On my Stay at “Temple View Restaurant", Shirdi

     

                              

Superior Room

                            

Deluxe Room

                                        

Suite Room

                

Family Room

Interconnecting Room

Quadruple Room

                         

Hotel Corridor

Sai Naivedhyam

                                

Sai Amruth

Temple View Entrance

This hotel is located just opposite the famous Shirdi Sai temple at two minutes’ walking distance (110 meters). This four-star hotel has forty-three rooms on two floors. This hotel established in 2014 has historical significance. This hotel is owned by the renowned Gondkar Group of Shirdi. Sai devotees, Late Sri Waman Dada Gondkar and his brother, sri Murlidhar Baba donated their land to Sai Sansthan. On this land known as Lendi Baug, Sri Sai baba cultivated a garden where now the famous samadhi mandir stands.

  The hotel has all amenities like lift, wifi, A.C. L.C.D. television, telephone, laundry, free parking space, 24x7 hot water supply, mini-frizz, locker facility, coffee/tea maker and complimentary breakfast and free bottled mineral water. Airport transfer is provided on payment. This hotel has rooms of different dimensions to meet the customers’ requirements. All rooms are spacious with a table, a cupboard, chairs or sofas and bathroom accessories. For an extra bed, one has pay one thousand rupees.

The superior Room (237 sq. ft) has one king bed. The suit room has one king bed. The deluxe Room is more spacious (301 Sq. ft) and has a king-size bed. The interconnecting room (366 sq. ft) has two king beds. It is connected to the adjacent room through a connecting passage and is convenient for two families. The family room (441 sq.ft) is meant for five people and comprises three beds. The Quadruple Room (431 sq. ft.) with two double beds and one single bed accommodates up to four persons. The corridors, rooms and the lobby room are clean and well-maintained. On the walls of the corridor paintings of famous musicians of Indian classical music are displayed. It would be better to display the paintings of Sri Sai baba and the important events in his life to show the importance of this famous holy place. The synthetic screen shield meant for shielding sunlight does not block bright illumination outside at night. So dark-colored curtains may be better provided to give better ambiance at night time. The room service is quite prompt and good. In this hotel pets are not allowed. Smoking and use of alcohol are not permitted. Non-veg and food from outside are not allowed.

 This hotel has a restaurant by name “Sai Naivedyam”, a multi-cuisine restaurant managed by the famous Hotel G Square. It is a vegetarian restaurant where one can find delicious dishes of South Indian, Asian, Chinese varieties of tiffin and meals.  “Sai Amruth” is another restaurant managed by the famous Shetty’s Swatik group. It is a multi-cuisine restaurant specializing in Maharashtrian, South Indian, North Indian, Gujarathi and Rajasthani cuisines. Apart from these there are many restaurants nearby such as Blue Coriander, The Tulip, Ahaan restaurant, Sri Sai Sagat food court, Sai Sagar Food Court, Madhuban Saatvic restaurant and Haldi Ram restaurant etc.

There are many worth-seeing places near this hotel such as Shirdi sai samadhi mandir, Sri Adinath Swetambarnath Jain Mandir, Kandoba mandir, Sambaji Park, Sai Teerth Spiritual Theme Park (1.4 kms), Sai Heritage Village (3.8 kms), Pachamukhi Vishnu Ganapati temple (5 kms) and Wet n Joy water park (1.4 kms). This hotel is in prime location and attracts many tourists due to its proximity to Shirdi Sai Mandir. It is 1.7 kms from Shirdi Bus stand, 15 kms from Shirdi International Airport, 2.8 kms away from Sainagar railway station.

The staff at reception desk are very courteous and helpful. The receptionist on request gave us print outs of our darshan tickets as mobiles are not allowed. At the time of leaving the hotel we received a beautiful idol of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba as a token of their hospitality. As our flight is late in the evening, we had to extend our stay by a few hours. We were charged nearly Rs.1200/ for staying beyond our check-out time. It would be better if stay-in period is of 24 hours duration as train and flight timings do not coincide with the fixed timings of check-in and check-out.  As most of the pilgrims go out in the early hours of morning, coffee/tea may be provided at least by 6.00 a.m. The Temple View Hotel is one of the most favored restaurants to tourists visiting this temple-town.

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    9th February, 2024                    Somaseshu Gutala