Thursday, February 3, 1949
During the inauguration of the Guindy temple, Baba materialised a silver idol of Lord Ganesha and nine gems and scattered them in the pit meant for the foundation stone. He materialised golden flowers and asked the Mudaliar’s family to do the Archana (worship). He then created a Sri Chakram, placed the Shirdi Baba idol and did the ‘Ashtabandhanam’ (a ritual for the establishment of the idol) Himself. When Baba thus energised the idol, it levitated in air for a few seconds and then descended back to its original position.
Sri Sathya Sai in the Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir at Guindy, Madras |
The registration of the Trust Deed of the Sri Sathya Sai Mandali, Guindy, was completed on this day, the 3rd of February 1949, which happened to be a Thursday.
Sri B. V. Raman and Sri B. V. Lakshmanan, the singers from Madras were one of the earliest ‘birds’ drawn towards Baba. They were invited to give a concert for the grand inaugural function of the Shirdi Sai Mandir at Guindy. Swami seemed to enjoy their music thoroughly and began inviting them to Puttaparthi thenceforth.
Thus, the Shirdi Sai Baba idol at Guindy became the very first idol of Shirdi Baba to be installed in a temple anywhere in the world. The idol at the Samadhi Mandir in Shirdi was installed 5 years later on October 7, 1954.
Source: Sri Sathya Sai Digvijayam – Part 1 (1926-1985)
very interesting
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Sairam.
ReplyDeleteSairam this temple in chennai is not so popular, it has a wonderful history.its a very calm temple. must visit when you go to chennai. swami has blessed guindy many times by giving his darshan over here.There is a swamis room nearby just a very small room having one asbestos sheet above ie all. what simplicity
ReplyDeleteSairam, Can you please provide the exact address of this particular temple. There seem to be more than one Shirdi Sai temple in the area.
DeleteSairam, Can you please provide the exact address of this temple. There seem to be more than one Shirdi Sai temple in the Guindy area.
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DeleteSHRI SAI BABA TEMPLE
DeleteADJACENT TO THE GUINDY RAILWAY STATION
BEHIND THE BUS STOP TOWARDS TAMBARAM
GUINDY
Follow this link for details on the timings of the temple and the various activities conduced there:
http://saitemples.com/temples/shri-sai-baba-temple-guindy
Sairam. Very important news. Thanks.
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OM SAI RAM!GREAT NEWS!
ReplyDeleteOm sai , baba's blessings will be always with us......
ReplyDeleteWonderful. OM SAIRAM OUR LOVING GOD !
ReplyDeleteOm sairam, very interesting, must visit
ReplyDeleteThis post has a very good knowledge about saibaba first idol and sri Sathya sai. may baba bless all of us and bestow mercy on all of us OM SAI RAM.
ReplyDeleteI am visited this temple,and feel good, happy.
ReplyDeleteWould love to visit this temple one day. Depends on swamy. His blessed
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