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Today, because of Sai Baba, Shirdi has become a famous religious tourist destination in India and is counted as one of the most popular Hindu places of pilgrimage. [36] [37] The first Sai Baba temple is situated at Kudal, Sindhudurg. This temple was built in 1922. The Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi is visited by an average of 25,000 pilgrims a day.
Baba ("father, grandfather, wise old man, sir") [1] is a Persian honorific term, [2] used in several West Asian, South Asian and African cultures. It is used as a mark of respect to refer to Hindu ascetics ( sannyasis ) and Sikh gurus , as a suffix or prefix to their names, e.g. Sai Baba of Shirdi , Baba Ramdev , etc. [ 1 ] [ 3 ]
Siyaram Baba(-present) Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj (1951–present) Sahadeo Tiwari (1892–1972) Sai Baba of Shirdi (1838–1918) Samarth Ramdas (1608–1681) Samyamindra Thirtha; Sanatana Goswami (1488–1558) Sankardev (c. 1449 – c. 1568) Sant Charandas (1703–1782) Sant Nirmala (c. 14th century), Marathi literature
Sai Baba of Shirdi (c. 1838 –1918), Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011), born Sathya Narayana Raju, Indian guru G. N. Saibaba (1967–2024), Indian scholar and activist
Shirdi (pronunciation ⓘ; also known as Sainagar) is a town and pilgrimage site in the Indian state of Maharashtra. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Shirdi is located in the Rahata taluka of Ahmednagar District . It is accessible via the Ahmednagar–Malegaon State Highway No.10, approximately 83 km (52 mi) from Ahmednagar and 15 km (9.3 mi) from Kopargaon .
Sai Baba of Shirdi,also known as Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian spiritual master and fakir, considered to be a saint, revered by devotees during and after his lifetime. [17] Hindu devotees believed to be an incarnation of the Hindu deity Dattatreya .The temple is a beautiful shrine which was constructed in the year 1922.
Sathya Sai Baba at the age of 14, soon after proclaiming he was the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba. Almost everything known about Sathya Sai Baba's early life stems from the hagiography that grew around him; these were narratives that hold special meaning [37] to his devotees and are considered by them to be evidence of his divine nature. [8 ...
Bharadwaja founded the Shirdi Sai Cultural Mission at Vidyanagar and the Sai Baba Mission in Ongole. [6] He also founded a Telugu-language fortnightly publication, Sai Baba, that is now produced monthly and continues to spread his messages. The publication inspired the construction of several Sai Baba temples.