Shirdi Sai Baba 9 Thursdays Vrat with Procedure and Katha

All his devotees worship Shirdi Sai Baba with lots of love and devotion. Sai Baba is the ultimate epitome of spirituality and peace for all his followers. The preaching's and good teachings of Shri Sai Baba are evident even today, with all his symbols being directed towards the growth of humanity. Many people have their way of devoting and offering their prayers to Sai Baba. They keep different kinds of fasts, do pooja and other things to gain the Lord's blessings. They believe that when they carry out all these activities, Sai Baba will be pleased with them. In this blog, we will also discuss the Shirdi Sai Baba 9 Thursdays vrat with all the processes and Katha. They are as follows-

1) Nine Thursdays- 

Sai Baba has always preached the importance of Equality and humanity over all the religions, castes and creeds. While keeping the fast for Shri Sai Baba, it is essential to remember that the vrat should be kept for nine Thursdays straight. Every Thursday, fasting people have to follow all the rituals related to the vrat for the entire day during these nine Thursday periods. The fasting is kept only on Thursday because Sai Baba was considered the teacher and preacher of humanity. He was also named a guru; hence, Thursdays focus solely on keeping the rats happy and fulfilling all their wishes.

2) Abhishek- 

The first and very important thing all the followers of Sai Baba exercise during the fasting time is carrying out the process of Abhishek. Abhishek is considered a sacred and auspicious deed that makes Sai Baba happy, and he will fulfil all your wishes. Before doing the abhishek, you should bathe and clean yourself properly. After taking the bath, wash the Sai Baba marble statue with a dry cloth and a wet one for the shiny-looking statue. Then, you have to take curd, water, and milk and pour all three of them into the Sai Baba marble statue to carry out the sacred deed of Abhishek. After doing the abhishek, you must clean the Hindu god idols again with a dry cloth.

3) Apply Sandalwood- 

The statues of God need to be applied to sandalwood powder or paste to keep them cool even during summer. Applying sandalwood paste is vital for the completion of the vrat and pooja. The sandalwood sticks are available in the markets very easily, and you will also need one stone like a Plate on which you will have to prepare the sandalwood paste. Apply the paste of the sandalwood on the forehead of the Sai Baba murti in the form of a round Tilak.

4) Offering Flowers-

The next step in completing the pooja process involves offering garlands and flowers to the Sai Baba marble statue. The pooja and vrat will only become complete when you provide beautiful flowers to Sai Baba. Then, to create a more amazing atmosphere around your pooja ghar, you can even light the essence sticks. Essence sticks will bring freshness and a really amazing aroma towards the statue of the gods.

5) Prasad- 

After completing all the steps of the pooja, you have to offer the prasad to the Sai Baba marble statue. The prasad is generally made using really Satvik ingredients, which do not include onions and garlic. It can also be some kinds of fruits, different varieties, or sweets made using fresh ghee.

6) Volunteering- 

There are other ways of offering your devotion and love to Sai Baba, such as donating food. You can also donate food to poor people who are really in need of food and don't have any sources. Offering food to the needy is really a wonderful deed that you can exercise for the sake of happiness and satisfaction. Your fasting process will be more fruitful, and Sai Baba will become happy with you when you help others.

The above are some of the ways through which you can complete the nine-day fasting period for Shri Sai Baba. The women should make sure that they don't do pooja and visit the Temples of Sai Baba during their monthly period cycle. You can even offer your blessings to the dwarakamai statue.