How did Sai Baba's fondness for lights manifest in his daily routine, and what challenges did he face because of it?

Sai Baba's great fondness for lights, especially the festival of lights, was a prominent feature of his early routine, as described in Chapter 5. This fondness manifested in his daily practice of going to the shops of grocers and oil-merchants with a tin pot to beg for oil. He would then use this oil to light lamps in both the temple and the mosque, even tearing rags to make wicks for the Diwali festival. The primary challenge he faced was when the grocers, viewing his daily request as a nuisance, conspired to refuse him oil. This challenge, however, set the stage for one of his most well-known miracles, where, as Chapter 5 recounts, he used water in place of oil to keep the lamps burning brightly all night.