Sai Baba's Padukas leave for Shirdi after two-day exposition
PTIMonday, February 23, 2009 14:32 IST Email
Panaji: After two days exposition of the holy Padukas (sacred footwear) of Shree Sai Baba in the state capital city of Panaji, they (the holy Padukas) left for their abode - Shirdi Sausthan in Maharashtra.
Sai Baba's Padukas leave for Shirdi after two-day exposition
PTIMonday, February 23, 2009 14:32 IST Email
Panaji: After two days exposition of the holy Padukas (sacred footwear) of Shree Sai Baba in the state capital city of Panaji, they (the holy Padukas) left for their abode - Shirdi Sausthan in Maharashtra.
Prakash Parsekar / DNA The exposition, first of its kind outside Maharashtra, was attended by around 75,000 Sai devotees begining from wee hours of Sunday.
A huge pendal was erected at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) ground here. People from all walks of life, came for a glimpse of the Padukas, which are one amongst the three pairs wore by the saint.
"Two other pairs are at Shirdi Saunsthan... One is kept at the museum while another is periodically brought out for darshan every Thursday," Ashok Khambekar, Shirdi Sausthan's Trustee, told reporters here.
He said that the Padukas were brought out of the state 90 years after the saint gained samadhi in 1918.
"These Padukas will be carried all across the country. On March one, we will hold exposition of the Padukas at Raipur followed by Kolkatta on March 5," Khambekar said.
Goa chief minister Digamber Kamat had welcomed the Padukas on Saturday when they arrived in the state's Northern border at Patradevi.
Prakash Parsekar / DNA The exposition, first of its kind outside Maharashtra, was attended by around 75,000 Sai devotees begining from wee hours of Sunday.
A huge pendal was erected at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) ground here. People from all walks of life, came for a glimpse of the Padukas, which are one amongst the three pairs wore by the saint.
"Two other pairs are at Shirdi Saunsthan... One is kept at the museum while another is periodically brought out for darshan every Thursday," Ashok Khambekar, Shirdi Sausthan's Trustee, told reporters here.
He said that the Padukas were brought out of the state 90 years after the saint gained samadhi in 1918.
"These Padukas will be carried all across the country. On March one, we will hold exposition of the Padukas at Raipur followed by Kolkatta on March 5," Khambekar said.
Goa chief minister Digamber Kamat had welcomed the Padukas on Saturday when they arrived in the state's Northern border at Patradevi.
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