Describe the literary context in Maharashtra that led to the creation of the Shri Sai Satcharita.

The preface explains that within Maharashtra, there was a noticeable lack of detailed, poetic, and comprehensive Guru biographies suitable for devotional reading like Parayans and Saptahs. While some poetic works existed, such as those by Shri Dasganu Maharaj, they were often not detailed enough to cover a single saint's life comprehensively. Chapter 0 points out that before the Shri Sai Satcharita, the only other major work of this kind was the Shri Guru Charitra. The Shri Sai Satcharita, written by Annasaheb Dabholkar about the modern saint Sai Baba, was created to fill this void. It provided devotees with a sweet, inspirational, and grace-filled biography that was detailed enough for dedicated study and community reading.