This mosque ‘Dwarkamai’ – abode of Sai Baba became Mother of Mercy for all the time to come. He referred to this mosque, where He resided till the end, as ‘ Dwarkamai’ (Dwarka was the place where Lord Shri Krishna stayed to fulfill His divine Advent). She would boldly approach him, serve the meal and return home.Īfter sometime as though out of compassion for her, Sai Baba ceased wandering and moved into a dilapidated mosque in the outskirts of the village. Often she found Sai Baba sitting under some tree in deep meditation, calm and motionless. Bayyaji Bai felt deeply motivated by this Divine Saint, and with her motherly instinct she used to walk miles on end into the jungles in search of him, carrying food in a basket on her head. The first set of villagers who regarded this saintly figure were Mhalsapati, Tatya Kote, Bayyaji Bai and few others. In the early days of his stay at Shirdi he spent his time either wandering in the outskirts of village and neighboring thorny jungles or sitting under the neem tree totally self absorbed. On the arrival at Shirdi, he was immediately recognized by someone as the same anonymous saintly personality who used to be seated under the neem tree a few years earlier and, greeted Him as “ YA SAI” Welcome SAI ! This time he accompanied a wedding procession as guest of honor. The second advent of Baba at Shirdi, around 1858 was interestingly quite different from the first. Sai Baba of these younger days remained a stranger staying under the neem tree for some time and then suddenly he left Shirdi to come back again sometime in 1858, and stayed on there till he left his gross body in the year 1918. However, even this date is not definitely noted. He was first noticed in the outskirts of the village Shirdi, seated under a ‘neem’ (margosa) tree, about the year 1854. In the Divine play it was designed as such, that He subtly inspired this person to call Him by this name, which was most appropriate for His self-allotted mission.Īll that we definitely know of Sai Baba is that his arrival at Shirdi was anonymous. ‘ Baba’ means father as an expression of reverence. One of the persons who first came in contact with him at Shirdi addressed him spontaneously as ‘ Sai’ which means Savior, Master or Saint.
In fact, in the face of his spiritual brilliance such queries do not have much relevance. Like most of the perfect saints he left no authentic record of his birth and early life before arriving at Shirdi.
Sai Baba, a personification of spiritual perfection and an epitome of compassion, lived in the little village of Shirdi in the state of Maharashtra (India) for sixty years.
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