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SRI SHIRDI SAI SAMSTHAN, MI
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28875 W Seven Mile Rd,
Livonia, MI-48152
Phone: 248-471-6474
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Chandbhai, the headman of a village called Dhoopkhede (in Aurangabad, India), once lost his horse and was
looking for it. Suddenly he heard a voice say "You look tired.
come here and rest a while". He turned around and saw a young
Fakir . The fakir smiled at him and said "What are you looking
for in this jungle, Chandbhai". Chandbhai was surprised and he
wondered how the fakir knew his name. Slowly, he said "I have
lost my horse. I have looked for it everywhere, but cannot
seem to find it". The fakir told him to look behind a clump of
trees. Chandbhai was pleasantly surprised to find his horse
grazing peacefully behind those trees. He thanked the fakir
and asked his name. The fakir said "some people call me Sai
Baba."
Sai Baba then invited Chandbhai to have a smoke with him. He
got the pipe ready, but there was no fire to light it with.
Sai Baba thrust a pair of tongs into the ground and brought
out a burning coal. Chandbhai was wonderstruck. He thought
"this is no ordinary person" and invited Baba to come to his
house and be his guest for a few days.
Next day Baba went to Chandbhai's house and found everybody in
a very joyful mood and festivities going on all around. He
found that Chandbhai's wife's nephew was getting married. The
bride was from Shirdi and the marriage party was going to
Shirdi. Chandbhai invited Baba to accompany the marriage party
to Shirdi. At Shirdi they camped in a field next to Khandoba's
temple.
After the wedding, Saibaba stayed on at Shirdi. At first he
lived under a neem tree and begged for food whenever he needed
it. He then went to Khandoba's temple, intending to stay
there, but the temple priest met him at the entrance and told
him to go to the mosque. That is how Baba, started staying at
the Mosque which was later called Dwarkamayi.
Baba preached at Shirdi all his life and performed numerous
miracles to convince people that God exists. He healed
people's diseases, provided moral and material comfort to his
devotees. Baba helped bring Unity and Harmony between all
communities. He said that God is one, but called by different
names. He said follow your own religion and seek the truth.
One day a rich millionaire named Booty came to Sai Baba and
said he was going to construct a stone building for Shri
Krishna. Baba helped him plan the building. Before the
building was completed Baba fell very ill. On the 15th of
October 1918, he breathed his last. His last wish was to be
buried in Booty's building. Booty's stone building came to be
known as the Samadhi Mandir. Shri Sai Baba was buried here and
a beautiful shrine was built over it. To this day, people
flock to Shirdi to pay homage to Shri Sai Baba.
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