A small village in Ahmednagar district, Shirdi has become famous all over India on account of its association with the renowned Saint Shri Sai Baba. Pilgrims belonging to all faiths, throng here all the year around.

The nearest airport is Aurangabad (144 Km/90 mile) which is connected by Indian Airlines and private airlines with other cities / towns. The convenient railheads are Nasik (123 Km/76 mile) and Manmad (60 Km/37 mile). Shirdi is well connected by Road with Mumbai via Nashik-Sinnar and Manmad. You can get the taxis from Dadar-Mumbai (Journey Time-7 hours) up to Shirdi or you can get the Luxury Coach for Shirdi or take a train up to Nasik and take a taxi for Shirdi.

WHO IS SAI BABA OF SHIRDI?
Long time ago, at the beginning of the eighteenth century a young bearded man with sparkling eyes took shelter in a mosque, in Shirdi village. Nobody knew from where this stranger had come who hardly spoke a word and stayed there. This fakir was known as Shri Sai Baba as time passed. Sai Baba strongly believed in uniformity of religion and he never distinguished anyone on the basis of caste, creed or religion. Sai Baba lived his message through the Essence of His Being through His Teachings.The immense energy that was manifest in the body of Sai was moving and is still moving in a mysterious way, creating and recreating itself everywhere, beyond the comprehension of time and space.

This Omnipresent and Omniscient Sri Sai Baba who left his mortal body on 15th October 1918, is the living spiritual force that is drawing people from all walks of life, from all parts of the world. His most concise message for one and all alike was "Why fear when I am here". To take refuge in Sai, is to enter into a journey to reach the Divine Oasis of Love and drink deep from the Fountain of Life, the source of all Spiritual Energy. To the Hindus he was an orthodox Hindu, to the Muslims he was a fakir uttering "ALLAH MALIK", to the Parsis he was the sacred fire worshipper. His life was a living manifestation of the Sermon of the Christ and of the Eight-fold path of the Buddha.