Profile of Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Shirdi Chapter IV Profile of Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Shirdi
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CHAPTER - IV Profile of Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Shirdi Chapter IV Profile of Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Shirdi Chapter Title of the Chapter No. 4.1 History of KopargaonTaluka 4.2 History of RahataTaluka 4.3 Profile and History of village Shirdi 4.4 History of Shri Sai Baba 4.5 The aims, objective and function of Shri Sai Baba Sansthan 4.6 Administration and Management of Shri Sai Baba Sansthan 4.7 Constitution of management committee 4.8 Qualification and term of committee member 4.9 Appointment of executive officer, its powers and duties 4.10 Duties and powers of the committee 4.11 Shri. Sai Baba Trust Fund 4.12 Utilization of Trust Fund 4.13 Management Fund and its Utilization 4.14 Powers of State Government to give directions 4.15 Significant Accounting policies a. Administration Structure of Sai Baba Sansthan b. Administrative set up c. Acquisition of funds (income head) d. Utilization of Funds (expenditure head) e. Types of Funds f. Expenditure pattern g. Administrative Departments 4.16 Activities performed by Shri Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi 70 Chapter IV Profile of Shri Sai Baba Sahsthan Shirdi Introduction :- 4.1 History of Kopargaon Taluka : Kopargaon is one of the famous talukas situated in Ahmednagar District. It has historical and mythological back ground. It is the land of God, Demons and Saints. The extra ordinary history follows. Thousands of years, before there was empire of ''Kandahar" forest (jungle). Many Gods, demons and bright Saints were doing penance in this area. A hermitage of demon's teacher "Shukracharya" also made abode in here on the bank of Godavari river. The great saint Shukracharya was very lustrous and ascetic person. He had many accomplishments due to his meditation power. He had to face the problem, flood of rain because his hermitage (ashram) was situated here on the bank of river Godavari. Then he changed basin of Godavari through meditational ascetic power by pushing elbow of his hand. By this super natural event, this village named as (Kopar-elbow)" Kopargaon'.' We find the reference of this story in myth, too. In the year 1999 Govt of Maharashtra, bifurcated Kopargaon into two talukas. A new taluka named as Rahata has been created taking into consideration the historical background of the Holy Shirdi. Prior to bifurcation, the village Shirdi was the part of Kopargaon taluka. Some villages of Kopargaon and some villages of Shrirampur have been deleted from the above mentioned two talukas and these villages have been amalgamated together to newly formed Rahata Taluka. 71 4.2 Rahata taluka: As mentioned above by the Govt, of Maharashtra as per the Govt. Notification published in the month of July 1999 a new taluka named as Rahata came into being. It has 60 villages and around 2.90 lakhs of population. It is located on the Ahmednagar-Manmad highway. The distance of holy shrine of Shirdi is about five km from Rahata. 4.3 Profile and history of Shirdi: Shirdi is one of the well known pilgrimages in the country, situated on Nagar-Manmad Highway. The nearest Railway junction now is Puntamba which is just 18 K.m. away from Puntamba' Railway station. Central government constructed special railway track for Shirdi - Puntamba on Daund -Manmad route for the conveyance of the devotees visiting Shirdi from in and around the state. A new'Sainagar' railway station is just 3 km away from Sai Baba Mandir Shirdi. The nearby Mega cities and Airports around Shirdi are; Mumbai 275 km, Aurangabad 140 km Nashik 95 km Pune 200 Ahmednagar 120 km A Proposal for airport for Shirdi is also accepted and the work is in progress at village Kakdi, which is just 11 km away from Shirdi. Shirdi has not a very rich historical background. But it has got historical richness to some extent. Shirdi Grampanchayat was established in 1946. Late Raosaheb Gondkar was the first 'Sarpanch' of Shirdi. Late Bhimashankar Khambekar, the former Sarpanch of Shirdi, played a very Important role during his tenure of five years. This Grampanchayat was controlled over by the village up to the year 1990. 72 Due to the popularity the population increased to the great extent. The village Shirdi turned in to town. So it became very essential for Govt, of Maharashtra to control and administer the holy place and to provide them the amenities and facilities, taking into consideration the security, other things required to be provided internationally, State level VIPs and also for the devotees, the officers and also for the residents of Shirdi. As this job was beyond the control of the Grampanchayat, the Government, of Maharashtra has appointed an administrator on 10*^ January 1990 to administer and control the atmosphere in village Shirdi up to the year 2001. In the year 2001, the Govt, of Maharashtra has upgraded the status of Grampanchayat into Nagarpanchayat and provided more facilities considering the importance of Shirdi. Area of Shirdi: 14.02 square km. Land 1402.90 Hectares Annual Budget Rs.24.09 crore. Residential buildings -4558 and Commercial buildings 746 No of Employees in Shirdi Nagar Panchayat: 111 Administration and Administrative staff of Shirdi Nagar Pachayat: a. President b. Vice President c. Chief Executive Officer Public Administration Committees: a. Water Supply b. Building and construction c. Health d. Legal e. Transport f. Library Offices and Departments: There are 12 departments to administer and supervise the day to - day public work. Each department is having the departmental head and his responsibility is to get work done by the staff of Nagarpanchayat. 73 other temples in Shirdi: a. Khandoba, the Gramdaivat (Local Deity) b. Shani Mandir c. Mahadev Mandir d. Hanuman Mandir e. JainSthanak Sources of Income to Nagar Panchayat: a. Property tax b. Water tax c. Bazaar, yatra tax d. Grant from government e. Development charges / modification tax. 4.4 History of Shri Sai Baba : In the year 1858 a Sadhu came to Shirdi. His origin, religion, caste, self native place and the true name are still unknown. The people of Shirdi named him as ''Sai Baba." He had great compassion for poor people and meek animals. He helped the poor who were in need. He had ignited the 'Fire Dhuni' the ash of which was used by him to help the people to cure their ailments. His fame reached every where in the far off places and people got fascinated of him. All the devotees started coming to Shirdi for his blessings now. The temple of Sai Baba has become the cosmic temple. Now a-days the most of his followers offer the donations and gifts in respect of him and specially faith that Sai Baba would fulfill all their hopes and needs. This great sage passed away on Tuesday 15^'^ Oct. 1918. There after the crowd of devotees swollen in sea of humanity. A camp of devotees established "Samarth Sainath Kothi" in order to collect fund and provide the devotees some amenities in the temple. The Paraphernalia used by the revered Baba were also preserved. 74 The scheme to organize the funds under the District court Ahmednagar clauses No.92 (civil suit No. 135/1921) was introduced. It was amended from time to time and a trust was registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act 1950. The registered No. of this trust is E- 69 Ahmednagar in 1952. 4.5 The Aims, Objectives and Functions of Shri Sai Baba Trust: a. To supervise property assets and administration. To assist and organize the rituals in the temple, make available the amenities to the devotees, to propagate the teachings of Sai Baba, to utilize the income only for the Noble cause on humanitarian grounds. b. To acquire properties for the trust to develop and carry out the objectives of the trust. c. The trust will also run library and centers like that to propagate the deco time of Sai Baba. d. To undertake programs in order to inculcate fraternity, integrity, equality and faith amongst devotees. e. The trust may assist educational units motivated by secularism f. To encourage and assist the organization working for the well being of mankind. 4.6 Administration and Management of Shri Sai Baba Sansthan : The administration and management of the Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi was governed up to the year 2004 according to the Bombay Public Trust Act 1950 and thereafter as per the provisions of Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust (Shirdi) Act 2004. Background: To provide for best administration a public trust was registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act 1950 (Bombay XXIX of 1950) The titled as " Shri Sai 75 Baba Sansthan Shirdi District Ahmednagar "popularly known as '' Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust Shirdi." It is vested in the Board Management, under a scheme framed by the city civil court, Bombay in charity suit No. 3257 of 1960 under its order dated 18 Oct 1982 confirmed by the high court of Judicature at Bombay in the first Appeal No. 320 of 1983 decided on 23"^ July 1984. After expiry of the term of five years of the previous Board of Management of Shirdi Sansthan Trust, The Charity Commissioner has under his order dated the 31^^ Aug. 1999 reconstituted the board of Management of the trust. Accordingly the Board of Management administered the affairs of the trust. Prior to enactment of the revised act Bombay Public Trust Act 1950 was applicable. Section 36 (A) 1,2,3,4, has defined the powers and duties and also the restrictions on the trustees according to section 36 (B) 1,2,3,4,5,6. Considering the importance and its large property, the number of devotees visiting from all over India and abroad, the government of Maharashtra decided to reconstitute the trust by a separate law to provide for the efficient management for the same by a committee, directly under the supervision and control of the state government, to enable the trust to carry out its charitable activities more effectively and efficiently and to be able to provide more facilities for its devotees and to undertake wider welfare activities from its surplus funds for the general public.