According to the Introduction in Chapter 0, Maharaj's journey to Shirdi was with a wedding procession. After staying at the home of a man named Chandbhai for a few days, he accompanied the wedding party of Chandbhai's wife's nephew to Shirdi. The procession stopped in a garden near the Khandoba temple, where Maharaj met Mhalasapati. It was Mhalasapati who greeted him as 'Sai Baba.' Subsequently, Mhalasapati introduced Baba to his companions, Kashiram Shimpi and Appa Jagle, who, along with Mhalasapati, became his earliest devotees in the village.
Can you describe the circumstances of Maharaj's arrival in Shirdi and the first people he met there?
📖 Chapter 0