Shri Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi was established in the year 1921 exactly 3 years after the Samadhi of Shirdi Saibaba on 15th October 1918, after obtaining due permission from Ahmed Nagar District Court to continue the legacy of Shri Saibaba.
“Shri Sai Leela” the official Magazine of Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (Shirdi) was started in April 1923 as a Marathi Edition with Shri.Kaka Mahajani as the Chief Editor of the Magazine
.
The First Edition of “Shri Sai Satcharitra” written by Shri.Hemad Pant was published on 26th November 1930 by Shri.Ramachandra Atmaram Tarkhad.
Shri.B.V.Narasimha
Swamiji, the founder of All India Sai Samaj, Chennai started Sai
Prachar in a very big way from the year 1939. This resulted in heavy influx of Sai Devotees from South India to Shirdi.
The Marble Idol of Shri Saibaba sculpted by Shri.B.V.Talim was installed on 7th October 1954 by Swami Sharananand.
Shri Saibaba
Sansthan started Bi-lingual edition of Shri Sai Leela (Marathi and
English/Hindi combined edition) from April 1973.
The governing of Shri Saibaba Sansthan was handed over to the Board of Trustees on 16th August 1984
and Dr.P.K.Sawant was appointed as Chairman for 4 years. Afterwards,
Shri.M.R.Patil was made the Chairman for a term of 1 year. For
overseeing the day-to-day activities of the Temple, an Executive
Officer was also appointed.
A New 25 Member Trust was formed on 1st September 1989 and Dr.Lekha Pathak was appointed as Chairperson of the Trust.
On 4th May 1990 the Bhoomi Pooja of “Saibaba Bhakta Niwas”
was performed. A building to accommodate 3500 devotees, having 560
self-contained rooms and two spacious halls was constructed.
Shri Saibaba
Sansthan increased the size of Bi-lingual edition of Shri Sai Leela
(Marathi and English/Hindi combined edition) and started as a Bi-monthly
Magazine from January-February 1991 issue onwards.
A New Trust was formed on 1st September 1994 and Shri.D.M.Suktankar was appointed as Chairman of the Trust.
A New Trust was formed on 23rd August 2004 and Shri.Jayant Muralidhar Sasane was appointed as Chairman of the Trust.
Newly built Asia’s biggest Prasadalaya was inaugurated on 27th November 2007.
Newly built Accommodation Complex “Dwaravati Bhaktaniwas” was inaugurated on 14th January 2009.
The old trust was dissolved and a New Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust was formed on 30th March 2012
as per the directions of Aurangabad High Court and Ahmed Nagar
District Judge, Shri.Jayant D.Kulkarni was appointed as Chairman of the
Trust.
Centenary Celebration of Paduka Installation at Gurusthan was performed on 1st August 2012.
Shirdi Saibaba Sansthan starts information centres at Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Secunderabad in the month of August 2012.
Shirdi Sai Trust, Chennai completes and hand-over all the buildings and facilities of the Sai Ashram Project I & II to Shri Saibaba Sansthan, Shirdi on the auspicious day of Vijayadashmi on 24th October 2012.
