Secret donation at Shirdi temple

SHRI Sai Baba Mandir in Shirdi, Maharashtra obtained secret donation record Rs 81 crore of cash, 120 kg gold and 440 kg of silver in calendar year 2008. "The secret donations received by the temple last year is a record in its history. We have received Rs 60 crore in cash, 104 kg gold and 235 kg of silver in 2007, which rose to Rs 81 crore in cash, 120 kg gold and 440 kg silver in 2008, "Ashok Khambekar, managing trustee, Shri Sai Baba Sans than (SSBS), Shirdi (Maharashtra) told reporters here.

Khambekar, who was here to announce Sai Bhakt Sammelan held in Lucknow on March 1 with the expected participation of one lakh glad said such Sammelans will be organized in different parts of the country that this year will mark the end of 100 years Sai Baba's "shobha yatra "from Dwarkamai to Chavri. "This year, December 10, 100 years after shobha yatra will be completed when it was first taken out in 1908," he said. Khambekar said a Rs 303 crore plan had been prepared for the development of the Sai Baba temple at Shirdi, where an airport, a hospital and a hostel would be built. Super special toy hospital was built at a cost of Rs 22 crore while Rs 35 crore was used to create a "Prasadalaya" (a place where Prasad made) is equipped with modern equipment.

A 334-room Guest House will cost Rs 17 crore was under construction, while Sai Ashram, which could house 16 thousand love was built to a price of Rs 25 crore. He said over 1000 hectares of land had been acquired by the Civil Aviation Ministry for building the airport on Kakde, about 15 km from Shirdi. The airport will be finished within the next two years, he added. About the program be organized in Lucknow, a statue and paduka (shoes) of Sai Baba would be brought here from Shirdi and pujan would take place on 1 March, where more than one lakh would love to participate. "In addition to the state governor and executive prime minister, ministers of 15 Sai temples and people of different religions will be invited to the program. Debate about national integration will also be held later in the day, Vice President of SHRI Shirdi Sai Trust Dhamar Lucknow Ajay Kumar Aditya Singh said.

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