Shirdi Sai Baba centenary celebrations: PM Modi to visit shrine today, activist Trupti Desai detained ahead of his arrival

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the famous Sai Baba temple at Shirdi today to attend the concluding day of Samadhi Centenary celebrations of Sai Baba. The prime minister will lay the foundation stone of various development works of the Saibaba Sansthan Trust. Sai Baba had taken the Samadhi in 1918 on Vijaya Dashami. The trust celebrated the centenary year of Sai Baba's Mahasamadhi from October 1, 2017 to October 18, 2018. Activist Trupti Desai was detained by police in the morning as she had threatened to stop PM Modi's convoy if he refused to meet her. She was planning to register her protest with the PM in connection with Sabarimala temple row.

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