Pujas & Festivals
There are a number of daily religious ceremonies and also yearly festivals at Shirdi. The three most important festivals are of Ramnavami, Guru Purnima and Punya Tithi on Vijayadashami day.
Details of all the celebrations at the Samadhi Mandir and Dwarkamai – timings of pujas and dates of festivals can be checked at the Shirdi temple website: www.shrisaibabasansthan.org
The three main festivals of Ramnavami, Guru Purnima and Shri Punyatithi has devotees gathering in thousands at Shirdi. The programme includes puja, devotional songs, parayana – readings of scriptures and devotional texts, palanquin and chariot processions. The Samadhi Mandir and Dwarkamai remain open day and night. There are bhajan and quawalli concerts around Shirdi.
RAM NAVAMI Chaitra (March / April)
GURU PURNIMA Ashadh (July)
SHRI PUNYA TITHI Ashwin (October)
RATHA (CHARIOT) & PALANQUIN PROCESSIONS
| Mahashivaratri | Magh | Palanquin | 9.15 pm |
| Ranga Panchami | Falgun | Ratha | 5 pm |
| Gudi Padava | Chaitra | Ratha | 5 pm |
| Ram Navami | Chaitra | Palanquin | 9.15 pm |
| Ram Navami | Chaitra | Ratha | 5 pm |
| Ashadi Ekadashi | Ashadh | Palanquin | 9.15 pm |
| Guru Purnima | Ashadh | Palanquin | 9.15 pm |
| Guru Purnima | Ashadh | Ratha | 9.15 pm |
| Gopal Kala | Sravan | Ratha | 9.15 pm |
| Sai Punya tithi | Ashwin | Palanquin | 9.15 pm |
| Sai Punya tithi | Ashwin | Ratha | 9.15 pm |
| Kartik Ekadashi | Kartik | Palanquin | 9.15 pm |
| Sri Datta Jayanti | Magh | Ratha | 9.15 pm |
