According to the introduction in Chapter 0, Maharaj, as he was then known, came to Shirdi with a wedding procession. He had been staying at the home of a man named Chandbhai, and when Chandbhai's wife's nephew was to be married to a girl from Shirdi, Maharaj joined the procession. The group stopped in a garden near the Khandoba temple, just outside the village. Upon entering the temple, he met a goldsmith and resident of Shirdi named Mhalasapati, who was a devotee of Khandoba.
How did the individual later known as Sai Baba first arrive in the village of Shirdi, and who did he meet upon his arrival?
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