About Shri Sai Baba

shri sai baba`s life and teachings are well documents in sai satcharitra by shri hemadpant in marathi which was personally blessed by sri sai baba .

shri hamdpant got shri sai baba's blessings in 1910 to write this wprk . said shri sai baba "let him make a collection of stories and expriences, keep notes a momos : i will help him . he is only an outward instrument. "subsequently sai satcharitra has been translated into a number of different language. the one in english is called sai satcharitra by shri nagesh vasudev gunaji .

the following is a very short summary on the life of shri sai baba to serve as an introduction . we recommend that you read one of the more authoritative book to really understand the life and teachings of shri sai baba.
chandbhai , the headman of the village called dhoopkhede (in aurangabad , india) , once lost his horse and was looking for it . suddenly he heard a voice say "you tiried . come here and rest awhile". he turned around and saw a young fakir (baba) . the fakir smiled at him and said " what are u looking for in this jungle , chandbhai". this surprised chadbhai and he wondered how the fakir knew his name .  slowly , he said " i lost my horse . i have lokked for it everwhere , but cannot seem to find it". the falir told him to look a clump of trees. chandbai was pleasently suprised to find his horse grazing peacefully behind those trees. he thanked the fakir and asked his name . the fakir said " some people call me sai baba ."sai baba then invited chandbhai to have a smoke with him. he got the pipe ready , but there was no fire to light it with . sai baba trust a pair of tongs into the ground and brought out a brning coal. chanchai was wonderstruck. he thought " this is no ordinary person" amd invaited baba to come to his house and his gues for a few days .
in a very joy ful mood and fesiva\ities going on all around. he found that scanbai's wife's nephew was getting  married . the bride was from shrdi and the marriage party was going to shirdi . chandbai invited baba to accompany the marriage party to shiradi . at shridi they camped in a field next to khandoba's temple .
after the wedding . saibaba stayed on at shridi . at first he lived under a neem tree and begged for food whenever it. he then went  to khandob's temple , intending to stay there, but the temple priest meet him at the entrance and told him to go the mosque. that is how baba, started staying at the mosque which was later called dwarkamayi . baba preached at shirdi all his life and performed numerous to convice that god exists. he healed peple's provided moral and maerial comfort to his devotees . baba helped bring unity and harmony between all communities . he said that god is one , but called by different names . he said follow your own realigion and seek the trust .
one day a rich millionare named booty came to sai baba and said he was going to construst a stone building for shri krishna . baba helped him plan the  building . before the building was completed baba feel very ill . one the 15thof  october 1918 . he breathed his last . his last wish was to be buried in bootyis building. booty`s stone building came to be known as samadhi mandir . shri sai baba was nuried here and a beautiful shrine was built over it , to this day , people flock to shirdi to pay homage shri sai baba .