Who was Balaram Dhurandhar and what was his background?

Balaram Dhurandhar was a supreme devotee of Sai Baba, born in Mumbai in 1878 into a well-known family of the Alankar Pathare Prabhu caste. As detailed in Chapter 51, he was highly educated, holding the title of Advocate and recognized as an expert in philosophy and a famous scholar. Despite his Western education, he had a profound inclination towards spirituality. His family was deeply religious, with his father being a Rama-devotee, while Balaram himself found refuge in Vithala. He possessed exemplary qualities like a sharp intellect, pure thinking, and good conduct, and he eventually became renowned in spiritual subjects.