Shirdi Darshan and online room booking - 11 points to make it easier for you

Shirdi Darshan and online room booking - 11 points to make it easier for you:

Om Sai Ram,



I received an email perhaps circulated by www.shirdisaitrust.org. This email is very useful and gives guidelines in short important point list. So i am publishing the same on this blog dedicated to Shirdi Sai Baba. Hope this helps many devotees going for Shirdi pilgrimage.

Dear Sai Bandhu, Jai Sainath Maharaj ki jai.



1. We are pleased to inform you that Shri Saibaba Sansthan, Shirdi has introduced online services for Darshan, Rooms and donation for Shirdi.



2. Darshan and accommodation tickets can also be bought from Sansthan offices in Mumbai and Chennai now. (This is not online but you can visit the office and buy the passes or tickets)




Address of Sai Sansthan Mumbai is -




"Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi,

Sai Niketan - 804-8,

Dr. Ambedkar Road,

Dadar,

Mumbai - 400014.

Phone : +91- 22 - 24166556/ 24161293 

                                                              Fax: +91- 22 - 24150798 

Chennai address is :

Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust,(Shirdi)

Information Centre

Krishnan Karanai Village, Post- Pattipulam

East Coast Road,Chennai Tamil Nadu - 603 104, India.

Ph   -044-27444093

3. Soon this will also be available in Hyderabad and Bengaluru.



For online booking:

1. Please visit the the official website of Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Shirdi: http://www.shrisaibabasansthan.org



2. Please go to Online services




3. For the first time, you will have to register with e-mail ID, digital photo and ID card No, to prevent misuse.




4. Select date for darshan and accommodation.




5. A maximum of 1 Arathi and 1 Darshan will be allowed on payment basis.




6. Payment will have be made by credit / debit card or Netbanking.




7. Registration details will be sent to you by e-mail with your photo and bar code.



8. Please print the reservation confirmation and go to Dwaravati for Accommodation.



9. Pl. go to Shani gate 30 mts. before the darshan time slot printed in your reservation confirmation.



10. Free darshan will continue thru the Pimpawadi gate, continuously on all days.



11. This process is to make darshan and Accommodation easy for all devotees.





Pl. forward to all Shirdi Sai devotees.



With Sai\'s blessings,

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SOUL

SUBCONCIOUS

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SUBCONCIOUS

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MIND

HUMAN BEING

SOUL

SUBCONCIOUS

MIND

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SOUL

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2. Prentice Hall Publishing

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3. Google

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4. Nike

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7. Yahoo!

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8. Deutsche Bank

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10. HBO

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