

On another occasion, Baba reportedly said that the fakir's wife had left him in the care of a Hindu guru, Venkusa of Selu, and that he had stayed with Venkusa for twelve years as his disciple. He had reportedly stated to a close follower, Mhalsapati, that he has been born of Brahmin parents in the village of Pathri and had been entrusted into the care of a fakir in his infancy. SaiBaba was notorious for giving vague, misleading and contradictory replies to questions concerning his parentage and origins, brusquely stating the information was unimportant. Historical researches into genealogies in Shirdi give support to the theory that Baba could have been born with the name Haribhau Bhusari. Once you go to ‘Transaction History’ and select ‘Darshan’, you can see all your bookings and option to download the receipt.Although SaiBaba's origins are unknown, some indications exist that suggest that he was born not far from Shirdi. If you forgot to print/download the ticket, you have a choice to download/print it from ‘Transaction History’ in Dashboard as shown below: If your payment is successful, you will get the confirmation with booking reference number and you will have an option to print as well. Once you select your preferred payment option/ gateway, it will ask to select one of the payment methods such as Netbanking, Debitcard or Credit card, etc, you will go through payment process related to the bank and then you will be redirected to the SSST website. It will give an option to verify again and select the payment options.

Once you verify all the details then you click on ‘ Proceed to Payment’ to progress further.

of pilgrims and payment details as shown in the below screen. In the next step, you can see the summary of details such as selected date, time slot, no. Once all the details are entered, click on ‘ Add to Wishlist’. You will not have the option to change the proof or any other details later. Ensure to enter the details carefully such as phone numbers, proof, etc. You can book darshan for a maximum of 10 people. Once you select the appropriate date, it will show the time of entry and available slots. The interface is good, it will show the Darshan slots which are available on those dates. You can select the appropriate date of ‘Darshan’. Once you click on ‘Darshan’, you can see the below screen. You can click on ‘ Darshan’ to book special entry tickets. Once you login, you can see a dashboard like below screenshot with the possible services that can be selected. Step 1: Go to the website at: and login using with your registered login ID. For the instructions to create the login ID, click on Login ID is must for booking Darshan/ Seva/ Accommodation/ Donations etc. Online Booking – Special Entry / Darshan tickets in Shirdi Saibaba Templeīelow are the step by step instructions for booking Darshan / Special entry ticket online in Shirdi Saibaba Temple:
