30 Jan, 2008, 2014 hrs IST,
MUMBAI: The Sai Baba shrine at Shirdi has received cash donations to the tune of Rs 60 crore, besides 14 kg gold and 235 kg of silver in 2007, making it the highest collection in a year.
"In 2006, devotees had donated Rs 35.25 crore in cash, 9 kg gold and 136 kg silver," the Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan Trust said in a statement here on Wednesday.
On the occasion of Dattatrey Jayanti, which fell on December 23 last year, a Hyderabad-based devotee donated a 90-kg gold throne estimated to be worth Rs 10 crore to the temple, it said.
The highest donations received in 2007 during December month, with devotees donating Rs seven crore in cash, 1.25 kg gold and 20 kg silver.
This year, the devotees have donated Rs 6.24 crore cash, 1 kg gold and 30 kg silver to the shrine so far.
The trust had earmarked Rs 300 crore for a development plan which would include construction of roads, creation of a drinking water scheme and providing facilities at a local hospital and school, the statement added.
jai sai baba, saranam baba.. Iam a great devotee of SaiBaba...GV
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