By Vijay Kumar Maharaj
The journey towards Shree Sai started way before I realized. In 1980 I was returning from my native village Manopur Rudauli. On the way, I stopped at village Mansoorchak, famous for Moorti (Statues). I saw a portrait of Sai. At that time I wasn't much familiar with Shree Sai. I just knew one of his teachings: 'Sabka Maalik Ek'. Enchanting the same in my heart I purchased his portrait; which is still with me. After few years, in 1983, one of my friends gave me a picture Shree SaiNath. I kept it with me, but still didn't start worshipping. Another friend of mine, Shree Avinash Ji is a keen Sai Devotee. For the first time, at his place I saw with how much devotion he was worshipping Shree Sai. Till 2005, I got myself many statues of Baba but never started worshipping him. In 2005, I witnessed a big change in myself. I started worshipping Baba. In 2007 I went to Shirdi with my family. After the visit I realized how much Baba means to me and I became a devotee. Then, an idea came to me of constructing a Sai Mandir at my home town Begusarai. I talked to my friends Shankar Singh and Ajay Kumar Singh(@karu singh). They got equally interested in the vision of constructing a Temple. We decided that it should be more than just a Temple. It should also be a place where we give free health care to the needy, establish Scholarship Programme for Students, use the Daan coming for the temple in helping the poor. In 2013, I was invited to a Sai Jagran in which I actively participated. There I met Dinesh Pratap Tibribal. I discussed my idea with him and he agreed to give few kattha of his land for the cause. Later he gave the remaining land also for which we all are utterly grateful. Now my dreams were not just mine, It was shared with other Sai Devotees too. From 2013, we started working towards the Temple. After five years of work and devotion, we opened the Temple for Bhakths on 23rd November 2018.
S/O Late Shree SitaRam Maharaj
S/O Late Shree Bateshwar Singh
S/O Late Shree KedarNath Tibriwal
S/O Bacheshwar Prasad Singh