Can you compare the financial compensation Balabuva Satarkar received in Shirdi to what he would have earned at Kavthe?

There was a significant difference in compensation. For his service at Kavthe, which included the Ram Navami and Ashadhi Ekadashi festivals, Balabuva's fee was 30 rupees, part of a larger state-funded arrangement. As Chapter 6 explains, he missed this fee due to a plague canceling the festival. In contrast, after performing the Ram Navami festival in Shirdi, Sai Baba ensured he received an honorarium of over one hundred and fifty rupees. The text explicitly states that Baba gave him five years' worth of his Kavthe income in a single festival, which brought Balabuva immense joy and gratitude.