How did the devotee Gauli Buva reconcile his devotion to Lord Vitthal of Pandharpur with his pilgrimage to Shirdi?

Chapter 4 details the perspective of Gauli Buva, a devout ninety-five-year-old pilgrim (Warkari) of Pandhari, who beautifully connected the two holy sites. Despite his lifelong devotion to Lord Vitthal, he also made a yearly pilgrimage to Shirdi because he saw no difference between the two deities. He would humbly declare that Sai Baba was the "living Lord of Pandhari," the same merciful Vitthal worshipped in Pandharpur. The text uses his example to illustrate that the divine experience of seeing Vitthal was equally available in Shirdi through Baba's presence, thus removing any doubts for devotees and showing that firm faith reveals the underlying unity of the divine.