Om Sai -
Invitation to Shirdi Sai Baba's Punyatithi,
Saturday, 24th
& Sunday, 25th Oct 2020 - Baba Malik
Om Sai Ram,
Dear Sai devotees,
Hope you are your families are safe
and well.
SHITAL by Baba’s grace
will endeavor to follow Baba's Punyatithi as closely to Shirdi as possible,
and would urge your active participation online during the Festival.
Baba's Punyatithi will start on Saturday 24th October
and finishes on Sunday 25th October.
Please note: All the rituals
and celebration will be avail live on our website http://www.shirdisai.org.uk/live
, as we adhere to the government’s guidelines temple will be closed for devotees.
Below is the schedule for
Baba’s Punyatithi (London & Leicester):
Saturday 24th
Oct 2020:
08:15
am Kakad Aarti of Shri Sai Baba
09:00
am Pothi (Shri Sai Satcharitra) Palki
procession
09:05
am Remote
Shri Sai Satcharitra Akhand Parayan begins (Continuous reading of
Shri Sai Satcharitra)
Devotees who wish to participate in Akhand Parayan of Shri Sai
Satcharitra, please register your interest by sending an email to [email protected]. Please note that
Shri Sai Satcharitra in English will be used for this purpose, so we need 50
devotees to finish 50 chapters)
09:10
am Mangal Snan (Holy Bath) of Shri Sai Baba
09:45
am Shirdi Majhe Pandharpur Aarti
10:00
am Stavanmanjari Recitation
12:01
pm Madhyan Aarti Of Shri Sai Baba
05:45
pm Shri Sai Satcharitra Akhand Parayan ends
05:50
pm Pothi (Shri Sai Satcharitra) Palkhi procession
06:00
pm Dhoop Aarti of Shri Sai Baba
Sunday 25th
Oct 2019 (BABA'S PUNYATITHI-Main Day) :
12:30
am Rudra Abhishek Pooja
02:00
am Shri Sai Maha Mantra dhoon chanting
06:00
am Mangal Snan (Holy Bath) of Shri Sai Baba
07:00
am Shirdi Majhe Pandharpur Aarti
08:30
am Bhiksha Jholi Programme
09:15
am Aaradhana Vidhi
10:00
am Flower Samadhi i.e. covering Shri Sai
Baba till neck with fresh cut flowers & Petals
12:00
pm Madhyan Aarti of Shri Sai Baba
04:30
pm Seemollanghan
06:00
pm Dhoop Aarti of Shri Sai Baba
08:30 pm Shej Aarti of Shri
Sai Baba
Below is the schedule for Baba’s Punyatithi at
Reading:
Saturday 24th Oct 2020:
08:45 am Shirdi Majhe Pandharpur Aarti
09:00 am Pothi (Shri Sai Satcharitra) Palki
procession
09:05 am Remote Shri Sai Satcharitra Akhand Parayan begins (Continuous reading of Shri
Sai Satcharitra)
(Devotees who wish to participate in Akhand Parayan of Shri Sai
Satcharitra, please register your interest by sending an email to [email protected].
Please note that Shri Sai Satcharitra in English will be used for this purpose,
so we need 50 devotees to finish 50 chapters)
10:00 am Stavanmanjari Recitation
12:01 pm Madhyan Aarti of Shri Sai Baba
07:00 pm Dhoop Aarti of Shri Sai Baba
08:30 pm Shri Sai Satcharitra Akhand
Parayan ends
(This is estimated
time as per past experience. The actual time of completion may vary depending on
speed of readers.)
08:45 pm Temple Closes after Pothi (Shri
Sai Satcharitra) Palkhi procession
Tuesday 25th Oct 2020 (BABA'S
PUNYATITHI-Main Day):
08:45 am Shirdi Majhe Pandharpur Aarti
09:15 am Stavanmanjari Recitation
10:00 am Flower Samadhi i.e. covering Shri
Sai Baba till neck with fresh cut flowers & Petals, (On 16th Oct, 1918
early morning, Baba appeared to Das Ganu at Pandharpur in his dream and said to
him "The Masjid collapsed, all the oilmen and grocers of Shirdi
teased me a lot, so I leave the place. I, therefore, came to inform you here, please
go there quickly and cover me with ‘Bakkal’ flowers "Plentiful of
Flowers" Ref. Shri Sai Satcharitra Marathi, chapter 42 verse 70 and 71;
English, page 222, by Govind Raghunath Dabholkar alias "Hemadpant").
12:00 pm Madhyan Aarti of Shri Sai Baba
07:00 pm Dhoop Aarti of Shri Sai Baba
07:30 pm
Flowers will be removed from Baba
08:30
pm Shirdi Manjhe Pandharpur
Once again kindly note: All
the rituals and celebration will be avail live on our website http://www.shirdisai.org.uk/live
, as we adhere to the government’s guidelines temple will be closed for devotees.