Can you tell me about the Sai Baba photograph that was in Mirikar's drawing room and its connection to Dixit?

Certainly. Chapter 51 describes a specific photograph of Sai Baba that played a role in these events. This was not just any picture; it was one that Baba's devoted disciple, Megha, used to worship with great love, viewing it as Lord Shankar himself. The glass on the portrait had broken, so it was sent from Shirdi with Balasaheb Mirikar to be repaired in Ahmednagar. After being repaired, it was kept covered in Mirikar’s drawing room. The narrative poignantly states that the portrait was 'as if waiting for Dixit,' suggesting that its presence during Dixit's visit was another part of the divinely arranged welcome for the new devotee, allowing him a form of Baba's darshan even before reaching Shirdi.