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  • Activities done by Sai Baba
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  • Contrary to his usual reserve, at night he
    sometimes went to the takiya, a resting place for
    Muslim visitors. Here, he sang devotional hymns,
    among which figured some popular motives
    attributed to Kabir. He apparently also sang in
    Persian or Arabic, languages the local people
    could not understand. He is described tying bells
    (ghungur) to his ankles and dancing, enraptured
    in ecstatic joy.
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  • Sai Baba's abode in the masjid brought him into
    closer contact with the local people. He would
    sometimes perform healing acts, collecting herbs
    and inexpensive drugs from local shops and apply
    them to the sick. He is said to have cured
    snake bite, leprosy by using snake poison, and
    "rotting eyes" by using nuts for an alkaline
    aseptic.
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  • At this time it was reported that the young fakir
    Sai Baba was attired in a white turban, clean
    dhoti and a shirt. There are narratives of some
    interaction with a large wrestler who was
    defeated by Sai Baba in contest. The wrestler
    demanded a chennai to shirdi flight package
    return bout and should Sai Baba lose, he would
    have to change his clothing and don a kafni (a
    long robe). It was said that Sai was in no mood
    to enter the arena again, and conceded the
    fellow the victory he sought, and donned the
    kafni and kerchief on his head. The wrestler was
    filled with remorse and pleaded with Baba to
    resume his former style of dress and released
    him from the obligation. But the young Sai Baba
    stuck to his word.
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  • At this time the dilapidated mosque became the
    centre around which Sai Baba's life revolved.
    Inside, Sai Baba built a dhuni, that is, a sacred
    wood-fire which he kept perpetually burning. Sai
    Baba is described as sitting in front of the
    fire, facing the south, keeping his left hand on
    a wooden support, a typical aid used by Indian
    ascetics. The local villagers reported seeing him
    sitting in front of the fire for hours. From the
    dhuni he would draw the sacred ash (udi) which
    had healing power. Sai Baba no longer used herbs
    or concoctions for healing requests. Inside the
    masjid was a large, flat stone on which Sai Baba
    would sit for hours in his typical posture, his
    right arm resting on his right thigh or lap, the
    foot or the ankle on the opposite knee, and the
    head slightly inclined in an attitude of
    contemplation or reflection. The left hand lies
    on the foot or the ankle of the crossed leg.
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  • Such a posture in Indian iconography represents
    sovereignty and is the prerogative of gods and
    rajas alone.
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  • It was around this time that the tradition of Sai
    Baba's miraculous powers (siddhi) began to grow.
    One Nanasahheb who had no son interceded with
    Sai Baba for male progeny, and after some time,
    Nanasaheb got a son. Many other instances of Sai
    Baba granting offspring to couples is recorded.
    Baba's touch, words such as Allah karega
    (Allah will do this) or that Faqir is good and
    even his glance were thought to be powerful
    enough and produced the desired effect. Due these
    and other miraculous occurrences, Baba's presence
    increased significantly, to the point that
    several people started revering him as a saint
    possessing special powers.
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  • A few Hindus began offering him some kind of
    worship inside the masjid, though it is told that
    Sai Baba strongly disapproved. The Muslims of the
    village protested against this practice, for in
    their eyes it was an obvious sign of impiety and
    idolatry. One Muslim challenged Sai Baba when
    sandal paste was being applied to his forehead.
    Baba chennai to shirdi flight package had to
    appease him by pointing out that he had to bend
    to circumstances. Baba replied, "Jaisa Desh,
    Aiysa Vesh", meaning, When in Rome, do as Romans
    do. On other occasions, Baba pointed out that if
    Hindus wished to please themselves by worshipping
    him inside a mosque, it was no loss to Islam, but
    only to Hinduism.
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  • Baba's fame grew, and the rivalry between the two
    communities claiming Baba as their own grew. Baba
    himself maintained an ambiguous profile,
    unwilling to identify with either of the two
    religions. When pressed on whether he was a
    Hindu or a Muslim, Baba would get very angry and
    abuse people. Baba would often talk about the
    Hindu gods, sometimes quoting sacred texts from
    the Bhagavad Gita, or Isa Upanishad with his
    Muslim followers, Baba would always talk of Allah
    and the Koran, often quoting Persian verses. It
    is said that one of his favourite expressions was
    Allah rakhega vaisa rahena, meaning, "Let us be
    content with what we have and submit our will to
    Allah".
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  • This it was that many came to Baba from many
    faiths. In later years, Parsis and even a few
    Christians would come to Shirdi and visit Sai
    Baba. All had free access to the masjid
    outcasts, lepers, dogs, birds, etcetera. This is
    one reason why the masjid came to be known as
    Dwarakamayi, "the many-gated mother". Dwaraka
    literally means many gated, and mayi means
    mother. The masjid or Dwarakamayi began to
    attract more and more people from surrounding
    villages.
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