There is a garden in Shirdi where Sai Baba watered the plants with his own hands — and very few pilgrims stop there. 🚩
Most devotees come, do darshan, and leave. But just a few steps from the Samadhi Mandir lies Lendi Baug — the place Baba walked to twice a day, watered the plants, and sat for hours in silence.
🌳 Baba’s garden
Baba built and tended Lendi Baug himself. Every morning and afternoon he’d come here — sometimes to plant, sometimes to water, sometimes simply to sit under the neem tree.
🪔 Nanda Deep — still burning today
In the centre of the garden, Baba dug a small pit with his own hands — about two feet deep. Inside it he placed an earthen lamp and lit it. This is the Nanda Deep.
A hundred years have passed. The lamp has never gone out. Today it’s housed inside a small marble shrine, protected by a glass case, with a neem and a peepal tree standing on either side. The flame keeps burning.
🌿 What you’ll find inside
When you walk through Lendi Baug, every trace of Baba’s presence is still there:
🙏 When you visit
Lendi Baug is a 5-minute walk from the Samadhi Mandir. Open from 5 AM to 10 PM. Free entry.
After darshan, walk over. Sit for a few minutes in front of the Nanda Deep. Baba himself sat here, walked here, watered the plants here. The garden is a quiet, living witness to his presence — most pilgrims never see it.
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🙏 Om Sai Ram.