Dwarkamai

As the legend goes, Sai Baba came to Shirdi with a marriage procession. The marriage procession continued, but the Baba stayed at Dwarkamai till the very end of his life. When you enter the Samadhi mandir, Dwarkamai is situated on the right side of the entrance. Here he lived a saintly life, solving people's problems, curing their sickness and resolving their worries. Before Baba came to Shirdi, Dwarkamai was not in its present form. It was a dilapidated mosque. Baba did all the hard work and while living there, turned it into Dwarkamai. This proved to people in Shirdi that God was one and could be found in a mosque, as well as in a temple.

Entire Dwarkamai is a testimony to the simple and frugal life style of the Baba. Dwarkamai is made of two levels. Both these levels are unique in their representation. The biggest asset on the first level is a big stone on which Baba used to sit. By the side of the stone, there is a portrait of Baba. This level has two rooms. One contains the chariot and the second a palanquin. Just in front of the room where the chariot is kept is a small temple. A saffron flag flies over it.

When you reach second level, you realise that this was Baba's bathroom. There is a square stool made of stone, which Baba used for taking a bath. The main attraction of this place is the oil painting of Shri Sai Baba sitting in a carved wooden shrine. This level also has the grinding stone and the wooden vessel called Kolamba in which Baba used to keep the Bhiksha brought from the village.

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