Om Shri SatChitAnand SadGuru SaiNath Maharaj Ki Jai!
Om Shri Sai!
Recently, i received a email from a Shri Sai Baba devotee, with pictures of Sai Baba idol. The devotee wanted to donate the marble statue of Sai Baba to a Temple, were Sai Baba’s idol would be loved and worshiped. Numerous devotees deriving benefit from the same.
I looked at the pictures and the statue in those pictures, looked amazingly alive.
Since long i had wanted to write an article, which would be helpful as a guide for devotees building a temple of Shirdi Sai Baba and requiring a Sai Baba idol for Sai Baba’s worship. The thought of writing the same came, when a devotee friend of mine wished to donate a Lord Duttatreya idol to a Shirdi Sai Baba temple. He wanted to donate the idol with the best marble and best craftsmen. For this he made number of trips to Jaipur, where the best craftsmen of marble idol are found, and also the best deals, as there are no traders in between you and the manufacturer. So i thought of putting his experience as a guide to those who would want to buy a good Sai Baba idol, directly from the manufacturer or the artist.

If you are looking for a huge and good statue of Sai Baba for a temple, it would be best if a person makes few visits to the manufacturer. Firstly for selecting the good marble, then few more visits while the idol is being carved out, to see if it is being made according to your satisfaction, really helps.
All the idols in this post are of the idol lovingly carved by Naresh Bhardwaraj.
Also please see more guidelines on shirdisaitrust.org
1. Naresh Bhardwaj
Address : 4th Crossing, Khazane Walon Ka Rasta,
Chandpole Bazar, Jaipur-1
Phone: +91 141 2317449 (O & R)
Mobile : 9414042028
Websites : http://www.omsaiart.com/index.htm
http://www.omsaiart.net/
http://www.omsaiart.co.in/
http://www.saibabamoorti.com/
2. Talim's Art Studio
381-C, V. P. Road
Nr. Congress House
Mumbai 400004
Tel: +912223869395
Contact: Mr. Rajiv Talim
E-mail Talim Art Studio
The title of the blog post does not seem to go with this blog post or the article. No! It is!
(Ok initially the title was - "Give me the real Gold" But later it's changed with a suitable one.
This brought me a reminder of a wish to write a blog post with the title “Give me the real Gold.”
I have a small Sai Baba idol about 5”, which i had bought from Shirdi. It might have cost about Indian Rupees 200/-. Marble powder molded idols available in many shops in Shirdi. This idol is in the home’s puja room.
Once a desire arose in the heart to place a bigger and more beautiful idol of Baba in Puja room for worship. I called the devotee friend, who had roamed about in Jaipur and other places looking for best idol. Talked with him, about my desire just before sleeping, and that i would require his help for the same. Talked about the cost of idol of Shri Sai which was in some thousands of Indian Rupees. It was not a matter as it could have comfortably been paid.
Then it was time to sleep with mental and heart-full chant of Sai Baba name. And mentally in Dwarkamai near the dear and divine Baba. All the time in my mind Baba seemed to tell me, “Give me the real gold. You may get a most wonderful and expensive idol, perhaps an idol of material gold or any other costly metal. It does not matter a least to me. What i want is the gold that i want. That gold is your love and devotion towards me.”
Naturally, the plan for another better(? ) idol ended there.
We have seen this in Intense love is what Sai Baba or God needs. Sai
Sai Baba in Shri Sai SatCharitra chapter 50, says to Nanasaheb Chandorkar while expounding a verse from Gita, “Do not do service with the feeling that i have a choice of doing this service to Guru. This body and mind belongs to Guru and it exist for service of Guru, such should be the bhava feelings, while serving Guru.”
Selecting Sai Baba’s idol
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The one sitting on the throne is more important than the throne itself.
1 comment:
Sairam
Happy to note somebody thinks like me.....
wether the above photo belonged to Baba or not has become a non issue for me now.....
Pray to Baba to help me to develop to see Him in all living and non living beings....
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