wonderful tips on traveling to Shirdi and Putthaparty

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Sai Ram,

I have collected the most wonderful tips on traveling to Shirdi and

Putthaparty. I wish to share with you.

I would thank all for this tips, the ones mentioned in this mail, and

the ones who's name I forgot to copy (with excuses).

I am leaving this Saturday with my family hopefully with the blessing of

Swami.

When I return, I would like to share my story with you.

Sai Ram, may Swami bless you all,

Mari-Elise

 

 

for train travel , the complete information is on this site ..

http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ <=%22http://www.indianrail.gov.in/%22>

 

It is advisable to hire a taxi from the Airport itself.

1 Either from the Pre Paid Booth. There you will make the payment

before and it is very safe as both the taxi as well as the driver are

registered so there is no chance of any problem.

To stay in Shirdi is not a problem. You should stay in Sansthan. (Rooms

are provided by the Trust at nominal rates.)

Donot forget to take meals in the canteen after taking the coupons.

Breakfast is also provided.

Tea and coffee are served 24 hours in the premises.

So it is not a porblem to visit Shirdi.

After that you can plan to go to Shani temple. It takes only 3- 4

hours. It is the only temple in the World.

 

From Bombay to Shirdi, the distance will be 220 Kilo Meters to 250 Kilo

Meters which will demands 6 to 8 hours journey. If you go in taxi that

will be very good for you.

 

You no need to bargain taxi in Bombay. Becareful in bombay. Dont listen

outer side people words. Mainly the auto drivers, taxi drivers

words........pls dont listen. Try to contact all the time with Airport

security only. Pre Paid taxi's will available in bombay airport. The

counter also will be inside of the Bombay airport. Ask airport

authorities where the counter located inside the airport and then book

the taxi. This counter belongs to Government of India. So with

governament rates only they will provide the taxi for you. Approximately

from Bombay to Shirdi it will be 4000 rupees. I dont know the exact amount.

 

After darshan in shirdi.......if you would like to travel to puttaparthi

then 2 ways are there.

1. >From shirdi - You need to travel to Hyderabad. Then in hyderabad,

you need to take the train or bus to puttaparthi. (From shirdi you can

get bus directly to hyderabad, almost 8 hours journey needed from shirdi

to hyderabad) After landing in hyderabad then the journey from hyderabad

to puttaparthi demands 10 to 12 hours.

2. >From shirdi - You need to travel to pune (if you take taxi also the

fare will be 3000 approximately, total 180 kilo meters distance beteween

shirdi to pune). If you can, you can book air ticket from PUNE to

BANGALORE. If you come in air craft then the journey will be 1 hour from

Pune to Shirdi. OR you can travel in bus or train, but in bus or train,

it will take over night journey...approximately 8 hours. Then after

reaching bangalore you will get ONLY BUS to Puttparthi from Bangalore.

FRom Bangalore to Puttaparthi the journey will be 5 hours.

 

Pl see the Public Relations Officer, whose office is in the temple

complex and get permits for Aarathi, which is normally for one time but

he may oblige you with two which lets you stay very close to the

Baba's Samadhi and Murthy.An experience of a life time. You can also

watch the ritual closely.

Suggestion to visit Puttaparthy is very good which you must consider

seriously.

 

There is a fast train from New Delhi to Prasanthinilayam and back to

Delhi which has a stop at Manmad and Kopergao, the two stations from

where you go by road to Shirdi. You can get down for 2-3 days as you

wish( called break journey) and resume your journey without extra fare

to be paid.Nearest airport to Puttaparthy is Bangalore from where

regular taxies are available and I believe the direct flights are not

opererating these days.It depends on the time at your disposal ,

preferences and priorities.

With love, regards and best wishes.

Barry

 

Sai Ram,

It takes about 4-5 hrs to reach Shirdi by taxi and there are very good

hotels to stay so i suggest that u could directly go to Shirdi and then

take rest.

 

If you r looking for 4 or 5 star accomidation Hotel Goridia is very

close to the mandir walkable distance or u can accomadate at Sai

Samthan or many hotels and guest house available near the mandir.

 

Places to visit in SHIRDI

1.SAI MANDIR

2.DWARAKA MAI N CHAVADI N ABDUL BABA ASHRAM

3.GANESH,SHIVA N SHANI MAHARAJ TEMPLE

4.MARUTHI TEMPLE

5.NEEM TREE OR GURUSTAN (if present on thursday or friday pls light

incense sticks or sambrani)

6.LENDI BHAG.

7.KANDOBA TEMPLE.

8.UPASANI MAHARAJ ASHRAM.

 

All these places are around the temple premesis except for 7 n 8 can

take a rickshaw.

 

PLACES TO VISIT OUT OF SHIRDI

 

1.SHANI SRIGNAPUR VERY FAMOUS N POWERFUL GOD OF SATAN

2.NASIK N SAPTA SHRINGI

3.AJANTA N ELLORA CAVES

 

About booking your reservation to Parthi i think u should either fly or

take the train to Bangalore either from Mumbai or Pune you can reserve

your seat as soon as u land or ask your travel agent.I suggest that u

spend at least 4 to 5 days in Shirdi.

 

POOJA IN SHIRDI

1.FOUR ARTHI (KAKAD WAKING UP BABA PLS DONT MISS THIS ARTHI IT STARTS AT

5AM BUT U SHOULD STAND IN THE QUEUE AROUND 2AM U CAN ASK SOMEONE IN

SHIRDI ITSELF FOR THE TIMING NOW.)

2.NOON ARTHI AT12 OCLOCK

3.EVENING ARTHI AROUND THE SUNSET TIME 6 -6.30PM

4.SHREJ ARTHI( WHEN THEY PUT GOD TO SLEEP)

5.SATHYANARAYANA POOJA TWICE A DAY U CAN DO IT WHEN IT IS CONVIENT FOR

YOU.Rs 50

6.ABHISHEKAM AROUND 9AM RS 25.

 

If you have any further questions pls feel free to ask.

Thanking you n SAI RAM

HAVE A WONDERFUL TRIP BABA BLESS ONE N ALL.

Lakshmi

 

My name is Manoj, Iam working in UAE, with the blessing of Baba we

planned to go to Shirdi but from where to begin no idea, but as you all

know no one can visit Baba unless he calls you, and leave the rest to

him he will take care of you so it happened in our case also.

To summarise we happened to visit one of Sai family there we expressed

our desire to visit Shirdi to our suprise we were able to get a number

of *Sai Sevek Sri Shankarji. *The words are few for me to express here

the help, the carring, the support that we got from Shankarji, it was a

life time exprience for us.

Shankarji arranged his car, arranged the stay, arranged the pass for the

darshan for all the four Arathi (what more i can expect...standing in

the main mandir along with my family for all the four arathi).

Any one who wish to visit Shirdi can take the help of Shankarji.

*Shankarji Mobile no: 00919869183840*

*Prabhakarji Mobile no: 00919820000085*

Shankarji mail Id: *keyeskar (AT) (DOT) co.in* <keyeskar (AT) (DOT) co.in>

 

As for visiting Puttaparthi, I suggest that you can board Karnataka

Express( a daily train) at Kopergaon, a distance of 20 kms from Shirdi (

with good connectivity to Shirdi) and get down at Puttaparthy Railway

station. The station is known as Sri Satya Sai Prashanthi Nilayam(SSPN)

 

F YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL FROM SHIRDI TO PUTTARPARTHY THERE IS A

DIRECT TRAIN FROM SHIRDI TO PUTTARPARTHY. STATION NAME FROM SHIRDI IS

CALLED KOPPERGAON AND YOU CAN GO FROM THERE TO SAI P NILAYAM WHICH IS

THE NEAREST STATION TO PUTTARPARTHY.THE TRAIN LEAVES FROM SHIRDI AT

ABOUT 5.00PM AND REACHES PUTTARPARTHY THE NEXT MORNING AT ABOUT 9.00 AM.

IT IS ADVISABLE TO TAKE SECOND CLASS AC COMPARTMENT AS IT IS QUITE

COMFORTABLE.TRAIN FARE IS ABOUT RUPEES 1000

PER PERSON.IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK ME.

BEST REGARDS.

SAI RAM. NARESH.

 

The journey form Mumbai to Shirdi, (without any halts) is at least six

hours. So presuming you leave Mumbai at 3 pm in afternoon, you are not

likely to reach Shirdi before 9 pm. Hence if you arrive in mumbai still

later than that, my advice to you is stay overnight in Mumbai & leave

the next day early morning, so you reach Shirdi by afternoon.

 

For taxi from airport to city there are prepaid taxis (approved by the

local transport authority) available at the airport. the fare will

depend on the area that you would like to go to.

 

Taxis for Shirdi are available at Dadar TT. (both a/c & non a/c) The

fares are more or less standard. You will find out once you reach at dadar.

 

 

to travel from bombay to shirdi you can go by train upto mannmad and

from there u can reach shirdi by bus or taxi it hardly 1.5 hrs journey

from manmad to shirdi .

 

the second option is u can go by luxury bus from bombay to shirdi the

fare will be Rs.350/ per head accordingly.

 

on reaching shirdi u can comfortably stay in accomodation provided by

shirdi sansthan which is very close to Samadhi mandir itself.

 

 

Om Sai Ram

 

Dear all

 

The buses from Mumbai available from all points. But

Most of the buses leaves at Dadar TT East side near

Post office. The buses leaves from 5 pm onwards and it

takes around 7 hours. So if you leave by 8 pm you will

likely to reach Shirdi by early morning. Please find

out the reaching time from the buses. Government and

Private , Tourisam Departments runs buses. You may

alternately go to Nasik and from their you have many

buses and also share Taxis to and fro Shirdhi.

Being June July August and mid september always it

rains and the travel time may take more due to heavy

rain, road blocks etc.The total distance will be

around 270 km.

 

 

 

You may also take a taxi from Mumbai and go to Shirdhi

and come back and the taxi may take about 6 hours.

 

ofcourse you think about shirdhi , and he(Sai) will

make all arrangments .

 

 

Sairam Diana and Ankica,

It depends on your starting point and mode of travel.

If you are travelling from Delhi to PP & Back,take Karnataka Express

which has halts at Manmad Junction & Kopargaon(Both are railheads for

Shirdi with longer/shorter distance , time of travel 1hr.30min/45min

respectively) enroute and you can break journey without extra fare and

resume journey again by the same train the next day or day after

depending on your stay in Shirdi. You have to make onward & return

reservation from Delhi.

Wish you a very revarding trip.

Barry

 

Please see this link and select a hotel. Hotel Woodlands offers decent

and budget accommodation. The travel desk in the hotel can arrange for

the travel by taxi to Puttaparthy. You can get yourself dropped for

about Rs1600/. ( one way). Or you can travel by Karnataka State Road

Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses . The travel by KSRTC

air-conditioned Volvo buses cost only Rs160/ per ticket. The hotel may

be able to reserve your journey ticket.

http://www.karnataka.com/tourism/bangalore/hotels.shtml