Sri Shirdhi Sai Seva Sansthan Trust , Siddipet Greets You On Behalf Of All Sai Devotees
A calm , serene and peaceful place, Siddipet(village of Siddi Purushas) is situated towards north, about 100 kms away, from Hyderabad-Capital of Andhra Pradesh.
Sai Seva has been the main force to bring together some of the enthusiastic Sai devotees and form a society in March 1992. Subsequently it was registered as SHIRDHI SAIBABA SEVA SANSTHAN TRUST Sai Vidya Nagar, Siddipet, in 1994 with 33 trustees. One of the important objectives of the trust is to build a place of worship for Beloved SAI in Siddipet.
The Konda family readily donated 1100 Sq yds and sri Gande Srinivas alone donated 400 Sq yds to this noble cause. With an initial contribution of Rs.70, 000/- from the residents of the colony and equally generous donations from Sai devotees of Siddipet town and Hyderabad, the task of building one of the finest temples for Shirdhi Sai Baba was initiated. As work progressed donations started pouring in from many sources-known as well as unknown.
It happens in such cases, that the enthusiasm of the sai devotees pushes up the cost of realizing this dream, well beyond its initial estimate of Rs. 20 lakhs.
Meditation hall, library, silver throne, golden crown to Baba, building accommodation for Sai devotees coming from outside Siddipet, regular poor feeding, providing medical assistance to needy etc. have enlarged the scope of the activities of Sri Shirdhi Sai Baba Seva Sansthan Trust.
The temple is enriched with paintings of events from Baba's life as mentioned in SatCharitra.
By the grace of Baba, the following major activities were envisaged and completed till now.
The following activities were envisaged on the auspicious day of Vasantha Panchami.
- Foundation stone laying (Shanku Sthapana) on 13 Feb 1992.
- Vigraha prathistapana of Sri Sai Baba on 12 Feb 1997. The Moola Virat is installed in the First floor. Dwarakamai is in the ground floor and Dhuni is provided in front of Dwarakamai. The vigraha pratistapana was performed by Sri Madhabhinoddanda Sri Vidya Nrusimha Saraswathi swamigaru. Other prominent deities like Ganesha, Dattatreya and Shiva-Parvathi have also been installed in the Temple Complex.
- Sai Baba, in the main temple, adorned the Silver throne (Aviskarana) on 29 Jan 2001.
- Golden crown was adored to beloved baba on 13 Feb 2005 .Sri Sri Sri Pushpagiri Shankaracharya, Sri Madhabhinoddanda Sri Vidya Nrusimha Saraswathi swamigaru were requested to perform the function.
On the auspicious day of Guru Poornima, the Publication wing was opened, with the release of the Telugu version of Sri Sai Charitra.
Services:
- Free meals under Sai Prasadam Scheme (Annadan Scheme) are provided to the devotees on every Thursday after the afternoon Arati. A Prasadha mandapam is constructed for this purpose.
- Homeo medicine and Eye checkup are provided for free on every Thursday.
