What was the immediate and long-term impact of Balabuva Satarkar's Ram Navami performance in Shirdi?

Balabuva Satarkar's performance had a profound and lasting impact. Chapter 6 describes the immediate outcome as a great success: he performed the entire festival with 'great novelty and love,' leaving him personally satisfied, pleasing Sai Baba, and fulfilling the desires of all present. He also received a very generous honorarium that was equivalent to five years of his income from Kavthe. In the long term, this event seems to have solidified the festival's place in Shirdi. Later, Dasganu prayed to Baba and had the annual festival formally established, ensuring that from that point on, the birth festival was celebrated with great pomp.