An Indian spiritual guru and a fakir ,Shri Shirdi Saibaba in Shirdi was regarded with great reverence by both Hindu and Muslim followers, and set an example for religious harmony, Shri Sai lived in a mosque and after death his body was deitified in the temple. Shri Saibaba of Shirdi visited this world from 1838 to 1918, whose (born-with) name, birthplace and date of birth are unknown till date.

Shri Saibaba arrived at the village of Shirdi at age of 16 yrs and remained in shirdi till attained samadhi, Baba found shelter in Khandoba temple, where a villager Mahalsapathi in the temple addressed him as Sai or Saint Sai baba. It was constructed and consecrated in the year 1922 to spread and carry forward the Services of Shri Sai Baba. The temple of Shirdi Sai Baba beautiful shrine that was built upon the Samadhi(tomb) of Shri Sai Baba.

It is located at 19o45' North Latitude and 74o25' East Longitude. It is locally called saidesh(The Land of Sai) The closest and better connected city from Shirdi is Ahmednagar, Shirdi has a new railway terminal from March 2009,called 'Sainagar Shirdi'. Shirdi is located approximately 300 km from Mumbai, the commercial capital of india. It is one of the much visited pilgrimage centres in india. Shirdi is the home of later 19th century popular guru Shirdi Sai Baba. Shirdi is a town panchayat coming under the jurisdiction of municipal council popularly known as Shirdi Nagar Panchayat, It is a part of Rahata Tahasil in Ahmednagar District Maharashtra(India).

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