Saibaba temple gets Rs 14.54 crore donation in 11 days

Shirdi, January 3

The famous Saibaba temple at Shirdi in Maharashtra received donations worth Rs 14.54 crore over the 11-day period starting before Christmas and ending on the New Year day, an official said.

The devotees, from the country as well as abroad, donated Rs 8.05 crore in donation boxes kept on the temple premises between December 22, 2018 and January 1, 2019, Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust’s vice chairman Chandrashekhar Kadam told reporters here on Wednesday.

The temple trust also received Rs 6 crore through online donations, debit/credit cards, cheques, demand drafts and at its donation counters, he said.

Gold and silver items worth Rs 19 lakh were also donated, he said.

In addition, devotees from 19 countries, including the US, the UK, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and China, donated foreign currencies worth Rs 30.63 lakh

Apart from these donations, the temple trust earned Rs 3.62 crore through paid passes issued to visitors and the online ‘darshan’ facility provided by the temple management, Kadam said PTI.