The tulsi brindavan

A podium is there on the left at the back, about chest height. This can be seen when one comes down the steps from the upper part of the mosque. This is a tulasi brindavan- a masonry block with a tulasi plant in its centre. Tulsi is traditionally sacred to Hindus, especially to the vaishanavites. It was put here, with baba's permission; by some of baba's Hindu devotees around the time that mosque was being renovated. Sai baba is often described as a living emblem of Muslim Hindu unity. The provision of the tulsi in a Muslim place of worship is an example of the many ways in which baba fused Muslim and Hindu elements and resisted being identified exclusively with one religion, while persistently challenging sectarian divisions and prejudices.