How did Maharaj end up traveling to Shirdi in the first place?

The introductory passages of Chapter 0 explain the specific circumstances of Maharaj's journey to Shirdi. He had been staying at the house of a man named Chandbhai for a few days. During that time, a wedding was arranged for Chandbhai's wife's nephew with a girl from Shirdi. Maharaj then came to Shirdi by joining and traveling with this wedding procession. The text mentions that the procession stopped in a garden near the Khandoba temple just outside the village, which is where Maharaj then entered and met Mhalasapati for the first time. His arrival was therefore not as a solitary traveler but as a guest accompanying a wedding party.