shani-singhnapur

Shirdi to Shanisinghnapur

You need between half to full day to visit Shanisinghnapur. This is another small village around 70 KMs (45 miles) from Shirdi Village. Shani singhnapur is 80 Kms away from Aurangabad..

This is a very special and unique place. Here are some of facts

1. In Shani singhnapur village – all houses are without lock. This is considered a crime free area. It is believed that due to Shani Dev grace no crime happens here. People in this area can’t even imagine theft or other criminal activity. The whole area is liquor free. There is only vegetarian food available in area.

· 2. Unlike other temple where God idol are inside temple, Shani dev idol is placed on a platform in open space.

Most people visit Shirdi Sai temple. On same day afternoon or next day they go to Shani Singhnapur temple. You can take shared or dedicated taxi. There are Jeeps and Car taxis that take devotees to Singhnapur. It takes around 2 hours to reach Shani Singhnapur temple. On the way there is a lot of greenery. Most of taxis take a break on the way. On the way there are suger can fields. Outside these fields local farmer sell the fresh cane juice to pilgrims. You can also enjoy coconut water or other local food products too.

Once you reach Shani Singnapur the interesting part start –

The men has to wear a dhoti to visit temple. The men are asked to change cloth, take shower and walk in wet clothes. Women need not have to take bath. Men walk up to platform and women worship just few feet away from platform. The local shops sell Prasad, mustard oil, give you dhoti and ask you whether this is first time for you in Singhapur or you have been there earlier. They will tell you steps.

a.span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> Wear a Dhoti

b. Take a shower

c. WWalk to temple in wet clothes(and not to touch women for next half hour – period between shower and darshan to Shani temple)

d.span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> Follow the procedure in temple.

TThe leave cloth and valuables in Taxi or in the shop you bought Prasad. Yes this is the only part in India/world where you can leave your items and it is guaranteed to be safe. Men take a quick shower and walk to temple from Taxi stand. The walk is only for 2 minutes. There is generally a queue in Shani temple. People stand in queue and walk towards

Best Time to Visit Shani singhhapur

Devotees of Shani Dev visit Shani Singhnapur everyday. Saturday is special day, so more devotees visit on Saturday. Saturday Amavasya is considered very significant and lots of people visit Shani temple.

The Gudi Padava festival is also very important day and celebrated in Shani Singhnapur.