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Sonia Gandhi prays to Shirdi Sai Baba

June 19, 2008 19:37 IST

Congress president Sonia Gandhi who is on a two-day visit to Maharashtra, on Thursday visited the famous Sai Baba temple at Shirdi in Ahmednagar district.

The Congress president who arrived at 1 pm went to the temple where she performed puja for 15

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minutes. During her visit inside, public darshan was halted for about 90 minutes for security reasons, sources said.

The Shirdi Sai Sansthan presented her with a statute of Sai Baba and a book on his life. This was her second visit to the temple. She first visited the temple in 2002.

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