Can you describe the perspective of the devotee Gauli Buva regarding Sai Baba and his pilgrimage customs?

Gauli Buva was a ninety-five-year-old devotee of Vitthal who undertook a yearly pilgrimage to Pandhari. As described in Chapter 4, his love for Sai Baba was so great that he also made an annual pilgrimage to Shirdi. He saw no distinction between his beloved Vitthal and Sai Baba, stating with humility that Baba was the "living Lord of Pandhari." Gauli Buva believed that true sainthood came from self-toil, not mere appearances, and that God could not be found for free. He urged others to keep firm faith to realize God, seeing Sai Baba as the direct, living embodiment of the Lord of Pandhari.