Ram Navami 2022 on April 10: How it is related to Shirdi Sai Baba! | Culture News

New Delhi: This yr, the auspicious competition of Ram Navami will likely be celebrated on April 10. After the 9-day lengthy Chaitra Navratri celebrations (April 2-9), the birthday of Lord Rama additionally concludes the festivity. Lord Rama’s birthday, also called Ram Navami is revered throughout the globe and massively celebrated in numerous components of the nation.

In the temple city of Shirdi, Maharashtra, Ram Navami holds utmost significance. It is believed that Shirdi Sai Baba took Mahasamadhi on the day of Vijayadashami or Dussehra. Therefore, through the Chaitra Navratri which falls in March-April, the Ram Navami day is celebrated as Baba’s birthday and Sharad Navratri culminating on Dussehra is the day when Baba went Antardhyan.

Both the times are massively noticed in Shirdi Sai Baba’s temple the place devotees make an extended queue simply to get a glimpse and blessings of the lord.

The title Sai was given to him by Mhalsapati upon his arrival within the temple city of Shirdi as not a lot is identified about Sai’s start. According to Sai Satcharita, Baba got here to Shirdi when he was solely 16-year-old. It is believed that he got here together with a person who was coming for a marriage to the place. Many consider that Baba’s date of start occurs to be September 28, 1835.

There is nonetheless no definitive date that may declare Baba’s birthday.

Baba’s ardent follower named Gopalrao Gund was childless for a very long time and eventually was blessed with a son. To supply his thanks to Baba, looking for blessings for the new child child too, he took Baba’s permission to organise a thanksgiving truthful which coincided with Urus, a competition of Muslims in honour of a Sufi saint.

As per Sai Charitra’s guide, the day for the Urus was fastened on Ram Navami, after having a session with Sai Baba. It appears he had some goal behind this, viz. the unification of the 2 festivals, the Urus and the Ram Navami and the unification of the 2 communities – the Hindus and the Mohammedens. As future occasions confirmed, this finish or object was duly achieved.

Gopalrao Gund had a good friend by title Damu Anna Kasar of Ahmednagar. He additionally was equally sad within the matter of progeny, although he had two wives. He too was blessed by Sai Baba with sons and Mr. Gund prevailed upon his good friend to put together and provide one flag for the procession of the truthful. He additionally succeeded in inducing Mr. Nanasaheb Nimonkar to provide one other flag. Both these flags had been taken in procession by the village and eventually, fastened on the two corners of the Masjid, which is known as by Sai Baba as ‘Dwarkamai’. This is being performed even now.

An excerpt from Sai Charitra mentions:

There was one other procession which was began on this truthful. The thought of ‘Sandal’ procession originated with one Mr. Amir Shakkar Dalal, a Mohammeden Bhakta from Korhla. This procession is held in honour of nice Muslim Saints. Sandal i.e. Chandan paste and scrappings are put within the Thali (flat dishes) with incense burning earlier than them and carried in procession to the accompaniment of band and music by the village after which, after returning to the Masjid, the contents of the
dishes are thrown on the ‘Nimbar’ (area of interest) and partitions of the Masjid. 

This work was managed by Mr. Amir Shakkar for the primary three years after which afterwards, by his spouse. So, on the identical day the 2 processions, the ‘Flags’ by the Hindus and ‘Sandal’ by the Muslims, went on facet by facet and are nonetheless going on with none downside.

Sai Baba made Dwarkamai masjid his abode and on Ram Navami day, flags are modified there. 

With many extra legends and occasions which unfolded put up this, in accordance to Sai Charitra, from 1912, the Ram Navami competition was thus going on, the procession of the 2 flags by day and that of the ‘Sandal’ by evening, went off with the standard pomp and present. From this time onwards, the ‘Urus of Baba’ was reworked into the Ram Navami competition.

Therefore, to date on Ram Navami and Urus, Shirdi sees huge celebrations in place. 

Sai Baba of Shirdi is a religious determine worshipped throughout the globe. The saint or fakir of Shirdi has an ocean of devotees scattered in each nook of the world. Baba’s teachings and learnings have travelled over time and other people regardless of their faith have proven utmost religion within the Satguru.

‘God Is One’ was his motto and ‘Sabka Malik Ek’, Allah Malik favorite epigrams related to Sai Baba of Shirdi.

Happy Ram Navami and Shirdi Sai Baba birthday!