How did the literary tradition in Maharashtra influence the creation of the Shri Sai Satcharita?

The preface in Chapter 0 outlines a rich tradition in Maharashtra of documenting saints' lives in the Ovi meter by poets like Shri Mahipati and Shri Dasganu Maharaj. However, these biographies were often brief and not comprehensive enough for a detailed Parayan of a single saint. This created a need for more detailed works. The text presents Shri Guru Charitra as one such famous, detailed work. The Shri Sai Satcharita, written by Annasaheb Dabholkar, is presented as the second major work in this tradition, specifically created to be a detailed, poetic, and comprehensive biography suitable for Parayans and Saptahs, filling a notable gap in the existing devotional literature.