President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the newly-built international airport at Shirdi in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district.
The inauguration coincides with the start of Sai Baba’s year-long death centenary celebrations.
October 1, 2017 marked the start of the year-long centenary celebrations (from October 1, 2017 to October 18, 2018) of Saint Sai Baba’s ‘Mahasamadhi’ in 1918.