Everyone in your life will have a last day with you and the toughest part is not knowing when that day will come, its a reminder of how fragile and fleeting our time together really is we often take for granted the people we love assuming they'll always be there but the truth is we never know when the last conversation, that last hug, or even that last shared laugh will happen it makes you realize how important it is to cherish every moment to be present and to express your love and appreciation while you still can, the thought of losing someone without having the chance to say goodbye or tell them how much they mean to you is heartbreaking it makes you want to hold on a little tighter listen a little closer and never leave words unsaid..............
The delayed flight
Shirdi, the holy land where I always feel magic, pure divine blessing of Baba. Our flight was delayed.
The SpiceJet flight's tyre was brought by Indigo flight from Mumbai to Delhi and after waiting for 6 hours at last we reached Shirdi at 5:28 p.m.
We had already booked our aarti darshan passes online for 6 pm and the reporting time was 5 pm. We were disappointed and my brother said : Jaise baba chahenge waisa hoga so why worry"
Finally we reached Dwarawati
We reached our accommodation Dwarawati at 6 p.m. where we were told that in case the flight is delayed we can tell this to the guard and he would allow entry for the 10 pm aarti. As was told the guard asked us to report at 8:30 pm for the 10 p.m. aarti.
We were accompanied by our senior citizen father so at one point despite waiting for so many hours, people who came after us managed to surpass us and we were at the end of the room and did not get a clear view of aarti we returned to the room, with a satisfaction that at least we attended the arrti.
Next day there were elections in the city so the local crowd was less in the temple premises so it was a blessing. The whole day we spent in the temple complex moving from Dwarkamai to Samadhi Temple and then to Pracheen Hanuman Temple, Ganpati Temple, Shani Temple and Mahadev Temple.
SSST (Shree Saibaba Sansthan Trust) are doing a remarkable job. The dedication and work of the CEO Shri. Goraksha Gadilkar (I.A.S) Chief Executive Officer, is worth appreciation. I saw him monitoring the smooth functioning of the day to day work. His constant monitoring of the work of the temple maintains the discipline and thus enable us to have a pleasant darshan.
(In the middle CEO Shri. Goraksha Gadilkar,Left Pawar Kaka who penned "Mere Sai" and Right Me)
I have visited many temples and have different experiences but here I feel at home, relaxed and eternally blessed. The basic things like a 1 ltr. bottle to drinking water is for Rs. 10. Hot piping tea is for Rs. 2 which is quite unbelievable. I cannot even think of such prices in Delhi. No one even return the change in Delhi and in the SSST canteens in Shirdi they return every single penny back.
Now use UPI Payments to pay for Paid aarti passes in Shirdi
Shri. Goraksha Gadilkar (I.A.S) Chief Executive Officer inaugurated the UPI mode of payment for the paid aarti darshan on 21st Nov 24 thus making the payment more easy.
आज गुरुवार दिनांक २१ नोव्हेंबर २०२४ रोजी नविन दर्शन रांग संकुलातील सशुल्क दर्शनपास काऊंटर येथे साईभक्तांकरीता जनसंपर्क विभागाअंतर्गत सुरु करणेत आलेल्या आरती/दर्शन पास वितरण प्रणालीमध्ये डिजिटल पेमेंट सुविधेचे (कार्ड / UPI) उद्घाटन श्री साईबाबा संस्थानचे मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी गोरक्ष गाडीलकर भा.प्र.से. यांचे हस्ते करण्यात आले. यावेळी श्री साईबाबा संस्थानचे प्र. उप मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी संदीपकुमार भोसले, प्रशासकिय अधिकारी प्रज्ञा महांडुळे – सिनारे, विश्वनाथ बजाज, जनसंपर्क अधिकारी तुषार शेळके, संरक्षण अधिकारी रोहीदास माळी, प्र. विभाग प्रमुख अनिल शिंदे, प्रविण मिरजकर, विजय मते, बांधकाम विभागाचे कनिष्ठ अभियंता स्वप्निल गायकवाड, आय. टी. विभागाचे संजय गिरमे व TCS कंपनीचे प्रतिनिधी आदी उपस्थित होते.
Attending aarti's in Dwarkamai was a pure bliss and meeting pure souls like Henna Shastri Ben and Ruksana and many other whom I met in these days 19th Nov 24-23rd Nov 24 was a blessing.
Om Sai Ram
