As described in Chapter 1 of the Sai Satcharitra, veneration extends beyond Ganesha and Saraswati to a wide array of divine and revered figures. Salutations are offered to the divine trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shankar, who represent the qualities of creation, preservation, and destruction. The author also bows to the family deity, Narayana, the primordial Lord and destroyer of sorrows. Furthermore, respect is paid to ancestors and great sages, including the great sage from the Gauda region, the master of the Bharadwaj lineage, and other revered yogis and authors like Yajnavalkya, Valmiki, Vedavyasa, and Vasishtha, acknowledging the entire spiritual and intellectual lineage.
Besides Ganesha and Saraswati, who else is venerated in the opening chapter of Sai Satcharitra and why?
๐ Chapter 1