ShirdiSaiBaba

But Baba fell into the humor of the devotees. They wanted to make him and call him always Maharaja to satisfy the devotees. Sai Baba, therefore, arranged for funds to pay them all. Moreover, there were those depending upon his favour to get wealth, which, on the principle of rinanubandha, he wished, to shower upon [...]

To make the congregational worship more advanced and attractive, there was an enthusiastic set gathering at Shirdi. One Ramakrishna Ayi, a young widow of Sahasrabuddhe of family, came and established herself as a devotee of Baba. Being highly accomplished was intent upon using all her gifts and cleverness for developing Sai Baba’s worship. She drew [...]

In 1905, Hari Vinayak Sathe, a Settlement Officer, was blessed by Baba with a son. He sent Meghashyam called Megha to Shirdi so that he might officiate as the pujari and carry on congregational worship. But Megha was an extremely dull and rustic Pujari having hardly any learning either in Hindu sacred literature or in [...]