What were the immediate reactions of other holy men like Gangagir Baba and Anandnath Maharaj upon meeting Maharaj?

Other holy men immediately recognized Maharaj's exceptional spiritual stature. As detailed in Chapter 0, when Gangagir Baba first saw Maharaj carrying water, he exclaimed to the villagers that Maharaj was a 'purely a gem' of great worth and that the village was lucky to have him. Similarly, Anandnath Maharaj of Akkalkot, upon his arrival in Shirdi, declared, 'This is a diamond. You don't know its true value.' These accounts show that other advanced spiritual figures instantly perceived the immense value that the local populace had not yet fully grasped.