Sri Sai Seva Samithi - Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir, Prasadampadu, Ramavarapadu Post, Vijayawada. Andhra Pradesh.

Aum Sai Ram

This is the 7th Temple visited by us during our 10th Pilgrimage to Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temples at Vijayawada on Saturday 22nd Oct 2011.

My 10th Pilgrimage at Vijayawada Started with a Visit to:
Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Mandiram, Benz Circle.
Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Mandiram, Atmakur Road, Mangalagiri Mandal.
Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Mandiram, Kolanakonda, Tadepalli Mandal.
Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Mandiram, Nehru Nagar, Krishna Lanka.
Sri Shirdi Sesha Sai Baba Mandiram, Krishna Lanka.
Sri Sai Baba Sannidi, Sri Satya Narayana Temple, Krishna Lanka.

After Visiting the Sri Sai Baba Sannidi at Sri Satyanarayana Swamy Temple in Krishna Lanka, we took a short break & had our Morning Breakfast. It is very tough to find a Pure Veg Hotel in Vijayawada City & all the dishes served are very spicy, hot & salty. We finally stopped at a restaurant near to Benz Circle & completed our Morning Breakfast & tea by around 9am.

We then Started towards Eluru Road in Search of Sai Baba temples & came across the Arch to this Sai Baba Temple at Prasadampadu. This temple of Sri Sai Baba was built & inaugurated on 17th Febraury 2005 & this is in a Lane opposite to Radha Madhav Toyota Showroom on Eluru Road. A Arch with Sai's Baba's Cement Statue can been seen from the Road opposite to the Showroom. On Taking the Lane inside this road the Baba's temple is just 50mtrs from the Arch/Main Road.

To See Complete Set of 53 Snaps of this Temple Visit:

Sri Sai Seva Samithi - Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir, Prasadampadu.

Sri K Chidambara Rao the President & Land Donor of this temple & his family are the main reason behind construction of this Sai Baba Temple at Prasadampadu. Mrs. Chidambara Rao being a Staunch devotee of Sai Baba once saw 4 Sadhu's in front of her house at around 11am. When Enquired the sadhu's said that they are 5 in number including their guruji & would like to know if she can provide them with the after noon meal.

She then thought that i must be dattatreya with his 4 assistants & told them tht she could prepare the lunch by 1pm & serve them & asked them to return by 1pm to have lunch.

As argeed upon the sadhu's along with their guruji came home by 1pm to have their mid day meal. Due to the unrgency in completing the cooking Mrs. Chidambara rao forgot to prepare the Rasam but she served them the other food prepared by her. Though all the food was served, the guruji was more keen on the Rasam that was not prepared. It was a testing moment for Mrs. Chidambara rao.

After the Lunch, She wanted to give them all 10 Rupees each towards dakshina & brought the money to the Guruji. On Seeing this the guruji got enraged & shouted loudly that she had owed his lot of money & she has to return it in the form of Land that is vacant near her home. with out taking the dakshina, he returned.

Mrs. Chidambara Rao was totally confused & started asking different saints & astrologer about the significance of this event. Soon she came to know that it was indeed Sai Baba who wanted her to build a temple at a place shown by him. As she came near to the present temple property that was vacant before some time, she saw a very old Neem tree in the property & thought that this property is indeed the best Place to build a Sai Baba Temple.

After telling about her wish to her Husband, Mr. Chidambara Rao along with the village seniors discussed & brought this property to be built into a Sai Baba Temple. Thus this temple was built due to the efforts of Sri Chidambara Rao & Family.

Highlights of this Temple.

1. A 5.5ft Marble Statue of Sri Sai Baba has been installed along with Sri Ganesh, Dattatreya & Pancha Loha Statue of Sri Sai Baba in the Air Conditioned Hall. Sai Baba's Life Story has been depicted in the Form of Pictorial Representation inside the temple Premises.

2. Sai Baba's Palki & Swing(Unjal) are also installed inside the temple premises. Palki Utsav is performed on all Thursdays at 08:00pm & also on special Days.

3. Black Stone Statue of Ganeshji along with marble statues of Hanuman & Sai Baba are installed below the Neem tree at the entrance of the temple & this is the gurusthan of the temple.

4. Sai Baba's Dwarakamai & Dhuni are also installed in front of the temple near to the beside Gurusthan.

5. Sai Baba Bhajans are performed on Thursdays between 06:30pm till 09:00pm.

6. Special Puja's are performed on Rama navami, Guru Pournima, Sai Pujya Thithi, Dussehra, Diwali, English New Year, Sankaranthi & Ugadi.

7. On Rama Navami Chandana Utsavam is performed & Sai Baba's Marble statue is completely smeared with Sandalwood paste during the Bath.

8. On Guru Pournima Special Floral Decoration is performed around the temple & Special Puja, Abhishek, Aarti & Annadanam is performed on this day.

9. For Sai Punya Thithi, Samuhika Sai Satya Vratham is performed in the Morning & Samadhi Utsavam is performed in the afternoon on the Ekadashi.

10. During Dussehra, Kumkumarchara is performed daily by 25 Couples & on Moola Nakshatra Day that falls on any one of the 10 days 116 Couples perform the Kumkumarchana Seva.

11. For Diwali, The Entire temple is decorated with Lights & Diya's are light around the temple. On Karthika Pournima "OM" & Surya/Sun designs are done using diya's & are lit in the temple premises.

12. For the New year, Special Puja's are performed & the temple is completed decorated with floral arrangements. On the New Year Eve on 31st Dec a 20kg Cake is cut at Mid Night after the Shej Aarti & Distributed among Sai Devotees present to celebrate & welcome the New Year.

13. On Both the Ekadasha, Annadanam is performed in the temple after theMadhyan Aarti & around 1000 Sai Devotees attend the Annadanam.

14. On Ekadashi before Pournami Fruits are kept around Sai Baba & Sai Devotees keep on Bringing Fruits the whole day to complete their Prayers.

Miracles associated with this temple

1. An Old Lady Watch Women felt the Presence of Sri Sai Baba with his begging bowl in his hand, Roaming around the temple on one of the Nights. See this She got scared & stopped attending work for few days.

2. On a Ekadashi before Pournami a sai devotee, now a part of this temple was made to remember that he need to keep fruits to Sri Sai Baba which he had forgot to keep for the previous 2 - 3 Months.

To See Complete Set of 53 Snaps of this Temple Visit:

Sri Sai Seva Samithi - Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir, Prasadampadu.

Slide Show of the Photo Album

To See Complete Set of 53 Snaps of this Temple Visit:

Sri Sai Seva Samithi - Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir, Prasadampadu.

Temple Address
Sri Sai Seva Samithi - Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir.
Prasadampadu,
Ramavarapadu Post,
Vijayawada : 521108.
Andhra Pradesh.

Contact Details
Sri. K Chidambara Rao - Temple President & Land Donor
+91 99858 48707

Sri. Tatineni Ravi Kumar - Village Municif & Temple Member
+91 98499 13774

Sri. K Koteswara Rao.

Sri K Naga Prasad sharma - Temple Head Priest
+91 94924 82376.

Directions
From Vijayawada Railway Station towards Vizag/Eluru on NH Road - 10kms.

Land Mark
Near Prasadampadu Bus Stop.
Lane Opposite to Radha Madhav Toyota Show Room.

Bus Route
All Buses going towards Gannavaram.

Prana Pratistha day
17th Febraury 2005. at 08:21am.

Temple Timings
05:00 am - 12:30 pm
04:30 pm - 09:00 pm

Aarti Timings
Kakad Aarti - 05:15 am
Madhyana Aarti - 12:00 pm
Dhoop Aarti - 06:15 pm
Shej Aarti - 08:30 pm

Courtesy:
Article & Photo: Raghav N
Data:Mrs. Padma Karunakaram. Rajahmundry
Special Thanks to Sri K Chidambara Rao, Smt. Chidambara Rao,
Sri K Naga Prasad for sharing all the details of this temple.