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27 Feb 2025
Inauguration of “Shri Saibaba Library and Study Room”, Sainath Chhaya Building, Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust,Shirdi
On Thursday, February 27, 2025, Dr. Chandra Bhanu Satpathy, Founder Chairman of the Shirdi Sai Global Foundation, Gurugram, inaugurated the newly constructed “Shri Saibaba Library and Study Room” at the Sainath Chhaya Building of the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust in Shirdi, located on the south side of the Gurusthan Temple.
At the event, Dr. Satpathy generously contributed rare editions of Shree Sai Leela, covering 15 years, which are absent from the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust's collection. He also donated the 1919 edition of Shree Sainath Prabha. Remarkably, in 2017, he had previously gifted the Sansthan the 1916 edition of Shree Sainath Prabha.
The ceremony was attended by Goraksha Gadilkar (CEO), Sandeep Kumar Bhosale (Deputy CEO), Pragya Mahandule-Sinare (Administrative Officer), Vishwanath Bajaj, Bhikan Dabhade (Executive Engineer), Sunita Sonawane (Head of Publications), department heads, journalists, villagers, and Sai devotees from India and abroad.
In recognition of Dr. Chandra Bhanu Satpathy's invaluable contributions to the preservation of rare Shirdi Sai literature and his generous donation to the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi, Goraksha Gadilkar, CEO of the Trust, honored him with a shawl, a statue of Shri Saibaba, and a formal felicitation. This gesture acknowledged Dr. Satpathy's noble efforts in making these rare collections accessible for the benefit of countless Sai devotees and scholars. He highlighted that these rare collections would serve as invaluable resources for devotees and researchers. Dr. Satpathy also praised the Trust for completing the library project within just 15 days and reiterated that the idea for such a library was one of his suggestions during the Shirdi Saibaba Centenary celebrations.
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