Shri Hari (God) will be certainly pleased if you give water to the thirsty, bread to the hungry, clothes to the naked and your verandah to strangers for sitting and resting. If any men or creatures come to you, do not discourteously drive them away, but receive them well and treat them with due respect. He said: “Unless there is some relationship or connection, nobody goes anywhere. His followers believe that he only pretended to get angry, in order to teach humility and foster right spiritual action. Sai often seemed to lose his temper with those around him. He left no written records Sai’s teachings were oral: typically short, pithy sayings rather than elaborate discourses. Many of his Hindu followers consider him to be an avatar (incarnation) of Shiva and Dattatreya. He regularly recited Hindu and Muslim prayers, such as the Hindu prayer Vishnu sahasranama. People will serve me only if I’m placed in Buti’s wada.” Thus as per His last wish He was buried in the “Buty Wada” also known as Samadhi Mandir.īy his example, Sai sought to unite the seemingly disparate religious communities of Muslim and Hindus.

His last words were, “Place my Body in Buti’s wada (mansion), I’ll get peace there only. Baba breathed His last with His head resting on one of His devotees lap. Many pilgrims came for his blessings, and he attracted large crowds even for the most mundane of his activities. He did not discourage such attributions, and his fame spread. Numerous miracles were attributed to him. He worshipped both at Hindu temples and Muslim mosques, and encouraged tolerance between the faiths. Sai soon began to attract followers who addressed him by the name Baba (“father”). He fostered an extremely simple and ascetic life: living in the village as a mendicant monk, and sleeping on the floor in the temple, and later in a dilapidated mosque.

He took up residence in a Khandoba temple, where a villager (Mahalsapathi) at worship first called him Sai (“saint”). Sai arrived at the village of Shirdi in Maharashtra state when he was about sixteen years old. There is no clear record of Sai’s given name, nor of his origins.

History of sai baba shirdi hindi