How did the views of Gangagir Baba and Anandnath Maharaj on Sai Baba compare?

Both Gangagir Baba and Anandnath Maharaj, another respected saint, recognized Sai Baba's extraordinary spiritual stature, using remarkably similar metaphors. As Chapter 0 recounts, upon first seeing Maharaj carrying water, Gangagir Baba declared him to be "purely a gem" and a great fortune for the village. Similarly, Anandnath Maharaj of Akkalkot, upon his arrival in Shirdi, stated, "This is a diamond. You don't know its true value." Both saints used the imagery of precious jewels to convey that the villagers were in the presence of a being of immense, and perhaps unrecognized, spiritual worth.