Seventh October is the anniversary of consecration Shirdi Baba statue in Shirdi. It was a huge turning point for Shirdi when the Shirdi Sansthan decided to put a statue on 7th October`1954, Vijayadashami Day - 36 years after Baba's Mahasamadhi.
HERE IS A BRIEF STORY BEHIND THE STATUE :
In 1952, a piece of a White Italian Marble had arrived from Italy