Procession on the first day of celebration of Ramnavami, Gurupoornima, Dashera Apart from thursdays, Sansthan organises Palkhi. Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan has maintained this course of Chavadi Procession till today.Įvery thursday Palkhi Procession starts from Samadhi Mandir to Dwarkamai and fromĭwarkamai it proceeds to Chavadi. In the year 1937, Baba’s devotee Shri Anna Saheb Chinchanikar gave donation for repairs In the morning devotees wouldĬome and take Baba again to Dwarkamai. A bhajan mandali used to accompany Baba in Chavadi. After arti was over, devotees returned to their homes. Tukaram, Sai Maa, Godly incarnation who came to this earth for welfare of this mankind, bowed At the time of Artis of Sant Jnaneshwar and Sant Procession reach Chavadi, Shej Arti was sung. Baba only knows the meaning of these strange gestures! After the Procession reached near Maruti Mandir, Baba used to halt there for some time.īaba used to look at Hanuman ji’s idol and gestured something with His hands by moving them Placed in third position and beautifully decorated Palanquin (Palkhi) followed it. Fully adorned Baba’s horse Shyamkarna was Music instruments followed by Bhajan Mandali. Procession was led by devotees who played sorts of Of Shirdi participated in this procession. Tatya Patil was on Baba’s one side and Mhalasapati on the other. The procession started with loud cries of “Sai Nath Maharaj Ki Devotees sangīhajans with melodious voice. With various sorts of music Baba started for Chavadi with His devotees. Sticks in Dhuni to keep it burning the whole night and then Baba extinguished the lamp nearĭhuni. Kote Patil placed a embroidered Shela on Baba’s shoulder. Without Tatya Baba would not stand up to go.īaba wore His regular Kafni on His body, had Sakta under His arm and carring some tobaccoĪnd His pipe and placing a small piece of cloth on His shoulder, Baba started for Chavadi. Then Tatya Kote Patil would come to Dwarkamai and requested Baba to proceed toĬhavadi. Before chariot procession, devotees sang bhajans inĭwarkamai. A mixture of cow dung, mudĪnd water was sprinkled to prepare a uniform platform to draw rangoli. Lanes of Shirdi on the day on which Baba had to sleep in Chavadi. Taking a procession admist band and music from Dwarkamai to Chavadi. Seeing this daily routine of Baba, from December 10, 1909, devotees started a tradition of Since then Baba started sleeping in Dwarkamai and Chavadi So devotees took Baba to Chavadi which is situated nearby and Baba was “Once due to heavy rain Dwarkamai was flooded with water and there was no dry spaceįor Baba to sleep. Some light on the reason why Baba started to sleep in Dwarkamai and Chavadi on every alternateĭay in his explainatory book of Shri Saitcharitra originally written by Hemadpant (Govindrao These two places give us feeling of SaiĪctually, Chavadi means a place for discussion to give justice, but this Chavadi of Shirdiīecame a place of residence of God Incarnation – Shirdi Sai Baba. Step automatically proceeds to Dwarkamai and Chavadi. This Thursday, we have the lyrics of the most popular Sai Baba aarti lyrics for you, so that you can make your prayers more blissful.Any devotee going to Shirdi will first have darshan in Samadhi Mandir and then after devotees’ Thursdays are usually meant for worshipping Lord Vishnu and Sai Baba. Therefore, his devotees hail him as the ruler of their hearts. He believed that the nameless saint epitomised divinity and Godliness. An author named Shri Govind Raghunath Dabolkar (also known as Hemadpant) had penned a book named Shri Sai Charitra. Millions visit the temple in Shirdi to pay obeisance to the Baba, who is believed to be a personification of God. He bridged the gap between the Hindu and the Muslim communities and worked towards a society that practised harmony and encouraged peaceful co-existence. Sai Baba, who hailed from Shirdi, is also honoured by the Muslims, who refer to him as a Fakir. It is he who popularised the saying, " Sabka Malik Ek". Sai Baba, popularly known as Shirdi Sai Baba was a saint, who believed that all faiths lead to one God. Check out Shirdi Sai Baba's popular aarti lyrics for your Thursday prayers