My family stopped observing the annual Shraddha for my grandfather. What can be learned from Sai Baba's life about the importance of these ancestral rites?

The story of Bhagwantrao Kshirsagar in Chapter 4 provides insight into Sai Baba's views on this. Bhagwantrao's father was a devout worshipper of Vitthal, but after he passed away, Bhagwantrao neglected the family's traditions, including the daily worship, food offerings (Naivedya), and even the annual Shraddha, or death anniversary rite. When Bhagwantrao came to Shirdi, Baba, who called the father his friend, revealed that by stopping these practices, Bhagwantrao was keeping both Vitthal and Baba himself hungry. Baba explicitly stated he brought him to Shirdi to 'remind him and put him back to worship,' indicating the significance Baba placed on honoring these ancestral and devotional duties.