Shirdi Sai Baba Temple

The Shirdi Saibaba Temple, located at Shirdi, Maharashtra, India attracts millions of devotees of all religions, castes and creed who come to pay homage to Shri Sai Baba. The temple is a beautiful shrine that was built over the Samadhi of Shri Sai Baba . Shirdi is a small village in Kopargam taluk, in Ahmadnagar District of the Maharastra State. Shingnapur - Have you ever heard of a village having door-less houses? There is this village, 360 kms from Mumbai that feels proud to announce itself as a doorless village.

General Information:

• Climate: Dry Climate
• Temperature : Max - 40º C, Min - 7º C
• Best time to visit : Entire year

Places to Visit:

Samadhi Mandir: Samadhi Mandir of Shri Sai Baba was actually owned by a millionaire from Nagpur, a famous Sai devotee Shreemant Gopalrao. Gopalrao wanted to keep an idol of Murlidhar here. However, Baba himself became Murlidhar and the Mandir became the Samadhi Mandir of Baba. The Mandir is built with stones and Baba's Samadhi is built with white marble stones.

Dwarkamai: Dwarkamai is situated on the right of the entrance of Samadhi Mandir. The first level of Dwarkamai has a portrait of Baba and a big stone on which Baba used to sit. This level has two rooms. One contains the chariot and the second a palkhi.

Gurusthan: Sai Baba first came to Shirdi in the form of Bal Yogi - a child ascetic.

How to Reach:

Air: The nearest airport to Shirdi is at Nashik, 75kms away, Aurangabad is at a distance of 150kms, which is connected by all the major towns of India. You can also come till Mumbai by air and travel down to 296kms to reach Shirdi.

Rail: Kopergaon on Daund-Manmad Line is an important railway station about 16kms from Shirdi. This station is on the route of the Karnataka Express from New Delhi to Bangalore. Manmad is another important station about 58kms from Shirdi which carries a number trains from Mumbai and Delhi.

Road: Shirdi can be reached by taking a Bus from almost all major cities of Maharashtra. Shirdi is on the Ahmednagar-Manmad Highway, 250 km from Mumbai and 75 km from Nashik. South India Travel