A friend of Kaka Mahajani was skeptical about visiting Shirdi. What were his conditions for going, and what was his mindset?

The story from Chapter 35 describes a friend of Kaka Mahajani who was initially quite skeptical about visiting Shirdi. This individual was a devotee of the formless God and averse to idol worship. He agreed to accompany Kaka Mahajani to Shirdi purely out of what the text calls "clinical curiosity." As detailed in Chapter 35, he set two specific conditions for his visit: he would never bow his head to the saint, and he would not provide any Dakshina or financial offering. He made his friend, Kaka Mahajani, agree to these terms before they set out with a healthy mind from Mumbai for Shirdi.