Shani Shingnapur: The Miraculous Village Of Shani Where There Is No Theft And Crime

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Shani temple in Shani Shingnapur is very widely famous as a village where there are no instances of theft or crime heard. There are no locks or doors on houses as it is nothing to fret over. Read in detail about this mystery temple of Shani.

Ahmed Nagar is known to be the sacred abode of a line of saints who took birth to save the Bhakti Marga that was disintegrating. They reintroduced the values of surrender, faith, and dedication, in an attempt to get the common man close to God.

Here People Treat Shani As Their Benefactor: In fact, this temple is located 65 kilometres away from Shirdi temple, in Ahmednagar's Nevasa Taluk. Although it is a small temple, it attracts people from all over.

This temple has also entered the Guinness Book Of Records. Lord Shani's very mention conjures up fear, to us, but in this village, he is the God who sustains the villagers well and they look up to him for everything.

Due to his grace, there are no thefts and crimes happening in this village. They treat him as their friend and benefactor who is stationed there to save their lives.

Shani, if positioned as a benefic in our horoscopes, showers kindness and affection on us. This actually means that he is pleased with our past good conduct and assures that he will not punish us in this lifetime for the past deed.

In case Shani is malefically placed in our horoscope, he is trying to tell us that we are born with a baggage of sin that needs to be cleared in this lifetime. Shani dasha is the time we clear our dues to God.

Usually, women are not allowed to climb the platform where the idol is installed. But due to the efforts of social activists, women were given entry recently. Shani Shingnapur temple is not crowded generally, even on Saturday.

How Was Shani Shila Found?: This temple is dated back to about 300 years. One day, the Shani Shila was found washed up on the shores of the Panasnala river after a heavy rain.

When someone curiously poked it, it started oozing blood. On the same day, Lord Shani appeared in a villagers dream and informed him that the slab was his own idol and asked the villager never to dispose it.

Shani Dev also told the villager that his idol should not have a roof and walls to shelter it so that Shani could cast his protective gaze all around the village.

And before vanishing from the dream of the village head, Lord Shani blessed him and told him that from now on, he would be protecting the village from any kind of danger.

Since Lords protective gaze needed to fall on every home, the villagers decided to remove the lock and keys and the doors of their homes so that his gaze falling on the house, will protect their interests.

Thereafter, the houses in Shani Shingnapur do not have any doors, including even the newly constructed ones. Sometimes the entrances are covered with a panel in order to keep the stray dogs away.

Their jewellery and cash are all not safely kept inside the vault or almirah. The faith behind this act stems from the miracles from Lord Shani. Toilets are screened with a thin curtain to allow privacy to the users.

People's Opinion: Every year about 40,000 pilgrims visit this shrine. Sometime ago two people had reported loss of money due to theft but then it was proved that these incidents occurred beyond the outskirts of the village.

Some people think that thefts cannot occur because of the remoteness of the village, but one can steal in houses even inside the village.

Villagers do not have the baser human instinct of stealing. How can this happen? It is the benefic influence of Lord Shani that has changed attitudes and temperaments of its inhabitants.

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