Tejaswi Challapu

- May 08, 2019

Shirdi Trip - Part 1

All set for Shirdi trip and started on 29th April 2019 with a group of 9 members. Morning vibes of Sunrise laid a path to our journey.

Image 1 - #MorningVibesOfSunrise

One day in the train is like a hell to me but Thank God!! the journey passed like a seconds hand in the clock because of a beautiful family. They mingled with us easily, exchanged our food and played games. Reached Shirdi on 30th April at 9:30 AM and a man took us to the hotel as we done our bookings beforehand. We left our luggage in the rooms and went to Dhooli darshan. Dhooli darshan is nothing but as soon as we reach Shirdi, there is a tradition of going to Sai Baba temple immediately and there is a way to see Baba from a certain distance known as Mukha Darshan. The moment I saw Baba, my eyes were filled with his image and there was a feeling that he is around me.

Since childhood, I'm a great disciple of Baba. Don't know why?? Maybe that's the magic around him. No one told me to worship him then how I got attracted?? This question arises in my mind many times but the answer is not known till date.

After Dhooli darshan, we went to our rooms and got ready for the main darshan. Around 12:00 P.M, reached the temple and viewed afternoon Harathi. After 2 hours of wait, got to see Baba very near. The feeling I felt when I looked into his eyes was inexpressible. The wait is about 2 hours but darshan is just only for 2 minutes. Even that 2 minutes were very precious for me and I felt like I was in another world because whenever I enter his temple, my mind and heart feel calm, peaceful and refreshing.

Image 2 - Shirdi Sai Samadi Mandir

After that, we went to the masjid in the temple surroundings, where Baba lived his entire life and is popularly known as Dwarakamai. In that Dwarakamai, there is a place called Dhuni where Baba used to lit up fire every day and the ash that came from Dhuni is known as Vibhuthi by which Baba used to cure the diseases of many people.

Image 3 - Dwakamai

Image 4 - Dhuni in Dwarakamai

There were many other places in the surroundings like Chavadi where Baba used to spend his last days, a museum which consists of Baba belongings, the temple of Hanuman, Gurusthan where Baba started his initial days by meditating under the neem tree, Lendi Baug where Baba planted many plants and finally saw Samdi's of some people.

Image 5 - Chavadi in Shirdi

Image 6 - Museum in Shirdi with Baba belongings

Image 7 - Hanuman Temple in Shirdi

Image 8 - Gurusthan in Shirdi

Image 9 - Lendi Baug in Shirdi

After having Lunch, started to Shani Shingnapur which is famous for Lord Shani. There we observed that the shops didn't have doors and houses have doors without locks. This is because there is a belief that if anyone tried for theft, Lord Shani will punish them for sure. So, people there following this belief from years ago.