Shirdi

At a distance of 58 km from Manmad, 82 km from Ahmednagar, ninety km from Nashik, a hundred and eighty km from Pune, and 258 km from Mumbai, Shirdi is a small town placed in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. This is one of the popular spiritual places in Maharashtra and in India as well. Shirdi, also known as the Land of Sai, is popular for the shrine of Shirdi Sai Baba, which is the main enchantment for the devotees who go to this holy shrine. This is also one of the pleasant pilgrimage places to go near Mumbai.

Sai Baba, from the 20th century, is known as one of the greatest saints of India. Sai Baba visited Shirdi while he became 16 years old and stayed there until his death in 1918. Sai Baba converted this small village into a holy pilgrimage website online for his devotees. Many fables of the Shirdi Sai are combined with this town. His selfless love and determination to the poor earned him respect for which he's worshiped even now. Shirdi is the area in which he attained his 'Samadhi' or very last abode.

The Shirdi temple complicated covers an area of approximately 200 rectangular meters. This place includes Samadhi Mandir, Gurusthan, Chavadi, Dwarkamai, and Lendi Baug. The Sai Shirdi Temple is one of the wealthiest temples in India with an average donation of INR 4 billion even with annum. Maruti Temple, Khandoba Mandir, Sai Heritage Village, Shanisinghnapur, and Nashik are the other locations of appeal located in and around Shirdi.

Large quantities of devotees of all faiths flock to the temple of Shirdi Sai Baba at some point in the year. On average 50,000 devotees visit Shirdi village daily, to have the blessings of Sri Saibaba. In the festival season, greater than 100,000 devotees visit the temple each day. Apart from the temple trust complicated there are numerous accommodation options ranging from budget to star class in Shirdi.