Main Devotees
The universalistic Sai movement
should start with Mahlsapathy, an uncultured poor village goldsmith. He
has been the pole star amongst the Sai bhaktas. He is considered as the
first person to start Sai worship. Earlier a pujari of the Khandoba temple
Mahlsapathy’ s faith grew making him the most zealous admirer and ardent
worshipper of Baba. He was the first person to be allowed to worship Baba
for a long time. His self-dedication and great attachment to Baba were
irresistible for a large hearted soul like Baba. His placing of flowers
and sandal at the lotus feet of Sai and offering were obviously the mark
of respect. Saibaba the fakir could not object them even though these were
offered in the mosque. When this grew more and more like worship then Baba
realized how incongruous Hindu worship of him was in the mosque. Its growth
in the mosque finally turning into a Dwarkamai controlled entirely by a
Hindu board reminds us of a small shoot of a banyan tree creeping through
a cleft of a rock, which a plant can't easily go through, yet the banyan
grows through it and pushes the pieces of rock aside and grows into huge
dimensions. Such was the growth of the Hindu puja of Baba.
Shri Madhrao Wamanrao
Aadkar, Shri Madhavrao Deshpande, Shri Abdul Baba, Shri
Atmaram Kulkarni, Shri Laxmanrao Mahajani
Shri Annasaheb Dabholkar,
Shri Balasaheb Miralkar, Shri Bhaguji Shinde, Shri Bhagat Mhalsapati,
Shri Balasaheb Dev
Shri Moreshwar Pradhan,
Shri Balasaheb Bhate, Shri Sundarrao Navalkar, Shri Kashiram Bala
Shimpi, Shri Laxman Govind Mungi
Shri Bhausaheb Dhumal,
Shri Laxman Nulkar, Smt Bayajabai Kote, Shri Dadasaheb Purandare,
Shri Nanasaheb Chandorkar
Smt Parvatibai Sapatnekar,
Shri Dajisaheb Awasthi, Shri Radhakrishna Swamy, Shri Chotubhaiya
Paralkar, Shri Meghashyam Rege
Shri Ghanshyam Babre,
Shri Rajubhaiya Naik, Shri Das Ganu Maharaj, Shri Sadhubhaiya Naik,
Shri Damodhar Rasne
Shri Nandlal Sankalecha,
Shri Dattatreya Rasne, Shri Sagun Meru Naik, Shri Yashwant Galwankar,
Shri Mahadeo Sapatnekar
Dr. Pillay, Shri
Ramkrishna S. Nawalkar, Shri Ganesh Khaparde, Shri Swami Shamanand,
Shri Hari Sitaram Dixit
Shri Shyamrao Jaykar,
Shri Gopal Mukund Butty, Shri Nanasaheb Kharkar, Shri Narshimha Swamy,
Shri Y. R. Sukher
Shri Tatya Patil
Kote, Shri Bhaumaharaj Kumbhar, Shri Trimbak Damodar, Smt Laxmibai
Shinde
