The Samadhi Mandir (also known as the Sai Baba Temple, although technically it is a shrine rather than temple) is the most important site in Shirdi, and the main focus of Sai worship and devotion. For it is here that we find the Samadhi (tomb) …

Nanavalli (d.1918): Nanavalli was a unique and intriguing Sai Baba devotee, who called himself the 'General of Sai Baba's army'. Upon seeing Baba, Nanavalli greeted him affectionately, 'Oh, Uncle, you have come!' Thereafter, he always addressed Baba as Mama or Uncle.

For about three years Baba would water the plants every day and distribute the flowers to the local temples. The Shrine was built by Shri Gopalrao Mukund Butty (Bapusaheb Butty), the famous multi-millionaire of Nagpur. about ten years before Baba’s Mahasamadhi.

Sai Baba of Shirdi (c. 1838–15 October 1918), [2] also known as Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian spiritual master considered to be a saint, [3] and revered by both Hindu and Muslim devotees during and after his lifetime.

The Samadhi Mandir (also known as the Sai Baba Temple, although technically it is a shrine rather than temple) is the most important site in Shirdi, and the main focus of Sai worship and devotion. For it is here that we find the Samadhi (tomb) …

Sai Baba Samadhi Mandir was built in 1917-1918 by a millionaire from Nagpur and an ardent devotee of Sai Baba, Shreemant Gopalrao Buti. It was originally constructed to place the idol of Lord Krishna but later became the place where the last remains of Sai Baba were laid.

Baba Saheb Bhate and Upasani Baba of Sakori Ashram performed the last rites of Baba. Where Booty wanted to install the idol of Sri Krishna, Baba’s Samadhi came up. This way Baba became Muralidhar.

Life History of Shirdi Sai Baba. Chapter XXXIV. The news of Baba’s Samadhi spread throughout Shirdi and the neighbouring villages in minutes. People came along with women and children to Dwarakamai. They wept uncontrollably as Sai Baba, who was God to them, was no more.

However, according to the legends, Sai Baba manifested himself as Murlidhar and the temple became the Samadhi Mandir of Baba. The Samadhi of Baba is built with white marble stones. The railings around it are full of ornamental decorations.

Shirdi is a village in Maharashtra state of India where Sai Baba lived in an old dilapidated mosque. After His MahaSamadhi, He was taken to Samadhi Mandir in the wada built by a devotee Shriman Buti. Buti Wada is now known as Samadhi Mandir of Sai Baba.