Ram Navami 2023: How This Day Has A Divine Connection With Shirdi Sai Baba

New Delhi: The auspicious event of Ram Navami is being celebrated with a lot gusto and fervour throughout the nation on March 30, this yr. After the 9 days of Chaitra Navratri competition, Lord Rama’s birthday concludes the festivity. Lord Rama’s birthday, often known as Ram Navami is revered throughout the globe and massively celebrated in several elements of the nation with preparations happening days upfront. The day holds utmost significance within the temple city of Shirdi, Maharashtra. 

RAM NAVAMI IN SHIRDI SAI BABA TEMPLE

It is believed that Shird Sai Baba took Mahasamadhi on the day of Vijayadashami or Dussehra. Therefore, in the course of the Chaitra Navratri which falls in March-April, the Ram Navami day is well known as Sai Baba’s Birthday as effectively. The Sharad Navratri culminating on Dussehra is the day when Baba went Antardhyan.

Both days are massively noticed in Shirdi Sai Baba Temple temple the place devotees make lengthy queues simply to get a glimpse and blessings of the lord. 

SAI BABA OF SHIRDI

The title Sai was given to him by Mhalsapati upon his arrival within the temple city of Shirdi as not a lot is thought about Sai’s beginning. According to Sai Satcharita, Baba got here to Shirdi when he was solely 16-year-old. It is believed that he got here together with a person who was coming for a marriage to the place. Many imagine that Baba’s date of beginning occurs to be September 28, 1835.

There continues to be no definitive date that may declare Baba’s birthday.

THE LEGEND OF RAM NAVAMI CELEBRATIONS:

Baba’s ardent follower named Gopalrao Gund was childless for a very long time and at last was blessed with a son. To provide his due to Baba, searching for blessings for the new child child too, he took Baba’s permission to organise a thanksgiving honest which coincided with Urus, a competition of Muslims in honour of a Sufi saint.

As per Sai Charitra’s e-book, the day for the Urus was mounted on Ram Navami, after having a session with Sai Baba. It appears he had some function behind this, viz. the unification of the 2 festivals, the Urus and the Ram Navami and the unification of the 2 communities – the Hindus and the Mohammedens. As future occasions confirmed, this finish or object was duly achieved.

Gopalrao Gund had a good friend by the title Damu Anna Kasar of Ahmednagar. He additionally was equally sad within the matter of progeny, although he had two wives. He too was blessed by Sai Baba with sons and Mr. Gund prevailed upon his good friend to arrange and provide one flag for the procession of the honest. He additionally succeeded in inducing Mr Nanasaheb Nimonkar to produce one other flag. Both these flags have been taken in procession via the village and at last, mounted on the two corners of the Masjid, which is named by Sai Baba as ‘Dwarkamai’. This is being performed even now.

Sai Baba of Shirdi is a non secular determine worshipped throughout the globe. The saint or fakir of Shirdi has an ocean of devotees scattered in each nook of the world. Baba’s teachings and learnings have travelled over time and folks no matter their faith have proven utmost religion within the Satguru.

SANDAL PROCESSION IN SHIRDI

An excerpt from Sai Charitra mentions:

There was one other procession which was began on this honest. The concept of ‘Sandal’ procession originated with one Mr. Amir Shakkar Dalal, a Mohammeden Bhakta from Korhla. This procession is held in honour of nice Muslim Saints. Sandal i.e. Chandan paste and scrappings are put within the Thali (flat dishes) with incense burning earlier than them and carried in procession to the accompaniment of band and music via the village after which, after returning to the Masjid, the contents of the dishes are thrown on the ‘Nimbar’ (area of interest) and partitions of the Masjid. 

This work was managed by Mr. Amir Shakkar for the primary three years after which afterwards, by his spouse. So, on the identical day the 2 processions, the ‘Flags’ by the Hindus and ‘Sandal’ by the Muslims, went on aspect by aspect and are nonetheless happening with none drawback.

Sai Baba made Dwarkamai masjid his abode and on Ram Navami day, flags are modified there. 

With many extra legends and occasions which unfolded publish this, in accordance with Sai Charitra, from 1912, the Ram Navami competition was thus happening, the procession of the 2 flags by day and that of the ‘Sandal’ by evening, went off with the same old pomp and present. From this time onwards, the ‘Urus of Baba’ was reworked into the Ram Navami competition.

Therefore, up to now on Ram Navami and Urus, Shirdi sees enormous celebrations in place. God Is One’ was his motto and ‘Sabka Malik Ek’, Allah Malik favorite epigrams related to Sai Baba of Shirdi.

Here’s wishing everybody a really Happy Ram Navami and Sai Baba’s Birthday!