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SAI DHUNI 1 2 Contents SHITAL - 1st Anniversary - 31st January 2011 - Volume 1 Page no. Page no. 2 Message from Temple Priest 94 Baba & Devotees 3 Message from SHITAL Chairman 95 - Mhalsapati & Upasani Baba 4 Message from Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan 96 - Bapusaheb Buti & Das Ganu 5 Message from Editorial Team 98 - Shama & Hemadpant 7 Shri Shirdi Saibaba - Introduction 99 - Tatya Kote Patil 9 - Qualities 100 - Kakasaheb Dixit 15 - Reaching Baba 102 SHITAL’s History 16 - Shri Sai Satcharitra 104 SHITAL’s Daily Schedule 20 - Sai Mandirs around the Globe 109 Events held by SHITAL 23 UDI 112 SHITAL’s Future Plans 27 Dakshina 116 Baba Loves Children 28 Discipline 119 Acknowledgement 33 Shradha & Saburi 37 Ego & Poem Baba’s 11 Promises 39 Philosophies of Baba ( Page No. 11 21 31 41 51 39 - Pleasure of Senses 61 67 75 85 93 40 - Human Births 103 42 - Deeds (Karma) U.K. Devotees Experience 44 - Cycle of Rebirths ( Page No. 14 19 22 26 32 45 - 9 Types of Devotion 69 101 52 - Devotion 54 - Speech 57 - Food 63 108 Names of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba 70 Shirdi History 71 - Khandoba Temple 72 - Gurusthan & Neem Tree 77 - Chavadi 79 - Lendi Baug 80 - Nanda Deep 81 - Samadhi Mandir 83 - Hanuman Mandir & 3 Temples 84 - Vitthal Temple 87 London to Shirdi Guide 88 Program at Samadhi Mandir 90 Festivals in Shirdi “Why should one fear, when I am here ?” 3 Message from Temple Priest Om Sai Ram First of all I want to congratulate SHITAL on their 1st Anniversary celebrations. By Baba’s grace the Temple was established on January 31st 2010. Since then Baba blessed everyone fulfilling their desires. To bless thousands of his Devotees in London, Baba stepped into London. “ Guru Namagrajam Shreshtam I Guru padasmaram harim II Guru Namarchaye nithyam I thasmai sri Gurave Namah II ” Which means, among all the names, Guru’s name is pure and noble, touching Guru’s feet is like getting blessings from Lord Shri Narayan. Chant Guru’s name all the time, thus always pray to Guru (teacher). Baba is an incarnation of Lord Shri Guru Datatreya. It is believed that Shri Guru Datatreya is born again in Kaliyug as Saibaba to free people from their sins and show them the path of enlightenment as He did during His Datta Avatar. As the name says, Saibaba is Sadguru, an eternal teacher or prime and noble teacher. Like it is said in Sai Satcharitra, take Baba’s name once and all your troubles for rest of life will be taken care of. I now congratulate the entire team of “SAI DHUNI” who worked very hard to bring Baba’s message to the Devotees. Om Sairam! Shri Shravankumar Chiliveli Temple Priest “I am formless and everywhere” 4 Message from SHITAL Chairman Om Sai Ram By Baba’s grace, I am honoured to have been elected as Chairman of the Board of Trustee’s. I would like to thank Board of Trustee’s for giving me this opportunity to serve Baba and Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Association of London. (SHITAL) This Temple was a vision of 5 people, who got together way back in April 2009 and started weekly Bhajans on Thursday’s at Union hall, Wembley. By end of 2009, with Baba’s blessings we got opportunity to open a Temple in the same premises. On 31st January 2010, Baba fulfilled our dream and blessed us all. The Temple is open from 8A.M. to 9P.M. daily except on Thursday’s being a special day, closes at 9.45P.M. Food is served daily and Sri Sai Satcharitra is given out for free to Devotees wishing to have one. SHITAL is now a year old, the year has been very fruitful and full of challenges. With Baba’s grace most of the challenges have been met. During the year, SHITAL aimed in spreading Baba’s word throughout London. With his blessings we organised 2 Major functions and one of them in collaboration with Sai Baba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi at the Royal Albert Hall. It was a major success. At the same time, a devotee of Baba, Mr. Dhiren Badiani, offered a double storied building on lease for a nominal annual rent of £15. We gladly accepted it as a blessing from Baba and named it Dwaravati. It will be used for Baba’s Meditation, Information, Research and Library. We thank Mr. Badiani for this generous gesture. On our 1st Anniversary celebrations I congratulate the editorial team of SHITAL, who have tremendously worked hard for past 3 months in bringing you our “SAI DHUNI” magazine with the aim of spreading the name of our beloved Shirdi Sai Baba. I would like to sincerely thank the SHITAL’s board of Trustee’s, Management team, Volunteers and you the Devotees who all have worked hard in the past year in helping the Temple achieve everything. Bow to Shri Sai. Peace be to All! Darshan Singh Nagi Chairman - SHITAL Board of Trustees “I am the Progenitor of God. Meditate on Me as pure Ananda Nirakara; But if you cannot do so, meditate on this Body as it is” 5 Message from Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan Shirdi Saibaba Temple Association of London (SHITAL) - 1st Anniversary Celebrations On behalf of Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust – Shirdi, board of Trustees, Management and people of Shirdi, I would like to convey my heartiest congratulations to the Trustees, Management, Volunteers and the Devotees of SHITAL on their 1st Anniversary celebrations on 31st January 2011. A year has gone by; today we all stand proudly with the achievement of SHITAL. On 19th September 2010, Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust – (Shirdi.) organised Bhajan Sandhya evening at The Royal Albert Hall, London. SHITAL together with its entire team organised the event, within a short period of time, how they managed and organised the whole event was a commendable job, the spirit and commitment showed was second to none. I am privileged, to be asked to write a message by the editorial board of SHITAL, who have done a tremendous job in bringing out a souvenir magazine in the name of “SAI DHUNI”. Spreading our dear Shirdi Saibaba Leela’s all over the United Kingdom via “SAI DHUNI” will definitely bring more Devotees closer and closer to Shri Shirdi Saibaba and indeed to Shirdi. We at the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust – Shirdi, welcome everyone with open arms. I now send our best wishes and congratulations to SHITAL and the editorial board of “SAI DHUNI” on this joyous occasion. Om Sainathaya Namaha. Mr. Jayant Sasane Chairman Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust – Shirdi. “If you avoid rivalries and bickerings, God will protect you” 6 Message from the Editorial team Shri Satchitanand Satguru Sainath Maharaj ki Jai ! Sairam All! By Baba’s grace, we are proud and delighted to launch our first ever souvenir magazine called “SAI DHUNI” on the 1st Anniversary celebrations of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Association of London (SHITAL.) We bow down and heart-fully thank, our beloved Shri Shirdi Sai Baba for giving us His blessings to carryout this beautiful task. We thank him for choosing us to spread His glories and name through this 1st ever “SAI DHUNI” in the United Kingdom. Dhuni (Sacred Fire) was created by Baba in Shirdi during His lifetime and never left it uncared for. It is still burning in Shirdi enlightening us and giving Udi. He gave Udi from His Dhuni to anyone who was in any kind of danger; and it protected them from any harm. The same way our “SAI DHUNI” intends to enlighten us and teach more about our beloved Shirdi Shri Sai Baba both, His past in Shirdi and after. It will also provide information on SHITAL, it’s past, present and activities. By Baba’s grace, we hope with everyone’s support to make “SAI DHUNI” an annual magazine. We thank the Trustees & the Management, Volunteers and you the Devotees of SHITAL in supporting us in making “SAI DHUNI” successful. We also sincerely thank all our Donors and everyone who contributed to “SAI DHUNI” magazine in form of both the articles and stories. Your support is highly appreciated. Lastly, a big thank you to the editorial team namely Harpreet Sandhu, Avninder Ghai, Kunal Ghogre, Harshal Lonare, Uday Tikoo and Vinit Lakhani, who have been working tirelessly for the last 3 months in making sure that “SAI DHUNI” could be launched on the 1st Anniversary of the Temple 31st January 2011. A big Thank you to Hitesh Chohan, who designed the wonderful “SAI DHUNI”. Special thanks to: - Tina Handa and Kalyani Patel for kindly helping in proof reading the contents, and Manojbhai Gandhi, and his team at Pafax Printers, who ensured “SAI DHUNI” is printed and delivered on time. We wish you a very happy and pleasant reading. As we intend to make “SAI DHUNI” an annual publication, your feedback , suggestions and ideas will be greatly appreciated. Please write to us at the Temple address or e-mail us at [email protected] We now present you “SAI DHUNI”, The Infinite light! Om Shri SaiNathaya Namah. Editorial Team – SHITAL E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.saidhuni.com “Baba, there is no other saviour, except you, save me anyhow” 7 8 Shri Shirdi Sai Baba – Introduction How to describe Shri Sai Baba? Where to begin? Baba came to Earth to unite people from different castes and religions and to bridge the gap between mankind and God. To say that Baba, Himself, belonged to a certain religion would be false. There are so many religions in the world, all of which have the purpose of directing people towards God.