![]() Mhalsapati was so identified with his God, Khandoba, that he sometimes entered trances and talked as if possessed by him. His income was so scant that he and his family would sometimes have to go without food, but absorbed as he was in his religious practices, this did not seem to disturb him unduly. He also used to receive and help visiting fakirs, and sadhus such as Devidas and Janakidas. His education was minimal, but he was noted for his piousness. Mhalsapati was the hereditary priest of Khandoba Temple, and hereditary goldsmith of Shirdi (though later he gave up this trade). ![]() Only Mhalsapati and one other (Tatya Kote Patil) were allowed to stay with Baba in the mosque at night. He was the first to worship Baba, the first to greet him on his arrival in Shirdi and to address him as "Sai" (Saint). Mhalsapati, who had the benefit of forty to fifty unbroken years with Sai Baba, may be considered among the foremost of his devotees.
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