Shri Shirdi Sai speaks-11th Dec/Chavdi Utsav completed ...

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The Below picture was designed by the true Sai devotee who wishes to remain

anonymous..He beleives that these pictures would not have been possible without

Sai's grace and blessings. Chavdi Procession utsav started on 10th Dec 1909 so

100 yrs have been completed today - Check this wonderful youtuve video to see

the wonderful palki procession-

Chavadi Procession - 100th Year Celebration at Shirdi

Any devotee going to Shirdi will first have darshan in Samadhi Mandir and then

after devotees' step automatically proceeds to Dwarkamai and Chavadi. These two

places give us feeling of Sai Baba's presence even today. Actually, Chavadi

means a place for discussion to give justice, but this Chavadi of Shirdi became

a place of residence of God Incarnation - Sai Baba. Late Shri Nimbalkar has

thrown some light on the reason why Baba started to sleep in Dwarkamai and

Chavadi on every alternate day in his explainatory book of Shri Saitcharitra

originally written by Hemadpant (Govindrao Dabholkar) in Marathi Language. " Once

due to heavy rain Dwarkamai was flooded with water and there was no dry space

for Baba to sleep. So devotees took Baba to Chavadi which is situated nearby and

Baba was taken back to Dwarkamai. Since then Baba started sleeping in Dwarkamai

and Chavadi every alternate day. " Seeing this daily routine of Baba, from

December 10, 1909, devotees

started a tradition of taking a procession admist band and music from Dwarkamai

to Chavadi. People used to clean lanes of Shirdi on the day on which Baba had to

sleep in Chavadi. A mixture of cow dung, mud and water was sprinkled to prepare

a uniform platform to draw rangoli. Torches were ignited on polls in lanes to

enlighten Shirdi. Before chariot procession, devotees sang bhajans in Dwarkamai.

Then Tatya Kote Patil would come to Dwarkamai and requested Baba to proceed to

Chavadi. Without Tatya Baba would not stand up to go. Baba wore His regular

Kafni on His body, had Sakta under His arm and carring some tobacco and His pipe

and placing a small piece of cloth on His shoulder, Baba started for Chavadi.

Tatya Kote Patil placed a embroidered Shela on Baba's shoulder. After that Baba

Himself put some sticks in Dhuni to keep it burning the whole night and then

Baba extinguished the lamp near Dhuni. With various sorts of music Baba started

for Chavadi with

His devotees. Devotees sang bhajans with melodious voice. The procession

started with loud cries of " Sai Nath Maharaj Ki Jai " - " Victory Be Unto Sai "

Tatya Patil was on Baba's one side and Mhalasapati on the other. Villagers of

Shirdi and guests of Shirdi participated in this procession. Procession was led

by devotees who played sorts of music instruments followed by Bhajan Mandali.

Fully adorned Baba's horse Shyamkarna was placed in third position and

beautifully decorated Palanquin (Palkhi) followed it. When procession reached

near Maruti Mandir, Baba used to halt there for some time. Baba used to look at

Hanuman ji's idol and gestured something with His hands by moving them in

various directions. Baba only knows the meaning of these strange gestures! After

the procession reach Chavadi, Shej Arti was sung. At the time of Artis of Sant

Jnaneshwar and Sant Tukaram, Sai Maa, Godly incarnation who came to this earth

for welfare of this mankind, bowed Her

head in praise. After arti was over, devotees returned to their homes. Baba

slept in a room in Chavadi. A bhajan mandali used to accompany Baba in Chavadi.

In the morning devotees would come and take Baba again to Dwarkamai. This was

followed till Baba's Samadhi. In the year 1937, Baba's devotee Shri Anna Saheb

Chinchanikar gave donation for repairs of this Chavadi. Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan

has maintained this course of Chavadi Procession till today. Every thursday

Palkhi Procession starts from Samadhi Mandir to Dwarkamai and from Dwarkamai it

proceeds to Chavadi. Apart from thursdays, Sansthan organises Palkhi. Procession

on the first day of celebration of Ramnavami, Gurupoornima, Dashera (Punyatithi)

and also on Mahashivratri and eleventh day of full moon phase of Ashadh month as

per Hindu calender (July-August month as per English calendar). Thousands of

devotees - local and from all over the world participate in this incredible

procession and make

their souls satisfied with cries of Baba's name with deep devotion. The path on

which procession passes is dawned with mixture of cow dung, mud and water with

beautiful rangolis drawn. Few fortunate married women perform arti of Palkhi.

Many famous music bands participate in this procession to make the atmosphere

submerged in music, which is another form of devotion. This year i.e. on

December 10, 2009, the tradition of Chavadi procession will be completing 100

years. In this context golden moments of this procession will be celebrated by

Shirdi Sansthan. These golden moments were started by taking Baba's potrait and

padukas on December 10, 2008. On this day, in the morning Baba's portait and

padukas were taken to Chavadi in a procession to Chavadi. Chairman of Shirdi Sai

Baba Sansthan, Shri Jayant Sasane, Dr. Eknath Gondkar and Shri Suresh Vabable

carried Baba's protrait and Shri Ashok Khambekar and Shri Krishnachandra Pandey

carried padukas in the

procession to Chavadi. Shri Jayant Sasane and Shri. Rajshri Sasani participated

in portrait and paduka pooja which was followed by Abhishek pooja. Chavadi was

decorated by colourful flowers which were provided by Shri Vijay Kote and

colourful lights were provided by Dwarkamai Mandal of Bombay. Mass reading of

Shri Sai Nath Stavan Manjari and Chapter 37 of Shri Sai Satcharitra was done. To

give more importance to this tradition and to honour the devotees (volunteers)

who play musical instruments on every Thursday in Chavadi procession, Shri

Jayant Sasane and Shri Rajshri Sasane honoured them with Shawl, Coconut and a

pair of clothes. On this occasion Shri Kishore More and all the villagers of

Shirdi were present in big number. In the context of completion of 100 years,

various programmes will be undertaken by Shirdi Sansthan throughout the year. A

camp of 'Art of Living' by Shri Ravishankar, Bhajan Sandhya and Parayan of Shri

Sai Satcharitra are the few

plans of Shirdi Sansthan for this coming year.

Some wonderful Videos on You Tube

Sai Mangalam

Haridwaar Madhura Kaashi

Om Sai NamaYa Om Sai NamaYa

Digambara Digambara Shripad vallabh

Ghale bhajan Sai Bhajan

Hari OM Hari OM Sai OM Sai OM

Om Namah Shivaya With Shiva Manasa Pooja

Sri Guru Ashtakam

O Sai MahaRaj - Hum Bhakthonka Tum Ho Naa

O Sai Shirdi Wale

Shirdi ke jaane waale

Sai Ram Sai Ram SaiSai Ram - Sai Chant

Shirdi Sai Baba's Sayings

Shirdi Mera Pandharpur - Sai Bhajan

 

Submitted by Sai Vishnu Ji Message from the teachings of Sai baba for 11th

December

God is the Infinite

One God assumes countless forms to take care of His Creation. God, as the sun,

showers His light in the day and appears as the moon in the night and soothes us

by his cool moon-beams. Likewise, God incarnated in many forms to set mankind on

the path of righteousness. God descended to Shirdi in the human form to teach

universality of religions, the brotherhood of mankind and by the Power of His

Divine Light, Baba drew many a lost sheep into His Love-Fold and laid the

foundation for the moral re-construction of man. Our lives get blessed as we

adore the incarnations of God. Gangagir, a saint, first proclaimed, when he saw

Sai as 'Blessed is Shirdi. It got the precious jewel'.A mystic of Indian state,

Syed Jalaluddin pointed his finger at the sun and asked Ganashyama to see his

Guru in the sun. To his utter delight, he could see Sainath in the orb of the

sun. Sri Rama Maruthi Maharaj adored Baba as his Guru and as big brother. When

Santhavan Maharaj was

about to commit suicide as he could not progress in his spiritual practice,

Baba averted his suicide and enlightened him. Saint Vasudeva Swamy adored Baba

as his elder brother and sent a coconut offering through Pundalika Rao to

Sainath. The Omnipresent God, thus, assumes many forms to guide and put His

erring children on the divine path to righteous and joyous living.

 

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