Friday, February 09, 2007

Satsang In which temple Sri Saibaba's sacred tooth was kept?

In which temple Sri Saibaba's sacred tooth was kept?

A sacred Tooth of Sri Saibaba is kept in a Sai temple at
Shivaji Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Sri Saibaba
gave his tooth to Kasibai. Please go through the article
published in Saipatham February 2001 magazine to learn
how tooth came to Shivaji Nagar temple from Kasibai.
One of the Sai temples of Pune, the Sai temple at Shivaji

Nagar, has a great history behind it. This temple is located
along the banks of the picturesque Mutha River in the
Rasne Chawl (Rasne tenement) on the outskirts of Shivaji
Nagar in Pune. As the river was going into spate every rainy
season and the water was overflowing the banks and

approaching the temple, a wall was constructed and a road
was laid along the wall to prevent the water from surging in.
Devotees who visit the temple are transported with joy by
the darshan of Sri Saibaba.


Sri Damodar Pant Rasne is a fortunate soul who visited Sri
Saibaba when he was alive and was blessed by him. His son,
Nanasaheb Rasne, set aside two rooms in his tenement
(Rasne Chawl) in 1945 and started worshipping Sri Saibaba
with ceremonial offerings. As the aratis were being performed
regularly during the course of the day, many devotees started
coming to the temple.


Sri Nikham of Khed village was a sergeant in the police. He
was a spiritually inclined person and dedicated his whole life
to the service of the Sri Saibaba temple at Shivaji Nagar after
being called by Sri Nanasaheb Rasne. He not only took part
with devotion in all activities of the temple, but also presented
the temple with a tooth of Sri Saibaba which was in his possession.
This changed the fortunes of the temple and people started
coming in greater numbers from all over the country to visit it

and to have darshan of Sri Saibaba’s tooth. The circumstances
leading to Sri Nikham acquiring the Saibaba’s tooth are most
interesting.

(to be contd...)
Courtesy of Sri Sai Leela Magazine April 1977

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