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| July 16, 2010 | Devotees attend consecration of Sri Sai Baba in Chennai | |
Maylapore (Chennai): Thousands of devotees attended the Maha Kumbhabhishekam, or consecration, of Hindu saint Sri Sai Baba.
The celebrations began on Sunday and concluded on Thursday at the Sri Sai Baba
temple in Mylapore. The temple, also known as 'Shirdi of the South', saw many
devotees from all over the country pay a visit to the temple. The 69-year-old
Sai Baba temple at Mylapore was built to commemorate the saint from Shirdi in
Maharashtra. "There is no caste and religion for Baba. Everyday Sikhs, Muslims
and Christians are coming regularly and taking blessings of God. We are doing
rituals five times continuously," said Thngaduri, the president of All India Sai
Samaj, Chennai. A wave of divine exuberance pervaded the ambience as devotees
enjoyed the ecstatic mix of supreme bliss, faith and peace. "I am a follower of
Sai Baba for past 25 years. I come every Thursday. It's a very famous temple in
Mylapore and every twelve years this Maha Kumbhabhishekam is happening," said
Pushparaj a devotee. More than 30 priests from the famous Meenakshi Temple of
the state's Madurai city had come to the temple a week before to conduct rituals
and chanting from the vedas. |
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