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Shirdi is a town in the Ahmednagar district of the state Maharashtra in India. It is located at 19° 45′ N, 74° 25′ E, 83 km north of the city of Ahmednagar and at a distance of 15 km from the town Kopargaon. Ahmednagar is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India, on the left bank of the Sina river, about 100 km southeast of Pune. ... Maharashtra (Devanagari: महाराष्ट्र mahārāṣṭra, literally: Great Nation; IPA: / /)( ) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... Ahmednagar is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India, on the left bank of the Sina river, about 100 km southeast of Pune. ... Kopargaon is a taluka in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, India. ...


It has acquired fame as a place of pilgrimage because the Shirdi Sai Baba lived there and is buried there. Some Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs consider him a saint with miraculous powers. Sai Baba of Shirdi or Shirdi Sai Baba (c. ... A saint is a term to refer to someone who is a holy person. ...


Sugar cane is cultivated in its surroundings.


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Shirdi (524 words)
Shirdi is on the Ahmednagar-Manmad Highway, 250 km from Mumbai and 75 km from Nashik.
Shirdi has a dry climate that swings to extremes, from a high of 40° C in May, to a low of 7° C in January.
Shirdi was the abode of the saint Sai Baba, who lived here for eighty years – and died here over eighty years ago.
Shirdi Sai Baba (5725 words)
Sai Baba of Shirdi was a crown jewel among Saints.
The villagers of Shirdi each claimed him as a member of their own religion, Muslim or Hindu, but really he came to make peace between them and he always encouraged each to stick to his own religious path.
Amongst other things she mentioned the gloomy and morose condition of her son, who was to appear for the examination in a few days.
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