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Mylapore Shirdi Sai Baba Temple

Mylapore, a popular cultural hub and a notable neighborhood of Chennai is regarded as one of the oldest residential localities in the city. 
The name 'Mylapore' holds religious significance among the lovely local people and the region is the home of several historic and most-visited religious sites.

Sai Baba

Some of the most popular 'religious-landmark' of Mylapore include 7th-century Mayilappur Kapalisvarar Kovil, 16th-century Church of Our Lady of Light also known as Luz Church, Sri Audikesava Perumal Peyalvar Temple, Sri Vedantha Desikar Devasthanam also known as Sri Srinivasar Koil, Veera Anjaneyar Temple, Nava Shakti Vinayaka Temple, Veerabadra Swami Temple and several other religious sites.

Mylapore Sai Baba Temple Kumbhabhiskekham

When talking about the religious landmarks of Mylapore, Shirdi Sai Baba Temple in Mylapore is an unmissable name that it receives hundreds of thousands of local, national and international devotees throughout the year. 

All India Sai Samaj popularly called as Mylapore Shirdi Sai Baba Temple by people with reverence is one among the most-visited religious sites of Mylapore.

Mylapore Baba Mandir

As the name suggests, the temple is dedicated to the Sai Baba of Shirdi (lovingly called as Shirdi Sai Baba) who was an illustrious spiritual master and is celebrated as an enlightened Rishi, Satguru and Fakir. 

History and Significance of Mylapore Shirdi Sai Baba Temple

Sai Baba Mylapore

Nestled in the ever-busy Venkatesa Agraharam Street (Mylapore), the Shirdi Sai Baba Temple is more than seventy years old. Regarded as one of the oldest Shridi Sai Baba Temples in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the Mylapore Baba Mandir is popularly called as the 'Shirdi of the South'. 

One among the most-visited sacred sites of the metropolis of Chennai, the Mylapore Shirdi Sai Baba Temple was principally established to immortalize the Sai Baba of Shirdi.

Narsimha Swami ji Idol at Sai Baba Temple in Mylapore

During the year 1941, Shri Narasimha Swamiji, an attorney by profession and a pious follower and devotee of Shridi Sai Baba revered a picture of Sai Baba preserved under a tamarind tree at the exact location where the Mylapore Shirdi Sai Baba Temple is now situated.

Dwarkamayi and Dhuni

Subsequently, the ardent devotee shifted the Baba picture of a modest house in the Nanjunda Rao Colony (Mylapore). Later, Shri Narasimha Swamiji established the Sai Samaj and built the present site with assistance from his ally J.D. Pannalal, and observed the sanctification. 

The Sai Baba Temple afterwards attained a pristine look through the endeavors launched by the Samaj, which then had J. D. Pannalal as financial officer and Shri Seshadri as its secretary.

Gurusthaan at Mylai Baba Temple

The primary objective behind the establishment of the Samaj was to help people, helpless in particular. At the start when Shri Narasimha Swamiji established the temple, he desired only a picture of Sai Baba laid at the sanctum. 

But then, during the year 1987, Shri Muthu Venkatraman, an ardent devotee installed the beautiful marble statue of Baba.

Sri Rama Navami and Sri Sai Jayanthi celebrations, processions

Mylapore Shirdi Sai Baba Temple is so special that this is the only Sai Baba mandir where visitors are granted permission to garland and photograph the deity of Sai Baba. Furthermore, the picture that was revered by the Narashima Swamiji is regarded as the moolasthanam. 

The sacred site is so singular that apart from Sai Bhajans, an Islamic man chants the al-Qur'an on Thursdays and on Sundays, readings of the Christian holy book of the Bible is a usual affair here. 

It is significant to mention that the samadhi of Shri Narasimha Swamiji can be found inside the temple premises. Every Thursday, more than one thousand devotees take part in the 'annadhanam' and on other weekdays 'prasadham' is offered to visitors.
 
Dhuni at Sai Baba Temple in MYlapore

Numerous festive events are organized here, on a regular basis and the most significant one being the Navarathri celebration (10-day celebration), which concludes with 'Mahasamadhi' day, which comes on Vijayadashami. 

Guru Poornima is also celebrated with religious fervor and gaiety. Another miraculous feature of this temple is that the holy light lit by Shirdi Sai Baba is still here. 

Some of the other important shrines of the temple include shrines dedicated to Lord Rama and Lord Krishna.

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