ShirdiSaiBaba

Baba’s worship at the Shirdi Mosque went on and gathered strength day by day. What appeared as the second impediment tended only to increase the devotee’s attachment through Viraha and admiration and helped Baba’s mission. It must be noted here that the worship mentioned here is individual worship; each one going to Baba and placing [...]

The second impediment is more interesting. Baba had both Hindu and Muslim features in his body and in his actions and practice. His mission in life was to unify Hindus and Muslims into one compact mass with common religious, spiritual and worldly interests. As he had a Hindu Guru, namely, Gopal Rao Deshmukh alias Venkatesa [...]

The Hindus were no doubt the majority in the village, but the actual worshipers were only a handful. A few muscular Muslims, standing at the entrance to the Mosque, planned to threaten and stop this haram. Accordingly, one morning, a very stout, muscular, powerful and well-built Muslim by name Tambuli and four or five others [...]