|
 Long before 1908 when Shirdi was quiet and humble village, Baba told one
of his devotees, 'mansions will rise in this village, big people will come
here, guns will be fired, grand processions will be held and people would
make a bee-line here!'
On hearing this people laughed,
as these were most unlikely in such a worthless hamlet. The meaning of His divine utterance was not understood
then. But in the due course of time all this came true. Baba can
never be wrong as He had knowledge of the past and the future, not only
of individuals meeting Him but also about past and future events before
and beyond the duration of His physical existence.
|
Today
on an average thirty thousand people visit Shirdi everyday. The number runs into
several lakhs on significant occasions. Persons from high offices of
government line up to bow down to Shri Sai. There are adequate facilities
to meet the demands of a cross section of devotees coming from all parts of the
country and abroad. Shirdi is emerging as the top most pilgrim centre
of India. At the time of Baba, about 20 to 125 people used to visit Him
every day. But today, the average crowd visiting Shirdi is about 30 to 35
thousand persons a day and the number is ever on the increase. To meet this
contingency the Temple administration has launched an expansion scheme of the
temple premises. |
|