Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust has received donations worth over Rs 4.10 crore in the last three days, office-bearers of the trust said here on Sunday.
“As many as 1.70 lakh devotees from different parts of the country visited the shrine to take ‘darshan’ of Saibaba in the last three days. The 96th death anniversary of Saibaba was observed on the day of Dasara, for which people thronged the temple premises,” said Rajendra Jadhav, the trust’s executive officer.
The trust received donations worth Rs 4,10,77,000, including cash as well as gold and silver ornaments, he said.
“The offerings were received in donation boxes, online, during a procession in the city on October 3, and through donation counters set up on the temple premises. Some devotees gave cheques, demand drafts, while some others paid cash for free meal service,” Jadhav said.
Accounts officer Dilip Zirpe said the trust also received 9,000 notes of foreign currency in the donation boxes.
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