Shirdi - A Calming Experience

By Author: Rashmiranjan Patil
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Shirdi is a small town located in the Rahata Tahasil in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. It is a quaint little town with nothing much to offer other than Shirdi Sai Baba, a great spiritual leader. Every year thousands of pilgrims from all over the country and also far across come to this small town to seek the blessings of the secular spiritual leader. Sai Baba is revered not only among the Hindu sect but also across various castes and creeds.

Shirdi was the region where Sai Baba lived and delivered his teachings and blessings to all his followers till the time he took Samadhi in the year 1918. Owing to its religious significance Shirdi is a major pilgrimage center of Maharashtra with pilgrims from all walks of life and all parts of the world flocking to the region to seek the blessings and also catch a glimpse of the life size idol of the great saint put up at the temple.

Shirdi being pre-eminently a pilgrimage site the major attractions of the region are the various temples and other significant places related to the life of Sai Baba. The Sai Baba Temple located in the heart of the town, housing the Samadhi ...
... of Sai Baba is the major attraction of the region, other than that other attractions of Shirdi drawing in huge crowd are the Dwarkamayi the dwelling place of Sai Baba, Chavadi located next to Dwarkamayi is another revered place where Sai Baba used to sleep every alternate day, Khandoba Raya Temple, Shani Mandir, Narsimha Mandir, Sakori Ashram and much more.

Shirdi being a popular tourist as well as pilgrimage site attracts a large number of people from all over the country and as such there are numerous good hotels in Shirdi offering quality lodging facility along with various services and facilities for the ease and comfort of all the travelers. The Shirdi hotels are present across various budget categories, thus, efficiently catering to the needs and preferences of the myriad of travelers to the region.

The best time to visit Shirdi is during the months of January to March, another very significant month to visit Shirdi is the month of October when the death anniversary of Sai Baba is observed, which draws in innumerable pilgrims from all quarters. Shirdi is well connected to various regions of the country by rail and road, while the neighboring airports of Aurangabad, Mumbai, Nasik and Pune provide the air connectivity to Shirdi. Even there is excellent road connection between Nasik to Shirdi.