Temples: Trustees of Culture, Museums of Evolution, Fountains of Spirituality, Marvels of Architecture.Part 4

SAI DARBAR

SAI DARBAR

With Sun blazing on the top, exhausted and thirsty by the heat, we then moved towards “The Very First Saibaba Temple in the World” called as Sai-Darbar, located at Kapil Gaon in Nerur, near Kudal Railway Station. Just one look at the premises and our exhaustion evaporated like a drop of water on a red hot iron.

FIRST IDOL

Most popular and secular as well as religious saint of India, Saibaba returned to his eternal abode in 1918. One of his ardent devotee, Madye-Bua who resident of this place and who had spent many years with Saibaba in Shirdi, immediately took up on himself to construct a temple in the honor of his Guru.
The temple was opened to public in 1922, in a small 10 feet by 10 feet hut, with installation of a idol of Saibaba sculpted by a local sculptor Baburao Sarang, by putting in all his art and soul.

NEW IDOL

This idol was later on replaced by a new one, still more life-like, made by the original sculptor’s son Shyam Sarang. The statue is so amazingly life-like, we can actually see the arteries and veins on Saibaba’s hand, as if throbbing with flowing blood. The sparkling life-like eyes make one feel as if we are in the august presence of the saint himself.

MADYE BUA

The temple has a small collection of some exquisite art pieces in the adjoining room. One can see the older idol of Saibaba, many paintings including that of Madye-Bua, a beautiful sitting idol of lord Dattatreya, many other artefacts.





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