Facilities available in Shirdi

Shirdi is a popular pilgrimage center of India where the temple of Shri Sai Baba is the main attraction. Sai Baba was a great saint of India who devoted his entire life for helping poor and needy peoples and advising them. Teachings of Shri Sai Baba are followed by almost all the Indians whether they are Hindu or Muslim everyone follows him.

Shirdi is located in Ahmadnagar district of Indian state of Maharashtra about 81 km from Ahmadnagar and about 14 km from Kopregaon. Every year many thousands of devotees visit this town to seek the blessings from Sai and to pay their respects towards Sai. The best time to visit Shirdi is in the months of September to November because many Hindu festivals are in these months and Baba’s death anniversary is also commemorated in the month of October. The temple is built on the Samadhi of Shri Sai Baba. The temple is a beautiful shrine and for the Darshan of Sai the entry is free of cost but we have to stand in a long queue waiting for hours and hours. You can also buy special passes that are provided by Sai Sansthan Trust which costs 100 rupees and with these passes you don’t have to stand in a queue for Darshan. Many people don’t know about this facility provided by the trust and stand in a queue for hours.

You can also book Baba’s Arti and Puja online on the Shirdi Sai temple’s website. Because of this you can easily attend the grand aarti and Puja of Sai. If you are unable to go to Shirdi you can also attend the Aarti and Puja online. There are many more facilities available here but devotees don’t know about it. For staying also there are number of facilities available such as there are number of hotels and lodges available that provides excellent facility to their customers. Dwarawati Bhaktaniwas is a lodge provided by Sai Sansthan Trust in cheap rates. This lodge rarely remains available because people book rooms in advance. Hotels in Shirdi near temple are most popular and preferred by most of the devotees because of convenience and these hotels provide excellent facility and services. If you are visiting Shirdi then I would suggest booking hotels in advance so that you don’t have to worry about availability of rooms after reaching in the town. Come and be blessed.