ISSUE
Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Construction of the Shri Shirdi Saibaba Sansthan Temple and Community Hall is expected to start by the end of next year.
Sansthan secretary Hameed Mohammed said their arthitect was in the process of preparing documentation to apply for a building permit with council.
“You are all aware that we got the Resource Consent and bought the property at 18 Princes St, Onehunga, to convert the same into a temple for our beloved Guru Shirdi Saibaba along with other deities.
“We will also be having a community hall with dining/commercial kitchen for benefit of the community,” Mr Mohammed said.
“We need about $1 million to start a functional temple / community hall (outside domes/elevations can be done later).
“As you are aware, we have launched new fundraising programmes on January 1, 2011. By Baba's grace, we are half way thru in terms of commitments by devotees and raised about $225k till date.
“Our architect is in the process of preparing the documentation to apply for Building Permit. This process of preparation of documents, applying to Auckland City Council, processing and aproval of the Building Permit may take about six months.”
Mr Mohammed said in view of the time involved with bureaucracy, they had decided to rent out premises for a short period of time till mid-January 2012, so that it would generate some income to take care of debt servicing.
“After opening the account with Bank of Baroda, we have considerable response from devotees in India. By Baba’s grace, things are falling in place and the plan is to start the construction by end Jan 2012.
“Please appraise all your friends / relatives in India/overseas about our Temple Project and personally make a commitment to speed up the initiation of construction process.”
Construction of the Shri Shirdi Saibaba Sansthan Temple and Community Hall is expected to start by the end of next year. Sansthan secretary Hameed Mohammed said their arthitect was in the process of preparing documentation to apply for a building permit with council. “You are all aware that we...
Construction of the Shri Shirdi Saibaba Sansthan Temple and Community Hall is expected to start by the end of next year.
Sansthan secretary Hameed Mohammed said their arthitect was in the process of preparing documentation to apply for a building permit with council.
“You are all aware that we got the Resource Consent and bought the property at 18 Princes St, Onehunga, to convert the same into a temple for our beloved Guru Shirdi Saibaba along with other deities.
“We will also be having a community hall with dining/commercial kitchen for benefit of the community,” Mr Mohammed said.
“We need about $1 million to start a functional temple / community hall (outside domes/elevations can be done later).
“As you are aware, we have launched new fundraising programmes on January 1, 2011. By Baba's grace, we are half way thru in terms of commitments by devotees and raised about $225k till date.
“Our architect is in the process of preparing the documentation to apply for Building Permit. This process of preparation of documents, applying to Auckland City Council, processing and aproval of the Building Permit may take about six months.”
Mr Mohammed said in view of the time involved with bureaucracy, they had decided to rent out premises for a short period of time till mid-January 2012, so that it would generate some income to take care of debt servicing.
“After opening the account with Bank of Baroda, we have considerable response from devotees in India. By Baba’s grace, things are falling in place and the plan is to start the construction by end Jan 2012.
“Please appraise all your friends / relatives in India/overseas about our Temple Project and personally make a commitment to speed up the initiation of construction process.”
Leave a Comment