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SHRI SAI BABA OF SHIRDI,

THE PERFECT MASTER.

“Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi, as He is known to the world, is a Saint of the highest spiritual

order who has millions of devotees in India and abroad. His parentage, place and date
of birth are not known clearly although there are many theories written by numerous

authors. Believed to have appeared for the first time at Shirdi, a small village in
Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra in the year 1852 A.D, He stayed there for two years.
He left Shirdi and reappeared in 1858 and stayed there for a period of sixty years up to
15 October, 1918, the day on which His soul embarked on its heavenly journey. His holy
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tomb and shrine are at Shirdi which is visited by millions of people from all religions and
all walks of life from all over the world. Today He is a household name in India. Shirdi
SAI Baba preached religious tolerance, universal brotherhood, mutual love, respect and
cooperation among human beings. Self-illumined of all the philosophies of the world, He
professed and practiced humanism. Love and sacrifice were the key principles in all His

actions. For Him there was only one God (sabka malik ek). He fed the hungry, cared for
the sick, provided shelter for the destitute and gave solace to the distressed. He loved
children immensely and took personal care of their character building and happiness.
The children were drawn to Him for the love they received from Him. The messiah of the
masses also cared for the well being of the animals. The daily donations He received were
distributed amongst the needy, and His followers. He accumulated no wealth, created no

institution in His name, nor did He choose any successor during His life time. He treated all
devotees as His children without expecting any returns. Baba’s life history is well written
in a book captioned ‘Shri SAI Satcharitra’, a publication of Shri Shirdi SAI Baba Sansthan,
the official organisation looking after the shrine. More than thousands of temples,

educational and medical institutions have been created in His name in India and abroad.
Shri SAI is universally accepted ‘SADGURU’, a perfect master, on which we enshrine the
doctrines of the GURU SHISHYA PARAMPARA in SAI International Residential School.