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Shirdi
 Shirdi was the home of Sai Baba, a great saint who lived here for more than 50 years of his life. This small village in the interior of Maharashtra came into prominence after the death of an old sage in 1918 and became a big pilgrimage site for devotees. Highly placed on the world map of spirituality, Shirdi is located in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra and close to the holy city of Nasik.
Sai Baba entered this village when he was 16 years of age. No one knows exactly when he was born and when he came first time to Shirdi, his early life is shrouded in mystery. He lived for a period under a neem tree in the village of Shirdi until he moved into a mosque, which remained his abode and was engaged in a hard self-mortification.
The saint devoted his entire life for the upliftment of the poor and the suffering. He is known for the power of His presence, the purity and integrity of His life and above all His ability to fulfill the heartfelt needs, both spiritual and temporal, of those who come to Him with humility and love. The place where Sai Baba came to Shirdi as a Bal Yogi is known as Gurusthan. There is a temple at this site and a small shrine in Gurusthan. Samadhi Mandir is the most important site, as it is here that we find the Samadhi or tomb of Sai Baba, to pay devotion to the Sai Baba. The small town of Shirdi is full of fragrance with the devotional intensity of devotees from across the world.
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