'Baba was never confined to his physical body even before 1918, because he himself said, 'My murshid (guru) has already freed me from this body. 'Attention one and all!' commands the noon arati psalm, 'Come, come quickly and make obeisance to Sai Baba!' This is exactly what the devotees are hastening to do, and to be part of this torrent of emotion is a powerful experience.Ĭoncerning the significance of Sai Baba's tomb and the response that devotees experience there, Sri Babuji was once asked whether there was any difference for the devotees between now and when Baba was in his physical body. The atmosphere of fervent and one-pointed devotion reaches its zenith here. People may wait up to eight hours just for the opportunity to pay brief homage to their Lord. At busy times, especially during festivals, the queue for darshan used to stretch for hundreds of metres through the village streets with the recently constructed Queue Complex, this is no longer the case.

Some people may be chanting,'Sri Satchidananda Sadguru Sainath Maharaj ki jai!' (Hail the great sadguru, Lord Sai, who is being-consciousness-bliss!) and others may be singing bhajan or whispering prayers. Some may have a personal item - such as a shawl, book, key to a new possession, etc, which they have brought here to obtain Baba's blessing by offering it at his feet and having it touch his tomb. People will be holding flowers, garlands, sweets, or fruit to offer Baba at his samadhi. At any given point, the shrine will be full of devotees eagerly queuing up to have Baba's darshan.

For it is here that we find the samadhi (tomb) of Sai Baba, with the compelling statue above it.īaba has famously pro-mised, 'I shall be active and vigorous even from the tomb,' and it is perhaps in the mandir that we can most fully experience the phenomenon of Sai Baba and the remarkable way he has touched the hearts and lives of millions of people from all over the world. Sri Sai Baba These moving and inspiring words, spoken by Sai Baba, have played their part in ensuring that the Samadhi Mandir (also known as the Sai Baba Temple, although technically it is a shrine rather than temple) is the most important site in Shirdi, and the main focus of Sai worship and devotion. You will hear me from my samadhi and I shall guide you.'

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