The Shri Sai Satcharitra mentions that Shirdi was a place of spiritual significance even before Sai Baba made it his permanent home. In the prologue to the main story, Chapter 5 explicitly states that other saints had already settled there. Before Baba's return with the wedding party, a person named Devidas had already made Shirdi his home. Following him, another holy man, Janakidas Gosavi, also came to live in the village, establishing a spiritual presence that predated Baba's later fame.
Besides Sai Baba, who were the other holy men mentioned as residing in Shirdi?
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