| About Saibaba
Photo Darshan : I have a firm belief that it is not you
who came here, its our shirdi sai who made you come to this site.
Once when i was in Thirupathi to have darshan of Lord venkateshwara
, i saw a poster with words "Its not
darshan you get, its darshan he gives" .
Similarly, i felt Sai pulls his good souls to give his darshan
through the photography this little servant of sai did and presented
in this site. To me this is a temple where you have come to see
Baba, please browse all the pictures of Saibaba and remember to
chant "Sai sai sai " ....Remember Sai whole heartedly
and browse through the site. You can also listen to any saibaba
bhajans or hum any chantings of saibaba. It will bring some peace
in your heart.
Please do not worry about your problems and think if ever sai will
help you. Think positively because Saibaba photo darshan is a site
made to give a feeling of a saibaba temple. I assure that when ever
i get time by grace of saibaba , i shall try to do few more photography
of sai to fill your heart with sai .All i expect is a warm feeling
of presence of Sai in your heart.
"Saibaba statues , saibaba
photos, pictures all these are only external beauty to help you
realize that there is a shirdi saibaba living with flesh , breathing
in your own mind "
There are few good souls who are against idol worship .They even
over react and misunderstand that we people who like to see God
in statues and photos are not matured. I just want to make them
clear that Saibaba statues and photos are just a means towards Sai.....Sai
is a powerful saint who is omnipresent. His abode is ones own heart.
If a devotee prays sai whole heartedly , he can feel the presence
of sai in his own heart. How can Sai, understand our past lives,
our deeds, karma and desires if he is living outside. Sai lives
inside us and i hope the photography i did with sai helps you all
to realize the Sai inside you.
Shirdi saibaba blessings for you and your family
Always in the feets of shirdi saibaba
C.Venkat Raman
StarSai.com
Darshan of Sai Baba's picture is
itself a darshan in person :
The below incident from Baba's life from the book "Sai Samartha
satcharita" translated in english by Zarine madam explains
taking darshan of the picture is equivalent to taking darshan in
person.
Once a Bhajan singer named Balabuva suta known as mordern Tukaram,
went to shirdi for saibaba's Darshan. This was his first meeting
with Baba.They had never met before.But the moment they saw one
another , Saibaba clearly said to him.
"I have known to him since
the last four years". Bala Buva was surprised .
He was thinking "Why does Sai say so ? Baba has never left
Shirdi.I too have laid my eyes on this place for the first time.
Then, how is it that he has known me since the last 4 years."
Finally, he remembered an incident which had happened 4 years back
when he bowed to SaiBaba's picture .
Then Balabuva immediately understood the significance of these
words, and said " See, how all- pervading are the saints and
their love and affection for the devotees. I had just bowed to a
picture.I saw Sai in person today after four years.Whereas I forgot
this a long time back, Baba kept it in Mind.
Baba knew me, but i had no idea that he remembered me.It is only
when the saints remind one that one realises it. One can see the
reflection of the Sun's or Moon's disc in a clean mirror or clear
water. A picture is also a pure reflection of the personage by which
splendour is cast upon persons serving subordinately.
Therefore, Darshan of a Saint's
picture is equal to the darshan in person.
Dear friends, I hope the above incident which happened during SaiBaba's
life time helps you understand how much sai loves his devotees with
pure heart.Sai is omniscent and omnipotent .This incident also explains
that Sai really lives in every single saibaba picture , painting
and photo and is giving darshan to us. So please have a look at
all the Saibaba photography in this site with pure devotion and
love on our sai. Sai is looking at you now. Speak to him whole heartedly.
May sai be there for you and guide you all life.
Venkat.
Copy rights for all Shirdi Saibaba
photos belongs to StarSai.com :
Photography of Saibaba is done with pure affection on sai.Though
i plan to sell these photos as Photo Book, i want to do all i can
to keep this site useful for all shirdi saibaba children who loves
to see saibaba in all his glory and divinity. Due to the expense
in shipping charges , i have planned to make photo books for shirdi
saibaba devotees living abroad. That too this service is only for
few shirdi sai children who likes to support me in my little efforts.
I won't ask or expect anyone to buy if you have difference in attitudes
in what ever little works i do in the name of Shirdi saibaba.
Baba has kept me safe so far and i would like to do photography
of saibaba as beautifully as i can for many sai devotees who are
good hearted but can't afford to purchase. You can save these pictures
in your PC , take printout and have darshan of sai everyday.
The only request is please do not use these photographs in any
other website .Copyrights for all the articles and saibaba photos
in starsai belongs to the photographer and Starsai.
There are lots of Leela of shirdi saibaba where he has indirectly
said that "Saibaba photos are equal to the real saibaba in
breathing with flesh and blood" .So please whole heartedly
look at these beautiful images of our shirdi saibaba with love,
affection , devotion and respect on him. Pray sai whole heartedly
while you are looking at these photos and gain the blessings of
Shri Saibaba of Shirdi.
Note : This website only has photos of Saibaba of Shirdi.
Welcome to Beautiful Temple of Saint
of saints - Shri SaiBaba of Shirdi
A warm welcome to this paradise of our sweet, powerful, holy saint
shirdi sai baba. By the grace of shri saibaba and guidance of few
of my dear friends i was inspired and motivated to make a website
especially to present our Saibaba's Photography.
In 2004 i had few experiences through shirdi sai baba which lead
me to make StarSai.com to spread the message of humanity and spread
the beauty of Sai leela .I had few visions, experiences through
my Guru saibaba which helped me understand Sai's ways and few other
good souls and my close friends who were with me during the testing
time in my life.
All articles and photography i do
for saibaba are for sai devotees who loves sai more than their own
desires :
Not all who pray sai can understand his heart. Like they say, medicine
is for sick patient , all he websites and little works i do for
sai is for shirdi saibaba devotees who are facing sufferings,pains
and difficulties in their personal life, relationships,health,studies
or career. Its my strong belief that Sai knows many comes to him
just for materialistic benefits but even amoung them some loves
sai beyond what they expect from him. Such pure hearted shirdi saibaba
devotees always are the visitors am expecting for this site. Some
write to me i am wrong and some appreciate.
To me its just an expression of the love sai and i share. Only
when i reach sai after this life i will know for sure what ever
i did is accepted by him or not .Untill that time i will keep going
and am fortunate for having parents and sister who support me in
all that i wish to do for sai.
A Flash Back of how i grew with
belief that Prayers can move mountains :
Even i had desires , loads of them when i enterted Saibaba temple
in my town in 1999 when i finished my graduation.Those days i used
to keep a candle and pray baba that i must get assignments for the
video,filmmaking projects i planned to do. Years before that when
i first learn about saibaba of shirdi in 1993, i used to light a
candle and ask baba to help me pass in exams.I was in school at
that time. Well, i trusted that even if i never study , Baba will
help me pass in exams. he he.....Such was my begining with this
sweet saint Sai Baba. How can i describe the way he pulled me into
his path.
Years before all this, in 1984 when i was probably 6 years old
, i never know who Saibaba was. My mother was hospitalized and my
father used to take me to a Ganesha temple where i keep 10 paise
to Lord Ganesha and ask him "Save my mother"....Then years
passed i was probably in 3rd grade in 1986. I never do home work
in school ...As soon as i come back from school , i will go a garden
and keep plants, water plants ...During such times i used to chant
the name of Lord Murugan and ask him to help me escape from teachers
for not doing home work.
Some prayers wont have results because
Sai has a different plan for us :
Gradually , Sai Baba made me realize that real blessings comes
when i give food to poor, give some clothes and books to the poor
kids etc. With the little money i had , i used to involve in good
deeds. The mistake i did was i always expected that if i do good
then Sai will do good in my career. Well, its true when you do good
to others, your past sins will be washed away and it helps you gain
blessings in your life but probably Sai had a different plan for
me. Sai kept on giving me incidents which only made me "GIVE"
"give and "Give"....I kept on doing good deeds but
i only had pains and failures in what ever i tried.
During such times, once my Mom asked me to Light Lamps for Goddess
Durga. Mostly women do it but i really do it with all interest to
the extent that sometimes when i light lemon lamps for Goddess Durga
, i will be the only guy in a crowd of lots of aunties, grandma
and girls. ...he he ...sometimes i felt shy but today who ever says
that they have pains in their life, i ask them to Light lamps or
atleast a candle in any temple or infront of statue of shirdi saibaba.
Am one of those Sparrows trying
to fly high but Sai decided to pull me back to his own SKY :
I don't know what i am today accept the fact that i know to pray
Shirdi Saibaba whole heartedly, Pray for my dear sai friends who
write to me and also ask who ever say their pains to Light lamps,
give food, help their friends or relatives in need etc. This is
only truth i learnt in this life. I am not well qualified accept
for my love in photography and video editing and some traces of
desire to me in filmmaking. But all these desires vanished this
minute when am writing this article because it was my will to be
a Filmmaker before 8-9 years but what i am today is doing good to
atleast handful of good children of shirdi saibaba.I like to heal
a person who is suffering with some problem in his or her life.
I believe words have powers to heal , hence i try to send words
of sai, words of faith and holy words which can comfort and give
peace to few children of shirdi saibaba. I really loved the few
sai friends baba gave me whom i treasure a lot.
May be my parents are not happy with me as i din't settled down
with my career and life but in Baba's kingdom , i am a little sparrow
flying around in the very very small beautiful sky of Dwarakamai
. I won't fly out of you Sai, I dont need the vast sky where i have
to search for work,money,realtionships and love. I always wish to
fly in your own sky of dwarakamai where you feed me , nurse me and
care for me with so much of love and affection. I am rich in the
Bank owned by my Sai called "Bank of Blessings"
Final Pull to remain under feets
of SaiBaba :
In 2005, my life was all about coming around dhuni ( sacred fire
created by saibaba , its continuation in saibaba mandhir at my place
) for one to 4 hours everyday .I used to dedicate my prayers to
goddess of nature to protect innocent lives when a natural disaster
happens. I have learnt from Baba that saints has powers and contacts
with Nature .They can do any thing if the person really deserves
to be protected but when sai or thousands of good saints Let go
the nature to do its work, it means Nature has its own Law and humanity
is degrading in this planet. Thats why i decided to keep caption
of starsai.com as "Giving alone can change your life"
as its more important to help people in need than just going to
temples n praying God.
I am not earning much and what i can do is only very little. Thats
why i felt if i spread "message of helping" to all good
souls , then everyone will help atleast one or two people when ever
they come across a chance to help. Now a days, people always misunderstand
doing good as an act of just going to a child orphange , old age
home or any charity organisation or a temple and donating money.
See, you can donate money to any organisation you trust ......its
also a help .... but what matters is the little things you can do
with your own hands.....
If you wish to give some books to poor kids, please take time yourself
or ask a trusted friend to go personally and hand over these books
to these kids. Only then its pure , devoted act of helping others.
More over only giving money is not help...when your friend or parents
or relatives are not feeling well, you can be with them , console
them, give them strength of mind..This is a physical help in time
of need. So do what ever you can.....little help as and when God
gives you a chance. Make use of it because its a blessing equal
to visiting a temple several times.
Shirdi Saibaba blessings :
I hope the photography i did with blessings fo Maa Saraswathi and
Shirdi Saibaba made you feel close to saibaba. Please pray whole
heartedly to sai . Mostly, sai devotees in india, likes to collect
saibaba pictures .I have seen my sai friends doing that.Hope they
find this site useful. For shirdi saibaba devotees abroad, am also
planning to sell few of my shirdi saibaba photography as a Photo
Book.Am sorry due to shipping charges , its not affortable to many.
I also don't want many to buy it because dont know how long i will
be able to do it. Probably , if i get busy with someother work,
i might not continue. I only want good hearted shirdi saibaba children
who likes to support my efforts to purchase the Photo book of sai.
Others as you can see the main goal of this site is to present beautiful
photos of shirdi sai baba to fill your heart with a feeling of "Sai
Darshan"
Please understand, though i have made several sites for Baba, to
me this purticular website is like saibaba temple ....It has the
art baba gave me, the photography i do are nothing if sai has not
given his divine blessings and guidance to make this site. Thank
you Saibaba for helping me through my sai friends who encouraged
me to bring this Saibaba Temple to come to Life ...
I believe Shirdi sababa lives in
this website with all his glory to bless all his pure hearted children
Aum sri sai ram
C.Venkat Raman
Little servant of Shirdi SaiBaba
starsai.com
SaiBaba Paintings and Saibaba Photos
during Sai Baba's life time :
After approx 1915 when hundreds of devotees started to come to
shirdi for darshan of saibaba in dwarakamai few small shops in shirdi
started to emerge selling prasad and Photos of saibaba.I have read
few leela of saibaba in which the he has tried to convey that message
that Sai really lives in each and every single photos, statues or
paintings we have. Once when a devotee was worried that he din't
got prasad from directly from saibabas hand, Baba told him , "The
prasad got in shirdi in shops is equal to the prasad given directl
from his hands in dwarakamai".
Sai has also encouraged people to get his little paintings and
photos to worship at home .Sometimes sai used to bless the paintings
and photos keeping on his chest and touching by hands and asked
the devotees to preserve it and worship everyday. Being a photographer
who lead a strange life always coming around BABA'S DHUNI in the
saibaba temple in my home town for years togather not concentrating
in my career and hatings to do events photography, i must say finally
its due to the guidance of Sai , my Sai friends and support of my
parents that am able to do this work of presenting shirdi saibaba
photos for darshan by several thouands of true Shirdi Sai Baba devotees.
Years of Support from my parents
and sister to do Saibaba's work :
Its been years since i earned a penny in reality.In such a fast
practical world where parents stand upside down that their son must
settle down soon with a career and earn money , my parents gave
me the freedom,support and evry kind of help possible to serve Sai
the way Sai pulled me to serve him .My parents also have desires
for me but i believe its Sai's greatest gift to send me angel like
mother and father who only kept calm giving my space and time to
express my love for saibaba. Its because of their support and help
of my sister indra that i was able to learn few ways of saibaba
which i share with other sai devotees in pain when they write to
me through starsai.com.
This website is especially dedicated to my parents .My father chandrasekaran
who has stitched few of the dress worn by Baba in this site. I purchased
few in shirdi but since i was unable to go to shirdi,i got dress
and embriodary materials which my father stitched to perfection
by grace of saibaba. Eveery day my dad stitched i a new colour and
i used to go to flower market to get flowers in the colours matching
the dress. My mom Meena used to arrange flowers, make tea for me
while photographing and she's the first one whom i seek for reviews
with my usual question "does this look good ? " and usually
my mom says "Its nice" .
There are so many people who serve Sai in different ways .Mine
is very small like a drop in the ocean . Even this drop of my expression
of my love towards shirdi saibaba was possible because of the heart
my parents have. All i expect from true shirdi saibaba devotees
is to pray that i bring happiness to them by settling down with
a career for all that they have done for me the past 4 years which
is truely their part in doing "Baba's work"
Always in the holy feets of shirdi sai baba
Venkat
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