Can you compare the financial payment Balabuva Satarkar received in Shirdi to his usual income from the Kavthe festival?

📖 Chapter 6

Balabuva Satarkar's financial outcome from his Shirdi visit was substantially greater than his usual earnings. Chapter 6 details that his annual contract for the Ram Navami Kirtan at Kavthe included a fee of 30 rupees. When that festival was cancelled and he instead performed at Shirdi in Sai Baba's presence, he received an honorarium of 'more than a hundred and fifty' rupees. The text explicitly highlights the magnitude of this payment, noting that Baba gave him 'Five years' worth of Kavthe’s income' in a single festival. This generous compensation, which was at least five times his normal annual fee, brought immense joy and gratitude to Balabuva.


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