What did other revered saints like Gangagir Baba and Anandnath Maharaj say about Sai Baba's spiritual stature?

Other contemporary saints immediately recognized Maharaj's extraordinary spiritual greatness. According to Chapter 0, when Gangagir Baba first saw Maharaj carrying water, he proclaimed to the villagers, "This is purely a gem. His worth is very great. The village is very lucky that you got this gem." In a similar vein, Anandnath Maharaj, a disciple of the Swami of Akkalkot, made a spontaneous trip to Shirdi and upon seeing Baba, he declared, "This is a diamond. You don't know its true value." Both saints used the metaphor of a precious, unrecognized jewel to convey that the people of Shirdi were in the presence of a being of immense spiritual worth, even if they did not fully comprehend it at the time.