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==In culture== ===Sacred art and architecture=== [[File:Shirdi Sai Temple in Inverness Highlands South, Florida, US 03.jpg|thumb|Shirdi Sai Temple in Inverness, Florida, US]] There are many temples of Shirdi Sai Baba in India.<ref name="srinivas">Srinivas ''Sathya Sai Baba movement''</ref> Temples are also located in countries outside India, including the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa, Kenya, Benin, Cuba, Canada, Pakistan, Australia, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Germany, Japan and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omsrisai.net/saitemples.php?page=1 |title=Directory of Shri Shirdi Saibaba temples around the world |publisher=Omsrisai.net |access-date=17 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222061437/http://www.omsrisai.net/saitemples.php?page=1 |archive-date=22 February 2013}}</ref> In the mosque in Shirdi where Sai Baba lived, there is a life-size portrait of him by Shama Rao Jaykar, an artist from Mumbai. There are numerous monuments and statues, designed to serve a religious function, of Sai Baba of Shirdi. One of these, made of marble by a sculptor named Balaji Vasant Talim, is in the Samadhi Mandir in Shirdi where Sai Baba was buried.<ref>Ruhela ''Sri Shirdi Sai Baba β The Universal Master''</ref> In 2008, India Post issued a commemorative postage stamp of βΉ5 to honour Shirdi Sai Baba.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.istampgallery.com/shri-shirdi-sai-baba/|title=Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Stamp|website=www.istampgallery.com|date=9 December 2016 |access-date=2017-04-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413234650/http://www.istampgallery.com/shri-shirdi-sai-baba/|archive-date=13 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps2008.aspx|title=Postage Stamps|website=postagestamps.gov.in|access-date=2017-04-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410051230/http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps2008.aspx|archive-date=10 April 2017}}</ref> ===Film and television=== Sai Baba has been the subject of feature films in various languages produced by the [[Cinema of India|Indian film industry]]. {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! Year !! Film !! Title role !! Director !! Language !! Ref(s) |- | 1955 || ''Shirdi Che Sai Baba'' || Dattopant Aangre || [[Kumarsen Samarth]] || [[Marathi language|Marathi]] || <ref name="1955 National">{{cite news |title=NATIONAL AWARDS 1955 WINNERS |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/national-awards-winners/1955/108 |access-date=9 June 2020 |work=Entertainment Times |agency=The Times Group |publisher=The Times of India}}</ref> |- | 1977 || ''[[Shirdi Ke Sai Baba]]'' || [[Sudhir Dalvi]] || Ashok V. Bhushan || [[Hindi]] || <ref name="1977 Movie">{{cite web |title=Shirdi Ke Sai Baba |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/shirdi-ke-sai-baba/cast/ |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=December 1976 |access-date=9 June 2020}}</ref> |- | 1986 || ''[[Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam]]'' || [[Vijayachander]] || K. Vasu || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || <ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA108|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|page=108}}</ref> |- | 1989 || ''Bhagavan Shri Sai Baba'' || [[Sai Prakash]] || Sai Prakash || [[Kannada]] || <ref name="1989 Kannada">{{cite news |last1=Plumber |first1=Prachi Pinglay |title=The Spellbinder |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-spellbinder/291883 |access-date=9 June 2020 |work=Outlook |agency=Rajan Raheja Group |date=15 September 2014}}</ref> |- | 1993 || ''Sai Baba'' || Yashwant Dutt || Babasaheb S. Fattelal || [[Marathi language|Marathi]] || <ref name="Ruhela2016">{{cite book|author=Satya Pal Ruhela|title=The Divine Grace of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-mOCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT56|date=30 January 2016|publisher=Partridge Publishing India|isbn=978-1-4828-7071-8|page=56}}</ref> |- | 1999 || ''[[Maya (1999 film)|Maya / Guru Poornima / Jayasurya]]''|| || [[Rama Narayanan]] || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] <br /> [[Telugu language|Telugu]] <br /> [[Kannada]] || <ref name="1999 Maya">{{cite web |title=Rama Narayanan Movies |url=https://www.bharatmovies.com/director/rama-narayanan-movies.htm |publisher=Bharat Movies |access-date=9 June 2020 |archive-date=9 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609071831/https://www.bharatmovies.com/director/rama-narayanan-movies.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 2000 || ''Sri Sai Mahima'' || [[Sai Prakash]] || Ashok Kumar || Telugu || <ref name="2000 Mahima">{{cite news |title=Sri Sai Mahima: Logo launch |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/regional/telugu/Sri-Sai-Mahima-Logo-launch/videoshow/18615115.cms |access-date=9 June 2020 |work=Entertainment Times |agency=The Times Group |publisher=The Times of India |date=21 February 2013}}</ref> |- | 2001 || ''Shirdi Sai Baba'' || [[Sudhir Dalvi]] || [[Deepak Balraj Vij]] || Hindi || |- | 2005 || ''Ishwarya Avatar Sai Baba'' || Mukul Nag || [[Ramanand Sagar]] || Hindi || |- | 2010 || ''[[Malik Ek]]'' || [[Jackie Shroff]] || [[Deepak Balraj Vij]] || Hindi || |- | 2010β11 || ''Bhagwan Sri Shirdi Sai Baba'' || Surya Vasishta || Bukkapatna Vasu || [[Kannada]] || <ref>{{cite web|title=Official Page of Bhagwan Sri Shirdi Sai Baba on Facebook|website = [[Facebook]]|url=https://www.facebook.com/tlc.shiradisai?fref=ts|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303194030/https://www.facebook.com/tlc.shiradisai?fref=ts|archive-date=3 March 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |- | 2012 || ''[[Shirdi Sai]]'' || [[Nagarjuna Akkineni]] || [[Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao|K. Raghavendra Rao]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || |- | 2017β2023 || ''[[Mere Sai]]'' || Abeer Soofi<br />[[Tushar Dalvi]] | Sachin P. Ambre <br /> Harsh Agarwal || [[Hindi]] || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.setindia.com/us-en/shows/mere-sai-shraddha-aur-saburi/35|title=SET India β Indian Television, Hindi Serials, TV Shows & Live Reality Soaps{{!}} Entertainment Channel|website=www.setindia.com|access-date=2017-11-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032535/https://www.setindia.com/us-en/shows/mere-sai-shraddha-aur-saburi/35|archive-date=1 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |}
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