Shirdi Sai Baba Temple and Online Prasad

The Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi is one of the richest temples in the country in terms of donations by the devotees, besides being the most visited temple too. The shrine is dedicated to Sai Baba and is the home to the Samadhi of this great spiritual guru. Built in 1922, the temple lies in a small village called Shirdi in Maharashtra, nearly 296 km from Mumbai and is easily accessible by road and rail. Nearly 20000 devotees visit the temple everyday and the number becomes even greater on some special occasions.

Sai Baba-The Miraculous Saint

Nothing is known about the birth of Sai Baba, who came to the village of Shirdi at the age of 16 years and performed a number of miracles to become a well known saint in the area. In his life span from 1838 to 1918, this great Guru lived like a fakir and fed on the Bhiksha given by people. He professed the philosophy of Shraddha and Saburi, which literally mean faith and compassion respectively. He led a simple and pious life and served the poor and cured the sick, performing unbelievable miracles in his life. He believed in equality of all religions and treated them all as equal and with same level of respect, which is why he carried forward the slogan of “Sabka Maalik Ek”. He combined the essence of Hinduism and Islam, and lived in a mosque but named it as Dwarkamai, which is a Hindi word. After his death, his remains were placed in Shirdi and a temple was built over his Samadhi, which became famous worldwide as Shirdi Sai Baba Temple. Shirdi Sai Baba has a large number of followers in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Karnataka, and is becoming popular all over the country day by day. People offer donations worth crores at the temple every year, which makes the temple one of the richest in the country.

Shirdi Sai Baba Temple attracts a large number of devotees on a daily basis, which means that they have to wait in long queues before they can have the darshan in the main complex of the temple. The lines are particularly long on the festive occasions and the wait may even last as long as 5 to 6 hours on these days. The temple opens at 5 AM in the morning and closes at 10 PM at night and is thronged with devotees throughout the day. The samadhi of Sai Baba is made in pure white marble, with railings around it. Besides it, there is the statue of Baba in Italian marble, which seems to captivate the onlookers with its glory.

Shirdi Sai Baba Online Prasad

If you cannot visit the temple, you can get online Prasad from it by paying a nominal amount. When you place an order for online Prasad at Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, you will get a package containing udi prasadam, dry sweets and a picture of Shirdi Sai Baba, which would be delivered at your doorstep within a few days.

Vaishno Devi Yatra and Online Prasad

Vaishno Devi Temple is one of the most important religious places in the Hindu religion, which is dedicated to the Goddess Shakti, the manifestation of power in the form of a kanjak or young girl. The shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi is located in the Trikuta Mountains in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The sacred temple lies at the elevation of 5300 feet, just 13 km from the town of Katra. This distance has to be covered on foot by the pilgrims and is known by the name of Vaishno Devi Yatra.

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Vaishno Devi Temple Legend

One of the most visited pilgrimages in India is the Vaishno Devi Temple, a natural cave temple which houses the three holy pindies of Goddess Lakshmi, Kali and Saraswati, all the three manifestations of Goddess Durga. As the legend goes, this cave served as the place where Vaishno Devi meditated and used as a hideout to evade Bhairo Nath, a wicked man who wanted to get married to her forcibly. When he was after her, she had to behead and kill the evil man and his severed head feel on a hill located at a distance, where Bhairon Temple of the present day is located. As Bhairo Nath was beheaded by Vaishno Mata, he asked her for penance and Mata granted it to him, along with the blessing that a visit to the Bhairo Temple would be necessary for the completion of Vaishno Devi Yatra. This was when she transformed herself into the sacred pindies and the temple was established at this location.

Vaishno Devi Yatra

Vaishno Devi Yatra refers to the 13 km path from Katra near Jammu, to the cave temple of Mata Vaishno Devi located in the Trikuta Temple, which is known as Bhawan. Devotees can reach from Jammu to Katra by road, covering a distance of 61 km. The Yatra is carried on foot or horseback, while some ardent devotees cover this treacherous path barefoot. These days, the yatra can be covered easily and in a short time by a helicopter service. On the other hand, those who cannot walk and do not afford to spend a lot of money, can use a palki drawn by men, for the yatra. Located just 1 km from Katra is the first important landmark of the Yatra, which is known as Banganga, a small stream where Vaishno Devi had satiated her thirst while being followed by Bhairo Nath. 6 km ahead is the cave of Ardhkawari, where Mata hid for 9 months and meditated, followed by Sanjhi Chha, which is 9.5 km ahead and the holy cave at Bhawan, lying at a distance of 3.5 km from Sanjhi Chhat. The Yatra is not easy, but the deep faith and determination of the devotees take them ahead.

Vaishno Devi Online Prasad

Vaishno Devi Prasad comprises of mishri (rock candy) and coins inscribed with the pictures of the three pindies called khazana. A bhaint offered by the devotees at the temple consists of coconut, mishri, fulian, chunri, mouli and pooja samagri, all of which can be brought outside the shrine at no profit no loss basis. Online Prasad from Vaishno Devi Shrine can also be easily received by making a nominal payment. Online Prasad consisting of panch bhog, khazana coins, a photo of pindi darshan and special puja items from the shrine, is received within a few days. This is a convenient way to get the blessings of the temple, particularly for those who cannot visit the shrine personally.