Sri Shirdi Sesha Sai Baba Mandiram, Ranigari Thota, Bapanayya Nagar, Krishna Lanka, Vijayawada.

Aum Sai Ram

This is the 5th 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.

After completing the Darshan at Nehru Nagar Sai Baba Mandiram, We decided to travel towards Eluru Road & this was the first temple to be spotted on that road. Sri Shirdi Sesha Sai Baba Mandiram is towards the left hand side on the Banks of the Canal at Ranigari Thota in Krishna Lanka area of Vijayawada.

It is around 5kms from City Railway Station & all buses heading towards Gannavaram Airport stop near to the temple of Sri Sai Baba. This temple was inaugurated on 26th Aug 1996 by the efforts of Sri Shiva Rama Krishna Prasad the Founder & Purohit of this temple.

Due to the blessings of the Grama Devata( Village Goddess), Sri Prasad got the inspiration to build a temple for Sri Shirdi Sai Baba & Baba appeared to him in the form of Sesha(Snake). So the founder planned to build a Sesha Sai Baba temple here. As he had not previously seen any statues of Sai Baba with Sesha(Sarpa) on his head, he was a little worried but due to the blessings of the village diety every thing went on smoothly.

A 6ft Cement statue of Sesha Sai Baba with Nagabarana was designed & installed in the temple premises. Slowly lot of good things started to happen & the founder become more & more closer to Sai Baba.

At one stage after building the temple, he got a job with a very attractive salary which he rejected saying that if it was not for baba, he would have never come out of his bad state during the time of crises & during building of this temple.

Baba's Dhuni & Dwarakamai are installed in the temple premises. On Every Thursday, Ekadashi & Special days Baba's Palki Utsav is performed at 6:30pm.

Rama Navami, Guru Pournima, Sai Punyathithi, Dussehra, Karthika Masa Special Puja & Shravana Masam Kumkum archana are performed very grandly in this temple.

For Rama Navami Rathotsav is performed around Krishna Lanka area.

For Guru Pournima Samuhika Sai Satya Vratham is performed in the temple premises & around 300 Couples participate in the group event.

For Sai Punyathithi Samadhi Utsav is performed after 2:30pm on the Vijaya Dasami Day.

After the Shej Aarti, shayanotsav is performed in the temple.

This temple is quite peaceful even though it is on the National Highway.

To See Complete Set of 23 Snaps of this Temple Visit:

Sri Shirdi Sesha Sai Baba Mandiram, Ranigari Thota.

Slide Show of the Photo Album

To See Complete Set of 23 Snaps of this Temple Visit:

Sri Shirdi Sesha Sai Baba Mandiram, Ranigari Thota.

Temple Address
Sri Shirdi Sesha Sai Baba Mandiram.
Ranigari Thota, Bapanayya Nagar,
Krishna Lanka,
Vijayawada.
Andhra Pradesh.

Contact Details
Sri. Shiva Rama Krishna Prasad - Temple Founder
+91 95538 07474.

Prana Pratistha day
26th August 1996.

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
05:00*/06:00 am - 12:30 pm
05:30 pm - 09:00 pm

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

* Every Thursday.

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