While Radhakrishna-Aai was a major organizer, Chapter 0 highlights several other key devotees who played crucial roles in establishing worship rituals. The very first devotee permitted to worship Baba was Mhalasapati. Later, Nanasaheb Chandorkar's younger son, Mahadev, was peacefully allowed to perform worship, and this act became the precedent that allowed everyone else to do so. Another significant figure was Tatyasaheb Noolkar, the Munsif of Pandharpur, who had come to Shirdi due to illness with the intention of spending his final days at Baba's feet. He holds the distinct honor of being the first person to perform Baba's aarti, a practice that Baba had not previously allowed.
Besides Radhakrishna-Aai, which other devotees were instrumental in the early establishment of worship rituals for Sai Baba?
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