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Shirdi: On the occasion of 'Guru

Purnima' festival, a large number

of people flocked to Shirdi,to offer their prayers to their Guru

"Shri Sai Baba" on Sunday 25th

July`2010.

A festive ambience pervaded the

small town of Shirdi in

Maharashtra,

where a sea of believers convergedat the famed shrine of the revered

saint, Sai Baba, to offer their



prayers.

Around 5 lakh devotees queued up

outside the shrine since earlymorning just to get a glimpse of

the deity,

who used to be viewed as the Guru

by many people.

"Baba is the central force of the

universe. When Baba used to sit in

the shrine, his followers used tooffer prayers

and worship him on the Guru

Purnima (full moon day). This

practice gained prominence eversince and has been followed till

date,



to commemorate Baba's influence

on his followers," said Vidya

Kshirsagar, a priest.

Devotees offered Garlands, Sweets

& Gold / Diamond / Silver Items to

the Shrine of the Saint, as theysought his blessings.

The number of devotees was

estimated at around 5 lakh inone day itself, which was

mainly because:

1) Gurupurnima celebrations had

completed its 100th year since itwas first celebrated in Shirdi,

2) The Temple remained open the



entire night for devotees to have

Baba's Darshan.

3) 25th July being a Sunday(Holiday), poured in more than

expected number of devotees.

The Temple authorities madeelaborate security arrangements to

avoid any untoward incident.

Even though it had been Raining

the whole day, devotees from allover reached the Temple since

early morning, on the auspicious

day.

Apart from Baba's Traditional

Wooden Chariot (Rath) which



is now converted into Gold,

the Shirdi Sansthan possesses

one another old Wooden

Chariot (Rath) also,

which it had planned to auction

away on Gurupurnima itself but

on strong objections bydevotees,

the Sansthan had to cancel the

Auctioning off. Reasons

attributed by the devotee'swere that when the Sansthan

is not short of Money or Space

to keep the Chariot, then why

were they Auctioning awayBaba's items.



Also, owing to the ever growing

rush of devotees at Shirdi,

the Stone in Dwarkamai on

which Baba used to Sit, has

now been enclosed in a See

through Glass frame.

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~~ FIRST SAI PALKI ON THE GOLDEN CHARIOT(RATH) IN SHIRDI ~~



Source -

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