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• History and Mysteries of Shirdi Sai Baba
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• The famous Shirdi Sai Baba also presents several
  mysteries for his biographers. But if we regard
  his known history alone, his life comes out as
  highly fascinating enough. His birth year, month
  and date are not known but his death was on 15th
  Oct 1918. He was born at Pathri (District
  Parbhani) under Nizams Dominion and moved over
  to Shirdi as a grown up. Details of almost all
  his youthful years chennai to shirdi flight
  packages till arrival in Shirdi are unknown like
  the 18 dark and unknown years of Jesus Christ. It
  seems that Sai Baba has mentioned that he was a
  soldier for Rani of Jhansi (1857) and so his year
  of birth would have been perhaps between 1835 to
  1840.
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• However, biographer Narasimhaswamiji,
  Founder-President of All India Sai Samaj, has
  stated that his parents were Brahmins who handed
  him over at a tender age to a fakir. What follows
  merely in outline is said to be as per Baba's
  own accounts. The fakir died after five years and
  the child went to the care of one Gopal Rao
  Deshmukh (called Gurudeva), a great devotee of
  Tirupati Balaji. After spending nearly ten years
  in pious learning from Gurudeva, Sai went
  westward from native Pathri and arrived in
  Shirdi. But he did not at once settle down at
  Shirdi. He went on some wanderings and then
  returned there.

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• His initial years in Shirdi were spent as an
  ascetic living under a neem (margosa) tree. Later
  he shifted to a mosque and lived there all his
  life, for nearly 50 years. He called the mosque
  Dwarkamayi (The place in Dwarka where Krishna
  was born). This is just one instance of his
  puzzling identity-dichotomy, whether a Muslim
  or Hindu. He preached ways to attain god. He
  spoke of love and brotherhood. Celibacy, truth
  and austerity marked his life. He wore a single
  piece kufni, distributed vibhuti and would tell
  the devotees Allah Malik and Allah bala
  karenge. He would do japa and dhikr, the
  utterance of gods name. He would do namaz and
  chant Al-Fatiha . He did not however indulge in
  or perform any detailed rituals of worship.
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• Sai was how he was referred to after his
  fakir-like life began in Shirdi, and his real
  name was not known. He preached from chennai to
  shirdi flight packages the Hindu texts such as
  Ramayana, Bhagwat Gita etc and from Kuran. As per
  the accounts of his contemporaries, he was very
  familiar with these scriptures. He recommended
  worship, prayers, patience, faith and love. He
  preached Hindu-Muslim unity. All his preaching
  was oral and he did not leave any writings.
• It seems that he would tell the Hindus, "Continue
  your Rama worship, and worship the stones which
  your forefathers worshipped". He presented to the
  Hindu followers, things like lingams, padukas,
  pictures and coins with Hindu gods etc. To
  Muslims, he would only advise the following of
  the tenets of the Kuran. To those Hindus who
  thought he was a Muslim, it seems he would say,
  "I am a Muslim, don't come to me". Several Hindu
  devotees regarded him as a Satguru Samartha. A
  Guru is an ordinary teacher, a Satguru tries to
  show the pathway to god and a Satguru Samartha is
  a guru with siddhi attainments leading you to
  god. It is said that Baba told the Hindus who
  came to him as followers, "I am a brahmin. Give
  me dakshina. This place where I am sitting is not
  a mosque it is a brahmin's mosque. It is Dwaraka
  Mayee".
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• He himself is said to have come out of a three
  day Samadhi (death) in 1886. He was a
  clairvoyant. It seems that the elements like
  fire, air and water obeyed his orders. He could
  order storms to cease and cold breeze to blow,
  to save people or comfort them. He blessed
  childless couples and they had children. He is
  credited with being physically present at more
  than one place. He could cure the incurably
  sick. He could restore the eyesight to the blind.
  He could light lamps with just water. Many of
  those who witnessed the miracles or benefitted
  from them, have left accounts of them. His
  miracles were meant to help the distressed and
  not to demonstrate his divine nature. All these
  entailed his being regarded as a living god by
  some of his close admirers/disciples.
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• At the age of nearly 80, Sai Baba passed away at
  3 pm on 15th Oct 1918. His body lays interred in
  what is called a Samadhi Mandir now. There are
  huge bundles of writings about Sai Baba from
  those who lived during his times or subsequently.
  
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• There are nearly 2000 Sai Temples around the
  world. The Shirdi Sai Sansthan is perhaps the
  richest temple-sansthan in India after Tirupati.
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