Who was Raghuvir Bhaskar Purandare and what role did his family play in the story about the eggplants?

Raghuvir Bhaskar Purandare was a devotee of Sai Baba who lived in Bandra. According to the notes in Chapter 9, he and his family, including children, set out for a trip to Shirdi. Their role in the story was to act as intermediaries for another devotee's offering. A lady gave them eggplants with the specific and loving request to prepare two dishes for Baba: a mashed dish called 'bharit' and crispy fried slices known as 'kachrya'. The Purandare family agreed to this, carrying the eggplants and the devotee's heartfelt wish with them to Shirdi, thus becoming the vehicle for her service to Sai Baba.