SRI SAIBABA MANDIR - MINNEAPOLIS MN

Sri Saibaba Mandir - Temple Guidelines

Sri Saibaba Mandir requests devotee cooperation to maintain the sanctity of the temple.

1. Maintain silence at ALL times when you are in the Sanctum. Please use the dining area to talk to the priest or others, if you must
2. Turn off your mobile devices. Minimize any interruptions to the mandir services and devotees that prefer to pray in silence or in meditation
3. During Aratis please stand, join all in unison, and sing aratis. Photography or Videography not allowed during Aratis. Please retain all Arati copies in the mandir
4. Naivedya to Sri Saibaba is cooked at the Mandir. Sri Saibaba Mandir requests interested devotees to cook Naivedya in the mandir kitchen if they would like to offer to Sri Saibaba. Please contact the priest or volunteers for more instructions.
5. Fruits and flowers may be offered to Sri SaiBaba before or after Aratis. Devotees may bring food items for distributing in the mandir. Please hand them over to the priest for consecration and distribute them in the kitchen area
6. Mandir will purchase ALL pooja items necessary for the Mandir in order to maintain the consistent services befitting the Sanctum of Sri Saibaba. Kindly do not donate anything in kind and insist on offering to the deity
7. Only the priest and Service volunteers are allowed to go onto the stage to perform/assist pooja services to the deity of Sri Saibaba
8. Sri Saibaba of Shirdi is the deity at Sri Saibaba Mandir. Kindly do not present any pictures/idols/literature for display in the mandir. Devotees are welcome to work with the mandir volunteers to bring to their notice any literature/Sri Sai pictures that can benefit Sri Saibaba devotees
9. Please take darshan before Shej arathi. Sri SaiBaba's darshan closes with Shej arathi
10. Sri Saibaba Mandir is a not for profit organization maintained by Sri Saibaba’s grace and blessings in the form of support of Sri Saibaba devotees and visitors. Financial contributions are sincerely appreciated. Please make contributions by writing a check or dropping in the hundi or safely online by visiting www.hamaresai.org. All monetary contributions are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
11. Please take care of the safety of children
12. Use shoe racks to leave your footwear. If you need assistance, please ask volunteers
13. Please support the mandir by visiting the mandir regularly, volunteering and taking part in Mandir activities and sponsored poojas.

Sri Saibaba Mandir is available for Satsangs, Pujas and religious activities

Volunteers and devotees are requested to read temple Kitchen Usage Guidelines