Plz advice me on the Shirdi trip

Dear aarti,

I once visited shridi on thursday. .as u said it waa really
crowded..we waited in queue for more than 2 hrs..I guess
u can select other weekdays, as v travelled from pune...it was
a one day trip. .its better to stay for a day to avoid tiredness
happy darshan
regards,
Bestmom

 

Any Sai temple with Dhuni can give you UDHI, Check for my threads I have also written about Sayee temples in Bangalore.

Thanks, Hope you would wait for my replies till tomorrow.

SAIRAM

 

If you book ticket for Aarti, you need not separately book a ticket for darshan as the devotees who visit the Aarti will be made to sit in the Samadhi Mandir in front of the Sai idol and you can have the darshan of Sai after the arti. However, if you wish to have a separate darshan, then you can book the same but not necessary with the Aarti ticket.

There are aartis 4 times a day
Kakad Aarti early in the morning at around 4.30 which is the most important and heavily crowded one and for which you need to be in the line from 3.30 or 4.00 in the morning depending on the crowd of visitors.

Next aarti is at 12 noon known as the madhyanna aarti and arti at 6 p.m in the evening known as Dhoop arti and these are not much crowded.

The last one is at 10 .30 p.m in the night known as Sej arti which is once again heavily crowded and you need to be in the line by 8.30 or 9 in the night.

You can go for any one of the artis, however as you are visiting for the 1st time, I would suggest you to go for early morning aarti which takes you to a different world of spiritual and bhakti.

For these aartis, usually ladies and gents have to go in separate lines and are made to sit separately. So make sure with the male members of your family to meet at a specific point after you come out of aarti.

Wish you happy darshan. May Sai bless you and your family. Hope this answer serves your purpose.