Lets explore Shirdi - Lendi Bagh

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PEEPUL TREE

To the right of the Nanda Deep is this holy Peepul tree. Baba went daily to

Lendi Bagh and spent two to three hours below these trees (Neem and Peepul).

This Peepul tree began to dry and Baba gave life to it and made Navgriha

installation in this tree, as a mark of which the stem of this tree has nine

large branches and nine roots. There is also a Ganesh formation on this

tree.

Devotees do Pradakshina starting from the Nanda Deep around the Neem trees,

then the Peepul tree and back to Nanda Deep. This will complete one

Pradakshina. Having done so they bow to Nanda Deep which is the giver of

'light of knowledge', the Neem tree is symbolic of Lakshmi and the Peepul is

Ashwatha representing Lord Shri Krishna. This particular Peepul tree having

the Navgriha and Ganesh on it is considered very sacred. The women after

prayer ceremoniously tie a string round the tree for the longevity of their

husbands.

BABA'S WELL

It is situated straight ahead of the floral canopied entrance, by the side

of the western compound wall. Baba Himself with the manual help of His

devotees both rich and poor dug and built this well (Ref. SSB, Pradhan,

p.48). The water of this well became famous in the vicinity, for driving

away fevers and other ailments. Previously devotees used to take water from

this well, and then it gradually dried up. In 1983 A.R. Shinde deepened this

well and water was found in abundance.

There were two wells in Shirdi in those days, one in Lendi Bagh and the

other behind Baba's Samadhi. Devotees throng to this well and take Darshan

of it as it was dug by Baba Himself.

DATATREYA MANDIR

In front of the Nanda Deep, a little distance away is this Dattatreya

Mandir. This temple was built by two local devotees of Baba. The statue was

installed with due formalities by the Sansthan in 1976 August. There is a

small Audumbar tree behind this temple. The Pujari from the Gurusthan looks

after this temple. On Dattajayanti Day the Pujaris from the Samadhi Mandir

do Arati to Lord Datta. The devotees make Pradakshina of this temple and get

their wishes fulfilled.

Behind this Datta Mandir was another small Datta Mandir.

 

 

(Adopted from Ambrosia In Shirdi by Dr.Vinny Chitluri, this book can be read

at http://saileelas.org/books/ambrosiainshirdi1.htm and this book is a

virtual guide on Shirdi with

lots of rare photos on Baba)

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Sai Ram, what a wonderful link! God bless!