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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Sri Shirdi Sai Baba New Year 2012 Wallpapers.

Aum Sai Ram

We Wish all Our Sai Photo Blog Readers & Subscribers a
"Very Happy & Prosperous New Year 2012."
filled with Lots & Lots of Luv, Happiness,
Good Health, Success & Sufficient Wealth.

Thanks a Lot for being a Part of Our Sai Photo Blog Family.
We have completed Four Calender Years & are Very
Happy to Enter into the Fifth Year in 2012.

We have specially designed a Set of 12 Wallpapers of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba for all the Months of Year 2012. This years concept is to incorporate the Sai Baba's Temple snaps visited by me during my Pilgrimages to the Wallpapers.

Please feel free to Download the Wallpapers & Use the Same as your desktop Wallpapers. Also Kindly Share the Same with Family & Friends.

These Wallpapers have been Designed by Preeti Varma a Budding Digital Artist. Our Special Thanks & Baba's Blessings to Her.

With Sai's Luv & Best Wishes.
Om Sai Ram.

Raghav N.

To View & Download Full Set of 12 Wallpapers Visit:
New Year 2012 Wallpapers

[Click on the Snaps to view Full Screen Wallpapers]

January 2012.

Febraury 2012.

March 2012.

April 2012.

May 2012.

June 2012.

July 2012.

August 2012.

September 2012.

October 2012.

November 2012.

December 2012.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011

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.


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.


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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:














Slide Show of the Photo Album


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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.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Sai Baba's Udi Miracle at Sai Devotee A V S Sarma's Home, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.

Aum Sai Ram.

Today we are visiting the Home of Sai Devotee Sri. Anipeddi Venkata Subrahmanya Sarma a Retd. Health Inspector who has been worshiping Sai Baba for 25 yrs now as his Guru. He always wrote Sai Koti Namam books from the day he came into Baba's Worship. He also performed daily parayan of Sai Satcharita.

Sai Baba's blessing came to him in the form of the Udi which Baba has been giving from 09th Nov 2009. Till Nov 2011, he has removed the Udi 5 times and has been distributing it those who come to their house. Sai Devotees from nearby area & town come here to perform meditation.

Though Baba has been giving instructions to Sri Sarma to help Sai Devotees coming to him with Problems, Sri. Sarma is not interested to tell them & extract money from them.

He always advices people to pray to Sai Baba whole heartedly. Bow down to Sadguru whole heartedly to get his grace & blessings.

His elder daughter brought the statues of Sri Sai Baba from chennai & they cleared an entire room to accomadate Sai Baba. A Gaddi has been installed & statues of Sai Baba has been placed on it. Sai Baba's Different Potraits have also been placed on it. Udi is seen flowing down from every where. All the Aarti's are performed regularly in time.

Half a litre of Milk is placed daily in the morning & Baba consumes that milk and leaves a little bit as prasad. Prasadam, Sweet brought by Sai Devotees are placed in front of him & after some time it is found that a "OM" mark has been inscribed on them signifying the presence of Sai Baba & that he has consumed the prasadam placed by the devotee. No Donation Hundi has been installed in the premises & Sai Devotees interested are keeping their donations below Baba's Feet to perform the Prasad Seva.

To see Complete set of 32 Snaps of this Place Visit:
Sai Baba's Udi Miracle at Sai Devotee A V S Sarma's Home






Slide Show of the Photo Album


Article: Raghav N
Data & Photo:
Mrs. Padma Karunakaram, Rajahmundry.
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Friday, December 23, 2011

Shirdi Sai Christmas Wallpaper for 2011.

Aum Sai Ram.

COME, LETS CELEBRATE
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST WITH OUR BELOVED SAI!!

MAY THE LORD SAI COME IN THE FORM OF
SANTA & JESUS TO FULFILL ALL OUR WISHES!!

Christmas is the time when we come together with our beloved ones to celebrate all the Victories, Joy, Happiness and reduce all the Sorrows, Sadness, Distress. Its the time to get together and remember the lord and his almighty power and humility.

May the memories of this time spend together with beloved ones remebering God and sharing Happiness, Sadness be enthroned in our heart and remain fresh till the next season.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. Let this New Year Bring Lots of Love, Happiness, Good Health & Sufficient Wealth. With Sai's Luv & Best Wishes.

Please feel free to download this Christmas
Special SHIRDI SAI BABA WALLPAPERS.

Merry Christmas.













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Shri Sai Satcharitra Mahaparayan Sohala 2011 at Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai.

Aum Sai Ram

Shri Sai Satcharitra Mahaparayan Sohala 2011 was held recently during the 3rd week of December at Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai. Sai Baba's Silver Palki & other valuable articles were specially flown from Shirdi to mark this event.


Pictorial Representation of Life of Sai Baba was well depicted at the entrance of the hall. A Huge Statue of Sai Baba made of fiber was installed in the Parayan Hall & all the Puja activities went on really well.

Sai Baba's Sai Satcharita Parayan was performed during this mega event. Bhajan sandhya was conducted in the evening. One could feel as if Sai Baba from shirdi had come all the way to Mumbai during this Program. It was more or less like a festive atmosphere with loads of activities going around the clock at the event.

"Shri Sai Satcharitra Mahaparayan Sohala 2011" and Sai Bhajan Sandhya was held from 15th Dec 2011 to 18th Dec 2011 at Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai, Maharashtra. This Mahaparayan festival was held by the Shri Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi together with the Shirdi Gramastha, Sai Palki Nivara, Shirdi (Nighoj-Nimgaon) and all the "Sai Padyatra Mandal's" of Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, Vasai and Virar.

The Entry was free for all but registration was required for those who wanted to participate in the recital of "Shri Sai Satcharitra" which began every morning. Those registered received a copy of Shri Sai Satcharitra, Baba's Aarti Book, a Photo of Baba and Baba's Udi.

For this festival a replica of the Shirdi Temple was made with the highlight being a 24-feet-tall Idol of Sai Baba, the biggest ever created so far in Mumbai. It took 60 workers who worked day and night for 21 days to construct this replica of the Shirdi Temple including the 24-feet-tall Idol of Sai Baba.

Sai Baba's Original Padukas, which were last brought from Shirdi to Mumbai in 1993, were again brought to Mumbai, after a gap of almost 19 years, for this festival. Also brought from Shirdi for Darshan was Sai Baba's Palki & the Gold Framed Photo of Baba. The main grand entrance to the venue was also built like the actual one in Shirdi together with Baba's Neem tree & the Samadhi Shrine. Spread out on 7 acres of land, this festival recreated Shirdi in Mumbai where Idols of various Gods & Goddesses could also be seen.

In all 3 different beautifully
decorated Tents were put up for this festival:
1) The First Tent had sets showcasing the life, times & spiritual journey of Sai Baba and his disciples with the help of Mannequins.

2) The Second Tent, having a capacity to accommodate around 7,000 people, was where the Shri Sai Satcharitra Mahaparayan was held.

3) The Third Tent was where the Meals were served for the devotees during breaks.

Sai Bhajan Sandhya was held everyday in the open area, from 19:30 to 22:30 by a galaxy of singers on whose Bhajans a daily crowd of around 15,000 people swayed & danced along.

Devotees entered the venue holding the holy "Shri Sai Satcharitra" on top of their heads chanting "Sadguru Sainath Maharaj Ki Jay" and dancing to the beats of the Drums/Cymbals being played. Some devotees made colorful Rangoli (Art) on the way on which Baba's Palki was carried to the venue.

Apart from the daily meal, care was also taken of housing over 2,500 visitors in various community halls & homes across Bandra. A request was also made to the BEST to initiate added Bus services to the BKC Grounds for this festival. A Causality Centre and around 4 Ambulances of the Sansthan were also kept ready, just in case of emergency. The Sansthan has spent over Rs.30 lakh for the event wherein maximum funds were achieved via anonymous donations.

A similar Sai Festival has been arranged in New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan in February 2012, while plans are on for a similar event to be be staged in cities like Panjim in Goa, Solapur and Satara in Maharashtra.

The creative designer behind all the Sets replicating the Shirdi Sai Temple, has already commenced creating a 60-feet Idol of Sai Baba outside the periphery of the Temple grounds in Shirdi. And the total project cost of which is going to range around Rs.51 crore.

A Glimpse of the photo's shared by Sai Devotees have been posted in this article. I thank Sai Devotees for sharing these precious moments of the Mahaparayan Program.

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Sannidi, Sri Satya Narayana Temple, Balaji Nagar, Krishna Lanka, Vijayawada.

Aum Sai Ram

This is the 6th Temple visited by us during our 10th Pilgrimage to Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temples at Vijayawada on Saturday 22nd Oct 2011.


This temple is very near & it is a 1 min walk from the Sesha Sai Baba Temple at Ranigari Thota in Krishna Lanka. A Temple dedicated to Sri Satya Narayana Swamy was built during 1971 here.

A Sanctum for Sri Shirdi Sai Baba has been installed recently in the entrance of the temple. A 4ft Marble Statue of Sai Baba along with 2ft statues of Sri Ganeshji & Dattatreya have been installed here due to the immense popularity of Sri Sai Baba temples in Andhra Pradesh.

Sanctums of Durgadevi, Shiva & Rama are also installed in the temple premises. As such not much is known about the Puja & Aarti for Sai Baba. Daily Morning Abhishekam is performed to Sai Baba along with Ganeshji & Dattatreya.

A Dhuni for Sai Baba has been installed in the temple premises. Sai Devotees can visit this temple & get the blessings of Sri Satya Narayana along with Sai Baba. Couples praying for Children can pray to Santana Sri Satya Narayana Swamy here & get fruitful results.

After visiting this temple, we took a short break & had our breakfast at a hotel nearby Benz Circle. Then we continued our pilgrimage & visited Sri Sai Baba Temple at Prasadampadu. More on this in our coming article on Pilgrimage Series.







To See Complete Set of 16 Snaps of this Temple Visit:

Temple Address
Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Sannidi.
Sri Satya Narayana Swamy Temple,
Balaji Nagar, Krishna Lanka,
Vijayawada.
Andhra Pradesh.

Directions
From Vijayawada Railway Station towards Vizag/Eluru on NH Road - 5kms.

Land Mark
Near Ranigari Thota Bus Stop.

Bus Route
All Buses going towards Gannavaram.

Temple Timings
06:00 am - 12:00 pm
06:00 pm - 08:00 pm

Courtesy:
Article & Photo: Raghav N
Data:Mrs. Padma Karunakaram. Rajahmundry
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