THE HISTORY, SACREDNESS OF SANCTUM SATHGURU SAINATH CHARITABLE TRUST & TEMPLE
One of the devotee of Injambakkam Sai Temple Mr. Vadivel from Chintadripet, had a dream vision in connection with building a Sai Temple in a place ending with either a name Vakkam or Pakkam which was not clear in the dream, with a water stream in the front. Immediately he visited Injambakkam Sai Temple with a view to have clarity on the dream directly from Sai, exactly at the same evening the priest of the Sai temple, developed an idea to build a new Sai Temple.
On the same evening, after the dhoop arthi a devotee named Soundararajan surprised to tell the priest that he had seen a vision when he closed his eyes and prayed baba during the arthi, you are ( the priest ) performing arthi in front of the idle of baba in an another baba temple. The priest astonished and said that in vadivelu’s dream baba came and wanted a temple in a place ending as pakkam or vakkam. They felt that Sai has made this entire arrangement.
The next day they decided togo to vandalur and to see the places and on the way out the next morning, Soundararajan stopped the vehicle on the main road at keelamabakkam (OMR) and walked 300 feet in the Renugambal nagar housing plot, Vadivelu was so excited to tell them that this was the place he had in the dream but he was confused and wondering as there was a pond near the place in his dream. They have asked an old man who was crossing them at the same moment, ” is there any pond nearby? ” and the old man replied that there was a pond on the south side where they are standing and pond was closed a long time ago. This village name ends with “BAKKAM” and Vadivelu identified the land which he has seen in his dream. So they whole-heartedly decided to buy the place and to build the temple as per Babas wish.
With the blessings of almighty Sai, with the heavy contributions of all the Sai devotees around, land was gladly bought and Bhoomi Pooja was performed
grandly on an auspicious Friday,7th Nov. 2003. Further, with the blessings of Sai Maharaaj, with in a short span of one year, with the support of blessed Sai devotees and by his sheer miracle the temple was built with babas Moolasthan, Courtyard, Sabha Mandapam for Pradakshnam, Panchamukha Ganapathy, Sannithanam, Valli Devaiyani Sametha Muruga Sannidhanam, Gurusthan, Dwarakamayee and Mahakumbabishegam was performed on the auspicious Sunday the 7th November 2004 keeping 54 Homa Gundams as a grand elact ceremonies on one side and with chanting of Rudhrams, Chamakams, Hymns and Sai Name, as worshiping Sai Maharaaj in all forms and all forms in Sai Maharaaj on the Other side, which gave the real spiritual flavor to all who took part in the ceremony.
As Sai is the Annadhana Prabhu, Annadhanam was grandly performed, and food was distributed to all the devotees who took part in the Kumbabishegam, and also to all the local villagers, poor and needy people. from the day the Bhoomi Pooja was performed, Baba had started playing with his miracles and blessings and fulfilled all the wants and needs of the devotees in both materialistic life and in spiritual path.
And on, 7th Nov. 2009, Lord Dhatathreyaa Murthy was erected and performed a very special Homam & Abhishekam And from the day Mahakumbabishegam was performed on 2004, Aarathi in Marathi is being performed four times every day, morning 6.00am Kakkad Aarathi, 12.00 noon Madhyaan Aarathi, evening 6.00pm Dhoop Aarathi, Night 8.20 pm Sej Aarathi and on Thursdays, the temple will be full to its fullest capacity, for Darshan and, full day Annadhanam is offered to all the devotees who visit on Thursdays on grand scale and prasadam is given on other days. Reading Thirukkuran at 12:30 pm and Palki procession is performed on every Thursday, around 7.00 pm after evening Aarathi. The temple is situated at Renugambal Nagar, Kelambakkam, OMR, Chennai – 603 103. Temple is open from 6.00 am to 1.00pm and 4.00 pm to 9.00 pm and on Thursday 6.00 am to 9.00 pm.