From Mirikar's perspective, how might the events at Chitali have unfolded and what would he have learned?

From Mirikar's point of view, the day would have started with a puzzling conversation with Sai Baba. As described in Chapter 22, he would have been confused by Baba's strange gestures and talk of a 'Lamba Bawa' or snake. He likely dismissed the instruction to take Madhavrao as an unnecessary trouble. However, a nagging doubt must have crept in, causing him to reverse his decision and ask Madhavrao to come along. Later that night in the Maruti temple at Chitali, while absorbed in a newspaper, the sudden panic and the sight of a snake coiled on his own clothing would have been terrifying. In that moment of shock, Baba's cryptic warning would have echoed in his mind with perfect clarity, transforming from a confusing riddle into a stark reality of divine intervention and protection.