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Shirdi Saibaba Asthoram

  • Mar 15, 2024

Teachings of Saibaba

Among the teachings of Sai Baba of Shirdi there are the cardinal principles of Sai Path called 'Shraddha' and 'Saburi'. Sai Baba looks for these two qualities in his devotees.Here are the teachings and philosophies of Sai Baba of Shirdi.

Shraddha : 'Shraddha' is a Sanskrit word, which roughly means faith with love and reverence. Such faith or trust is generated out of conviction, which may not be the result of any rational belief or intellectual wisdom, but a spiritual inspiration. According to Sai Baba of Shirdi, steadfast love in God is the gateway to eternity. Baba's teaching, both direct and indirect explicate the significance of 'Shraddha'. Baba reiterates the spiritual guidance of Shri Krishna to Arjun - "Whosoever offer to Me with love or devotion, a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, that offering of pure love is readily accepted by Me".

Saburi : 'Saburi'; means patience and perseverance. Saburi is a quality needed throughout the path to reach the goal. This quality must be ingrained in a seeker from day one, least he looses his stride and leaves the path half way

Purity : For Sai Baba it was not the purity of the body but inner purity that mattered. No amount of physical and external cleansing would serve any purpose if the man remained impure in mind and heart. Therefore, Baba cautioned His devotees not to make austerity as an end itself, lest they should indulge in physical mortification.

Compassion : Himself an epitome of compassion and love, Sai Baba taught compassion among his disciples. Baba often told His devotees, 'Never turn away anybody from your door, be it a human being or animal'.

Complete Surrender to the Guru : Sai Baba put Guru on a high pedestal of reverence. For Him Guru was the profound base of the path of devotion. Pointing to his physical frame, "This body is my house. I am not here. My Guru (Master) has taken me away". He asked for complete surrender to the 'Guru'.

Sai Baba's Teachings through 'Udi' : Udi or the sacred ash was produced from the perpetual fire called 'dhuni' lit by Sai Baba in Dwarkamai at Shirdi. Explaining the meaning of life He would refer to Udi and taught that like Udi all the visible phenomena in the world are transient. Through this example Sai Baba wished to make his devotees understand the sense of discrimination between the unreal and the real. Udi taught the devotees discrimination or vivek or Vairagya.


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    • Vijayadashami in celebrated throughout India, under different names and with regional variations, as the victory of good over evil. For Sai devotees, it is venerated as the holy day that their beloved Gurudeva(Saibaba) attained mahasamadhi (also known as Punyatithi) and is a big festival in Sri Naga Sai Temple.
  • 14 Apr'24
    Tamil New Year
    • Sunday (06:30 am)
    • Puthandu, also known as Tamil New Year, is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar and traditionally celebrated as a festival by Tamil Hindus.
  • 17 Apr'24
    Ram Navami
    • Wednesday (12:01 am)
    • In 1897, Gopalrao Gund proposed holding in Urus as in expression of his gratitude to Baba for having been granted the birth of a son after many childless years. Baba gave HIS permission for the celebration and fixed the day for Ramnavami.
  • 21 Jul'24
    GURU PURNIMA
    • Sunday (12:00 am)
    • Guru Purnima (“ Purnima means full-moon”) is the one which disciples and devotees honor and felicitate their guru and seek his or her special blessing. Although it is of great importance in Sri Naga Sai Temple, perhaps because it is the only festival which Baba asked us to celebrate.
  • 12 Oct'24
    Vijaya Dhasami
    • Saturday (12:00 am)
    • Vijayadashami in celebrated throughout India, under different names and with regional variations, as the victory of good over evil. For Sai devotees, it is venerated as the holy day that their beloved Gurudeva(Saibaba) attained mahasamadhi (also known as Punyatithi) and is a big festival in Sri Naga Sai Temple.

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Offerings at Temple

This is a Private Temple maintained by Family Trust ( Freedom Fighter Thiyagi S.N Sundarambal Family ) and we strictly dont opt for Donation. However devotees need their participation for their satisfaction.
Thus we accept the same but we request you to understand the daily requirement and offer the same .

Please review the following items that are offered in the Temple. NO COOKED FOOD from outside is accepted by the temple as offering, hence please refrain from bringing cooked food to the temple.Please help conserve resources. You can participate in the temple services by offering any of the items listed below.All items brought should be new or fresh and in sealed condition.

Clothes(Dress) for Baba: Baba's dress changed often after holy bathing daily comprises of (1) outerwear of Kafni and headgear which can be either cotton, satin or silk in any color except black. (2) innerwear which is white cotton towel (3) scarf or angavastra or dhottar which can be satin, silk or cotton contrasting or matching color of outerwear. The size of outerwear is 3.25 Metres.Baba's dress will have to be stitched and corners embroidered before it can be offered to Baba. Devotees are requested to please conform to this standard. 
Custom made dresses are available at the temple for your convenience.

Flowers: Garlands of fresh flowers is offered to Baba daily after holy bathing and changing of clothes. One garland of 2.5 feet and two garlands of 1.00 feet are used daily in the temple.
Apart from this 4.00 Kgs of flowers are estimated for daily use including pooja service such as archana, etc. 

Fruits: Fruits are offered various poojas.

Oil: Pure Sesame oil is used to light oil lamps that burn all the time in the temple.The temple prcoures Sesame and cooking oil in bulk. Please inquire before you decide to donate oil for daily temple use.

Naivedya: Baba's naivedya is made inside the temple itself and offered five times daily to Baba. No cooked food from outside is allowed. But you can still participate in morning abisekam by bringing the below
Milk - 100 ML
Ganga Water - 500 ML
Gokul Pooja Paneer - 500 ML
Tender Coconut - 1 no.
Pls handover this before 6.00 AM or a day before at temple.As this Abisekam will be done sharp at 6.30 AM everyday.

Agarbathi : We use Sai Divya Agarbhathi alone inside the premises. So we request you to provide only this bathi.

Pongal Prasad : Only on Thursday. 

Rice Bag : Rice is used for daily prasad and naivedya.

For details on how you can make your offering , please contact us by phone: ( + 91 ) 8056 675555, by email at thiyagisnstrust@gmail.com or consult temple office when you visit the temple.
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Simple & Humble Thiyagi S.N Sundarambal

Several freedom fighters from Tiruppur and Coimbatore districts fought for the nation’s cause during the British era. But statues of only two of them have been erected in Tiruppur city. One of them is ‘Tiruppur’ Kumaran, also known as ‘Kodi Kaatha’ Kumaran, who is among the most celebrated freedom fighters from the region.

The other is the “simple and humble” SN Sundarambal, who didn’t step back from the frontline of the movement even when nursing a newborn. Sundarambal was born in Veerapandi in Tiruppur on October 7, 1913, and her father, Natchimuthu Goundar, was a Maniyakkar (local leader) and Mother Mrs.Swamiyammal.Despite being from a rich family, she was interested in social service and the freedom struggle. She used to participate in public meetings organised by the Congress Party in the city, and during one such meeting in 1928, when she was 15 years old, Mahatma Gandhi requested the public to donate to the party to fight the British rule. Sundarambal climbed the stage and offered her gold bangles to the great leader.

Gandhiji smiled at her and told " donating gold isn’t enough" and asked her to join the non-violent resistance for Indian Independence and also asked her to wear khadi instead of British-made clothes,” and this made Sundarambal wear khadi clothes for the rest of her life.

Sundarambal went on to participate in several protests during the freedom struggle,and during the Satyagraha protest in 1941, she was arrested along with her newborn son and jailed in the Vellore Prison for three months. The next year, Mahatma Gandhi launched the ‘Quit India Movement’, during which she participated in non-violent demonstrations against the British government, and was arrested and sent to the Vellore Prison again, this time for seven months.

In 1943, Sundarambal organised a large-scale demonstration in Tiruppur against the British government, and was again arrested and jailed for three months. “Going to prison never bothered her,” After Independence she took an active interest in ensuring farmers’ welfare in the district, and organized many protests for them.

In the early 1970s too, she was arrested and jailed several times, and after meeting the renowned social reformer Vinoba Bhave, she started an orphanage at Angeripalayam in Tiruppur. Sundarambal passed away on August 20, 2007. She was married and had two sons, both of them had already passed away in Tiruppur.

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