Land of Sai is not to miss on while planning on your places to visit near Aurangabad. Being a religious site, this place is highly visited by Sai devotees from all over the globe. It is useful if you plan on your visit here in June to March. As soon as you enter the temple premises, you have to wait in queues to reach the main shrine or Samadhi temple. Besides, this zone, there is a marble statue of Sai Baba.

Gurusthan meaning “seat of a teacher” is the place where Sai Baba was first seen to the world as a 16 years old boy. He sat under a Neem tree here, where today, a shrine is built. From the roof of this temple, the branches of the neem tree make their way out.

A huge portrait of Sai Baba is placed, along with a Shivling and Nandi bull. There is also a marble statue of Sai Baba with pictures of 12 jyotirlingas in the same shrine. Devotees of Sai Baba believe that lighting incense sticks at Gurusthan can heal all their ailments.

Sai Heritage Village is a relatively new add on to the list of Shirdi tourist places. Only opened in the year 2014, this village is a theme park for devotees of Sai, that works as a pilgrimage cum picnic spot for all. This theme park has gained popularity as it showcases the various incidents and stories from Sai Baba’s times.