Sai Baba Vrat Katha: Know Sai baba Vrat Katha, Significance, Importance, Pooja Vidhi, and Aarti Timings

Sai Baba Vrat Katha is about the life and times of the Great Shirdi Sai Baba an Indian spiritual master who is believed to be the reincarnation of Sri and Dattaguru. Sai Baba is deeply respected and revered by both his Hindu and Muslim devotees. He always preached on the moral code of love, contentment, to be compassionate, charity, inner peace and sincere devotion to God and Guru.To know more about Sai Baba Vrat Katha, Sai Baba Vrat Katha Pooja Vidhi, Sai Baba Vrat Katha importance please continue reading this article which will give you more information on Sai Baba Vrat Katha     

by Shalini K

Updated Dec 31, 2020

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Sai Baba Vrat Katha: Know Sai baba Vrat Katha, Significance, Importance, Pooja Vidhi, and Aarti Timings

Significance of Sai Baba Vrat Katha

Sai Baba Vrat Katha does not say anything about Sai Baba's birth place as the details are not recorded but his teachings reached far and wide. It is believed that Sai Baba reportedly arrived at the village of Shirdi in the Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, India, when he was about sixteen years old. Sai Baba Vrat Katha taught the importance of self realisation, and disapproved of materialistic life. He always preached on the moral code of love, contentment, to be compassionate, charity, inner peace and sincere devotion to God and Guru. Sai Baba Vrat Katha advocates the importance of Spiritual Masters, the SatGuru, who can only lead the disciples to the path of divine consciousness and one should completely surrender to the Guru to attain salvation.

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Sai Baba Vrat Katha also condemned communalism and never approved of people fighting over religion or caste. Sai Baba Vrat Katha teachings included the tenets Hinduism as well as Islam: he renamed a mosque as Dwarakamayi in which he lived and practised both Hindu and Muslim rituals, preached his disciples using words and figures that drew from both Hindu and Muslim traditions. Sai Baba Vrat Katha attained samadhi in Shirdi. The physical death of Saibaba, known as Fakir and the Saint, took place on October 15, 1918. One of his well-known writings Allah Malik (God is King) and Sabka Malik Ek (Everyone's Master is One), is associated with both religions Hinduism and Islam.

Importance of Sai Baba Vrat Katha

Sai Baba Vrat Katha is about the importance of praying to God with utmost sincerity and also doing charity. In fact the story behind the Sai Baba Vrat Katha is a woman who was finding it very difficult to lead a peaceful life with her husband was visited by an old man who advised her to take vrat for nine Thursday by eating only fruits on that day, visit the sai baba temple and offer food to five people and distribute books about the Sai baba to as many people. She followed all the rules sincerely for nine Thursdays and miraculously she was able to attain peace and happiness in her life. All the problems in her life got solved and she could lead a very happy life with her husband from then on.

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Sai Baba Vrat Katha Pooja Vidhi

Sai baba Vrat Katha Pooja Vidhi should be conducted very sincerely by worshipping Sai Baba photographs for nine Thursdays. The devotee should observe fasting or vrat continuously for nine Thursday and should offer flowers, light incense sticks and lit the lamp and chant the Sai Baba Chalisa. The devotees visit the Sai Baba temple and feed poor people continuously for nine Thursdays. The devotee must distribute the Sai Baba Vrat Books to as many people to spread the importance of Sai Baba Vrat Katha.

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Sai Baba Vrat Katha Pooja Aarti Timings

Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi, Maharashtra, is visited by more than 25,000 pilgrims per day and during festivals, this number can reach up to 100,000.The temple in Shirdi is managed by the Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust. The Samadhi of Sai Baba is carved out in Italian marble and royally draped with finery, adorned with a gold crown and decorated with fresh flower garlands. The interior is made of old stone bricks. The interiors as well as the exteriors of the temple, is covered with gold. As per rituals and traditions aarti and daily pooja four Aarti's are held daily according to the time of the day inside the Samadhi Mandir.

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Kakad Aarti that is The Morning Aarti at 4:30 am

Madhyan Aarti that is The Afternoon Aarti at 12:00 pm

Dhup Aarti that is The Evening Aarti 6:30 pm

Shej Aarti that is The Night Aarti at 10:30 pm

The Palanquin procession of Sai Baba is organised every Thursday from the Samadhi Mandir to Dwarkamai, onward to Chavdi and back to the Sai Baba Mandir. Devotees belonging to all faiths are welcome to take part in the rituals in the Samadhi Mandir and have free meals in the lunch room of the Sai Baba Mandir , irrespective of caste, creed, and religion, Sai Baba always believed in all love and brotherhood. Sai Baba of Shirdi is worshiped and his teachings are widely spread and followed by the people living in the states of Maharashtra, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.

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Sai Baba Vrat Katha - FAQs

1. Where is the Sai Baba Temple situated in India?  

Sai Baba Temple is in Shirdi situated in Maharashtra.

 

2. How many days should Sai Baba Vrat be observed?  

Sai Baba Vrat should be observed for nine Thursdays without a break.

 

3. When is the Kakad Aarti done?

Kakad Aarti is performed early Morning at 4:30 am

4. When is the Palenquin procession of Sai Baba organised?

The Palanquin procession of Sai Baba is organised every Thursday from the Samadhi Mandir to Dwarkamai, onward to Chavdi and back to the Sai Baba Mand

5. When is the Shej Aarti performed?

Shej Aarti  is performed in the night at 10:30 pm

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