपने मालिक की बातों को ध्यान से सुनो और उनका अक्षरक्ष पालन करो. बाबा को पता था की केवल किसी पर विश्वास रखना हो काफी नहीं है. विश्वास की डूबती-उतरती नाव का कोई भरोसा नहीं है इसीलिए बाबा ने इस पर सबूरी का लंगर डाल दिया था. किसी पर विश्वास करना है और इस हद तक करना है की कोई उस विश्वास को डिगा ना सके चाहे कितने ही साल और जनम लगें. जैसा की पहले हमने बताया दुःख दूर होना है और होगा मगर उस समय तक पहुँचने के लिए एक सहारा चाहिए और वो सहारा है श्रद्धा और सबूरी ll

साईं नाम में सब देव समाये,
जो जिस रूप में साईं को ध्यावे,
साईं उस रूप में दर्श दिखावे |
साईं ने कहा : " जैसा भाव रहा जिस जन का, वैसा रूप हुआ मेरे मन का "


सांई चरणों में झुका रहे मेरा यह शीश सांई मेरे प्राण हैं और सांई ही मेरे ईश
भेदभाव से दूर रहूँ,शुद्ध हो मेरे विचार सांई ज्ञान की जीवन में बहती रहे ब्यार...

साईं नही कहते मुझे चांदी या सोने के सिंघासन पर बिठाओ
वो तो कहते हैं मन में श्रद्धा सबुरी रखो फिर अपने साईं को बुलाओ ||

साईं जी के मंदिर जब जाते हैं हम,
तो बस देखेते ही रह जाते हे हम|
जो मांगना होता हैं, वो भूल जाते हैं हम|
घर लौटते ही, साईं जी को याद करते हैं हम|
फिर से उनका दर्शन, करना चाहते हैं हम|

SAI MY WORLD

Sai Madhur Vani

Shri Satguru Sainath Maharaj Ki Jai

Mere Marg Par Aake to Dekh,
Tere Sab Maarg Na Khol Du To Kahenaa

Mere Liye Kharch Karke To Dekh,
Kuber Ke Bhandaar Na Khol Du To Kehnaa,

Mere Liye Kadve Vachan Sunkar To Dekh,
Tujh Par Meri Krupaa Na Barse To Kehnaa,

Meri Taraf Aake To Dekh,
Tere Dhyaan Na Rakhu To Kehnaa,

Meri Baat Logose Karke To Dekh,
Tujhe Mulyavaan Na Banaa Du To Kehnaa,

Mere Charitro Kaa Manan Karke To Dekh,
Gyan Ke Moti Tujme Na Bhardu To Kehnaa,

Mujhe Apnaa Madadgaar Banaake To Dekh,
Tujhe Sabki Gulami Se Na Chhuda Du To Kehnaa,

Mere Liye Aasu Bahaake To Dekh,
Tere Jivan Mein Aanand Ke Saagar Na Bahaa Du To Kehnaa,

Mere Liye Kuchh Ban Kar To Dekh,
Tujhe Kimati Na Banaadu To Kehnaa,

Mere Marg Par Nikalkar To Dekh,
Tujhe Shantidoot Na Banaa Du To Kehnaa,

Swayam Ko Nyochhavar Karke To Dekh,
Tujhe Mashhur Na Banaa Du To Kehnaa

Mera Kirtan Karke To Dekh,
Jagat Kaa Vis-smaran Na Karaa Du To Kehnaa,

Tu Mujhe Har Pal Yaad Karke To Dekh,
Teraa Rakshak Na Ban Jaau To Kehnaa,

Tu Mera Bankar To Dekh,
Har Ek Ko Tera Na Banaa Du To Kehnaa,

Tu Mere Naam Ki Ek Maalaa Jap Ke To Dekh,
Tere Vichhaar Pavitra Na Kar Du To Kehnaa,

Tu Dukhiyo Ke Sevaa Karke To Dekh,
Tere Man Mein Shaanti Na Bhar Du To Kehnaa,

Tu Mujhe Apne Ghar Me Bithaake To Dekh,
Tera Ghar Swarg Na Banaa Du To Kehnaa,

Meri Bhabhuti Ka Tilak Karke To Dekh,
Tujhe Divyataa Arpan Na Karu To Kehnaa,

Tu Mera Prasad Grahan Karke To Dekh,
Tere Gharme Anna Kaa Bhandaar Na Bhar Du To Kehnaa--SAI my world

Shirdi Sai Baba

Hemadpant records in the Sri Sai Satcharitra that nobody knew of Sai's parents, birth or birth-place. Many a times enquiries were made and questions asked of Baba and others, but no clear or satisfactory answer ever manifested. By one account, he was said to have been born to a Brahmin couple who gave the child away to a Sufi saint, Roshan Shah, for upbringing. But this is not substantiated. Saints like Namdev and Kabir were in the same league; none knew of their birth since they were found as infants in mother-of-pearl shells. Namdev was found on the bank of Bhimrathi River by Gonayi, and Kabir on the bank of Bhagirathi River. Sai was "found" in Shirdi.
In keeping with the Bhakti cult prevalent at the time, it seems Sai Baba was an inheritor of the traditions of Maharashtra that began with Gyaneshwar (also spelt Jnaneshwar). Jnandeva was born between AD 1270-75 and wrote his tome Jnaneshwari in 1290. He was followed by Sopana (1277-96), Muktabai (1279-97), Namdeva (1270-1350), Eknatha (1533-199) and Tukaram (1608-1650). The last great Maharashtrian saint before Baba was Ramadas (1608-1681). Thus, Sai Baba's origins can be found in the rich tradition of saints who are part of Maharashtra's history and culture. Baba was "born" in Marathwada, which was long under Muslim rule. With Karnataka and Tilang-Andhra, this region formed part of the Deccan Plateau. These three regions have a common calendar called Shalivahan Shaka and share a linked cultural heritage. The Satvahanas, Rashtrakutas and the Chalubas ruled over the region during the first twelve centuries.
Even before Jnandeva, two strong religious streams dominated the land: the first was the Mahanubhavas and the other, the Nathas. Namdev, a contemporary of Jnandeva, carried on the Vitthal sampradaya (sect) and was the main fulcrum of Pandharpur, which gained prominence during Namdev's time. Both Namdev and Jnandeva were brothers of the same sampradaya and after Jnandeva's demise in 1296, Namdev proceeded to the north, to be in Punjab for twenty-one years, hence his cult grew in north India too. His outpourings and writings, called abhangs, grew in popularity, especially under Tukaram and Ramadas (whose most famous disciple was Shivaji, the great Maratha leader) and came to be sung in both parts of the country. Such can be the outreach of saints.
The Maharashtra plateau was ruled, since the twelfth century, from Devagiri (Daulatabatl), an ancient fortified capital. The city was built by Bhillana, the fountlcr of thc Yaclava dynasty. He died in AD 1191 and was succeeded by King Jaipal who ruled till 1210.
His rule was followed by Singhana, whose rule extended till Mathura in the north and Kaveri Delta in the south. Towards the end of the thirteenth century, great creative activity took place in Deccan Plateau and many works of literary and artistic excellence emerged.
Between 1318 and 1347, Devagiri was ruled by the Khiljis, and later the Tughlaks (when under Mohammad-bin, the capital was shifted from Delhi to Daultabad). For three hundred years thenceforth, the entire Deccan Plateau came under the influence of Muslim sultans. Hindus and Muslims tried to maintain cordial relations, sometimes by alliances like when the sultan of Bijapur, Yusuf Adil Shah married a Maratha princess. The minister Muhammad Gawan employed Hindus in state services and supported religious tolerance. Emperor Adil Shah (1534-57) went to a neighbouring ruler to pay an official visit to the emperor of Vijayanagara, showing him to be an equal.
Several smaller strains also contributed significantly in maintaining harmony. A Muslim governor in 1326 ordered the reinstallation of a Shiva lingam in Madhukeshwara temple at Kalyani. Allauddin Ahmed II was comforted during illness by a sage of Gangapur, who worshipped Dattatreya.
Later, however, the struggle between the Deccan Sultanate and the Vijayanagara rulers led to the Battle of Talikotta and the destruction of Hampi, the capital city. The Deccan Sultanate fell into oblivion with the coming of Mughal powers from central and north India. By 1636, the Nizam Shahi kingdom was wiped out. The Bijapur kingdom ceased to be an independent entity and became part of the Mughal empire in 1686. Golconda suffered a similar fate in 1687. By then the British, who had come for trade, slowly took over the political domination of many regions of the country. For the next two hundred years, an assortment of European rulers, dominated mostly by the British, ruled the country.
By the time the Sepoy Mutiny or the First War of Independence took place in 1857, Sai Baba was all of just about twenty!

SAI MY WORLD

Shirdi Sai Sayings(extracted from Sai Satcharitra)

A Collection from Shri Sai Satcharita


Why fear when I am here?

I am formless and everywhere

I am in everything and beyond. I fill all space.

All that you see taken together is Myself.

I do not shake or move.

If one devotes their entire time to me and rests in me, need fear nothing for body and soul.

If one sees me and me alone and listens to my Leelas and is devoted to me alone, they will reach God.

My business is to give blessings.

I get angry with none. Will a mother get angry with her children? Will the ocean send back the waters to the several rivers?

I will take you to the end.

Surrender completely to God.

If you make me the sole object of your thoughts and aims, you will gain the supreme goal.

Trust in the Guru fully. That is the only sadhana.

I am the slave of my devotee.

Stay by me and keep quiet. I will do the rest.

What is our duty? To behave properly. That is enough.

My eye is ever on those who love me.

Whatever you do, wherever you may be, always bear this in mind: I am always aware of everything you do.

I will not allow my devotees to come to harm.

If a devotee is about to fall, I stretch out my hands to support him or her.

I think of my people day and night. I say their names over and over.

My treasury is open but no one brings carts to take from it. I say, “Dig!” but no one bothers.

My people do not come to me of their own accord; it is I who seek and bring them to me.

All that is seen is my form: ant, fly, prince, and pauper

However distant my people may be, I draw them to me just as we pull a bird to us with a string tied to its foot.

I love devotion.

This body is just my house. My guru has long ago taken me away from it.

Those who think that Baba is only in Shirdi have totally failed to know me.

Without my grace, not even a leaf can move.

I look on all with an equal eye.

I cannot do anything without God’s permission.

God has agents everywhere and their powers are vast.

I have to take care of my children day and night and give an account to God of every paisa.
The wise are cheerful and content with their lot in life.

If you are wealthy, be humble. Plants bend when they bear fruit.

Spend money in charity; be generous and munificent but not extravagant.

Get on with your worldly activities cheerfully, but do not forget God.

Do not kick against the pricks of life.

Whatever creature comes to you, human or otherwise, treat it with consideration.

Do not be obsessed by the importance of wealth.

See the divine in the human being.

Do not bark at people and don’t be aggressive, but put up with others’ complaints.

There is a wall of separation between oneself and others and between you and me. Destroy this wall!

Give food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked. Then God will be pleased.

Saburi (patience) ferries you across to the distant goal.

The four sadhanas and the six Sastras are not necessary. Just has complete trust in your guru: it is enough.

Meditate on me either with form or without form, that is pure bliss.

God is not so far away. He is not in the heavens above, nor in hell below. He is always near you.

If anyone gets angry with another, they wound me to the quick.

If you cannot endure abuse from another, just say a simple word or two, or else leave.

What do we lose by another’s good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them.

That should be our desire and determination.

I stay by the side of whoever repeats my name.

If formless meditation is difficult, then think of my form just as you see it here. With such meditation, the difference between subject and object is lost and the mind dissolves in unity.

If anyone offends you do not return tit for tat.

I am the slave of those who hunger and thirst after me and treat everything else as unimportant.

Whoever makes me the sole object of their love, merges in me like a river in the ocean.

Look to me and I will look to you.

What God gives is never exhausted, what man gives never lasts.

Be contented and cheerful with what comes.

My devotees see everything as their Guru.

Poverty is the highest of riches and a thousand times superior to a king’s wealth.

Put full faith in God’s providence.

Whoever withdraws their heart from wife, child, and parents and loves me, is my real lover.

Distinguish right from wrong and be honest, upright and virtuous.

Do not be obsessed by egotism, imagining that you are the cause of action: everything is due to God.

If we see all actions as God’s doing, we will be unattached and free from karmic bondage.

Other people’s acts will affect just them. It is only your own deeds that will affect you.

Do not be idle: work, utter God’s name and read the scriptures.

If you avoid rivalry and dispute, God will protect you.

People abuse their own friends and family, but it is only after performing many meritorious acts that one gets a human birth. Why then come to Shirdi and slander people?

Speak the truth and truth alone.

No one wants to take from me what I give abundantly.

Do not fight with anyone, nor retaliate, nor slander anyone.

Harsh words cannot pierce your body. If anybody speaks ill of you, just continue on unperturbed.

Choose friends who will stick to you till the end, through thick and thin.

Meditate on what you read and think of God.

I give my devotees whatever they ask, until they ask for what I want to give.

You should not stay for even one second at a place where people are speaking disrespectfully of a saint.

If you do not want to part with what you have, do not lie and claim that you have nothing, but decline politely saying that circumstances or your own desires prevent you.

Let us be humble.

Satsang that is associating with the good is good. Dussaya, or associating with evil-minded people, is evil and must be avoided.

What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get.

Recognize the existence of the Moral Law as governing results. Then unswervingly follow this Law.

All gods are one. There is no difference between a Hindu and a Muslim. Mosque and temple are the same.

Fulfill any promises you have made.

Death and life are the manifestations of God’s activity. You cannot separate the two. God permeates all.

Mukti is impossible for those addicted to lust.

Gain and loss, birth and death are in the hands of God.

When you see with your inner eye. Then you realize that you are God and not different from Him.

Avoid unnecessary disputationò

The giver gives, but really he is sowing the seed for later: the gift of a rich harvest.

Wealth is really a means to work out dharma. If one uses it merely for personal enjoyment, it is vainly spent.

To God be the praise. I am only the slave of God.

God will show His love. He is kind to all.

Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all.

One’s sin will not cease till one falls at the feet of Sadhusò

Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet.

The Moral Law is inexorable, so follow it, observe it, and you will reach your goal: God is the perfection of the Moral Law.

I am your servants’ servant.

Always think of God and you will see what He does.

Have faith and patience. Then I will be always with you wherever you are.