Nana Saheb Chandorkar along with Ganesh Rao Sahasrabuddhe visited
Sai Maharaj for the first time in 1892. Sai Baba was looking for someone who would glorify his life and bring many devotees to his fold. Nana Saheb was a Deputy Collector and with his spiritual background wielded great influence with the upper strata of the society, while his orderly Ganesh Rao was a talented person being a born poet and a singer, was popular as a cheap ‘Tamasha Man’ among the rural masses. Baba foresaw that Nana Saheb would reach the higher echelons of society and Ganesh Rao as a ‘Kirtankar’ would reach the masses. On the very first visit, Baba showed them ‘Triveni Sangam’ on his holy feet. Nana Saheb Chandorkar then onwards distributed notebooks to devotees to record Baba’s miracles for posterity. Hence, before 1892, recorded Sai miracles were few. Nana Chandorkar was the earliest Sai Pracharak.
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