Why was the Shri Sai Satcharita considered such a significant work for followers of Sai Baba, especially when compared to other available spiritual literature in Maharashtra?

The preface in Chapter 0 explains that while many prose and poetic biographies of Gurus existed, there were very few detailed and comprehensive works in Maharashtra suitable for devotional readings like Parayans. Before the Shri Sai Satcharita, the main example was the Guru Charitra. The Shri Sai Satcharita, written by Annasaheb Dabholkar, became the second such detailed and inspirational biography. As Chapter 0 notes, it filled a crucial gap by providing a comprehensive work specifically about Sai Baba, making it immensely significant for his followers who previously lacked a detailed text for dedicated community study, unlike the brief mentions in works by poets like Shri Dasganu Maharaj.