Om Sai -
Invitation to Shirdi Sai Baba's Punyatithi,
Tuesday, 4th
& Wednesday, 5th Oct 2022 - Baba Malik
Om Sai Ram,
Dear Sai devotees,
Hope you and your families are safe and well.
SHITAL by Baba’s grace will endeavour to follow Baba's Punyatithi as closely to Shirdi as possible.
Baba's Punyatithi will start on Tuesday, 4th October and finish on Wednesday, 5th October.
Below is the schedule for Baba’s Punyatithi (London & Leicester):
Tuesday, 04th October 2022 :
08:00 am Temple Opens
08:15 am Kakad Aarti of Shri Sai Baba
09:00 am Pothi (Shri Sai Satcharitra) Palki procession
09:05 am 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 on [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
12:30 pm Maha Prasad Distribution begins
06:00 pm Dhoop Aarti of Shri Sai Baba
06:30 pm Maha Prasad Distribution continues
Wednesday, 05th Oct 2022 (BABA'S PUNYATITHI-Main Day) :
12:00 am Shri Sai Satcharitra Akhand Parayan ends
12:05 am Pothi (Shri Sai Satcharitra) Palkhi Procession
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
01:00 pm Shirdi Sai Kirtan
04:00 pm Dahi Handi / Gopal kala
04:30 pm Seemollanghan
06:00 pm Dhoop Aarti of Shri Sai Baba
06:30 pm Bhajan Sandhya
09:00 pm Shej Aarti of Shri Sai Baba
10:00 pm Temple Closes
Below is the schedule for Baba’s Punyatithi at Reading:
Tuesday 04th Oct 2022 :
08:45 am Shirdi Majhe Pandharpur Aarti
09:00 am Pothi (Shri Sai Satcharitra) Palki procession
09:05am 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 on [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. Actual time of completion may vary depending on speed of readers.)
08:45 pm Temple Closes after Pothi (Shri Sai Satcharitra) Palkhi procession
Wednesday. 05th Oct 2022 (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