Shirdi is a small town on the Ahmednagar- Manmad highway

Shirdi is a small town on the Ahmednagar- Manmad highway.
Situated around 307 km northeast of Mumbai, the town is around 6
hr drive from Mumbai. Shirdi is a silent place with population of
around 15000. The city earns the major part of its revenue from
the tourists and pilgrims whose number sometimes crosses the
30000 mark with utmost ease. This holy destination is a home to a
great legend Sai Baba who lived her for around eighty years
before he went into his samadhi some 80 years ago in 1918. Shirdi
is mainly a religious center. The town is tiny and is of just 2
Sq km. It has a main street and is full of narrow by lanes that
are covered with small shops, most of them selling material that
are offered at the temple.